Cash Flow (comics)
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Cash Flow is an Uncle Scrooge
-adventure comic written and drawn by Don Rosa
from 1987 and first of his stories where the Beagle Boys
appeared. Like some others comic stories by Don Rosa (such as A Matter of Some Gravity and The Universal Solvent
) that story is founded in toying with laws of nature. Rosa thinks that he has got ideas for those comics from mechanical engineering course of institute of higher education, which he took before he became to professional cartoonist.
acquire an anti-inertia
and anti-friction
beam pistols from the foolish cabbage professor who invented the petrifying beam. Next, they march to the Money bin and evade all obstacles with their beam pistol, including a barbed-wire fence, dogs, portcullis
, automatically triggered machine gun nests and cannonballs. They advance in that way as far as towards the strongroom.
There Scrooge snatches the anti-friction pistol and fires it at the money, making it behave essentially as a liquid. The Beagle Boys are disappointed when they find that the money masses are too slippery to carry. They tie up the ducks, leave the beam pistols and go out to punch holes in the wall of the Money bin. At that time Ducks exploit the situation and they free themselves from the ropes with the help of the beam pistols. Scrooge hurries to the roof terrace and shoots anti-inertia at the tools of the rascals, so that they have no effect on the bin wall.
At last the Beagle Boys catch on, and attack simultaneously with many bulldozers. At the same time the beam gun runs out of power, and the excessive use of the ray guns has weakened the concrete in the walls. The bin cracks like an egg, and the money masses wave over Duckburg and wash down the drain network owned by Scrooge. The Ducks leave to rescue the money with Donald Duck
's car, that has become amazingly fast because the deletion of inertia. The money is caught on barges and carried back to the Money bin, Scrooge shoots the Beagle Boys with both beam pistols and then shoves them into prison with a flick of his finger.
Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck is a cartoon character created in 1947 by Carl Barks and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Scrooge is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats...
-adventure comic written and drawn by Don Rosa
Don Rosa
Keno Don Hugo Rosa, known simply as Don Rosa, is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other characters created by Carl Barks for Disney comics, such as The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.-Early life:Don Rosa's grandfather,...
from 1987 and first of his stories where the Beagle Boys
Beagle Boys
The Beagle Boys are a group of fictional characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe. Created by Carl Barks, they are a gang of criminals who constantly try to rob Scrooge McDuck. Their introduction and first appearance was in Terror of the Beagle Boys, in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #134,...
appeared. Like some others comic stories by Don Rosa (such as A Matter of Some Gravity and The Universal Solvent
The Universal Solvent (comics)
-Plot:Gyro Gearloose has invented a "universal solvent", a thick, black liquid capable of instantly dissolving anything except diamonds, with it then transforming the dissolved matter into a super-dense dust. Gyro then gives the Universal Sovent kept in an diamond jar and a Omnisolve beach umbrella...
) that story is founded in toying with laws of nature. Rosa thinks that he has got ideas for those comics from mechanical engineering course of institute of higher education, which he took before he became to professional cartoonist.
Plot
To make their chores to rob the Money bin easier, the Beagle BoysBeagle Boys
The Beagle Boys are a group of fictional characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe. Created by Carl Barks, they are a gang of criminals who constantly try to rob Scrooge McDuck. Their introduction and first appearance was in Terror of the Beagle Boys, in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #134,...
acquire an anti-inertia
Inertia
Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. It is proportional to an object's mass. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics which are used to...
and anti-friction
Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and/or material elements sliding against each other. There are several types of friction:...
beam pistols from the foolish cabbage professor who invented the petrifying beam. Next, they march to the Money bin and evade all obstacles with their beam pistol, including a barbed-wire fence, dogs, portcullis
Portcullis
A portcullis is a latticed grille made of wood, metal, fibreglass or a combination of the three. Portcullises fortified the entrances to many medieval castles, acting as a last line of defence during time of attack or siege...
, automatically triggered machine gun nests and cannonballs. They advance in that way as far as towards the strongroom.
There Scrooge snatches the anti-friction pistol and fires it at the money, making it behave essentially as a liquid. The Beagle Boys are disappointed when they find that the money masses are too slippery to carry. They tie up the ducks, leave the beam pistols and go out to punch holes in the wall of the Money bin. At that time Ducks exploit the situation and they free themselves from the ropes with the help of the beam pistols. Scrooge hurries to the roof terrace and shoots anti-inertia at the tools of the rascals, so that they have no effect on the bin wall.
At last the Beagle Boys catch on, and attack simultaneously with many bulldozers. At the same time the beam gun runs out of power, and the excessive use of the ray guns has weakened the concrete in the walls. The bin cracks like an egg, and the money masses wave over Duckburg and wash down the drain network owned by Scrooge. The Ducks leave to rescue the money with Donald Duck
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...
's car, that has become amazingly fast because the deletion of inertia. The money is caught on barges and carried back to the Money bin, Scrooge shoots the Beagle Boys with both beam pistols and then shoves them into prison with a flick of his finger.