The Greatest - New Barks Collection

[Mysterious Mox]

In Denmark and several European countries Carl Barks is the greatest of them all.

In Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Germany we have received 24 of the 30 albums of the new "The Carl Barks Collection Set". It contain 8000 pages - where 1500 pages are extra materials. This is soon available in USA:
http://www.amazon.com/Carl-Barks-Collection-Set-1/dp/1603600639/ref=pd_bbs_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205669147&sr=8-11

It seems that we in Denmark may get 9 albums more (Oil paintings, lithographs, his cartoons etc.)

They had some begining difficulties, but after this it is the greatest collection of all time (The US version probably have none of the Danish problems with the color, paper choice and certainly not any translation errors). Nothing is censored as it was in all the old versions available in US. The US version is half price compared to the Danish version and now they have just changed the introduction price to 1/3 the Danish price (probably only introduction price) - wauw this is cheap :eek: (the US$ is very weak at the moment).

US version (the kassette)
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Danish version
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9127/barksforsideruu8.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7481/barkscollbooks1qb4.jpg

[Chintzy Beatnik]

Wow.

Thats a lot of money to lay down. 10 volumes at almost $100 a volume.

But then again, 960 pages per volume is really a pretty good deal.

I will definatly have to consider it.

[Senormac]

Hasn't just about everything Barks ever did been reprinted at least 49 times in one form or another already?

Does Disney have anything to do with this set?

[Chintzy Beatnik]

I'm pretty new to the whole Carl Barks duck comics, so I suppose I have the luxury of not already owning too many of the stories reprinted here.

[Mysterious Mox]

Wow.

Thats a lot of money to lay down. 10 volumes at almost $100 a volume.

But then again, 960 pages per volume is really a pretty good deal.

I will definatly have to consider it.

In the European countries the price was from $220-300 and it was very quickly sold out in most of the countries (several are still on waiting list). In Europe we will probably get 13 volumes - Egmont (the publisher) have called us and asked if we were interested in 3 more volumes (Oil paintings, lithographs, his cartoons and the none Disney work). Next week we will receive volume 9. Definately my best buy ever even though it is expensive (The Danish version cost $300 per volume). But I can always sell it for at least the same amount (but I won't sell it ever).

The 10 volumes contain all the Disney stories from Carl Barks (6500 pages) and 1500 pages of extra materials.

None of the stories are censored. Several of the stories in CBL and other volumes were censored.

I think the $94.50 is an introduction price and the price for the other volumes will probably be $150.

If you want to see inside please take a look at this link - choose picture number 8:
http://www.carl-barks.dk/default.asp?ID=933

[Mysterious Mox]

Hasn't just about everything Barks ever did been reprinted at least 49 times in one form or another already?

Does Disney have anything to do with this set?


Yes it has been reprinted several times, but I only have some of the stuff - I want it all - and this is the best edition ever.

Gemstone finally has announced plans to publish English versions of Egmont's Carl Barks Collection hardcovers.
The Collected Works of Carl Barks is an ongoing series of books from the Disney licensee Egmont containing all Disney comics and covers written and/or drawn by Carl Barks, collected chronological. It also includes significant textual materials (articles and analysis) written by editor Geoffrey Blum.

It will be published between 2005-2008 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. It is also being published in Finland and Germany, although publication began at a later point in those countries. The complete set will consist of 30 books collected in 10 slipcase boxes, constituting about 8000 pages (including the articles) or some 500 comic book stories by Barks. The series is only available by subscription.

In many aspects the series is similar to Carl Barks Library (CBL) but differs by being published in colour, organizing the stories by the date of publication and containing newly discovered previously unpublished material. Blum was a contributing editor to CBL, and his familiarity with the Barks canon and its historic background is the principal reason Egmont hired him. Blum has drawn not only on material that appeared previously in CBL but new research he has undertaken which has resulted in a number of significant discoveries and fresh perspectives on Barks and his creations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collected_Works_of_Carl_Barks

We do not get all the covers from Barks in the 10 volumes - This is an extra volume.


While Donald's cartoons enjoy vast popularity in the United States and around the world, his weekly and monthly comic books enjoy their greatest popularity in many European countries, especially Denmark, Norway and Finland, but also Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Most of them are produced and published by the Italian branch of the Walt Disney Company in Italy and by Egmont in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. In Germany, the comics are published by Ehapa which has since become part of the Egmont empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck

Actually this material became so popular that much of it is now exported to the USA.

