changes: censored; Gladstone art-director Gary Leach wrote about the censoring in an e-mail sent to the Disney Comics Mailing List on 29 July 1998:

A point or two about "Treasure of Marco Polo":

The "cheap watches made by McDuck Enterprises" line was one we came up with to replace the "worker's paradise" reference, in order to make the story palatable to those at Disney charged with defending the "Disney Index" (presumably to the death). This, among other changes, rendered it approved for publication in the original Carl Barks Library.

The story had been on the "Disney Index" for a number of years by the time the staff of Another Rainbow (original identity of what is now The Bruce Hamilton Company, current parent company of both Another Rainbow and Gladstone) began ramping up to produced the Barks Library. The lines referring to revolution and worker's paradise and the like had been part of the reason it had been banned, possibly due to the intense political sensitivities aroused in the U.S.A. by our recently, and badly, concluded "involvement" in Vietnam.

The infamous "strangulation" scene: I don't know about anybody else, but I feel that Barks' editors were out to lunch when they let that through in the original publication. Or maybe they were just disarmed by all the James Bond/Man from UNCLE/Avengers tomfoolery running rampant in the Sixties (which, don't get me wrong, I loved!). Whatever the reason, the editorial standards of the day, had they been engaged in this instance, would almost certainly have caused that scene - or at least that wire - to be excised before the story saw print. I'm not saying we did what Western should have done, but I am implying it.

Hmm...that didn't come off very humble, did it. Oh, well...

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Inks: Carl Barks
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Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils: Carl Barks
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Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

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Inks: Carl Barks
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Pig villain

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Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

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Inks: Carl Barks
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Characters

Beagle Boys

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Pencils: Carl Barks
Inks: Carl Barks
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from Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #68 (March 1967)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils: Carl Barks
Inks: Carl Barks
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from Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #69 (May 1967)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

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Daisy

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Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

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Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils: Carl Barks
Inks: Carl Barks
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from Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #70 (July 1967)

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Pencils: Carl Barks
Inks: Carl Barks
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from Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #71 (October 1967)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

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Beagle Boys

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from Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #61 (January 1966)

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Pencils: Carl Barks
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from Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #61 (January 1966)

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Table of Contents

0. [Ghost talk spooken here]
Uncle Scrooge
1. [Bird building money nest]
Uncle Scrooge
2. Isle of Golden Geese
Uncle Scrooge
3. The Crown of the Mayas
Uncle Scrooge
4. [No Bargain [100 Candlepower Lamp]
Uncle Scrooge
5. [Up and At It [Gold-finger]
Uncle Scrooge
6. The Invisible Intruder
Uncle Scrooge
7. Isle of Golden Geese
Uncle Scrooge
8. [Wasted Words]
Uncle Scrooge
9. The Travel Tightwad
Uncle Scrooge
10. Lost Beneath the Sea
Uncle Scrooge
11. Lost Beneath the Sea
Uncle Scrooge
12. A Helper's Helping Hand
Gyro Gearloose
13. The Lemonade Fling
Uncle Scrooge
14. [Fireman Scrooge]
Uncle Scrooge
15. The Thrifty Spendthrift
Uncle Scrooge
16. The Thrifty Spendthrift
Uncle Scrooge
17. Man Versus Machine
Gyro Gearloose
18. The Many Faces of Magica de Spell
Uncle Scrooge
19. The Loony Lunar Gold Rush
Uncle Scrooge
20. The Many Faces of Magica de Spell
Uncle Scrooge
21. Jonah Gyro
Gyro Gearloose
22. The Loony Lunar Gold Rush
Uncle Scrooge
23. [It Happened One Winter]
Uncle Scrooge
24. Rug Riders in the Sky
Uncle Scrooge
25. Rug Riders in the Sky
Uncle Scrooge
26. How green was my lettuce
Uncle Scrooge
27. The Great Wig Mystery
Uncle Scrooge
28. How green was my lettuce
Uncle Scrooge
29. The Great Wig Mystery
Uncle Scrooge
30. Interplanetary Postman
Uncle Scrooge
31. The Billion Dollar Safari
Uncle Scrooge
32. Interplanetary Postman
Uncle Scrooge
33. [Saved by the Bag!]
Uncle Scrooge
34. The Billion Dollar Safari
Uncle Scrooge
35. McDuck of Arabia
Uncle Scrooge
36. McDuck of Arabia
Uncle Scrooge
37. [Ticking Detector]
Uncle Scrooge
38. Flowers Are Flowers
Uncle Scrooge
39. [The Bigger the Beggar]
Uncle Scrooge
40. [Snake Take]
Uncle Scrooge
41. Mystery of the Ghost Town Railroad
Uncle Scrooge
42. Ghost talk spooken here
Uncle Scrooge
43. Mystery of the Ghost Town Railroad
Uncle Scrooge
44. The Swamp of No Return
Uncle Scrooge
45. The Giant Robot Robbers
Uncle Scrooge
46. The Swamp of No Return
Uncle Scrooge
47. [The Lock Out]
Uncle Scrooge
48. [Plummeting with Precision]
Uncle Scrooge
49. The Giant Robot Robbers
Uncle Scrooge
50. [Laundry for Less]
Uncle Scrooge
51. [Long Distance Collision]
Uncle Scrooge
52. North of the Yukon
Uncle Scrooge
53. The Phantom of Notre Duck
Uncle Scrooge
54. North of the Yukon
Uncle Scrooge
55. The Phantom of Notre Duck
Uncle Scrooge
56. So Far And No Safari
Uncle Scrooge
57. The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack
Uncle Scrooge
58. So Far And No Safari
Uncle Scrooge
59. The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack
Uncle Scrooge
60. House of Haunts
Uncle Scrooge
61. Treasure of Marco Polo
Uncle Scrooge
62. House of Haunts
Uncle Scrooge
63. Treasure of Marco Polo
Uncle Scrooge
64. Micro-Ducks from Outer Space
Uncle Scrooge
65. The Heedless Horseman
Uncle Scrooge
66. Micro-Ducks from Outer Space
Uncle Scrooge
67. The Heedless Horseman
Uncle Scrooge
68. Hall of the Mermaid Queen
Uncle Scrooge
69. The Cattle King
Uncle Scrooge
70. Hall of the Mermaid Queen
Uncle Scrooge
71. The Cattle King
Uncle Scrooge
72. The Doom Diamond
Uncle Scrooge
73. King Scrooge the First
Uncle Scrooge
74. The Doom Diamond
Uncle Scrooge
75. [Down for the Count]
Uncle Scrooge
76. [Top Wages]
Uncle Scrooge
77. King Scrooge the First
Uncle Scrooge

