Saga of the Super-Intern! is a DuckTales 2017 comic book story, and the seventh two-part serial, spanning 20 pages.
Synopsis[]
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera is in the midst of working on a gift for his mother Officer Cabrera's birthday, when he receives a phone call from Huey. The Beagle Boys have robbed the Duckburg Mall, and his services as Gizmoduck are required. While Fenton is off saving the day, Scrooge introduces an appalled Gyro Gearloose to his newest intern: Fethry Duck. Gyro protests, but Scrooge argues that Gyro needs extra help due to Fenton being Gizmoduck-and that he has nowhere else to put Fethry for the time being.
Aided by Huey, Gizmoduck pursues the Beagle Boys, only to receive a phone call from his mother. She informs him that she'll be working a graveyard shift that night, and that she's saving him a slice of birthday cake. Officer Cabrera bemoans her inability to get her favorite treat, cinnamon-sugar doughnuts, instead, before ending the call. Unfortunately, the call distracts Gizmoduck so that he loses track of the Beagles.
Back at the lab, Gyro notes that Fenton has apparently been trying to modify a device he created to make pie to make doughnuts. Fethry offers to examine the machine, but Gyro instead tasks him with mop duty. As Gyro attempts to get the Doughnut Maker working, Fethry discovers Fenton's old "work-space" in the lab bathroom. True to form, the Doughnut Maker comes to life and begins attacking, while Fethry tries on what he believes is a "thinking cap" only to discover that it's actually a helmet with a built in propeller for flight.
The Doughnut Maker soon leaves the lab to attack Duckburg, and Fethry flies off in pursuit using the helmet. Fenton, having failed to get his invention ready in time, rushes to a doughnut shop only to find it closed. He explains his dilemma to Huey, but is then forced to contend with the Doughnut Maker. The monstrous automaton rains a deluge of dough on the city, even coating the Beagle Boys who escaped from Gizmoduck earlier, as Gizmoduck attempts to deactivate it. Fenton is unwilling to destroy the machine after putting so much work into it, but reconsiders after being enveloped in dough himself.
As Huey rushes to the scene to help, Fethry arrives to back up Gizmoduck, introducing himself as Gyro's new intern (much to Fenton's dismay). As Gizmoduck tries to deal with both the Doughnut Maker and his unexpected sidekick, Fethry's comments about the dough give him the basis of a plan. Taking hold of Fethry, he uses the rotor on his helmet to blow the Doughnut Maker's dough back onto it. This causes it to overheat and shut down, and Fethry leaves to return to the lab just as Huey arrives.
Gizmoduck is disappointed by his failure to get Officer Cabrera her birthday treat, until discovering that the overheated Doughnut Maker has produced dozens of cinnamon sugar doughnuts. Fenton is able to secure a large number of them, which he surprises Officer Cabrera with before she has to leave for her shift. Officer Cabrera embraces her son with pride, and Fenton credits her with his heroism as Fethry-apparently lost-flies by outside their window.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Scrooge McDuck
- Huey Duck
- Gyro Gearloose
- Manny
- Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera
- Officer Cabrera
- Fethry Duck
- Ma Beagle
- Beagle Boys
Locations[]
- Money Bin, Duckburg
- Cape Suzette (mentioned)
Trade paperback IDW reprint[]
- "Imposters and Interns" (ISBN 9781684056132)
Trivia[]
- The flight helmet Fethry dons is similar in concept to Inspector Gadget's helicopter feature, complete with steering handles.