(7 April 1996)
Gladstone,
1996 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 19.95 USD; 27.95 CAD
- Pages
- 180
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Bruce Hamilton Company
- Brand
-
G
- Editing
- Leonard John Clark
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- 8.5" wide x 11" high
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover; white paper interior
- Binding
- perfect bound
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
The book is a binding of interiors of Gladstone albums that were not bound into book form when originally printed.
[Scrooge McDuck 50th Anniversary Special!]
Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo); Louie (cameo); Yellow Beak; Magica De Spell (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Cover design by Jim Flanagan. Covers from Gladstone Comic Album Special #6 and #4 and Gladstone Comic Album #20 are combined with a drawing by Carl Barks. Cover has a gold foil sticker.
Contents
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo); Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo); Louie (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Table of contents, credits, indicia, and short editorial explaining how the book came to be.
Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold
Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Yellow Beak; Black Pete; Red Eye
- Reprints
[Pirate Gold credit page illustrations]
Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Yellow Beak; Black Pete; Red Eye
- Reprints
- from Gladstone Comic Album Special (Gladstone, 1989 series) #1 ([1989]) which is reprinted
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #9 - Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold! (October 1942)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia and other text from Gladstone Comic Album Special publication.
Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold
Donald Duck / comic story / 64 pages
- Script
- Bob Karp (adaptation); Homer Brightman (original storyboards)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (story pages 1, 2, 5, 12-40); Jack Hannah (story pages 3, 4, 6-11, 41-64)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (story pages 1, 2, 5, 12-40); Jack Hannah (story pages 3, 4, 6-11, 41-64)
- Colors
- Mike McCormick
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Yellow Beak; Black Pete; Red Eye
- Synopsis
- Bearing a map found in Donald's seafood restaurant, the ducks and a parrot named Old Yellow Beak set sail for an island where the pirate Henry Morgan's treasure is buried. Unknown to them, the crew of the ship is made up of Black Pete, disguised as an old woman, and two of his rat-faced henchmen. Peter takes over the ship, but the ducks and the parrot reach the treasure island on a raft. They dig up the treasure while Pete lies in wait.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #9 - Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold! (October 1942)
-
Indexer Notes
This is Carl Barks' first comic-book work. "The story adaptation was written by Bob Karp, and was taken from storyboards by Homer Brightman for "Morgan's Ghost," a Disney feature cartoon that was never produced." Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). There is a follow-up to the story by Jack Hannah in Walt Disney's Comics- Cheerios Set W (Dell, 1947 series) #1 and a later one in 1962 in Italy.
[Donald and Nephews Counting Gold]
Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald divides the treasure by giving himself one coin for every one he give each of the nephews (so he'll have three times as many.)
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #9 - Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold! (October 1942)
-
Indexer Notes
One large illustration with a word balloon.
[Treasure Map]
Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- Map of the island on which the treasure is buried.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #9 - Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold! (October 1942)
-
Walt Disney Presents Uncle Scrooge in Only a Poor Old Man
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
- Reprints
- from Gladstone Comic Album (Gladstone, 1988 series) #20 ([November] 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
Title page with illustration.
[no title indexed]
text article / 1.25 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scrooge McDuck came into being in 1947...
- Reprints
- from Gladstone Comic Album (Gladstone, 1988 series) #20 ([November] 1989)
-
Only a Poor Old Man
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Beagle Boys
- Synopsis
- When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater. Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on September 27, 1951. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[Soupline Eight]
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Scrooge decides to "take a chance" on the Soupline Eight car.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on September 27, 1951. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[Osogood Silver polish]
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- A salesman for Osogood Silver Polish volunteers to polish Scrooge's coins.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on September 27, 1951. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[Migrating Millions]
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 6.75 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Scrooge, told his money bin is in the way of a new turnpike, moves it first to a valley and then to a hilltop, but can't escape "progress."
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #15 (September-November 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on February 9, 1956. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982). Bottom fourth of page is conclusion to Sequence 9 text article.
[Coffee for Two]
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Scrooge takes a bum to a diner for a "free" cup of coffee.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on September 27, 1951. First of a series of one-page gags set in a diner. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
His Handy Andy
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #27 (September-November 1959)
-
Walt Disney Presents Uncle Scrooge in The Many Faces of Magica De Spell
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Magica De Spell
- Reprints
- from Gladstone Comic Album Special (Gladstone, 1989 series) #6 (June 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Title page with illustration.
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1952, when Scrooge McDuck debuted...
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the Magica De Spell stories.
- Reprints
- from Gladstone Comic Album Special (Gladstone, 1989 series) #6 (June 1990)
-
The Midas Touch
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Magica De Spell (intro); Miss Quackfaster
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #36 (December 1961 - February 1962)
-
The Unsafe Safe
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 19 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Magica De Spell; Beagle Boys
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #38 (June-August 1962)
-
For Old Dime's Sake
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 18 pages
- Job Number
- US 43
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Magica De Spell; Pig mayor; Uncle Scrooge
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #43 (July 1963)
-
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Table of Contents
-
0.
[Scrooge McDuck 50th Anniversary Special!]
Uncle Scrooge -
1.
Contents
-
2.
Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold
Donald Duck -
3.
[Pirate Gold credit page illustrations]
Donald Duck -
4.
Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold
Donald Duck -
5.
The Saga of "Pirate Gold"
-
6.
[Donald and Nephews Counting Gold]
Donald Duck -
7.
[Treasure Map]
Donald Duck -
8.
Walt Disney Presents Uncle Scrooge in Only a Poor Old Man
-
9.
["Scrooge McDuck came into being in 1947..."]
-
10.
Only a Poor Old Man
Uncle Scrooge -
11.
[Soupline Eight]
Uncle Scrooge -
12.
[Osogood Silver polish]
Uncle Scrooge -
13.
[Migrating Millions]
Uncle Scrooge -
14.
[Coffee for Two]
Uncle Scrooge -
15.
His Handy Andy
Uncle Scrooge -
16.
Walt Disney Presents Uncle Scrooge in The Many Faces of Magica De Spell
-
17.
["In 1952, when Scrooge McDuck debuted..."]
-
18.
The Midas Touch
Uncle Scrooge -
19.
The Unsafe Safe
Uncle Scrooge -
20.
For Old Dime's Sake
Uncle Scrooge -
21.
It's Time to Subscribe!
Gladstone -
22.
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