Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #169 [Gold Key]
(October 1979)

Western, 1963 Series
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Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-08-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Barcode
0335009003810
Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
90038-910
Editing
Del Connell (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #171.
This issue has variants:

The Battle of Marathon! (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Gyro Gearloose; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #169 [Gold Key] Cover Thumbnail for Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (1963 series) #169 [Whitman]
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Captain Marvel Returns to Earth! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
Synopsis
Captain Marvel returns to Earth just in time to save three children from a rockslide, by pulverizing the rocks to sand so fast that the children never even stop munching their Hostess Twinkies.

The Battle of Marathon (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?
Job Number
WR-U.S. #75
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Daisy Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Uncle Scrooge McDuck
Reprints

The Fix-It-Fiasco (Table of Contents: 3)

Daisy Duck and Dimwitty Duck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?
Job Number
WR-U.S. #75
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Daisy Duck; Dimwitty Duck
Reprints

On Guard (Table of Contents: 4)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?
Job Number
WR-U.S. #75
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
OneOne of the Beagle Boys; Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Uncle Scrooge McDuck
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Battle of Marathon!
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. Captain Marvel Returns to Earth!
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  3. 2. The Battle of Marathon
    Uncle Scrooge
  4. 3. The Fix-It-Fiasco
    Daisy Duck and Dimwitty Duck
  5. 4. On Guard
    Uncle Scrooge
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  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jim Van Dore
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