APPLYING FOR A SECOND CLASS MAILING
As explained in the entry for
"Land Beneath the Ground" (US 13-02), the Gyro Gearloose
stories that began in "Uncle Scrooge" No. 13 came about as a result of
Western's applying for a second class mailing permit for the comic. To gain second
class privileges a periodical must contain at least two stories, each one featuring
different characters. Barks turned to Gyro Gearloose, the inventor,
to provide the required second feature.
Two stories had been completed before it was realized that no characters
from the lead story could be used. In his 1969 list for
Michael Barrier, Barks commented: "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."
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