A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

Appearances: Steam Back Scratcher, patent refused (1.1); Old Blackie, the smartest crow in seventeen states (1.2); "The Life of Thor" (illustrated book, 1.1); Thor (shown as illustration in book, 3.3); racing pigeons (3.7); Duck County (4.2); Goose Egg County (4.2).

Congruences:

W US 34-01 Mythtic Mystery: 'Thor' on his chariot.

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W US 21-05 loaned money to buy a dog

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-049
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, June 6
Publication date: 1958, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 21
Pages: 0 3/4
Filled out with: advertisement

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 21-06 self-locking vault door

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-050
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, June 6
Publication date: 1958, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 21
Pages: 1

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W US 22-00 cash register valise

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-051
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, June 20
Publication date: 1958, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 22
Pages: 1

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W US 22-01 parts for old car

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-052
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, October 31
Publication date: 1958, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 22
Pages: 1

Trivia: Donald goes to the junkyard to buy parts of his "old, OLD" 313 car. (panel 1.5)

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W US 22-02 and The Golden River

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-053
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, November 21
Publication date: 1958, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 22
Pages: 26

Changes: One page was cut by Barks himself. Perhaps on looking over this story after he had finished it, Barks thought it could use a couple of more gags and a little less straight business, so he chopped a page of straight stuff and added a page of gags. Detailed information

Surviving material: CX US 22 The Golden River [surviving cut material]

CBL-notes: Page cut by Barks himself, is placed back (as page 17) into the story. To make this possible, panel 1 of page 17 in the story's first print (now page 18) is removed. This art is published apart from the story.

Research: Panel 3.8 is one of the instances in which Scrooge gets rid of people by using a lever which opens a floor trapdoor in front of his office desk. The British "Monty Python's Flying Circus" comedians use a similar joke in a sketch called "Merchant Banker" (4th episode of their 3rd television series, broadcasted from October 19, 1972 to January 18, 1973).

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W US 22-04 glad! sad! mad!

Two sensible questions I ask, and get two senseless answers!
I'm beginning to think I left a screw loose!
-- Gyro Gearloose

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-081
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1957, December 12
Publication date: 1958, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 22
Pages: 4

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W US 22-05 only one-third enough rent

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-080
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, October 31
Publication date: 1958, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 22
Pages: 0 7/8
Filled out with: Dell Pledge

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 22-06 captain goes down with ship

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-120
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, October 31
Publication date: 1958, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 22
Pages: 1

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CX US 22 The Golden River [surviving cut material]

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-053
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: 1985, November
Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set IV
Pages: 1 1/8
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 22
Intended publication date: 1958, June-August

Additional credits: See and The Golden River, for more information.

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W US 23-00 dollar bill airplanes

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-085
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, May 23
Publication date: 1958, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 23
Pages: 1

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W US 23-01 gravel truck and hay wagon

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-086
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, December 5
Publication date: 1958, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 23
Pages: 1

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W US 23-02 and The Strange Shipwrecks

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-087
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, December 31
Publication date: 1958, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 23
Pages: 21

Additional credits: In his 1969 list of work for Western, Barks wrote: "This story was stretched from a short one by Nick George."

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W US 23-03 disgraceful swimming pool

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-109
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1958, January 9
Publication date: 1958, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 23
Pages: 4

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W US 23-05 and the Fabulous Tycoon

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-113
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, January 9
Publication date: 1958, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 23
Pages: 5

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W US 23-06 roll that would choke a horse

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-108
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, October 31
Publication date: 1958, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 23
Pages: 0 5/8
Filled out with: Dell Pledge; advertisement

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 23-07 electric light rates go up!

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-118
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, March 25
Publication date: 1958, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 23
Pages: 1

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W US 24-00 christmas charity safe

Barrier: MBAC-142
CBL: 04A-119
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1957, October 10
Publication date: 1959, December-February
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 24
Pages: 1

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W US 24-01 and The Twenty-four Carat Moon

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-121
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, January 20
Publication date: 1959, December-February
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 24
Pages: 20

Discussions: On the Disney comics Mailing List there was a discussion on the astronomical (im)possibilities of this story.

Updates: There's also a story by Floyd Gottfredson about a moon-hidden planet, called "Mickey Mouse and the Aints" (Mickey Mouse dailies 7 March 1949 - 6 August 1949).

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W US 24-02 cyclone warning bell

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-141
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1958, January 20
Publication date: 1959, December-February
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 24
Pages: 4

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W US 24-04 and The Magic Ink

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-145
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, February 17
Publication date: 1959, December-February
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 24
Pages: 6

Additional credits: Barks: "Got this story idea from my daughter."

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W US 25-00 dollar signs on glasses

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-153
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, August 4
Publication date: 1959, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 25
Pages: 1

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W US 25-01 park benches

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-152
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, April 20
Publication date: 1959, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 25
Pages: 20

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W US 25-02 and the Flying Dutchman

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-155
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, April 20
Publication date: 1959, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 25
Pages: 4

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W US 25-03 wishing well order

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-175
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1958, June 9
Publication date: 1959, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 25
Pages: 4

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W US 25-05 king nutmost the rash

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-179
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, June 9
Publication date: 1959, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 25
Pages: 5 3/4
Filled out with: circulation statement

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 25-06 butterfly and ten-dollar bill

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-185
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, January 10
Publication date: 1959, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 25
Pages: 0 1/2
Filled out with: «newspaper and binoculars» ?; Dell Pledge ?
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 22
Intended publication date: 1958, June-August

Additional credits: According to Barks's list, originally scheduled for Uncle Scrooge 22.

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Questions: What material fills out the comic book page?

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W US 25-07 newspaper and binoculars

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-185
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: Not listed
Publication date: 1959, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 25
Pages: 0 3/8
Filled out with: «butterfly and ten-dollar bill» ?; Dell Pledge

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Changes: Apparently, this half page gag has been cut from a full page.

Status: If changed, original version is lost.

Questions: What other material does the comic book page contain?
Could this gag originally have been one of three unidentified /disappeared Uncle Scrooge gags submitted October 1, 1958?

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W US 25-08 basket of kittens

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-186
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, September 9
Publication date: 1959, March-May
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 25
Pages: 1

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W US 26-00 coins magnet

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-187
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, October 1
Publication date: 1959, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 26
Pages: 1

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W US 26-01 and The Prize of Pizarro

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-189
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, August 11
Publication date: 1959, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 26
Pages: 20

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W US 26-02 in Krankenstein Gyro

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-209
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Gyro Gearloose
Submission: 1958, June 16
Publication date: 1959, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 26
Pages: 4

Details: A female version of Gyro's helper is shown (3.6).

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W US 26-04 pizen bluff

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-213
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, June 16
Publication date: 1959, June-August
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 26
Pages: 6

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W US 27-00 dollar sign bubble

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-188
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, October 1
Publication date: 1959, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 27
Pages: 1

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W US 27-01 and The Money Champ

Barrier: MBAC-143
CBL: 04A-223
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, July 12
Publication date: 1959, September-November
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 27
Pages: 22

Cross-references: Second appearance of Flintheart Glomgold. At first, Scrooge thinks that Flintheart must be a mad stranger. Then, Flintheart refreshes the Ducks' memories by saying: "I almost defeated McDuck in a contest once in Africa!" (3.4) After this explanation, one nephew remembers Flintheart by saying: "When he and Unca Scrooge matched wealth, Unca Scrooge won by having saved more string in his lifetime!" (3.6) And Donald adds: "We helped them unroll string for days up through the heart of Africa!" (3.6) These memories are cross-references to what happened during Flintheart's first appearance, in «in "The Second-richest Duck"».

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