When Luck Ran Out! is a DuckTales 2017 comic book story.
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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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- McDuck Manor, Duckburg
- Amazon Jungle
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Trade paperback IDW reprint[]
- "Monsters and Mayhem" (ISBN 9781684054909)