Plagiarism or tribute?

[Kriton Kyrimis]

I recently read ``Paperino e le teste "a zero"'' (ITL 259-B) by
Martina/Carpi.  I was surprised to see that this story was a duck
version of Gottfredson's story with Mickey running a detective agency,
with exactly the same plot and gags.  Does anyone know if this was meant
as a tribute to Gottfredson, or if it was just a rip-off?

	Kriton	(e-mail: kyrimis at cti.gr)
	      	(WWW:    http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis)
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"You are arrogant, you 're overbearing, and you think you know everything."
"But, I do know everything."
"That makes it even worse."
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