[Sir Tim Drake]

I think the ImageTexT (http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/) office has a copy of that book. I didn't know what it was until now, though.

[Chintzy Beatnik]

If you want to see inside please take a look at this link - choose picture number 8:
http://www.carl-barks.dk/default.asp?ID=933

So pretty.

Now I just have to convince my wife to let me buy it....

[Jukka Laine of Finland]

Finland started later, the fourth set should be out next week. But our version had the coloring errors fixed.

The price was 1900 euros = 2940 dollars, and the sets are not sold separately here, but you can cancel the subscription any time.

[Ryan K]

I've been waiting for an announcement like this for what seems like forever. I've read about the old Barks Library books and they appealed to the completist in me, but due to their extreme prices on ebay I've just gotten my Barks fix from stuff like Gemstone's Greatest DuckTales book and recently the Barks/Rosa Collections.

But I'm all over this.

Plus it looks like Gemstone's doing a similar (albeit much cheaper) project with Rosa's works.

http://www.amazon.com/Don-Rosa-Library-1987-1988/dp/1603600647/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

Can't wait.

[Mysterious Mox]

Finland started later, the fourth set should be out next week. But our version had the coloring errors fixed.

The price was 1900 euros = 2940 dollars, and the sets are not sold separately here, but you can cancel the subscription any time.

So the two first volumes in Finland were okay? - do you know that they fixed the coloring errors (did they tell you that) ?

Have you also got the offer of 3 ekstra volumes in Finland (volume 11-13)?

The Danish version was first okay (colour) from volume 3 (okay it is probably only collectors who will notice it). In Denmark we also had a very bad translation of the extra material in especially the first volume (everyone could see that), but there was also som errors in the next two volumes.

The Danish version is definately not perfect - It seems that some of the other countries got a better version. Even though I am very happy with my volumes and in approximately 3 months I got the complete Barks collection. I have waited for that for a verrrry long time (fantastic, having the collection of the greatest ever).

If the Finish version is okay then the American version must be okay too.

The next project I would like is the best stories from Paul Murry (not all the stories - it seems that he also made some stories of lower quality):

http://home8.inet.tele.dk/peterfj/biblioteket/images/murry35.jpg
http://home8.inet.tele.dk/peterfj/biblioteket/images/murry45.jpg

[Jukka Laine of Finland]

So the two first volumes in Finland were okay? - do you know that they fixed the coloring errors (did they tell you that) ?

Yes, they did tell. There were some printing problems in the second set, but they got replaced.

Have you also got the offer of 3 ekstra volumes in Finland (volume 11-13)?

Not yet. I didn't order the set, but I've been following the discussion at Kvaak.fi (http://www.kvaak.fi/keskustelu/index.php/topic,8158.0.html)

[stelok]

For me Carl Barks was the best Disney artist ever.

I wanna buy that Collection!!!

[Mysterious Mox]

For me Carl Barks was the best Disney artist ever.

I wanna buy that Collection!!!


These days, it is a lot about nostalgia, but I still enjoy his stories (though they were even better when I was a boy) and I do think Carl Barks was the greatest ever. He was both an excellent writer and artist.

You do like Carl Barks, do you also like Paul Murry?


On a Danish comic website we have voted for the best: writer, artist, comic, comic story, Tintin, Tintin Cover, Blake & Mortimer etc. Often with 10 nominations from each individual. Then we have taken the 10 which were mentioned the most to a semi-final and the two or three which got the most votes to a final poll.

Results of the Danish jury...http://www.seriejournalen.dk/index.asp
Best Writer: 1. Carl Barks - 2. René Goscinny (Asterix, Lucky Luke..)
Best Artist: 1. Carl Barks - 2. Franquin (Gaston, Spirou & Fantasio) - 3. Giraud (Blueberry) (This was very close race).
Best Comic: Donald Duck (Carl Barks)
Best Comic Story: 1. Tintin 7 crystal balls/Prisoners of the sun 2. Donald Duck Lost in the Andes (Barks) - 3. Watchmen
Best Tintin Cover: The Black Island
Best Blake & Mortimer Story and Cover: The Yellow M

[Jukka Laine of Finland]

Have you heard of writer Carl Fallberg? He wrote the best of Murry's Mickey Mouse stories. Mostly the ones in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories three-(or sometimes four-)part stories.

