AHA, ARMSTRONG. Simple computation of multiple variables. BUT I PREFER TO COUNT MY MONEY MYSELF. GOOD, BUT HOW DID YOU GET THE COMBINATION TO MY VAULT? HE-HE-HE. WELL, I GUESS THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN’T DO.
Counting money. Counting my money! I DON’T LIKE THIS EITHER. § ARMSTRONG CLOSES THE VAUL Qe HERE... ! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NOW, NOW, ARMSTRONG, GYRO WOULDN’T LIKE THIS.
lam Armstrong. / am your friend!
GYRO’S HOUSE. « ae 2 ¥ WHY, MR. MCDUCK, IS SOMETHING WRONG? ARMSTRONG IMPRISONS GYRO AND SCROOGE AND GETS TO WORK! VER ALL OF THE SATELLITES.
B 6-ee AND TRANSFERS ALL THAT ELECTRICITY TO GYRO’S HOUSE. HE’S LINKED UP WITH COMMUNICATION SATELLITES AND ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS.
HE OPERATES ANYTHING POWERED BY ELECTRICITY... PLATED BATTERYOPERATED DICTATOR IS GOING TO f STOP ME/ KN Des --- USING HIS OWN REMOTE CONTROL. cea
WHERE’S \ j UNCLE & 2 SCROOGE? te+5 always THE FIRST AT BREAKFAST. MOST HE DIDN’‘T UNUSUAL. SLEEP IN HIS 3 BED LAST y IT’S NOT J Sti ~— i) ao LIKE HIM NOT aAteieels b : ’ THE ROBOT ARMSTRONG | FOV N? (ees TO FIND HIM! {| eee HELLO, GYRO, |S AWW, THEY UNCLE BE AT HERE? NO, AND I DON’T EXPECT TO SEE HIM. ARMSTRONG MIMICS F GYRO’S VOICE. ; Sse I HAVE WORK TO DO. NOW LEAVE ME ALONE AND DON’T COME OVER HERE/ If | was human, | might find this amusing.
| knew the boys would give me trouble. / will give them trouble. 7 BUT GYRO WOULD NEVER TALK TO ONE OF US LIKE THAT! YOU’RE RIGHT. WE BETTER GET OVER THERE. WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT THING? WE COULD GO IN THE WINDOW.
Ey i _ a F RMSTRONG LOOKS ON. £ - oe J gl SOMEBODY'S DOING IT BY REMOTE , | | » CONTROL. THEY’RE RUNNIN? 4 ft di = Que BY THEMSELVES! Se “| a ee - ae
HEY, WHAT ARE YEAH, WE AFRAID OF? YOU/RE THEY’RE ONLY RIGHT! HA-HA. THAT SHOULD SLOW ‘EM DOWN. oe
WHO DO YOU THINK IS BEHIND IT? YOU KNOW, & LIKE FLYING MODEL AIRPLANES AND OPENING AUTOMATIC GARAGE AND HE SAID HE WAS OUR FRIEND/ K WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS REMOTE CONTROL POWERS?
WHEN DID GYRO INSTALL THESE FENCES AND CAMERAS? Sh NOW YOU’VE ‘\ REALLY MADE ME MAD!
HEY, LITTLE BUDDIES. ‘ LAUNCHPAD \_ GOING AWAY FOR A WHILE-- TO THINK. WE THINK HE’S HOLDING GYRO AND UNCLE SCROOGE CAPTIVE! THEY’RE AT GYRO’S BARN/ WITH LASER BEAMS/ ELECTRIC FENCES ALL AROUND IT. YEAH, BUT WHO’/D BE CRAZY ENOUGH TO FACE THAT LAUNCHPAD! 2 YOU CAN’T DO THAT! ¥ ARMSTRONG’S GONE HAYWIRE!/ YOU HAVE TO HELP US/ ay = =THE METAL MIRACLE GOT HIS WIRES CROSSED, WE’LL HAVE TO FLY IN, BUT I’M AFRAID MY CHOPPER IS AWRECK.
