A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

Appearances: Gyroburger (a fish cake on rye with catsup, mustard, onions, and peanut butter, 1.2); Wildwood Canyon, beware of bears (1.7); Royal Order Of Horseshoe Kids (2.1); King of Luck (2.1); Hall Of The Horseshoe Kings (5.1); Luckniks (5.1); grand vizier (5.3); big cheese (5.3)

Congruences:

W OS 1047-05 The Lost Rabbit Foot: Gladstone as Gyro's customer.

Sources

W OS 1095-06 Tale of the Tape

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-383
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1959, October 19
Publication date: 1960, April-June (1960, [March])
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1095
Pages: 1

Sources

W OS 1095-07 His Shining Hour

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-384
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1959, October 19
Publication date: 1960, April-June (1960, [March])
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1095
Pages: 1

Description: Back cover. Replaced by an advertisement in some copies.

Sources

W OS 1099-00 mock house family pose

Barrier: MBAC-117
CBL: 06C-823; 06C back cover
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Submission: 1959, October 22
Publication date: 1960, May-July
Issue: Donald Duck Album One Shot 1099 (Dell)
Pages: 1

Sources

W OS 1140-00 slingshot pose

Barrier: MBAC-117
CBL: 06C-823; 06C front cover
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Submission: 1960, April 18
Publication date: 1960, October-December
Issue: Donald Duck Album One Shot 1140 (Dell)
Pages: 1

Sources

W OS 1150-01 "Small Fryers"

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-439
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 1

Sources

W OS 1150-02 A Sticky Situation

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-425
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck's Diary
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 8

Sources

W OS 1150-03 Ring Leader Roundup

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-429
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck's Diary
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 6

Sources

W OS 1150-04 Too Much Help

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-435
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck's Diary
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 4

Sources

W OS 1150-05 Ruling the Roost

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-441
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck's Diary
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 8

Sources

W OS 1150-06 Daringly Different

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-451
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck's Diary
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 4 1/2
Filled out with: «False Flattery» ?

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Sources

W OS 1150-07 False Flattery

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-455
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 0 1/2
Filled out with: «Daringly Different» ?

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Sources

W OS 1150-08 Friendly Enemy

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-440
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 1

Sources

W OS 1150-09 Undercover Girl

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-449
Type: gag, three tiers per page
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 1

Sources

W OS 1150-10 The Inventive Gentleman

Barrier: MBAC-104
CBL: 06B-450
Type: gag, three tiers per page
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Daisy Duck
Submission: 1960, June 6
Publication date: 1961, December-February [(November) 1960]
Issue: Daisy Duck's Diary One Shot 1150
Pages: 1

Additional credits: Replaced by an advertisement in some copies.

Sources

W OS 1161-01 The Whole Herd of Help

Barrier: MBAC-119
CBL: 06B-511
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Submission: 1960, August 8
Publication date: 1961, February-April [(January) 1961]
Issue: Grandma Duck's Farm Friends One Shot 1161
Pages: 8

Sources

W OS 1161-02 The Day the Farm Stood Still

Barrier: MBAC-119
CBL: 06A-519
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [Vic Lockman]
Hero: Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Submission: 1960, August 8
Publication date: 1961, February-April [(January) 1961]
Issue: Grandma Duck's Farm Friends One Shot 1161
Pages: 6

Sources

W OS 1161-03 The Training Farm Fuss

Barrier: MBAC-119
CBL: 06A-525
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [Vic Lockman]
Hero: Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Submission: 1960, August 8
Publication date: 1961, February-April [(January) 1961]
Issue: Grandma Duck's Farm Friends One Shot 1161
Pages: 7

Research: Number plate in panel 1.1 is "HI-2-U". When spoken, it sounds like "Hi to you".

Details: Grandma plays violin (5.5).

Sources

W OS 1161-04 The Reversed Rescue

Barrier: MBAC-119
CBL: 06A-532
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [Vic Lockman]
Hero: Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Submission: 1960, August 8
Publication date: 1961, February-April [(January) 1961]
Issue: Grandma Duck's Farm Friends One Shot 1161
Pages: 7

Sources

W OS 1184-00 mechanical flyswatter

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-333
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Submission: 1960, October 1
Publication date: 1961, May-July
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Pages: 1

Sources

W OS 1184-01 The Nose Knows

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-350
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1960, October 31
Publication date: 1961, May-July
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Pages: 1

Additional credits: Replaced by an advertisement in the advertisement-edition of the issue.

