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BUT THERE (5 ANOLO
DUTCH NEWSPAPER.
CLIPPING FROM JAVA! I
WONDER WHAT THE
HEADLINE GAYS?
Ul. THERE WAS GORT OF A... CAMERA
PROBLEM ON THAT TRIP! 100 BAD — THAT
VOYAGE OW THE CUTTY SARK WAG QUITE
AN ADYENTURE!
WOW! THIG SCRAPBOOK ABOUT
UNCA 6cROOGE'S
DAYS ON THE CATTLE ORIVES OF
THE OLD WEST I6 SURE EXCITING!
S14 GAY! BUT THIS PAGE 16 LABELLED
VAVA! THAT'S AFAR PIECE FROM MONTANA!
A GROUNDED STEAMSHIP?
HOW COULO EVEN YOu DO
THAT UNCA SCROOGE 7
IT GAYE, “6COTTISH
COWBOY PLOTS
GROUNDED STEAMSHIP
INTO PORT.
EZ TD LIKE TOSEE A
PHOTO OF THAT!
BUT THE HEADLINE.
THE CUTTY SARK? THE
GAYS “STEAMSHIP”!
GREATEST GAILING SHIP
OF ALL TIME?
YOU GAILED ON“THE CUTTY SARK —
THE FAMOUS TEA TRADER
OF THE CHINA SEAS —
WAS THE TALLEST,
FASTEST CLIPPER.
SHIP OF ALL TIME |
“I HAD SIGNED ON AS A RAW DECKHAND
TO LEARN YET ANOTHER TRADE! AND,
AS USUAL, S TRIED TO PUT MY BEST
SIDE FORWARD!
“WAG IN THE PROCESS
OF TAKING A CARGO
FROM MONTANA TO
JAVA AND E BOARDED
HER IN AUSTRALIA, FOR
AVOYAGE UP THE
SUNDA STRAIT!
TO MEET HIM AT THE MAIN
HATCH - RIGHT AWAY!
THAT KID IS THE BEST
NATURAL SEAMAN 3'VE
AND SLICK! WHY, HE BOUGHT SOME | GON, YOUR CARGO HAS BEEN
WEEVILLY HARD TACK FROMTHE COOK —) MAKING A FEARFUL RUCKUS BELOW!
AND HAS BEEN SELLING IT AS "ADDED SEE TOIT 6MARTLY!
PROTEIN TREATS”!
Sef AND SEE TO YOUR HORSE AG WELL!
WE'RE LISTING QUITE A BIT IN THIS
HORTENGE 15 THE guREST-
FOOTED CRITTER ON THE
SIMMER DOWN, BOYS! THERE'S NOTHING TO
GET SPOOKED ABOUT! BESIDES, THERE'S NOT
‘MUCH ROOM FOR A STAMPEDE DOWN HERE!
‘WINO!THE THUNDER 16 JUST
MAKING THEM A LITTLE
NERVOUS, CAP'N! WHICH
(5 O00 BINCE THEY'RE
THUNDER, LAD?
THERE ARE NO
stoRMs!
NEVER MIND, LADPIEBLCK! BUT
WHERE ARE YOU BOUND WITH
THOSE TWO STRANGE BEASTS?
iy SG
aa
UNDERWATER
THUNOER?
YAVA, CAP‘N! I HEARD THE GULTAN OF DJOKJA (OH AND WHAT WILL THE GULTAN OF BOLO)
(6 OFFERING A FORTUNE FOR PRIZE BULLS AND THINK OF THAT, WITH THE ANNUAL KERAPAN
THOSE ARE TWO CHAMPION LONGHORNS | SAP BEING JUST NEXT MONTH F
BREAKER
ASTERN!
‘A BREAKER? IN MiD-
S56A? CUT THAT MAN'S
GROG RATION!
HE'S RIGHT,
CAPNL A
VERY | me. PENCROFT, = HAVE A
STRANGE!) NEW CAMERA STOWED BELOW!
FETCH IT SMARTLY!
