(December 1953-February 1954)
Dell,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic [sans serif]
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Issue Notes
Job number indicates that this issue was originally planned as Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #521.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[Money-Patched Coat]
Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Donald sews in dollar bills to patch uncle Scrooge's coat.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Disney Series (World Distributors, 1956 series) #22 -
in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #100 (10 ottobre 1954) -
in Cuentos de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #77 (15 de enero de 1955) -
in Kalle Anka & C:o (Richters Förlag AB, 1948 series) #10/1957 -
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #15/1957 (17.juli 1957) which is reprinted - in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #22 - 1957 del 3 ([august] 2003)
-
in Aku Ankka (Sanoma, 1951 series) #4/1958 -
in Walt Disney's Giant Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1951 series) #629 (1975) -
in Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #190 (November 1981) [partially redrawn] - in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #32 ([1985])
-
in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #5 (Outubro 2004) - in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #11 ([august] 2005)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone, 2003 series) #351 (March 2006)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[12] - Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge- Only a Poor Old Man (2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on May 7, 1953.
[Ballet Evasions]
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here is your diploma, Mr. McDuck!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Scrooge uses ballet to elude such pests as a process server and a bill collector.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #13 ([1984])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Disney, 1990 series) #260 (November 1991)
- in The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)
- in Walt Disney's Beste Historier [Tegneserie Bokklubben] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1992 series) #6 - Onkel Skrue - Kong Salomos gruver og andre historier ([januar] 1993) which is reprinted
- in Walt Disney's Beste Historier (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1991 series) #6 - Onkel Skrue - Kong Salomos gruver og andre historier ([april] 1993)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #5 (Outubro 2004)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #11 ([august] 2005) [2nd translation] which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #18/2020 (uke 18 2020)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[12] - Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge- Only a Poor Old Man (2012) which is reprinted
- in Kalle Anka & C:o (Egmont, 1997 series) #18/2020 (2020)
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in Andrés Önd (Edda, 2000 series) #18/2020 (28. apríl 2020)
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in Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Art submitted on May 21, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
[The Menehune Mystery]
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Job Number
- S.M.O.S. #521 - 5312
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a picture of my private island, where I'm going to take my money for safekeeping!
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Beagle Boys; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Scrooge has his money canned before shipping it to a Hawaiian island he has bought, but the Beagle Boys have infiltrated the canning operation and have bought the ship Scrooge uses. They make the ducks their prisoners on the island, which is now populated only by one old Hawaiian Opu Nui (Big Tummy) and the menehunes--the tiny ones.
- Reprints
-
in Stripturf (Oberon, 1978 series) (1978) - in Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #190 (November 1981)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #13 ([1984])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
- in Uncle Scrooge Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 series) #5 (September 1987) [reprint title: Hawaiian Hideaway]
- in Gladstone Comic Album (Gladstone, 1988 series) #11 ([December 1988])
- in Donald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1984 series) #[1991] - Klassiske bobler ([september] 1991) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #27/2003 (30. juni 2003) [bearbeidet oversettelse] which is reprinted
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #11 ([august] 2005) which is reprinted
- in Disney Jubileumspocket (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2013 series) #8 - Donald i regnskogen ([oktober] 2015)
- in Klassisk Donald Duck (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2016 series) #15 - Sjørøvergull ([desember] 2018)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1996 series) #4 (7 May 1996)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 series) #47 (June 1997)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #5 (Outubro 2004)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[12] - Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge- Only a Poor Old Man (2012) which is reprinted
-
- Keywords
- Hawai'i
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on May 28, 1953. "According to Barks, his wife Garé--who had begun working as his assistant only shortly before--suggested the locale for this story and told him about the menehunes. [August 1978 letter to Michael Barrier]." Note and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
[The Cheapest Weigh]
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want to get weighed, but doggoned if I'll spend a penny to do it!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Scrooge finds a way to avoid paying a penny but still learns his weight.
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Giant Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1951 series) #658 (1976)
- in Disney's Godbiter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1980 series) #24 (1980)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #13 ([1984])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #214 (February 1987)
- in The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #6 (Novembro 2004)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #11 ([august] 2005) [2nd translation] which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #51/2015 (14. desember 2015)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[12] - Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge- Only a Poor Old Man (2012) which is reprinted
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- Keywords
- scales
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Art submitted on May 21, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
[Bum Steer]
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here my good fellow, hold out your hands!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Scrooge loads down a passing bum with sacks of money.
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Godbiter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1981 series) #34 (Julen 1981)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #13 ([1984])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #513 (December 1986)
- in The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #6 (Novembro 2004)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #11 ([august] 2005) [2nd translation] which is reprinted
- in Carl Barks' jul (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #2018 (Julen 2018)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Family Comics (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (March 2012)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[12] - Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge- Only a Poor Old Man (2012) which is reprinted
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Indexer Notes
Back cover. Art submitted on May 21, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Table of Contents
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0.
[Money-Patched Coat]
Uncle Scrooge -
1.
[Ballet Evasions]
Uncle Scrooge -
2.
[The Menehune Mystery]
Uncle Scrooge -
3.
[The Cheapest Weigh]
Uncle Scrooge -
4.
[Bum Steer]
Uncle Scrooge
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