Flintheart Glomgold

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  Flintheart Glomgold.The only mentions of a relative of Glomgold are in the 
stories:1)"The Money Champ"(W US 27-01) by Carl Barks,Flintheart mentions he 
betrayed his mother's dreams and 2)"All That Glitters is Not Gold"(KT 2190) 
in which there is a scene in which Flintheart's mother calls him and he 
refuses to answer her.But the later is a Ducktales storie.Has his mother 
ever actualy appeared or named?Wiliam Van Horn placed him in the family tree 
of the Ducks so I guess he could be a distant relative.
  As for Flintheart himself,I consider him s lonely version of 
Scrooge.Scrooge is the head of a large family.A circle of activity of alies 
and opponents is always surrounding Scrooge.His Money Bin is the symbol of 
an always expanding megalopolis.In contrast Flintheart has no close 
relatives,his only associations are Scrooge,Scrooge's familie and Scrooge's 
enemies and his Money Bin is in a deserted valley "in the heart of Africa" 
with nobody around for a looong way.Barks made a fine job when he exibited 
how much alike and how much different are the two of them.
  But he has Scrooge's love for money and Scrooge said in some stories that 
he would even leave his fortune to John D.Rockerduck if that was the way for 
it to be preserved and expanded.I do not think Flintheart can be that much 
different.
  Scrooge McDuck was always my favorite Disney character but Flintheart has 
much of his appeal.Has Don Rosa revieled anything else for Flintheart's past 
besides what is mentioned in his scetches for "The Life and Times of Scrooge 
McDuck"?

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