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Magica De Spell is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe, a witch created by Carl Barks. She constantly steals or attempts to steal Scrooge McDuck's Number One Dime, which she believes will play a vital role in magically obtaining the same fabulous wealth of its owner.The Sorceress first appeared in "The Midas Touch", first published in December, 1961. According to Barks, he intended to create her as another recurring antagonist for Scrooge, in addition to The Beagle Boys and Flintheart Glomgold. But in contrast to the Wicked Witch Queen of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, first released on December 21, 1937, and Witch Hazel of Trick or Treat, first released on October 10October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). There are 82 days remaining. Events 680 Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated, 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada., she would not be in the image of the old hag usually associated with witches. He wanted to create a youthful and attractive Enchantress, so he took inspiration for her look from Italian actress Sophia LorenSophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is an Italian actress. She was born Sofia Villani Scicolone in Pozzuoli, Italy, the illegitimate daughter of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone. She grew up there in poverty but found her way into small parts in. He also wanted her to be seductive, amoral, and somewhat threatening. In a later interview, Barks identified a similar figure from the comic stripThis article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. There is a separate article about The Comic Strip, the British comedy group. A comic strip is a short strip or sequence of drawings, telling a ss of Charles AddamsCharles Samuel Addams ( January 7, 1912 September 28, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. His cartoons regularly appeared in The New Yorker from 1938 until his death. Some of the recurring charac as another source of inspiration for Magica, namely Morticia Addams of The Addams FamilyThe Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. They are a bizarre family who delight in all things macabre and are never really aware of why people find them frightening. Addams' cartoons in The New Yorker magazine gained popular. MaleficentMaleficent is the wicked fairy appearing in Disney's adaptation of Sleeping Beauty, who cursed the infant Aurora after not being invited to her court presentation. Maleficent is considered the classic Disney villain: Imposing, serious, and scary. Her most, the malevolent fairy from Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty, first released on January 29, 1959, has been suggested as a third source of inspiration. The later is considered one of the most visually impressive characters appearing in Disney's films, along with Chernabog of Fantasia.
According to Barks and his successors, Magica was born in 1908 on the slopes of the Vesuvius, next to Naples, Italy and used to live there. According to unofficial and unpublished statements of Don Rosa, Magica De Spell died in 2004 in Duckburg, Calisota, a few months short of her 96th birthday.
She sometimes teams up with The Beagle Boys or her best friend and sometimes housemate Mad Madam Mim. She also has a raven named Ratface in the comics.
According to the animated television show DuckTales, her brother is Poe De Spell, who was transformed into a raven and serves as her magical familiar. Sometimes Magica antagonizes Donald Duck and his nephews when they are not with Scrooge. She has also antagonized Gyro Gearloose, Gladstone Gander, Daisy Duck and her nieces, and Goofy on occasion.
