(December 1954-February 1955)

Dell, 1953 Series
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[Cash on the Brain] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Uh, oh! Here comes Mrs. McMooch!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Mrs. McMooch
Synopsis
Scrooge pleads a lack of cash when a clubwoman asks for a donation.
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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Art submitted on June 10, 1954. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

[Message from Mysterious Island] (Table of Contents: 2)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Garé Barks

Job Number
U.S. #8 - 5412
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Five billion quadruplatillion umtuplatillion multuplatillion fantasticatillion centrifugalillion dollars and sixteen cents!
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Beagle Boys; Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; ? (cabbage professor)
Synopsis
Scrooge takes a sea voyage so that the wind can clean out the gold dust that's clogging his pores and making him feel tired, and also to answer a plea for help that turns up in a bottle on the beach. When the ducks arrive at the island from which the message was sent, they find the Beagle Boys and a mysterious ray that turns living things into stone.
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Indexer Notes

Art submitted on May 20, 1954. Three half-pages of finished or penciled art exists from this story that was apparently cut out or re-done by Barks and does not appear in the story as printed here. (Printed in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #222) Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982). Carl Barks named the story with the above title in a letter to a fan in 1962.

[A Campaign of Note] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Garé Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, me! Oh, my! That big billboard ad must have cost candidate Enzyme many hundreds of dollars!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Fogmore
Synopsis
Scrooge faces the necessity of spending money in campaign for treasurer of Duckburg.
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Indexer Notes

Art submitted on June 10, 1954. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

[Classy Taxi!] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bah! Business is bad!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Scrooge rents his limousine as a taxi on a rainy day.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Art submitted on June 10, 1954. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

[Blanket Investment] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Garé Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! Unca Scrooge is sleeping under an electric blanket!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Scrooge uses his electric blanket to hatch out chicks.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Art submitted on June 10, 1954. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Dollar Figure Skating]
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. [Cash on the Brain]
    Uncle Scrooge
  3. 2. [Message from Mysterious Island]
    Uncle Scrooge
  4. 3. [A Campaign of Note]
    Uncle Scrooge
  5. 4. [Classy Taxi!]
    Uncle Scrooge
  6. 5. [Blanket Investment]
    Uncle Scrooge
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mark Q
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Van Dore