[Reptisaurus!]

Nah. There's been prior expensive hardcovers I didn't buy 'cause, well, they're too expensive. Cheap, chronological trades of Bark's stuff, (which we've NEVER had here in the US)... Yeah, I'd be alllll over that.

[Mysterious Mox]

Have you heard of writer Carl Fallberg? He wrote the best of Murry's Mickey Mouse stories. Mostly the ones in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories three-(or sometimes four-)part stories.

Yes, I have heard of Carl Fallbert and do know he wrote some of the best Murry stories - But I do not know exactly which stories he wrote - so I checked that (a combined search of Paul Murry and Carl Fallberg resulted in these 96 stories):

http://coa.inducks.org/comp2.php?code=&keyw=&keywt=i&exactpg=&pg1=&pg2=&bro2=&bro3=&kind=0&rowsperpage=0&columnsperpage=0&hero=&xapp=&univ=&xa2=&creat=paul+murry&creat2=&plot=&plot2=&writ=carl+fallberg&writ2=&art=&art2=&ink=&ink2=&pub1=&pub2=&zus=on&part=&ser=&xref=&mref=&xrefd=&repabb=&repabbc=ar&imgmode=1&vdesc2=on&vdesc=en&vus=on&sort1=auto

[Polar Bear]

Yes, it's $100. But considering that I fork out $50 for 250-300 pages of Archives or Masterworks, this is actually a hot deal. My only issue is that I'm actually not too fond of mid-1940's Barks; I like his stuff from 1950 forward much better, and I think I'll probably not buy the early volumes for that reason.

Mysterious Mox, do you know which volume of the complete Barks will have "Christmas on Bear Mountain," Scrooge's 1st appearance? That's when I'll likely start picking it up.

Also, will this have only the stuff he drew, or also the stuff he wrote? If it includes his writing, will the Woodchucks stuff be by the original artist (Strobl, I think) or by the one who re-does everything more nicely (name escapes me)?

I'm definitely in for the Rosa album.

Mysterious Mox, THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing this to our attention!

[Captain Jim]

The Jr. Woodchuck stories were originally drawn by Kay Wright, IIRC.

[Mysterious Mox]

Yes, it's $100. But considering that I fork out $50 for 250-300 pages of Archives or Masterworks, this is actually a hot deal. My only issue is that I'm actually not too fond of mid-1940's Barks; I like his stuff from 1950 forward much better, and I think I'll probably not buy the early volumes for that reason.

Mysterious Mox, do you know which volume of the complete Barks will have "Christmas on Bear Mountain," Scrooge's 1st appearance? That's when I'll likely start picking it up.

Also, will this have only the stuff he drew, or also the stuff he wrote? If it includes his writing, will the Woodchucks stuff be by the original artist (Strobl, I think) or by the one who re-does everything more nicely (name escapes me)?

I'm definitely in for the Rosa album.

Mysterious Mox, THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing this to our attention!
`

You are welcome.
Yes you are right. The early work is not so great as the stories from 1950 and forward.

"Christmas on Bear Mountain" - I have always loved that story.
It is in album 5 - so this story must be available in Volume 2.

will this have only the stuff he drew, or also the stuff he wrote? Both, I had to ask because I did not know. Album 29 contain almost only Woodchucks stuff, but the Woodchucks do also apear in other albums.


Rosa has made some good stories, but I never liked his drawing - In my opinion it looks like amateur work - he should have found a good artist instead of drawing him self.

[Mysterious Mox]

IMPORTANT NEWS

The cover pictures at this point, by the way, are just quick "Americanizations" of similar volumes already published by Egmont. Our final editions may look very different (and may not be identical to Egmont's equivalents inside, either) Citat: David Gerstein, Gemstone.

[Polar Bear]

I've just found out that prior to the two duck albums, we're treated to mice: The Floyd Gottfredson Library (http://www.amazon.com/Floyd-Gottfredson-Library-Mickey-1930-1933/dp/1603600434/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1) starts this August!!

