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Uncle Scrooge
012 - 019 (1956 - 1957)
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W US 12-00
coins and hourglass
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-441; 03B front cover
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, May 26
- Publication date: 1956, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
- Pages: 1
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W US 12-01
seventy-five candle-power globe
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-442
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, June 2
- Publication date: 1956, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
- Pages: 1
Trivia:
In panel 1.7, Scrooge mentions his age. ("Come on in! I'm celebrating
my seventy-fifth birthday with a cake!")
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W US 12-02
in "The Golden Fleecing"
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-443
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, June 2
- Publication date: 1956, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
- Pages: 31 7/8
- Filled out with: Dell Pledge
- Animated adaption: The Golden Fleecing
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
Changes:
- The editors ordered Barks to tone down this story.
- One of the panels of page 31 (bottom) was cut to make room for the Dell Pledge to Parents.
Detailed information
Surviving material:
CX US 12 The Golden Fleecing [surviving cut material]
Lost material:
CZ US 12 The Golden Fleecing [lost cut material]
Status:
Original version is lost.
Correspondence:
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W US 12-03
standard size cup
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-475
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, June 2
- Publication date: 1956, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
- Pages: 1
Cross-references:
Although it's not literally expressed, Scrooge's attempt to get cheap coffee
is a cross-reference to similar attempts in
«half a cup of coffee»
and «folding cup».
Congruences:
- W OS 386-03 second cup of coffee free
- Scrooge tries to get a cheap cup of coffee at a diner
- W US 7-05 half a cup of coffee
- Scrooge tries to get a cheap cup of coffee at a diner
- W US 10-01 folding cup
- Scrooge tries to get a cheap cup of coffee at a diner
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W US 12-04
joe's oasis
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-476
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, June 2
- Publication date: 1956, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
- Pages: 1
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CX US 12
The Golden Fleecing [surviving cut material]
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-528
- Type: story segment
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, June 2 ?
- Publication date: 1984, December
- Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set III
- Pages: 0 3/8
- Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
- Intended publication date: 1956, December-February
Additional credits:
See in "The Golden Fleecing", for more information.
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CZ US 12
The Golden Fleecing [lost cut material]
- Barrier: ---
- CBL: ---
- Type: story segment
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, June 2 ?
- Publication date: [none or unknown]
- Issue: [none or unknown]
- Pages: 0 1/8 (or more)
- Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
- Intended publication date: 1956, December-February
Additional credits:
See in "The Golden Fleecing", for more information.
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W US 13-00
coin castle
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-477
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, September 1
- Publication date: 1956, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
- Pages: 1
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W US 13-01
dark night
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-478
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, September 1
- Publication date: 1956, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
- Pages: 1
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W US 13-02
in "Land Beneath the Ground!"
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-479
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, August 18
- Publication date: 1956, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
- Pages: 27
- Animated adaption: Earth Quack
Changes:
The editors ordered Barks to cut down this story from 32 pages to 27 pages.
Detailed information
Surviving material:
- CX US 13 Land Beneath the Ground! [surviving cut material]
Lost material:
- Land Beneath the Ground! [lost cut material]
CBL-notes:
(R) Changes due to reconstruct some the survived art that was cut out of
the story before its first print. On panel 5 of page 4 (panel 1
of page 4 in the first print) the text (and the size?) of the caption is
altered. On panel 5 of page 6 (panel 5 of page 5 in the
first print), the dialogue is slightly changed and a paste-up shadow is removed.
The latter is explained by the footnote: "In the original edition of 1956 and
subsequent printing by Western Publishing, a thin line of shadow appears just
beneath the first dialogue balloon in panel 5. It has been cleaned up in
the current printing." The original panels are not shown, but their texts are
mentioned in accompanying article.
To make the inserting of a surviving half page possible (as the first half of
page 4), a caption is added in its first panel. To make this caption fit in
the artwork, the layout of the panel is changed. The original panel is shown in
the accompanying article.