THERE’S NO FANCY ELECTRONICS IN MY JOY JUST AS WELL. ARMSTRONG CAN CONTROL ANYTHING WITH > ELECTRONICS IN IT. ARMSTRONG SCRAMBLES JETS TO STOP LAUNCHPAD. |) 2 HEY, SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT HERE. JUST UP AND DOWN. COME ON/
AHEM, IT TAKES YEARS OF PRACTICE TO LEARN THAT MANEUVER. GREAT FLYIN’, LAUNCHPAD/
Pk THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT GETS CUT OFF...
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HE DID IT! LAUNCHPAD I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY, LAUNCHPAD. / YOU WON WHEN IT REALLY
MARSHMALLOWS IN MY HOT CHOCOLATE? y OH, BOY! TWO MARSHMALLOWS AGAIN/ EFFICIENCY HAS ITS PLACE, BUT y 7 NOT IN MY HOT IT’S INEFFICIENT, ) = a CHOCOLATE! SIR. YEAH? YOU SAID IT, UNCLE SCROOGE! OH, VERY, VERY GOOD, SIR. THE END.
) I JUST LOVE LOOKING THROUGH THE BUSINESS SECTION. ON EVERY PAGE. HE-HE. ‘“MCDUCK ASSETS TOP TWO *“MCDUCK STOCK REACHES ye HUNDRED BAJILLION.” iu ALL-TIME HIGH.” ‘“MCDUCK LOSES CONSTRUCTION BID TO FLINTHEART GLOMGOLD.” GLOMGOLD SAYS HE CAN COMPLETE THE NEW BANKING COMPLEX IN SIX WEEKS.
EVEN IF I CUT EVERY CORNER, I COULDN'T FINISH THAT PROJECT FOR YEARS. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY YOU DIDN’T GET THE JOB, SIR. I’M GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT GLOMGOLD’S
AND NOW TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW DUCKBURG BANK COMPLEX, THE MAYOR WILL DIG THE FIRST SHOVELFUL. YOU CAN’T SELL \" APPLES, HERE. EACH APPLE ONLY BRINGS ME TWO CENTS PROFIT. 4
---AND TOSS IN A FREE APPLE AND YOU CAN YOU’RE ROTTEN TO THE CORE, FLINTHEART GLOMGOLD... I SAY IF OTHERS CAN MAKE YOU MONEY, HMM, GIVE ME FIFTY PERCENT OF YOUR PROFITS...
THE DUCKBURG BANK COMPLEX WILL HOUSE THE SECOND LARGEST MONEY VAULT IN THE WORLD. AND NOW TO INTRODUCE THE BUILDING CONTRACTOR WHO WON THE BID FOR THIS PROJECT... WITH PICTURES OF THE PLANS, ROBBIN’ THIS BANK COMPLEX WILL BE A SNAP.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. -. *,. THAN SCROOGE MY MCDUCK COULD ba § DO IT.” ‘A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT MY LITTLE SECRET, ESPECIALLY SCROOGE MCDUCK.” AHEM, I GOT THIS JOB BECAUSE I PROMISED TO DO IT FAR FASTER, “ AND MUCH CHEAPER... é WELL, MY LITTLE SECRET ISN’T SO LITTLE.
WELL, IF { IT ISN’T YESTERDAY’ NEWS. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE fo MACHINES... /2Qv : OOF ae wy v=5 3) ale 09 2FO FOO ---OUT OF BUSINESS.
HELLO THERE ee MR. MCDUCK. HOW DO YOU ey LIKE MY NEWEST INVENTION? THA-THA... THAT VOICE. GYRO! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NEVER TO BUILD ANOTHER BUILT THESE FOR MR. GLOMGOLD. YOU TOLD ME NEVER TO BUILD ANOTHER ROBOT FOR YOU, MR. MCDUCK...