ForsisHer! LET
IT ROLL
BENEATH OUR
eTeRN!
ASTOUNDING! THAT HORSE ) ma. PENCROFT!
TURNED THE STAMPEDE HURRY WITH THAT
SINGLE - HANDEDLY,.. AND CAMERA!
‘ON ONE LEG!
THERE ARE CURIOUS
SIGHTS ON THE CHINA
SEAS, AND L PLAN TO
CAPTURE THEM On
CAP‘N, LOOK! AN
AMAZINGLY SMALL
YET FIERCE STAMPEDE
IN THE Hou!“THE NEXT MORNING WE DOCKED
IN TANQJONG PRIOK, NEAR
BATAVIA - NOW CALLED JAKARTA -
THE CAPITAL OF DUTCH JAVA!
“JAVA IG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
ISLAND IN INDONESIA, RULED IN
THOSE Days BY A CUTCH
“RESIDENT’ ANO REGIONAL SULTANS! |
YOu'D BEST DELIVER YOUR CARGO, LAD,
BEFORE THE SULTAN STARTS LOPPING OFF
HEADS OR SOME SUCH BOORIGHNESS!
LATER, CAP'N!
SHE'S STRETCHING
HER LEGS!
BLIMEY! THERE'S
A BLOOMIN
‘ORSE ON THE
Tors’. vaaoaee!
"AH! CALL IT AHUNCH,
BUT I'LL BET You'RE
MANGKUNAGARA TZ,
THE SULTAN OF
DIOKIA!
PLEASE TO HAVE A SEAT! THE MAGNIFICENT
GULTAN SAY HE WISHES To SPEAK OF
YOUR HORNYLONGS!
THE SULTAN SAYS HE INTENDS ABGOLUTELY TO.
BEAT THE SULTAN OF SOLO NEXT MONTH IN THE
KERAPAN SAPI!
THE ANNUAL BULL TEAM RACE IN MADOERA! ITS.
THE BIGGEST EVENT IN JAVAN SPORTS! VERY
MUCH STATUS FOR THE WINNING OWNER!KNOW THAT THE SULTAN OF 6OLO, 15 THE
RIVAL SULTAN WAS J] AMERICAN BOYCOW WHO
IN SPITTING BRINGS THE SULTAN OF
DISTANCE AT THAT DJOKJA RACING BULLS!
MOMENT!” Ls
Fetiez | tiexe, on racuounanaik,
you KAvE APLAN TO \ yes, 1 ANEW You
SEIZE THESE WOULD! COME, Z WILL
BEASTE, MY GULTAN? (SUPPORT WHATEVER
SULTAN, A TEXAS LONGHORN
CAN BEAT A JAVA BULL AT
ANYTHING, WHETHER
IT'S RACING OR THE OTHER
THE SULTAN OF
SOLO APPROACHES!
‘WY GULTAN ASKS, MY SULTAN REPLIES, 08,
“WHAT 20 YOU JUST HONGLORN BRows-
12"
(MY SULTAN GAYS,
“THEGE HONGLORNS
HMM, ,, HONGLORNG NOT GOOD.
FOR RACING? MY SULTAN MIGHT
WOT BUY!
FUTURE TYCOON,
<] not a cowaoy!
On, AWELCHER, EH? Tet |
HIM TO WAIT HERE WHILE
FETCH mY S/X-GLINS!
LOOK! I'LL PROVE THESE ARE THE FASTEST
BULLS IN JAVA! GIVE ME A COURSE To RUN ‘Em
ON ANO TIME ME ON IT!
TORUN MY BULLS AROUND BATAVIA'S HUGE CENTRAL
PARK, THE KING'S PLAIN! ~
“IN NOTIME, THE TWO GULTANG ARRANGED FOR ME |THIS SULTAN, HE SAv6 “READY!” ») | BOTH SULTANS,
THAT SULTAN, KE SAY6 “STEADY!”
