(June-August 1961)

Dell, 1953 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1961-03-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell [stamp]
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig ? (story editor); Del Connell ? (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[Money Bag Barbell] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Weight-lifting with bags of money.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Redrawn version in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #137.

If I Were a Steamshovel (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Kraft Fudgies.

Mythtic Mystery (Table of Contents: 2)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Uncle Scrooge, Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie are taken to a planet called Valhalla, which is due to collide with earth because Vulcan insisted on making gold from iron.
Reprints

Grand Opening! (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo for the Dell Trading Post.

Wily Rival (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper; Mr. Ipsquiggle
Synopsis
Gyro's curiosity of another inventor's product at the patient office gets the better of him.
Reprints

Do-it-yourself Picnic (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Goofy

Chugwagon Derby (Table of Contents: 6)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 9.75 pages (report information)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Uncle Scrooge attends a parade of old cars a little amused. However, when he sees that even his nephew Donald participates in and earns money through this, he decides to get his own car and compete in a race against Donald.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Chugwagon Derby is a reworking of The Hard Loser from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #29. Last 0.25 page taken up by rules for the Kool-Aid Summer Contest.

Win a Wonderful Summer Camp Vacation (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1.25 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Kool-Aid Summer Camp Contest.

New Fun-Packed Twinkles Record (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Twinkles cereals.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Money Bag Barbell]
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. If I Were a Steamshovel
  3. 2. Mythtic Mystery
    Uncle Scrooge
  4. 3. Grand Opening!
  5. 4. Wily Rival
    Gyro Gearloose
  6. 5. Do-it-yourself Picnic
    Mickey Mouse
  7. 6. Chugwagon Derby
    Uncle Scrooge
  8. 7. Win a Wonderful Summer Camp Vacation
  9. 8. New Fun-Packed Twinkles Record
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve Coates
  • Robert Copeman
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Darrel McCann
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Van Dore