Interviews:
- 1974 interview by Michael Barrier
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W US 13-04
lightning bolt in lead box
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03B-513
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Gyro Gearloose
- Submission: 1955, September 1
- Publication date: 1956, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
- Pages: 4
Landmark:
First Gyro Gearloose story.
Changes:
Barks originally used Donald's nephews, but had to change them into Mickey's nephews
because of Western's applying for a
second class mailing permit for the
"Uncle Scrooge" comic.
Detailed information
Status:
Original version is lost.
Appearances:
Ben Franklin (4.4); Duckburg (2.3); Gyro's Power Plant (2.7); Rain Maker (4.8).
Backstage:
The Gyro Gearloose stories came about as a result of Western's applying for a
second class mailing permit for the comic.
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W US 13-05
spring is here
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03B-511
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, September 1
- Publication date: 1956, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
- Pages: 1
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W US 13-06
mush!
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03B-512
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, September 1
- Publication date: 1956, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
- Pages: 0 7/8
- Filled out with: Dell Pledge
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
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CX US 13
Land Beneath the Ground! [surviving cut material]
- Barrier: MBAC-138
- CBL: 03B-479; 03B-510
- Type: story segment
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, August 18 ?
- Publication date: 1984, December
- Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set III
- Pages: 2 3/8
- Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
- Intended publication date: 1956, March-May
Additional credits:
See in "Land Beneath the Ground!", for more information.
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Land Beneath the Ground! [lost cut material]
- Inducks: ...
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: ---
- Type: story segment
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, August 18 ?
- Publication date: [none or unknown]
- Issue: [none or unknown]
- Pages: 2 5/8 ?
- Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
- Intended publication date: 1956, March-May
Additional credits:
See in "Land Beneath the Ground!", for more information.
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W US 14-00
dollar-sign cookie cutter
- Barrier: MBAC-140; MBAC-210
- CBL: 03C-529
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, December 8
- Publication date: 1956, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
- Pages: 1
Additional credits:
Front cover.
Other Barks submissions on this date:
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W US 14-01
dinner at ritzmore cafe
Owoooo! Groan! Gasp!
-- Uncle Scrooge
- Barrier: MBAC-140; MBAC-210
- CBL: 03B-406
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, February 24
- Publication date: 1956, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
- Pages: 1
- Intended issue: apparently Uncle Scrooge 11
- Intended publication date: apparently 1955, September-November
Additional credits:
Inside front cover.
Apparently intended for the inside front cover of
Uncle Scrooge 11 (it was accepted on the
same date as the other three cover works for that issue), but displaced by
a full-page presentation of the Dell Pledge to Parents.
Description:
Scrooge is sick after having taken Grandma Duck to dinner.
Appearances:
Ritzmore Cafe, dinner 6-9 (1.2); broiled lobster (1.8).
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Congruences:
- W US 54-06 Flowers Are Flowers
- Scrooge having a 'date' with Grandma Duck.
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W US 14-02
"The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan!"
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03C-531
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, November 3
- Publication date: 1956, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
- Pages: 19
- Animated adaption: Lost Crown Of Genghis Khan
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W US 14-03
super-speed gasoline
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03C-551
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Gyro Gearloose
- Submission: 1955, October 1
- Publication date: 1956, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
- Pages: 4
Changes:
Barks originally used Donald, but had to change him into a different character
because of Western's applying for a
second class mailing permit for the
"Uncle Scrooge" comic.
Barks-Barrier, 1969 list: "The four-page Gyro stories for Uncle S. #13
and #14 were sent back to me for changes. In the #13 story I'd used the
nephews. Because of postal mailing laws, no characters used in other parts of the
book could be used in the Gyro story. Hence the change to Mickey's nephews. The
character 'Speedy' in #14 was originally Donald."
Speedy's black leather jacket and his cap still resembles a sailor suit. The only
change made to Donald's car seems to be the license plate number. Panel 2.8
has a blanco license plate. In panel 4.2, the license plate number is "313".
In panel 4.6, the license plate number is "818".