BUT, GYRO, THE LAST ROBOT YOU INVENTED ALMOST TOOK OVER THE WORLD. THE LAST ROBOT HAD A COMPUTER FOR A BRAIN. NOT TO WORRY, MR. MCDUCK, I’VE MADE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS/ I’M NOT SURE THAT’S AN IMPROVEMENT. IMPROVEMENT IS THAT MY ROBOTS ARE GOING TO MAKE ME A FORTUNE.
Py Gyro Ogee i A ETS GO, ¥ / = - START THE You e yA BOYS. , FOUNDATION. : Ee 2 - — HMM, THOSE ROBOTS GIVE ME AN IDEA.
GLOMGOLD, BUILDING THESE ROBOTS WAS A PASSING UP THE CHANCE TO BUILD } ya THEM... WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO FOOL? _..WAS THE MISTAKE, AND you )J MADE IT.
YOU’RE GOING SOFT, SCROOGE, OLD BOY. YOU’VE BEEN ON TOP SO LONG, YOU’VE BECOME TOO CAREFUL, AFRAID TO TAKE CHANCES. THEY SAY: “YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE.” AHH-HAA-HA/ oe : : : % > “LET ME SHOW YOU F.\8 OUR CEMENT-POURING }| PROCEDURE.” as:
I’M NOT GOING TO STAND STILL FOR THIS, GLOM-- = yi WELL, SCROOGE, a ( = YOU’LL HAVE TO STAND i , QUICK-DRYING STILL FOR THIS. ee = C Se CEMENT.
7 WITH THESE ROBOTS, I’LL GET ALL THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS YOU USED TO GET. BREAK THE OLD STIFF OUT OF THIS, WILL YOU? SURE THING, , MR. GLOMGOLD. 2
WHY, IT’LL BE " LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY. THINK OF IT, I HAVEN’T DONE THAT IN A WHILE, EITHER. IT... IT’S LAUNCHPAD?! J WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?
- . “HE’S GOING TO CIRCLE Ve MY CONSTRUCTION SITE a y OR “ADVERTISING.” ~ | or
SAY, MR. GLOMGOLD, ARE YOU PAYIN’ ME BY THE HOUR OR BY THE CIRCLE? GEE, MR. MCDEE, EVEN YOU NEVER FIRED ME THAT FAST. ME AFRAID TO TAKE CHANCES? BEING ON TOP MADE ME TOO CAREFUL...
VERY WELL, LAUNCHPAD. ONLY, DON’T ASK TO DO THE DRIVING. SAY, MR. MCDEE, COULD YOU GIVE ME A LIFT HOME? MA BEAGLE IS UP TO NO GOOD. I’YLL WAIT UNTIL DARK. IM A NIGHT PERSON ANYWAY. HE-HE-HE. 288
MA BEAGLE CLIMBS INTO THE ROBOT. “YOU NEED A PH.D. IN GIZMOS JUST TO GET THIS THING GOIN“.”
BAH! Y’LL JUST DRIVE IT BY THE SEAT OF MY DRESS. AHA! NOTHING TO IT/
YIKES! THE ROBOT’S RUNNING BY ITSELF... LATER, AT THE PRISON... iP TRIAS Nota WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE.
WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE AND INTO SCROOGE’S MONEY BIN. I ONLY GOT ONE QUESTION, BANKJOB. HOW SHOULD ie LET’S GET OUTTA HERE! DON’T BE AFRAID, BOYS, IT’S YOUR LOVING MOTHER.
yy, ieee 8 Sy SACK AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
YOU BOYS KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THE CONTRAPTION WALKED RIGHT THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. JUST LIKE THAT! WHOA!
Pe THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW IS NO MATCH FOR THE BIG FOOT OF THE MA/ COME ae ‘ ON, KIDS, <= ; asl ; ¢ LET’S GO Pc z a PAINT THE TOWN. pt g ow mJ ANY COLOR WE WANT.
QUIT CLOWNING AROUND, BURGER. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, A CARTOON SHOW?