Aliens have come to Earth to steal all of its treasures including its greatest: Scrooge’s coin bank. Scrooge and pals gotta send them and their robot army on their way.
I’ve never read a Scrooge (or any of those Disney characters - Donald Duck, etc.) comic but I’m a fan of Jason Aaron’s work and was curious to see what he could do with a kid’s character. Well, as brilliant a writer as Aaron once was - Scalped, Punisher MAX, Wolverine Weapon X et al. - he hasn’t written a great comic in years and his Scrooge book unfortunately isn’t bucking that trend.
All I know of Scrooge is the opening sequence to a cartoon I watched as a kid when Scrooge dived into a sea of coins and swam about in it. Does Scrooge have super strength or something? He can beat up giant robots with his duck hands. Does he live forever? He seems to have various incarnations from different centuries (Klondike Scrooge). No idea. And I don’t really care to find out anyway. But these opportune traits fit in with the kind of story being told.
I wasn’t taken with the story in the least. Aliens have Scrooge hostage until the comic nears the end and then conveniences abound to overcome the feeble obstacles and for Scrooge and co. to save the day. The narrative, the characters or any of the scenes aren’t interesting. I get this is a comic for kids but the end is far too easy - zero cleverness, just sheer contrivance. Unconvincing too - the one defining thing about Scrooge is his love for money, but he lets that go when he needs to.
No idea how actual Scrooge fans (presumably they exist) will think about this but I was thoroughly unimpressed by Jason Aaron’s take on the character - a boring, pointless comic for a character that really shouldn’t be centre stage.
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