Marco Polo continued

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

BOB:

> This is getting interesting. What "censored" version are you 
> comparing the original with?

My censored version is from the CBL (Carl Barks Library).

> I'd guess there might be more "changes", for instance, were native  
> faces redrawn to eliminate "oriental" eye shape or a "buck-
> toothed" look in the mouth?

As far as I know: No. You can see the "oriental" look easily, 
although the public on one of the last pages don't seem to have a 
oriental look. In my version only the soldiers seem to have those 
teeth. The prince doesn't have teeth for instance.

> I dug out my copy of US 134  and  had  another  look. Talk about
> irony!   Take  a  look  at the panel where a soldier says to Wahn
> Beeg Rat, "Eraser squad A is waiting, Sir!" The structure behind 
> the squad is labeled "THE WALL".  If you have some knowledge of 
> 'Nam vets lingo,  many  of  them refer to the Vietnam Veterans' 
> Memorial in Wash, DC as "THE WALL".

Sorry, but I don't know very much about the Vietnam-war, but I 
understand what you mean.


--- Daniel