(June-August 1962)

Dell, 1953 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1962-03-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand
Dell [rectangle]
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[Dollar Shaped Harp] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
John Liggera
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Scrooge plays a two-stringed harp in the shape of a dollar sign.
Reprints
Keywords
doing-something-their-own-way; harp

Monkey Business (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Scrooge uses chimpanzees as his mountain-climbing team.
Reprints
Keywords
chimpanzees; mountain-climbing

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Art submitted on November 1, 1961. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).

The Unsafe Safe (Table of Contents: 2)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 19 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
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Magica De Spell; Beagle Boys
Synopsis
Scrooge sheathes his Money Bin in an indestructible glass that defies the efforts of Magica de Spell and the Beagle Boys to crack it. Then Scrooge learns that the cry of a bird called the Tanganyika Yeeker can shatter even the glass that protects his bin.
Reprints
Keywords
Africa; glass; Money Bin; Tanganyika

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on October 11, 1961. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).

Goofy's Guided Goofus (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Reprints

Madcap Inventors (Table of Contents: 4)

Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 3.75 pages (report information)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Gyro Gearloose; Helper
Synopsis
Gyro and his new neighbor—also an inventor—compete at inventing ways to make their trees bear such "fruit" as peanut-butter sandwiches and hot dogs.
Reprints
Keywords
inventions; trees

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on November 3, 1961. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Helen Meyer (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Much Luck McDuck (Table of Contents: 6)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 7 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
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis
Donald and the nephews try to spoil Scrooge's sale of a vacant lot that they've been using as a playground.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on October 16, 1961. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).

Collection Day (Table of Contents: 7)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 0.5 page (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
Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Uncle Scrooge serenades a lady tenant in order to collect his owed rent from her.
Reprints
Keywords
rent

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on November 1, 1961.

Meet Tubby, the Whale (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Seeing Is Believing (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Daisy Duck; Gladstone Gander
Synopsis
Scrooge rushes toward the end of the rainbow with a wheelbarrow and returns with a pot of gold.
Reprints
Keywords
gold; rainbow

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Art submitted on November 1, 1961. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).

Playmates (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Scrooge buys an ape as a playmate.
Reprints
Keywords
ape

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Art submitted on November 1, 1961. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Dollar Shaped Harp]
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. Monkey Business
    Uncle Scrooge
  3. 2. The Unsafe Safe
    Uncle Scrooge
  4. 3. Goofy's Guided Goofus
    Mickey Mouse
  5. 4. Madcap Inventors
    Gyro Gearloose
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. Much Luck McDuck
    Uncle Scrooge
  8. 7. Collection Day
    Uncle Scrooge
  9. 8. Meet Tubby, the Whale
  10. 9. Seeing Is Believing
    Uncle Scrooge
  11. 10. Playmates
    Uncle Scrooge
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