When Luck Ran Out!

When Luck Ran Out! is a DuckTales 2017 comic book story.

Synopsis[]

Scrooge and Launchpad-accompanied by Gladstone Gander-fly through a storm above the Amazon Jungle. Gladstone's presence proves to be the result of a bet between him and Donald, whom he accused of causing all of Scrooge's misfortunes while visiting McDuck Manor. Infuriated, Donald decided to challenge Gladstone by having him take Donald's place on Scrooge's next adventure. The three then discuss the object of their search: the Pentafolium, a lucky clover with five leaves.

True to form, Launchpad crashes the Sunchaser, and Gladstone emerges completely unharmed. However, he and an unconscious Scrooge and Launchpad are soon trussed up by a party of locals, all of whom are dressed up as leprechauns. Their leader, Herbert, explains that their cosplaying ancestors found the Pentafolium long ago, but discovered it would not grow outside the Amazon. As such, they remained in the Amazon, only for it to be destroyed as the plane crashed by a lightning strike that Herbert blames on Gladstone.

Seeking vengeance, but thinking that Gladstone must be a god and thus impossible to harm, Herbert and his people decide to throw his companions into their volcano. This is actually a large fire pit, and Gladstone's halfhearted attempts to reason with Herbert fail to move him. Before Scrooge and Launchpad can be forced in, however, Donald comes swinging on a vine, only to end up flying into the fire pit himself. Believing that Donald has absorbed his bad luck, Herbert thanks him and allows the party to go free. Donald reveals that he stowed away on the plane, but Gladstone admits that Donald's bad luck was more helpful than his own good luck and concedes the bet to Donald.

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Locations[]

McDuck Manor, Duckburg
Amazon Jungle

Vehicles[]

Sunchaser

Trade paperback IDW reprint[]

"Monsters and Mayhem" (ISBN 9781684054909)

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Trade paperbacks (Treasure Trove • Mysteries and Mallards • Quests and Quacks • Fowl Play • Monsters and Mayhem • Mischief and Miscreants • Imposters and Interns) • The Chilling Secret of the Lighthouse! • The Repeating Revenge of the Screaming Duck! • Big Trouble at Little Lake! • The Great Experiment of the Washing Machine! • A Viking at My Door! • Old Monteplumage Had a Chicken! • Cheating Like Nostradogmus! • Beware of the Phenomenal Pumpkin People! • A Series of Unfortunate Substitutions! • Fight! • Go, Go Golden Years! • Happy, Happy Valley! • The Giant Butterfly of Duckburg! • There Is No Place Like a Ghost Town! • Welcome to Beagle Island! • The Stone of Truth! • Sleep (Walk) of Doom! • The Beast in the Board Room! • Spies Like Us! • The Frightful Family Fishing Trip! • The Risk McDuck Refused! • The Twisted Tale of the Two-Headed Horse! • The Hedge Enigma! • On the Tail of the Run-Amok Raven! • When Luck Ran Out! • Nightmare on Bear Mountain! • Horror in the Highlands! • The Greatest Adventure, the Greatest Price! • Countdown to Termination! • The Mighty Ducks of Duckburg! • The Monsters Are Due at McDuck Manor! • The Incredible Shrinking Webby! • The Greatest Invention He's Never Had! • Marooned in Mystery Mansion! • Money-Grubbing Hooligans from the Deep! • Flintheart... McDuck?!? • Saga of the Super-Intern! • Silence Is Golden! • Phantom Science! • Where No Duck Has Gone Before, Sort Of! • Will the Real Launchpad Please Stand Up! • The Renaissance Faire...Affair! • Under the Cover of Can'tarctica!