HA! L’VE CHASED YOU LONG -LEGGED BOYS IN THEN Z'LL USE THE MONEY To BUY A SHIPLOAD
ENOUGH ETAMPEDES TO KNOW YOU CAN RUN OF TEAK WOOD TO SELL IN SEATTLE! AND A
LIKE TEXAS TWISTERS! WHY, I MIGHT GET FEW LOADS OF BANANAS! THE RICH CATTLE
[\_ THOSE SULTANS 70 BID AGAINST EACH OTHER! BARONS IN MONTANA WILL PAY A BUCK APIECE
HUH? THAT'S THE SULTAN | | WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? HAWS YOULL HAVE TO BE
SOLOS “EMITTER“! BUT WHO | | PLANNING ON BUSHWHACKING MIGHTY SLICK TO GET THE
ARE THOGE THUGS? ee
CAPTURE THOSE BULLS AND HAVE THEM HAULED
TO THE SULTAN’S YACHT! T’LL HAVE THIS YANKEE |
TAKEN OUT INTO THE MOUNTAINS! HELL.
NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN!OTHER THAN AN EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF A
| LOVELY WOOD-GRAIN PATTERN, I CONT
| RECALL ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT DAY!
“ALL X REMEMBER 1 DARKNESS AND A DREAM
ABOUT ROWS OF WOODEN POSTS COMING AT ME!
THEN THEY GREW TALLER AND BUSHIER AT DAWN!”
UH- OH! THIS... THIS IG THE JUNGLE! I’m IN THE
WILD INTERIOR OF JAVA! CAPTAIN MOORE SAID ITS
I'VE GOT 10 GET BACK TO BATAVIA! THAT DURN
SULTAN STOLE MY BULLS!
&
<3
STILL, THERE ARE A
LOT OF VINES IN
THESE TREES! KIND
OF LIKE THE RIGGING
OF A SHIP!
FILLED WITH FEROCIOUS BEAST:
y RTT
SGULPI¢ I'VE NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE BUT A
SCOTTIBH MOOR AND AN AMERICAN PRAIRIE!
A JUNGLE LOOKS ALOT LESS SArE!
UNCLE POTHOLE GHOULD USE THI6 BIT IN ONE OF
THOGE SILLY DIME NOVELS HE WRITES! I CAN SEEAl... MOUNTAIN SLOPE! ONCE ON TOP I CAN
GET A VIEW OF MY SURROUNDINGS AND SEE
WHICH WAY BATAVIA 16!
THERE'S A MAN, BUT
THE SMOKE I6 FROM
ONE OF THE VOLCANOES
THAT COVER THE
WHOLE SURFACE OF
THIS GLAND!
WHAT SORT OF
SCREWBALL
WOULD FOKE AROUND
ONE OF THOSE
DANGEROUS THINGS?
BETTER STILL-SMOKE!
MAYBE IT’S AFRIENOLY
NATIVE WHO WILL HELP Me!
IT WAS RATCHET GEARLODSE, avK0's
GRANDFATHER, WHO HAD BEEN THE
ENGINEER ON MY OLD RIVERBOAT! ”
OH, EXCUSE MES TLL
BE RIGHT wiTH you!
WELL, EVER SINCE YOUR.
STEAMBOAT BLEW ITSELF TO
BITS, I'VE BEEN TRAVELING AND
STUDYING FORMS OF ENERGY
SAFER THAN STEAMPOWER!
WHAT ARE
YOU DOING
IN JAVA
YEG, BUT I'LL EXPLAIN...
JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT...
THING REAL SAFE,
LIKE THis,
SCROOGE, I THINK I'M ON THE BRINK OF
INVENTING A WHOLE NEW FORM OF
TRANSPORTATION |
SOUNDS SILLY
eut PROFITABLE!
E TWine THE GEOTHERMAL
power of THe weey Bach :
Canoe pvimireese sousce fy——27 ———
AY i, yous on
FIRE JUST ABIT!I’M TESTING VOLCANIC GASES HERE IN JAVA, WHERE
THERE ARE MORE VOLCANOES THAN ANYWHERE ELSE
ON EARTH! B/G ONES, LIKE MT. GALAK, AND 7/NY
ONES, LIKE MT. KARANG HERE... OR THE LITTLE MT.