In the dialogue of panels 1.8, 2.1, 3.1, 3.3, 3.7, 4.2, and 4.6, references
to Donald are changed into "Speedy". (It might be interesting to note that both
names contain 6&nbsletters.)
Status:
Original version is lost.
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W US 14-05
canny brannies deeds
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03C-555
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, November 17
- Publication date: 1956, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
- Pages: 7 3/4
- Filled out with: advertisement
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
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W US 14-06
gold pans on beach
- Barrier: MBAC-140; MBAC-210
- CBL: 03C-550
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, December 8
- Publication date: 1956, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
- Pages: 1
Description:
Inside back cover.
Appearances:
Klondike (mentioned, 1.5, 1.7); McDuck Hardware Store (at least fifty
years old?, 1.6); manager (1.6); gold nugget found in '98 in
Klondike (1.3, 1.7).
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W US 14-07
glow worms and electric light
- Barrier: MBAC-140; MBAC-210
- CBL: 03C-563
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, December 8
- Publication date: 1956, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
- Pages: 0 7/8
- Filled out with: Dell Pledge
Description:
Back cover.
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
Other Barks submissions on this date:
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W US 15-00
tips on preserving
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03C-566
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, September 15
- Publication date: 1956, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
- Pages: 1
Additional credits:
Front cover.
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W US 15-01
impression in the mud
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03C-566
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, February 23
- Publication date: 1956, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
- Pages: 1
Additional credits:
Inside front cover.
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W US 15-02
in "The Second-richest Duck"
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03C-567
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, February 2
- Publication date: 1956, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
- Pages: 20
Landmark:
First appearance of Flintheart Glomgold.
Cross-references:
«and The Money Champ» contains
cross-references.
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W US 15-03
cat language
What's knittin', kitten?
Can't you see I'm smitten?
-- hep cat (serenading some girl cat)
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 05C-587
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Gyro Gearloose
- Submission: 1956, February 9
- Publication date: 1956, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
- Pages: 4
Landmark:
First appearance of Gyro's little "helper".
Trivia:
In panel 2.8, Gyro refers to wearing a toupee. ("Well, float my toupee!")
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W US 15-05
money bin progress
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03C-591
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, February 9
- Publication date: 1956, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
- Pages: 6 3/4
- Filled out with: advertisement
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
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W US 15-06
duckburg symphony orchestra
- Barrier: MBAC-140
- CBL: 03C-598
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, February 23
- Publication date: 1956, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
- Pages: 1
Description:
Inside back cover.
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W US 16-00
christmas wreath of bills
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-599
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: [Carl Barks]
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: Not listed
- Publication date: 1957, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
- Pages: 1
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W US 16-01
minerals into soil
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-600
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, February 23
- Publication date: 1957, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
- Pages: 1
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W US 16-02
in "Back to Long Ago!"
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-601
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, April 26
- Publication date: 1957, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
- Pages: 21
Questions:
According to an informal Dutch index by Harry Fluks, of 1983-1991, the idea
for this story was provided by a friend of Bill Spicer. Is that true? What
is the source of that information then?
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W US 16-03
forecasting the future
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-623
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Gyro Gearloose
- Submission: 1956, May 17
- Publication date: 1957, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
- Pages: 4
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W US 16-05
collossalest surprise quiz show
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-627
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, May 17
- Publication date: 1957, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
- Pages: 5 3/4
- Filled out with: Dell Pledge
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
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W US 16-06
fuel oil price
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-622
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, May 24
- Publication date: 1957, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
- Pages: 1
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W US 16-07
happy new year
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-703
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, May 24
- Publication date: 1957, December-February
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
- Pages: 1
Description:
Back cover.
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CZ 24
"Piggy bank dog"
- Barrier: MBAC-202, MBAC-210
- CBL: ---
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: [unknown]
- Hero: [Uncle Scrooge]
- Submission: 1956, May 24
- Publication date: [none or unknown]
- Issue: [none or unknown]
- Pages: 1
- Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge [Uncle Scrooge 16 ?]
- Intended publication date: [1957, December-February ?]