If there ever were such a thing as "too much of a good thing," this is it! THANK YOU, GEMSTONE!!

[Chintzy Beatnik]

I'm gonna have to stop reading modern comics, just so I can afford to buy all these Disney ones.

[stelok]

You do like Carl Barks, do you also like Paul Murry?



I'm afraid I am not familiar with any Disney artists aside from Barks and Rosa. Maybe I don't pay attention to the credits in reprinted Disney comics, since all comic books don't show full credits for the writers, pencilers, inkers, letterers, colorists and editors until the era of Stan Lee, who was the first person to display full credits for a writer, penciler, inker and letterer on each comic book.

[Captain Jim]

I've just found out that prior to the two duck albums, we're treated to mice: The Floyd Gottfredson Library (http://www.amazon.com/Floyd-Gottfredson-Library-Mickey-1930-1933/dp/1603600434/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1) starts this August!!

If there ever were such a thing as "too much of a good thing," this is it! THANK YOU, GEMSTONE!!

I don't get it. Why are we not seeing any articles about this stuff on the web? Or at least a press release from Gemstone? I hope they actually come out since, at the moment, even their release of monthly titles seems to have dried up again.

[Captain Jim]

I did some searching and found these comments from Gemstone's David Gerstein on the Disney Comics Forum (http://dcf.outducks.org/viewforum.php?id=2):

I can't give many details about these projects yet, other than to confirm that for right now they're in the works. Plans have been known to change, though... Amazon's listings often reflect projects (from all publishers) that may not ultimately come out as originally expected.
But at least you can see what we presently *want* to do.

The cover pictures at this point, by the way, are just quick "Americanizations" of similar volumes already published by Egmont. Our final editions may look very different (and may not be identical to Egmont's equivalents inside, either).

...things are pretty durn tentative. Our distribution arm asks us to submit our information for Amazon—and other online retailers—nearly a year in advance. So these early plans are often subject to change.

[Mysterious Mox]

I've just found out that prior to the two duck albums, we're treated to mice: The Floyd Gottfredson Library (http://www.amazon.com/Floyd-Gottfredson-Library-Mickey-1930-1933/dp/1603600434/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1) starts this August!!

If there ever were such a thing as "too much of a good thing," this is it! THANK YOU, GEMSTONE!!


Great, I like some of Gottfredsons work - is it a library or is it just one album? Though it would have been much better news if it was the Paul Murry Library.

[Mysterious Mox]

I'm afraid I am not familiar with any Disney artists aside from Barks and Rosa. Maybe I don't pay attention to the credits in reprinted Disney comics, since all comic books don't show full credits for the writers, pencilers, inkers, letterers, colorists and editors until the era of Stan Lee, who was the first person to display full credits for a writer, penciler, inker and letterer on each comic book.

If you like the long Mickey Mouse stories some of them may be Paul Murry stories. You could try to find some of his drawings on google or take a look at the link I posted earlier in this thread (Paul Murry and Carl Fallberg).

[Jukka Laine of Finland]

I've just found out that prior to the two duck albums, we're treated to mice: The Floyd Gottfredson Library (http://www.amazon.com/Floyd-Gottfredson-Library-Mickey-1930-1933/dp/1603600434/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1) starts this August!!

It won't be complete, Disney simply don't allow reprinting some early material, today considered offensive and/or racist.

[Jukka Laine of Finland]

Also, will this have only the stuff he drew, or also the stuff he wrote? If it includes his writing, will the Woodchucks stuff be by the original artist (Strobl, I think) or by the one who re-does everything more nicely (name escapes me)?

I'm definitely in for the Rosa album.

What I heard, the Finnish edition will have the Barks-written stories (originally by Strobl and Wright) redrawn by Dutch artist Daan Jippes (that's him you meant). Most of the new ones have been published already in Finnish Aku Ankka weekly comic book.

[Polar Bear]

Yes, Daan Jippes, that's it! Thanks!

It won't be complete, Disney simply don't allow reprinting some early material, today considered offensive and/or racist.

Yes, they're marketing it as "the Best of Floyd Gottfredson." I'm sure that what they meant, though, was "The Expurgated Floyd Gottfredson."

Mysterious, the first volume is "1930-1933," which strongly implies there will be further volumes.