DANAN OVER THERE IN THE SUNDA STRAIT!
GUT OVER THERE IS WHAT INTERESTS
(| Me-BATAVIA! S MUBT GET THERE AS
; FAST AB POSSIBLE!
WELL, X COULD LEND
YOu THAT!
WONDERFUL } QUICK!
HITCH UP THE HoRGES
AND LET'6 GO!
JUST LIKE ON THE DILLY
DOLLAR, EF OKAY, L HAVE
THE HELM NOW GO GET THE
HORSES, WILL YAF
IT RUNG ON COMBUSTIBLE GASES THAT I’M
COLLECTING FROM A FUMAROLE!
Just PUSH
THar
[eNITION
BUT ONCE X PUSH THAT CRAZY BUTTON, THEW
WILL YOU HITCH UP THE
YOU MIGHT CALL THIS VEHICLE A
"HORSELESS” CARRIAGE ! THE
VOLCANIC GASES GO THROUGH
ER... WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SELL THIG LITTLE
INVENTION OF Yours,
RATCHET?
SURE! ONCE INVENT
SOMETHING, L LIKE TO
CLEAR MY MIND
FOR THE NEXT
PROJECT!WHEN I RECOVER MY BULLS AND) WELL, I COULD EASILY MAKE IT RUN I'LL EXPLAIN LATER!
SELL THEM, I'LL FAY YOU TO ON COSTLY WHALE GIL, OR EVEN ON HANG ON— WE'RE
MODIFY THIS °C.A.2.” TO NEED PETROLEUM! BUT ISN'T FREE ALREADY IN
MORE EXPENSIVE FUEL! GEO- THERMAL ENERGY BETTER? BATAVIA!
Z SAY, CEDRICK.,, WAS THERE SOME SORT
OF MATIVE PARADE MENTIONED IN
TODAY'S SOCIETY GAZETTE?
THERE'S THE DOCK AND THE CUTTY SARK!
BUT RATCHET, WHERE'D You PUT THE
BRAKES ON THIS THINGT
CAP'N MOORE, WHAT SHOULD JUST A MOMENT, MR. PENCROFT! HAVE YOU FOUND
WE 0O WITH McDUCK'S ORSE \ MR. FREENBEEN.. MY CAMERA YET?
een eese | wees ! adit
ree,
CARELESSLY STOWED!
re ao
Sik
a
iPITY! L/M NOT QUITE URE WHATS HAPPENING,
GUT I’M CERTAIN IT WOULD HAVE MAZE A RATHER
SORRY, SCROOGE, YOUR 2GRUMALESE But E
PROTOTYPE C.A.R. DOESN'T DON'T HAVE TIME TO
FLOAT VERY WELL! CRY OVER IT NOW...
CAP'N, HAVE YOu YES! THEY WERE THAT ROTTEN TOO BAD, SON, BUT WE'RE
SEEN ANYONE WICeM ABOARD ‘we curtaw | | SULTAWIS STEALING) PREPARING TO SAIL OuR-
imu my Buus? { ov soLo" on my BULLS! 3m SELVES! ALL AHORE
WAY BS? oe Te RUINEO IF I DON'T WITH YOU ANE YOUR
CATCH HIM! RSE!
Now!
—
zy
WAIT, CAP'N MOORE!
DION'T YOU TELL ME
STEAMSHIPS LIKE
THE SULTANS ARE
RUINING THE CLIPPER
BUSINESS?
BUT WHAT LF yOu
COULD CATCH A
FLEEING STEAM-
SHIP? AND
RECORD THE
ADVENTURE WITH
YOUR CAMERAT
WHY, THE WORLOWIDE
PUBLICITY WOULD
SECURE THE CUTTY
SARK FUTURE! THE
OWNERS WouLD BE
Ecstatic! ASAM x}
AYE, LAD..5AD BUT TRUE!