Description:
Art only front cover for "Uncle Scrooge", listed as "piggy bank dog", submitted on
May 24, 1956. According to "Michael Barrier",
Barks remembers this cover as one in which Scrooge was pulling a piggy bank along
the street on a leash, as if it were a dog.
Submission date falls in between the submission dates of the covers that
appeared on Uncle Scrooge 15 and Uncle Scrooge 17,
so a guess could be that this cover would have appeared on or around
Uncle Scrooge 16. (Submission date of the
cover that did appear on
Uncle Scrooge 16 is unknown.)
Status:
As far as known, the cover has never surfaced.
Reconstructions:
HC DD1984-29 "Piggy bank dog" [reconstruction]
Remakes:
See "reconstructions" field.
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W US 17-00
dollar sign hand palm
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-633
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, August 16
- Publication date: 1957, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
- Pages: 1
Changes:
Alternate version dollar sign hand palm [alternate version] features a
Gypsy fortune teller.
Surviving material:
- CR US 17 dollar sign hand palm [alternate version]
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W US 17-01
early american building
- Barrier: MBAC-141; MBAC-210
- CBL: 03C-662
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1955, December 8
- Publication date: 1957, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
- Pages: 1
Additional credits:
Inside front cover.
Apparently intended for Uncle Scrooge 14
(it was accepted on the same date as the other three cover works for that
issue), but was replaced on the inside front cover
by a page originally intended for Uncle Scrooge 11.
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W US 17-02
"A Cold Bargain"
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-635
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, August 2
- Publication date: 1957, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
- Pages: 26 3/4
- Filled out with: circulation statement
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
CBL-notes:
The Brutopians' high cheekbones are removed. On panel 6 of page 3,
the phrase "rich pig of a duck" is changed to "rich dog of a duck."
Years later, the story has been reprinted uncensored in
Uncle Scrooge McDuck by Carl Barks - Uncle Scrooge Adventures 17.
Research:
The reference to kitchen sinks refers to the American idiom "everything including
the kitchen sink", which means "everything", in an emphatic way. In this story,
Barks had the Brutopian literally bid everything his country had, including the kitchen sink.
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W US 17-04
a way to catch fish
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-663
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Gyro Gearloose
- Submission: 1956, August ?
- Publication date: 1957, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
- Pages: 4
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W US 17-05
not so good eyesight
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-667
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, May 24
- Publication date: 1957, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
- Pages: 1
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W US 17-06
fine china!
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-668
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, February 13
- Publication date: 1957, March-May
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
- Pages: 0 7/8
- Filled out with: Dell Plegde
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
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W US 18-00
seeds and money tree
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-669
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: [unknown]
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, August 16
- Publication date: 1957, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
- Pages: 1
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W US 18-01
safety net
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-670
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, November 15
- Publication date: 1957, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
- Pages: 1
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W US 18-02
Land of the Pygmy Indians
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-671
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, November 15
- Publication date: 1957, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
- Pages: 27
Backstage:
Barks portrayed many of his lost tribes as pygmies. "That makes a slight menace out of the
ducks...," he explained in a 24 September 1983 interview by Bruce Hamilton. "They
were always peewees in comparison with the villains. In order for them to become a menace,
they had to come up against somebody smaller."
Research:
The Peeweegah dialogue in this story was written in the heavy rhythm of "The Song of Hiawatha".
When Longfellow wrote that work, he had in mind the Finnish epic "The Kalevala", which was also
written in that very catchy two-step rhythm.
Congruences:
- W OS 62-03 in Mystery of the Swamp
- The vandalized campsite and migrating canoe, the posted warning
and shower of arrows, the powwow around the bonfire, the kidnapped pygmy, the flight through the
waterways, Donald's ordeal by combat, and the drugged offering - in this case an Indian peace
pipe dropped with oxide of Strombolium.
- "That gave me pause for a while," Barks has said, "but I realized that only the plotline was
similar; all other elements were breaking new ground. Besides, the pygmy Indians were more believable
and interesting than the Gneezles, so I went ahead with the story and let the gags fall where they might."
