(September-November 1957)

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

[Money snake charmer] (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 animals
Characters:
Uncle Scrooge
Reprinted:
  • in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #155 (August 1978)
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on October 18, 1956. Barks later did this cover as an oil painting (CB OIL #96).


[History Tossed] (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:
Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis:
Scrooge, like George Washington, hurls a dollar across the Potomac.
Reprinted:
  • in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #74 (April 1968)
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
  • in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #1 (February 1988)
  • in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Art submitted on February 28, 1957. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).


The Mines of King Solomon (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 27 pages (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; adventure
Characters:
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis:
Scrooge takes Donald and the nephews with him on a trip around the world to inspect his many properties, and the nephews' Junior Woodchuck animal calls get them into trouble constantly. Check on the supply of sand for glass at an Arab village on the Red Sea, the ducks find the fabulous Mines of King Solomon--but the Woodchuck animal calls draw Arab raiders on camels.
Reprinted:
  • in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #108 (October 1973)
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
  • in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #1 (February 1988)
  • in Walt Disney Giant (Gladstone, 1995 series) #2 (November 1995)
  • in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1996 series) #19 (May 1997)

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on February 15, 1957. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).


Birthday Busy-ness (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Tony Strobl
Inks:
?
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie

[Gyro Builds a Better House] (Table of Contents)

Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 4 pages (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:
Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper
Synopsis:
Gyro fills an order for a soft, pillowy house, but it accidentally turns out hard.
Reprinted:
  • in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #72 (December 1967)
  • in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
  • in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #1 (January 1993)
  • in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone, 2003 series) #353 (May 2006)

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on February 28, 1957. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [History Tossed]
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 2. The Mines of King Solomon
    Uncle Scrooge
  3. 3. Birthday Busy-ness
    Mickey Mouse
  4. 4. [Gyro Builds a Better House]
    Gyro Gearloose
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