[Mysterious Mox]

It won't be complete, Disney simply don't allow reprinting some early material, today considered offensive and/or racist.

Strange - in the New Barks Collection this was aloud. Things which have been censored before are now shown as they were first drawed. Thanks for that. Disney should consider it as a history work and print it as it was.

Some of the parts in Tintin (especially Tintin in Congo) and Pippi Longstocking are also considered racist now, but we still got the stories as they were. And once more, thanks for that.

[Mysterious Mox]

What I heard, the Finnish edition will have the Barks-written stories (originally by Strobl and Wright) redrawn by Dutch artist Daan Jippes (that's him you meant). Most of the new ones have been published already in Finnish Aku Ankka weekly comic book.

Experts on a Danish website consider Strobls drawing as better compared to Jippes' (long explanation...) and fine that Jippes has redrawn the Woodchucks stories because this work was not done by drawers as good as Strobl.

[Captain Jim]

Strange - in the New Barks Collection this was aloud. Things which have been censored before are now shown as they were first drawed. Thanks for that. Disney should consider it as a history work and print it as it was.

Some of the parts in Tintin (especially Tintin in Congo) and Pippi Longstocking are also considered racist now, but we still got the stories as they were. And once more, thanks for that.

Anybody remember when Eternity Comics published some of these stories under the title "The Uncensored Mouse" only to be sued by Disney? I'm very happy that I have copies of the only two issues ever published.

[Jukka Laine of Finland]

Strange - in the New Barks Collection this was aloud. Things which have been censored before are now shown as they were first drawed. Thanks for that. Disney should consider it as a history work and print it as it was.

I have the Donald Duck volumes of CBL in Color (softcover albums from the 90s). In "Voodoo Hoodoo", there is a black person in the first page. His color and speech was changed, "neutralized" somewhat.

You know, the Tintin album was censored first time back in the 40s, when they did the color version. Tintin was teaching colonialism to the children at the missionary school. And in "Tintin in America", all black people were left out in the 80s version. It would have been strange, if they did that in the Congo album.

[Jukka Laine of Finland]

Anybody remember when Eternity Comics published some of these stories under the title "The Uncensored Mouse" only to be sued by Disney? I'm very happy that I have copies of the only two issues ever published.

In the first Mickey story, you can see why Disney won't allow "the cannibals" to be reprinted. They were reprinted in Finnish in the early 70s. But for some reason, the strips with Mickey naked was left out (he went swimming).

In later story, Mickey tries to commit suicide, five times, when Minnie lefts him. I don't think that is in the first book, either.

[Jukka Laine of Finland]

Experts on a Danish website consider Strobls drawing as better compared to Jippes' (long explanation...)

I agree. I wrote an article about Tony Strobl to Finnish Aku Ankka weekly last year.

Kay Wright's art wasn't as cool as Jippes's, then.

[Mysterious Mox]

I have the Donald Duck volumes of CBL in Color (softcover albums from the 90s). In "Voodoo Hoodoo", there is a black person in the first page. His color and speech was changed, "neutralized" somewhat.

You know, the Tintin album was censored first time back in the 40s, when they did the color version. Tintin was teaching colonialism to the children at the missionary school. And in "Tintin in America", all black people were left out in the 80s version. It would have been strange, if they did that in the Congo album.


In the new volume "Voodoo Hoodoo" is changed a lot compared to CBL. We got all the censored drawings - several of the pages in that story are in a bad copy (probably what there was available - I do not know the story behind, but it is probably presented in the extra material).

[anthony!]

Holy. Crap.

I really don't know what to do about these sets. That library of work is so huge!

I was kind of hoping more for a "Complete Carl Bark's Uncle Scrooge" Collection.

Not that this isn't awesome. Its just that I'm not interested in breaking my bank AND my bookshelf!

[Mysterious Mox]

I never liked the colors in this new Barks masterpiece. Here is an article from the Danish comic expert Matthias Wivel concerning the problem.

http://www.metabunker.dk/?p=1175 and a short one here:http://www.metabunker.dk/?p=1181

From a Danish 1954 collection
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/525/lejrturent1954danishedixi0.jpg

From the new Barks collection
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4963/vacationtimecbsvfy2.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/6536/vac2copyqm0.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3825/cbsv81tnw3.jpg

I do agree with Matthias though I am not as negative as him. This is still a masterpiece though I would love that Gemstone come up with new colors closer to the Danish 1954 edition (and better - this should be possible). If they do that a lot of the Danish fans will probably also buy the American Barks collection (they already bought the expensive Danish collection).