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[Ghost talk spooken here] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

[Bird building money nest] (Table of Contents: 1)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Isle of Golden Geese (Table of Contents: 2)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

The Crown of the Mayas (Table of Contents: 3)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

[No Bargain [100 Candlepower Lamp] (Table of Contents: 4)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

[Up and At It [Gold-finger] (Table of Contents: 5)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

The Invisible Intruder (Table of Contents: 6)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Isle of Golden Geese (Table of Contents: 7)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

[Wasted Words] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

The Travel Tightwad (Table of Contents: 9)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Lost Beneath the Sea (Table of Contents: 10)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Lost Beneath the Sea (Table of Contents: 11)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

A Helper's Helping Hand (Table of Contents: 12)

Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The Lemonade Fling (Table of Contents: 13)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

[Fireman Scrooge] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

The Thrifty Spendthrift (Table of Contents: 15)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

The Thrifty Spendthrift (Table of Contents: 16)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Man Versus Machine (Table of Contents: 17)

Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The Many Faces of Magica de Spell (Table of Contents: 18)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

The Loony Lunar Gold Rush (Table of Contents: 19)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

The Many Faces of Magica de Spell (Table of Contents: 20)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Jonah Gyro (Table of Contents: 21)

Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The Loony Lunar Gold Rush (Table of Contents: 22)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

[It Happened One Winter] (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Rug Riders in the Sky (Table of Contents: 24)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Rug Riders in the Sky (Table of Contents: 25)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

How green was my lettuce (Table of Contents: 26)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

The Great Wig Mystery (Table of Contents: 27)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

How green was my lettuce (Table of Contents: 28)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

The Great Wig Mystery (Table of Contents: 29)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Interplanetary Postman (Table of Contents: 30)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

The Billion Dollar Safari (Table of Contents: 31)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Interplanetary Postman (Table of Contents: 32)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

[Saved by the Bag!] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

The Billion Dollar Safari (Table of Contents: 34)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

McDuck of Arabia (Table of Contents: 35)

Uncle Scrooge / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

McDuck of Arabia (Table of Contents: 36)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

[Ticking Detector] (Table of Contents: 37)

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

The Carl Barks Library #5

(April 1989)