(March-May 1954)

Dell, 1953 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Format:
Regular U.S. Comic Size; Color Covers and Interiors, Saddle-Stitched

[Music cash register] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Carl Barks
Inks:
Carl Barks
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Content Information

Genre:
funny animal
Characters:
Uncle Scrooge
Reprinted:
  • in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #106 (August 1973)
  • in Uncle Scrooge (Whitman, 1980 series) #183 (February 1981)
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on July 30, 1953.


[Hospitality Week] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Carl Barks
Pencils:
Carl Barks
Inks:
Carl Barks
Letters:
Garé Barks

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis:
Scrooge invites a sideshow freak to dinner during "hospitality week."
Reprinted:
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
  • in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #24 (March 1990)
  • in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)
  • in Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck in Color (Gladstone, ? series) #1

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Art submitted on July 30, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).


[Secret of Atlantis] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Carl Barks; Chase Craig (story idea)
Pencils:
Carl Barks
Inks:
Carl Barks
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
Garé Barks

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals; adventure
Characters:
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis:
Scrooge buys up all the 1916 quarters ever minted and sinks all but one deep in the Atlantic, with the aim of making that one coin the most valuable in the world. But the last quarter is flattened by a steamroller and so Scrooge must dive into the Atlantic to get another. There, the ducks find Atlantis, a sunken city populated by fish-men who breathe under water.
Reprinted:
  • in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #1 (June 1968)
  • in Uncle Scrooge (Whitman, 1980 series) #189 (October 1981)
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
  • in Uncle Scrooge Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 series) #4 (June 1987) [reprint title: The Sunken City]
  • in Gladstone Comics Album Special Giant (Gladstone, 1989 Series) #2 (January 1990) [reprint title: The Sunken City]
  • in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 series) #50 (September 1997)
  • in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1996 series) #5 (September 1996)
  • in Walt Disney's Comics in Color #4

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on July 30, 1953. Mention is made of the "Junior Woodchuck's Book of Knowledge," a forerunner of the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook. First appearance of Scrooge's "worry room." Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).


[McDuck takes a dive] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Carl Barks
Pencils:
Carl Barks
Inks:
Carl Barks
Letters:
Garé Barks

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
Synopsis:
On a cruise ship, Scrooge watches native boys risk their lives for pennies thrown in the water.
Reprinted:
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
  • in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Disney, 1990 series) #261 (December 1991)
  • in Gladstone Comics Album Special Giant (Gladstone, 1989 series) #2 (January 1990)
  • in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)
  • in Walt Disney's Comics in Color (Gladstone, ? series) #4

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Art submitted on July 30, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).


[Slippery Sipper] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Carl Barks
Pencils:
Carl Barks
Inks:
Carl Barks
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
Garé Barks

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis:
To celebrate a big business deal, Scrooge buys one soda, and five straws, for himself, Donald, and the nephews.
Reprinted:
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
  • in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #18 (November 1991)
  • in Gladstone Comics Album Special Giant (Gladstone, 1989 series) #2 (January 199)
  • in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)
  • in Walt Disney's Comics in Color (Gladstone, ? series) #4

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Art submitted on July 30, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [Hospitality Week]
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 2. [Secret of Atlantis]
    Uncle Scrooge
  3. 3. [McDuck takes a dive]
    Uncle Scrooge
  4. 4. [Slippery Sipper]
    Uncle Scrooge
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Hughes
  • Kjell Crone
  • Harry W Fluks
  • I.N.D.U.C.K.S Project and Alberto Becattini