Disney Masters

Fantagraphics launched the Disney Masters Series with Vol. 1: The Delta Dimension in May 2018. Since then they have published a few new volumes in the Disney Masters series each year. Volumes have been alternating between the central character and story being Mickey Mouse related or Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge.

Fantagraphics presents Disney Masters – acclaimed artists from around the world working in the grand Walt Disney tradition. Many of these stories are new to American readers and appear here for the first time in English. Fresh new artwork, fresh new adventures, and fresh new laughs!

Disney Masters Vol. 24: World Wide Witch

Book Description:

Uncle Scrooge battles Magica De Spell and Flintheart Glomgold on treasure hunts and in cyberspace―in this pulse-pounding comics collection by fan-favorite Argentine artist Daniel Branca!

The year: 2000! The internet is still young―and that saucy sorceress, Magica De Spell, is turning early social media to her advantage: getting online and arranging a full-scale sorceresses’ convention at Scrooge McDuck’s money bin… with herself disguised as chief “good witch”! Then Scrooge and his raging rival, Flintheart Glomgold, travel through time in “The Quest for the Curious Constable”… Donald films crazy cat food commercials in “Feline Fellini”… and Huey, Dewey, and Louie face dangerous duck-eating plants in “The Green Attack”! 

Disney Masters Vol. 24: World Wide Witch was published by Fantagraphics in May 2024.

This volume of the Disney Masters series is 204 pages and features Disney Master Daniel Branca. This is the first Disney Masters volume to feature Daniel Branca.

A short biography on Daniel Branca is included in the back of the book.

Disney Masters Vol. 24: World Wide Witch is available in hardcover and Kindle\Comixology versions. A link to buy this book can be found at the end of this review.

Included Stories

There are 15 stories included in Disney Masters Vol. 24:

• The Green Attack
• Quest for the Curious Constable
• An Honest Mistake
• Tip-Top Topiary
• Con Job For a Snob
• Ill Met by Moonlight
• That’s Entertainment?!
• Feline Fellini
• The Hi-Tech, Low-Down Blues
• Two in One
• What About 65?
• World Wide Witch
• The Flying Mallard
• In Quest of the Green Hope
• The Croc Stopper

My Review

The villains and arch rivals of Scrooge McDuck are high on my list of favorite characters in the duck world. With Disney Masters Vol. 24, we get a volume where Magica De Spell takes center stage as she is featured on the cover of the book. She also stars in three of the stories inside. Fans of our favorite witch definitely need this book. We also get two Scrooge vs. Flintheart Glomgold stories and a pair of Beagle Boy delights. This is the first Disney Masters volume for artist Daniel Branca, and I would absolutely welcome more volumes as his art reminded me of classic Carl Barks.

I love the Disney Masters series because we get treated to stories and illustrations from more great Disney comic creators besides the legendary Barks and Rosa. We may have never had a chance to read these stories outside of Fantagraphics’ Disney Masters series.

I am definitely looking forward to reading future volumes of Fantagraphics’ Disney Masters series. A big thank you to Fantagraphics for sending us this book to review so that we can continue our education and journey through the history of Disney Comics.

You can purchase Disney Masters Vol. 24 at the link below:

Order: Disney Masters Vol. 24: Uncle Scrooge: World Wide Witch

The next new release volume in the Disney Masters series has already been announced and is available for preorder:

Order: Disney Masters Vol. 25: Mickey Mouse: The River of Time

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