Sources

W OS 1184-02 Monsterville

Stop! You're scrambling my digital rejiggerator!
-- Automatic inventor

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-335
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1960, October 12
Publication date: 1961, May-July
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Pages: 10

Additional credits: Apparently, a total of three pages was cut from the four stories in this issue. It is not known in which of the stories the cuts were made.

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Lost material:

CZ OS 1184 OS 1184 [lost cut material] ?

Sources

W OS 1184-03 The Cube

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-345
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1960, October 12
Publication date: 1961, May-July
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Pages: 5

Changes: Possibly, at least one page was cut from this story.

Some material may have been deleted in the vicinity of page 2. The Little Helper only is shown in the last three panels of the story as published. In panel 5.6, the Helper's attitude seems to underscore Donald's comments "Well, new ideas sometimes take a while to catch on!" In panel 5.7, Donald credits the Helper for thinking of the "novel headgear", adding "Then, too, Gyro, you and I weren't built right to properly introduce the game!" This raises the question if the story may have contained scenes or further explanations on what the Helper actually did. As published, the story doesn't contain any explanation nor scenes in which the Helper is shown suggesting the idea. There's also no hint how the Helper suggested the idea. This may have been a story point which was deleted from the story as published. As the Helper isn't "built right" to show Donald his ideas, his small posture also may have been a deleted story point at which Donald's comment in panel 5.7 seems to be referring.

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Lost material:

CZ OS 1184 OS 1184 [lost cut material] ?

Status: No original art is known to exist.

Sources

W OS 1184-06 Mighty but Miserable

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-351
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1960, October 12
Publication date: 1961, May-July
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Pages: 7

Additional credits: Apparently, a total of three pages was cut from the four stories in this issue. It is not known in which of the stories the cuts were made.

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Landmark: First appearance of 176-676 (1.1, 1.3).

Lost material:

CZ OS 1184 OS 1184 [lost cut material] ?

Appearances: Beagle Boys / Beagle Boys Inc. / Beagle Boys, Inc. (4.4).

Sources

W OS 1184-07 Brain-strain

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-359
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1960, October 12
Publication date: 1961, May-July
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Pages: 7

Additional credits: Apparently, a total of three pages was cut from the four stories in this issue. It is not known in which of the stories the cuts were made.

(More information)

Lost material:

CZ OS 1184 OS 1184 [lost cut material] ?

Sources

W OS 1184-09 The Old Timer

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-358
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1960, October 31
Publication date: 1961, May-July
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Pages: 1

Sources

W OS 1184-10 Mechanized Mess

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: 06B-366
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1960, October 31
Publication date: 1961, May-July
Issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Pages: 1

Additional credits: Replaced by an advertisement in the advertisement-edition of the issue.

Sources

CZ OS 1184 OS 1184 [lost cut material]

Barrier: MBAC-120
CBL: ---
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1960, October 12 ?
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 3
Intended issue: Gyro Gearloose One Shot 1184
Intended publication date: 1961, May-July

Additional credits: See Monsterville, The Cube, Mighty but Miserable, and Brain-strain for more information.

Sources

W OS 1239-00 hearth family pose [edited version]

Barrier: MBAC-117
CBL: 06C-824
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1961, April 8
Publication date: 1961, October-December ([September] 1961)
Issue: Donald Duck Album One Shot 1239 (Dell)
Pages: 1

Changes: Changed by the editor. Gyro Gearloose was included behind the hearth, in between Scrooge's and Grandma's heads, but has been removed. Brickwork of hearth has been redrawn, simplifying the more detailed brickwork as drawn by Barks. The walls of the hearth (behind Scrooge's legs) have been blacked in. All touches of shadow, most noticeably the shadow above Scrooge's legs, have been removed. Of Scrooge's hat, the highlights have been removed.

Surviving material: