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<P>I can think of one exception to this. He wrote a christmas story where HDL wanted a steam shovel and actually drew Santa Claus and showed him using magic to get down the chiminey, with no explaination to spoil it's magicalness. (There was an editors note in the copy I have mentioning how unusual this was for Barks).</P>
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<DIV></DIV>From: "Santiago Garcia Banhos" <SGARCIA@EXTERNAL.UF-ISF.ES>
<DIV></DIV>To: <DCML@STP.LING.UU.SE>
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Barks and magic
<DIV></DIV>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:32:33 +0200
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<DIV></DIV>Don Rosa wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>>Barks, for some reason, seemed to really
<DIV></DIV>>disdain the use of a character with occult powers... his previous uses of
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<DIV></DIV>This remains me a fact I've realised in Bark's tales (I don't know if this
<DIV></DIV>has been discused here before): He *never* uses any real magic or
<DIV></DIV>supernatural facts in his stories; even when it seems to be some paranormal
<DIV></DIV>phenomenia, at the end it turns out to have some certain scientifical
<DIV></DIV>explanation (even more if we consideer Magica's spells as chemistry, maybe).
<DIV></DIV>Look, for instance, the "Flying Dutchman" or the "Old Castle's secret"
<DIV></DIV>stories... I wonder if this has something to deal with his personal beliefs.
<DIV></DIV>Any suggestion about this? Any story with real supernatural-facts which I
<DIV></DIV>forget?
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