(December 1964)

Western, 1963 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1964-10-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig ? (story editor); Del Connell ? (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 10038-412. On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Billion Dollar Safari! (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Reprints
Keywords
elephant

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on May 11, 1964.

The Billion Dollar Safari (Table of Contents: 1)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
U. S. #54-6410
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
Scrooge, whose zoo needs customers, offers a billion dollars to anyone who will bring him a speckled elephant with a square trunk. Gladstone, through his usual luck, winds up in India, in the midst of speckled pachyderms belonging to the elephant girls of Jumbostan. The spots are paint, but Gladstone finds a real speckled elephant with a square trunk, in the jungle.
Reprints
Keywords
elephants; India; jungle; zoo

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on May 11, 1964. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).

The Vegetable Menace (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

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

The Arty Smarty (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Gyro Gearloose; Helper
Reprints

[Saved by the Bag] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis
While marooned on a raft out at sea, Uncle Scrooge hides himself inside a large money bag made from his sail in order for passing ships and planes to rescue him.
Reprints
Keywords
raft

Indexer Notes

Idea submitted on December 20, 1962, and art submitted on June 7, 1963.

The Cookie Jar Caper (Table of Contents: 5)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 3.75 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is listed as Money Muddle in Fallberg's notes

Flowers Are Flowers (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Grandma Duck; Ludwig Von Drake
Synopsis
Scrooge provides Grandma Duck with a cauliflower corsage when he takes her to the opera.
Reprints
Keywords
corsage; opera

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Only appearance of Ludwig Von Drake in a Barks story. Art submitted on November 1, 1961.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Billion Dollar Safari!
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. The Billion Dollar Safari
    Uncle Scrooge
  3. 2. The Vegetable Menace
    Mickey Mouse
  4. 3. The Arty Smarty
    Gyro Gearloose
  5. 4. [Saved by the Bag]
    Uncle Scrooge
  6. 5. The Cookie Jar Caper
    Uncle Scrooge
  7. 6. Flowers Are Flowers
    Uncle Scrooge
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  • Robert Copeman
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
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