The Empire-Builder from Calisota

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The Empire-Builder from Calisota
Story code D 93288
Alternative title The Richest Duck in the World
Story Don Rosa
Ink Don Rosa
Hero Scrooge McDuck
Pages 24
Layout 4 rows per page
Appearances Scrooge McDuck
Hortense McDuck
Matilda McDuck
I.N.D.U.C.K.S. profile

The Empire-Builder from Calisota or The Richest Duck in the World is a Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the eleventh of the original 12 chapters in the series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. The story takes place from 1909 to 1930.

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Scrooge and his sisters are going to Africa where Scrooge for the only time in his life act like a scoundrel as he hires some criminals to attack a native village. As protest Matilda and Hortense return to Duckburg while Scrooge goes around the world in search for more wealth. The whole time he is followed by a zombie named Bombie. In the end he returns home as a hard duck, as a result the family leave him, but he finds comfort in now being the richest duck on earth.

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