FEAR THE DAYS OF THE
TALL SHIPS ARE ENDING!
x oRYEL
CRY LIKE A
aay!BY NEPTUNE, WELL 00 IT! weLL
CATCH THAT CRASS STEAMSHIP.
ANO RECLAIM BOTH YOUR BULLS
AND THE HONOR OF THE AGE
"ZOUNDS, I’M
excitep!
OVER-HAUL THE
BUNTLINES!
LAO, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE WITH MORE
NATURAL TALENT FoR SAILING !
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS
TALENT, CAP'N! ONLY INSPI-
FATION AND AMBITIONS
oS
WELL, HERE LADDIE! You
DESERVE THE SHIP-MASTER’S
CROWN FOR THIS RACE!
BURNS WHITE
SHOULON'T x TAKE BELAY THAT, MR.
THiS ‘ORSE BELOW, PENCROFT! HER SEA-
LEGS ARE A FINE
EXAMPLE TO THE
CAP'N?
FINDING MY CAMERA!
YOU HAVE U6 DOING BIGHT- Listen! He's
FEN KNOTS, LAD! we'ee FIRING CANNON
GAINING ON THE SULTANSTHAT GHIP ON THE HORIZON MAY BE ‘AH, YOU ARE INDEED WISE, O SULTAN!
THE YANKEE BOYCOW LOOKING FoR HIS) THE OPEN AIR /S BETTER FOR THE
BULLS, MY SULTAN! PERHAPS WE SHOULD
HIDE THEM BELOW DECK?
YES! WHEN WE REACH MAQOERA ISLAND, WE WILL YOU ARE RIGHT, MY SULTAN — THAT 6HIP
ENTER THESE HONGLORNG IN THE NATIONAL BULL (6 FIRING ON UG! IT MUST BE THAT
RACE! WHEN THEY WIN, THE SULTAN OP DJOKJA YANKEE DEVIL!
WILL TURN JADE WITH ENVY!
GUT WHY 16 THE GULTAN'S YACHT SHELLING U6? BEGIDES, THE GOUND IS COMING FROM
WE'RE WELL OUT OF RANGE OF ANY SORT OF OVER THERE! STRANGE, THATS JUST MT.
ARTILLERY! ANAN, ANDIT LOOKS NORMAL |
WAIT! THAT HOT
CANNON FIRE!
(Wil... MORE MYBTERIOUS THUNDER
AND ANOTHER MiD-sEABREAKER! | | YES! 'T B00E5
INTERESTING
Events!
WHAT SAY You?
LooKIne,
CAP'N,
Lookin!Seeverar {¥ Te ouvvan wines to ait ey \|
THE RAILING! SUMMON A
CHAIGE LOUNGE!
YES, YOU'RE RIGHT! THE WINO HAS DIED! THEIR,
SAILS DROOP! HOW THEY WILL NEVER CATCH US!
=
a ZB
as
on
WHY NOT RELAX...
TAKE A SuNBATH!
RECLINER!
Y x aosust me)
EASY LADDIEBUCK!
WE'RE BECALMED!
THERE'S NOTHING
WE'VE LOST THE RACE — BOTH OF us! x WAS SO
YEARNING FOR A PHOTO OF THE MOMENT WE
SAILED RIGHT OVER THAT FOUL STEAMSHIP!
00 SOMETHING, RATCHET?
INVENT POWER TO HELP
US CATCH THAT YACHT!
GET US SOME OF THOSE
NEW ENERGIES YOU'RE
STUDYING!
ee carer. \
stuart you wien
FOR, GCROOGE!
PSIGHIE I HAD HOPED THIS RACE
WOULD ALLOW THE AGE OF CLIPPERS
‘TO END WITH A PROPER “BANG”!
WHAT...
WHATS:
THAT.
MY WORD! NOW THAT'S A
RATHER STRIKING SIGHT!
ACTUALLY, EVENT AM
PRESSED!
THE SUN? No...