I will definately send the article from Matthias Wivel to Gemstone. If others in here have the same opion concerning the colors please send a a comment to Gemstone.

Gemstone: wdcs@gemstonepub.com or us@gemstonepub.com

[martijn@simnet.is]

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BTW everyone forgets the equally beautiful Lecturama series in Holland, with great encyclopedia look books. They have issued part 32 now and when I count the Barks stories left, probably there will be 2 more coming up.

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[Hintermann]

I have been a fan of Barks stories for over 40 years, but there is no way I am going to fall for this new gimmick. To me a comic book is only as good as it really is and meant to be read and re-read. I have no interest in collections for collections sake and since I have each and every Carl Barks comic story ever published in some shape of form, this new collection has absolutely no meaning or interest for me.

[Mysterious Mox]

I have been a fan of Barks stories for over 40 years, but there is no way I am going to fall for this new gimmick. To me a comic book is only as good as it really is and meant to be read and re-read. I have no interest in collections for collections sake and since I have each and every Carl Barks comic story ever published in some shape of form, this new collection has absolutely no meaning or interest for me.

I do understand you.

I got approximately 2/3 of his stuff in a lot of different magasines and collections.
But this give the oppurtunity for having it ALL in ONE collection with no censorship, in the order of production and in a nice luxury collection with a lot of extra material of the greatest comic creator ever.

Difficult saying no to that. Most of the buyers in Denmark probably got a lot of the stuff - but this collection was sold out in no time. I would have loved that it was perfect (especially the colors I do not like), but I still love it. Now I see the oppurtunity for getting a perfect one - and for half the price (The American collection cost half the price of the Danish collection) . I will buy it if they improve the colors. It is so cheap in US.

This collection is great. Now you allways know were the story is - it is not just some where in the collection of 1000´s of magasines and albums.

[Mysterious Mox]

The collection is NOT on Amazon anymore.

One of my friends got this e-mail:

Hello from Amazon.com.

We are sorry to report that the availability of the following item
has changed:

Carl Barks (Author), et al "The Carl Barks Collection Set 1"
[Hardcover]

[Hintermann]

I do understand you.

I got approximately 2/3 of his stuff in a lot of different magasines and collections.
But this give the oppurtunity for having it ALL in ONE collection with no censorship, in the order of production and in a nice luxury collection with a lot of extra material of the greatest comic creator ever.

This collection is great. Now you allways know were the story is - it is not just some where in the collection of 1000´s of magasines and albums.

First of all, Gladstone / Disney have already reprinted classic Barks' collections as Comic Album 'Libraries' over the years, mainly in the early 1990s. Secondly, one of the joys I have is the need to browse through my collection to find a particular story that I want to re-read. If it was too readily available, that would take some of the charm out of it. If you have read Don Rosa's masterpiece Last Sled to Dawson, you might recall that $crooge quotes the poet Robert Service:

There's gold, and it's haunting and haunting;
It's luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn't the gold that I'm wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It's the great, big, broad land 'way up yonder,
It's the forests where silence has lease;
It's the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It's the stillness that fills me with peace

The highlighted lines reflect human nature in general and that of $crooge in particular. To some extent, that is true of our reasons for indulgence in nostalgia.

As for the value I place on my 7000+ comic collections, it is the same as what $crooge describes the coins in his money bin in another Don Rosa story - The Money Pit.

[Sir Tim Drake]

Yeah, I agree with Hintermann. A couple years ago, I wrote this, in reference to the last chapter of Life and Times:

That leads me to the last reason why I'm including this comic: because it gives me a way to rationalize my own collecting habit. :) Rosa is constantly making the point that Scrooge loves his money not for its exchange value, but for the memories it represents. In a way, I feel similarly about my comics, especially the ones that I buy at Comicon. My comics are valuable not only as reading material, but also because of the memories I attach to them. Hence why I'm reluctant to exchange them for soulless trade paperbacks. :)