- W US 29-01 Island in the Sky
- Lost tribes as pygmies.
- W US 30-01 Pipeline to Danger
- Lost tribes as pygmies.
- W US 65-01 Micro-ducks from Outer Space
- Lost tribes as pygmies.
Interviews:
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W US 18-04
device for finding gold
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-699
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Gyro Gearloose
- Submission: 1956, October 11
- Publication date: 1957, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
- Pages: 4
Trivia:
In panel 4.8, Gyro refers to wearing a wig. ("Wag my wig!")
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W US 18-05
wait a minute!
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-698
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, May 24
- Publication date: 1957, June-August
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
- Pages: 0 7/8
- Filled out with: Dell Plegde
Layout:
Doesn't end with a full page.
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W US 19-00
money snake charming
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-705; 03C front cover
- Type: cover
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1956, October 18
- Publication date: 1957, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
- Pages: 1
Additional credits:
Front cover.
Surviving material:
- CR US 19b in "King Solomon's Mines" [cover design #1?]
- CR US 19c king solomon's mines [cover design #2?]
- CR US 19a in King Solomon's Mines [cover design #3?]
- money snake charming [cover idea]
Backstage:
Barks designed a series of story-related covers for
«in The Mines of King Solomon». "This seems to
have been a wasted effort," he grumbled later. "I hadn't been told that
the editors had a gag cover planned for this comic."
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W US 19-01
dollar across river
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-734
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1957, February 28
- Publication date: 1957, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
- Pages: 1
CBL-notes:
Scrooge's coat is shaded with dots.
Research:
Just for the benefit of people who may have seen pictures of the Potomac River, or the river itself,
and who are wondering how George Washington could have thrown a dollar across such a wide body of water:
he didn't. The story is a popular misconception. When he was a youth, Washington lived on the banks
of the Rhappahanock River, and he threw a dollar across it, to demonstrate his strength. That
river (at least where Washington lived) is much narrower than the Potomac (where Washington eventually
ended up, building his estate "Mount Vernon" on its banks).
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W US 19-02
in The Mines of King Solomon
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-707
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1957, February 15
- Publication date: 1957, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
- Pages: 27
Backstage:
Barks designed a series of covers for this story, but the editors
choose money snake charming instead.
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W US 19-04
soft pillowy house
- Barrier: MBAC-141
- CBL: 03C-735
- Type: story
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Gyro Gearloose
- Submission: 1957, February 28
- Publication date: 1957, September-November
- Issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
- Pages: 4
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CS US 19
"Bridle"
- Barrier: MBAC-202
- CBL: 03C-706
- Type: gag
- Art: Carl Barks
- Script: Carl Barks
- Hero: Uncle Scrooge
- Submission: 1957, February 28
- Publication date: 1958 (Italy); 1967 (Australia)
- Issue: "Albi della Rosa" No. 201 (Italy); "Walt Disney's Giant Comics" No. G 415 (Australia)
- Pages: 1
- Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
- Intended publication date: 1957, September-November
Additional credits:
Accepted by Western on the same day as the inside front cover for "Uncle Scrooge"
No. 19, 1957. According to Barks's vouchers, it was intended for the inside
back cover of that issue, but it was bumped at the last minute for a subscription
advertisement - the first to appear in "Uncle Scrooge".
Description:
Art and idea one page gag, listed as "bridle", submitted on February 28, 1957.
Donald gets frustrated by his vulnerability to bargain. Scrooge buys him a set of
blinders, as part of an "Old Dobbin Bridle".
Surviving material:
Although the gag remained unpublished in the United States for a long time, it has
been published in the Italian comic "Albi della Rosa" No. 201, 1958;
Australian comic "Walt Disney's Giant Comics" No. G 415, 1967;
and French comic "Le journal de Mickey-Parade" No. 1182, 1975.
CBL-notes:
Full-colour reproduction of of the back-cover of Australian
"Walt Disney Giant Comics" No. G415, 1967.
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