THE GUN (6 OVER
THAT wary!LITTLE MT DANAN SEEMS
TO HAVE DONE A NASTY TURN
TO THE IGLAND IT WAS ON—
I WAS AFRAID OF SOMETHING
LIKE THIS! THAT'S A 6uB-
TERRANEAN PLINIAN ER
TION... VOLCANIC EXPLOSION
DEEP BELOW THE SURFACE!
a as
MR. PENCROFT, PLEAGE TELL ME
YOU'VE FOUND MY CAMERA!
irs meossiee! ) OH, IT MADE A SOUND ALL RIGHT! | | KRAKATOA 15 ABOUT CAP'N! HAVE GOMEONE
IT MADE NO A WHOPPER, I'D SAY! BUT BT KILOMETERS AWAY! ') BRING UP ONE OF
SOUND! SOUND ONLY TRAVELS 1100 THAT GIVES US ABOUT... THOSE BALES OF
KILOMETERS FER HOUR! TWO MINUTES! AUSTRALIAN WOOL
FROM BELOW!
hs ae Cm
HURRY, EVERYONE!
‘STUFF WOOL IN
fh YOUR EARS?
WAIT, SCROOGE! TELL THEM
TO FURL THE SALE
First!THE TWO MINUTES ARE UP!
BRACE YOURSELVES!
IN COWS
WOS, THE (LAND OF KRAKATOA EXPLODED WITH A
FORCE EQUNALENT TO 10.000 HYDROGEN BOMBS AND
DUCED THE LOUDEST WOIBE IN HISTORY, WE DEEMED IT WISE
70 DELETE THE SOUNP EFPELT TO PRESERVE THE SANITY
(AND EARS) OF OUR READERS.
FACT THAT ON AUGUST 27,
/DERATION OF THE
EVERY BIT OF GLAGS
KEEP FURLING
THOGE GAIL
THERE'LL BE ANOTHER TWO-
MINUTE GAP, THEN — THERE!
17 COMING!
WHAT'S NEXT,
VOLCANO
EXPERT?
Y65! A BURNING CLOUD! IT's A FLOW OF HOT
PUMICE AKO LAVA CRYSTALS, CARRIED OVER SEA
‘ANO LAND BY A CUSHION
HOT GASES!THAT WASN'T TOO BAD! NOT Too BAD? my LOOK! WE HAVE A
WE'RE FAR ENOUGH BEARD IS GONE! PROPER GALE FoR
AWAY THAT THE TEPHRA 3 FEEL NAKED! SAILING, NOW!
HAD COOLED AIT!
YEG! HOIST ALL SAILS!
I'LL ROLL BENEATH )——~) I THINK NOT! zm WE MUBT USE THE GALE To
OUR STERN LIKE : BEGINNING TO
THE OTHERS, RIGHT? UNDERSTAND
] REACH MAXIMUM SPEED
WHAT'S HAPPENING!
THE CUTTY SARK HAG A HULL OF COPPER SHEATHING !
IT MGHT BE SMOOTH ENOUGH TO PULL OFF THIS
STUNT... /F WE HAVE THE SPEED!
WE'RE MOVING FASTER \ CUT AWAY ALL
THAN THE WIND, NOW! SAILS! HURRY!
ITS HOLOING US3 GOT THIS IDEA PROM A NATIVE IN TAHITI!
HE WAS RIDING ON A LONG BOARD...IN THE
WE'RE RIDING THE CREST NOW! IF WE DON'T]
CAPSIZE, WE MIGHT PAGS DOWN THE BACK -
BIDE OF THIS TSUNAMI!
‘MR. PENCROFT! ANY
SIGN OF THAT BLASTED
CAMERA YET? MORAAN!
HUH? WHAT DID vou SAY? X” SOMEONE HELP ME EXTINGUIGH THE SULTANS
LCAN'T HEAR ANYTHING) TEA SERVIC 'T BEAR HIS SCREAMS
SINCE ALLAH YELLED AT
‘ME SEVERAL MINUTES
16 THAT CLIPPER,
SHIP STILL IN
PuRsuUIT, DESPITE
THE 6TRANGE
TIMES WE Live in?
NO! ITS SAILS ARE
BURNED AWAY!
QUICK! THE SULTAN Has Just
ORPERED US TO STEAM BEHIND THAT
SMALL ISLAND BEFORE WE'RE
SMASHED BY THAT Wave!
BUT WHY 16
(7 60 HIGH
IN THE SKY?WE'LL BE SAFE HERE,
BUT THE CLIPPER 15
POOMED! BWAK-HA-
HA-HAAAA!
2'0 GAY ABOUT THE SAME AS
THIG PILE OF WATER WE'RE RIDING!
THIS SHOULD BE,,, INTERESTING!
OREAMT OF TAKING!
LADDIE, WHAT IS YouR ESTIMATE OF THE ELE-
VATION OF THAT ISLAND OFF THE BOWSPRITZ,
LOOKIN’
CAP'N,
Loon’!
THE WAVE 16 PAST! WE ARE FREE To
GO! BUT THE CLIPPER'S MANY WINGS
HAVE BEEN CLIPPED!
Yes, MY
SULTAN!
FULL STEAM
AHEAD!
DRAT! WE CAUGHT UP TO THE SULTAN, BUT WE CANT
CONTINUE! IT WILL TAKE MANY HOURS TO BEN THE
SPARE SAILS!
NEVER MIND! HERE COMES THE FINAL
PERIL FROM KRAKATOA!
WHAT 15 ITZ 1
LOOKS Like
THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF...
SEAGULLS! AND THAT'S MY
BEST HAT, LAD! 1D THANK YOU TO
STOW IT BELOW DECKS !NOT SEAGULLS! KRAKATOA ITSELF! THESE ARE YOuKNOw,.. ) wei, ries!
THE BITS OF THE ISLAND THAT WEREN'T BLASTED | 11% THAT EXPLAIN THAT,
INTO ORBIT, FALLING BACK ON UB! 7 TOWN IN
SUMATRA!
OF COURSE! MANY ARE GLOBS OF
LAVA THAT COOLED IN MIDFLIGHT,
TRAPPING ALL THE GAS BUBBLES
THe
ROCKS ARE
FLOATING!
THAT'S ALL
NEED To Know!
5 ‘ es
RELAX, CAP'N! I TOLD YOU.» HORTENSE WAS
THE 6UREST- FOOTED HORSE ON THE CHISHOLM
2 > 7? WO.
» ay
&.
HE'S CHASING DOWN A MR.PENCROFT! IF
STEAMSHIP ON HORSEBACK! YOU DON'T FIND
THIS GETS MORE FANTASTIC 4 THAT CAMERA, T’LL
BY THE MINUTE! HAVE You
KEELHAULED!TLL sow You WAIT! YOU YANKEE
VARMINTS WHAT OEVIL! LISTEN TO
THE SULTAN!
SULTAN!
WORDS RIGHT Out
OF MY MOUTH, MY
!
fle # !
WAH?
HE SAYS, “BY JAVAN LAW, ANY LIVE- YOU “WHACKED” THAT
STOCK FOUND WANDERING LOOSE ERRANT FENCEPOST ALL
ON THE KING'S PLAIN MAY BE
CLAIMED BY THE FINDER AG HIS
PROPERTY!”
X’M STUCK! AND.
RUINED! THOSE BULLS:
CO6T ME A WHOLE
YEAR'S SALARY!
YIKES! THAT MASSIVE CHUNK OF LAVA SMASHED
THE STERN CLEAN OFF! THIS TUB WILL GO DOWN
LIKE A LEAD Goose!
THE SULTAN 16 RIGHT!
WHAT ABOUT THE
ABANDON 6HIP!
BULLS? x RAISED
THEM FROM CALVES!
YOU CAN'T LEAVE THEM
TO DROWN LIKE RATS!BAK! THEY Gon't cane! Y ano THERE’s onty OWE | [THIS GHOULD BE EASIER THAN THE TIME
I'S. UP TOME TO GAVE THE RR CHANCE Z PILOTED STEAMBOATS ON THE MI6SIS~
atte! = Z| SIPPIS THE OCEAN 15 MICH WIDER!
THE LAVA BOULDER THAT HIT US SHOULP BE BIG
THANK YOU, MR. PENCROFT! YOU BROUGHT THE
ENOUGH To SEE BELOW THE WATER! YES.,.THERE
CAMERA JUST IN TIME! 5 SUSPECT THAT LAG IS
ABOUT TO PULL HIS MOST AMAZING STUNT YET!
EGOT IT! x GOT IT! WHAT A SHOT!
THE OAILY MAIL IN LONDON WILL FAY A
THOUSAND GUINEAS FOR THIS PHOTO!
MR. PENCROFT, FETCH ME A
MARLINEGPIKE! Z’VE AN URGE
TO 00 THIS CONTRAPTION A
FURTHER MISCHIEF!CAP'N MOORE! MY COMPLIMENTS! AND wiLt You | | AYE, LAD, AND HELL GE BRINGING A USED CAMERA
SEND RATCHET OVER? HE NEEDG ARIDE BACK TO | | WITH HIM, DGVIL TAKE IT! I’M DONE WITH PHOTO-
AVA AND I COULD SURE USE AN ENGINEER! GRAPHY FOR GOOD AND ALL!
FAREWELL, SCROOGE MeDUCK! You've TREATED
THIS OLD SALT TO THE GRANDEST VOYAGE OF
ALL TIME!
AHOY, SULTAN! SINCE I SAVED YouR
ABANDONED YACHT, IT LEGALLY BELONGS TO
ME BY RIGHT OF SALVAGE! ALONG WITH ITS.
ENTIRE CARGO!
)
0 weit. AL's weve THAT Enos weve, But x DON'T
THIN Y'LL MIRE RATCHET To VENT NEW FORMS OF
ENERGY! I DON’T THINK THE WORLD NEEDS ANYTHING
LIKE WHAT I SAW TODAY!
Magee
Bl, Se), am
eae |
Se
“AND WHEN THE SULTAN OF DJOKJA LEARNED HOW
Hie eWAt sutran nao aumooe Tocco wan, Ne
GLADLY INCREASED MY FEE TENFOLD... AND WON
THE KERAPAN GAPI FOR YEARS AFTERWARD!”
["S0, APTER matcHeT WORKED 6OME ENGINEERING
“MAGIC,” WE RETURNED TO BATAVIA TWo DAYS
LATER! SINCE IT WAS ON THE NORTH GIDE OF JAVA,
KRAKATOA'S EXPLOSION HAD NOT DAMAGED IT!«BNO THATS HOW A SCOTTIGH COWBOY wowwwws
STEAMED INTO PORT ON A RUN-AGROUND WHAT AN
AQUEN TURE!
WHAT A
DIFFERENT Guy
UNCA SCROOGE
USED To BE!
TLL BET we wouLoN'T
EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM!
BUT WE THOUGHT You
DION'T GET RICH UNTIL
YOUR YUKON DAYS, UNCA
SCROOGE!
BUT E WAS ONLY
RICH IN JAVA FOR ABOUT
ONE MINUTE! THEN THE
OUTCH “RESIDENT” GAVE
Me THESE!
BILLS FOR DAMAGE
To THE BATAVIA MARKETS
AND DOCKS! FINES FoR
OPERATING A CIRCUS PARADE
WITHOUT A PERMIT!
FINES FOR SPEEDING, YES, THE FIRST! NOT TO MENTION A HUGE
RECKLESS ORIVING, INVENTEO Just TAX FOR THE NEW “REAL
FAILURE TO SIGNAL, FOR ME! REAL ESTATE” I BROUGHT
NO LICENGE,,. THESE “COLLECTORS INTO TOWN = MY
ARE TRAFFIC TICKETS! LAVA Rock!
OHO! RATCHET MUST HAVE REPAIRED THE CAMERA!
UNCA SCROOGE FORGOT THERE'S ONE PHOTO
FROM JAVA!