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Encyclopedia > Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge #21 cover. Art by Carl Barks.
Uncle Scrooge #21 cover. Art by Carl Barks.

Uncle Scrooge is a comic book with the moneygrubber Scrooge McDuck 'the richest duck in the world' as the main character. The series also featured Donald Duck and his nephews as supporting characters. The first 70 issues mostly consisted of stories written and drawn by Carl Barks, the creator of Scrooge McDuck. The 71st issue had a story Barks wrote drawn by Tony Strobl. Subsequent issues often consist of reprints of these classic Barks tales. Starting in 1986 when Gladstone took over publishing the title they have also included new stories by American creators Don Rosa, John Lustig, Pat McGreal, Dave Rawson, Michael T. Gilbert and William Van Horn along with translations of European Disney comics by such creators as Daan Jippes, Fred Milton and Romano Scarpa originally published by Oberon, Egmont and Disney Italy/Mondadori. Among the adversaries who made repeat appearances were The Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell, John D. Rockerduck and Flintheart Glomgold. Image File history File links I scanned this image from a comic book I own. ... Image File history File links I scanned this image from a comic book I own. ... Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952) and Magica De Spell (1961). ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Scottish character created by Carl Barks who first appeared in Dell Comics Four Color Comics #178 Christmas on Bear Mountain in December 1947. ... Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are a trio of fictional ducks who appear in animated cartoons and comic books published by the Walt Disney Company. ... Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952) and Magica De Spell (1961). ... Donald Duck and Moby Duck by Tony Strobl. ... Don Rosa visiting Finland in 1999 Gioachino Keno Don Hugo Rosa (often just called Don Rosa) is a comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Disney characters. ... John Lustig is a Disney Comics Artist. ... William Van Horn (born February 15, 1939) has been a Disney comics artist since 1988. ... Daan Jippes (full name is Daniel Jan Jippes) is a Disney comics artist. ... Romano Scarpa at an Exposition in Rome in 2000 Romano Scarpa (Venice, September 27, 1927 - Málaga, April 23, 2005) was one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics. ... Egmont is one of the leading media industry groups of Scandinavia. ... Arnoldo Mondadori (Poggio Rusco Mantua, November 2, 1889 - Milan, June 8, 1971) was a noted Italian publisher. ... A Beagle family photo, as seen in DuckTales. ... Magica and her brother/pet Poe, as seen on DuckTales. ... John D. Rockerduck John D. Rockerduck is a fictional character from the Scrooge McDuck Universe. ... Flintheart Glomgold is a fictional character in Disney comic books, one of Scrooge McDucks main rivals who holds the title of The Second Richest Duck in the World. ...

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Publishing History

Scrooge made his first appearance in the Donald Duck story "Christmas on Bear Mountain" as a curmudgeonly man who decides to test Donald and his nephews to see if they are worthy of inheriting his wealth. He appeared in a few more Donald Duck stories before finally meriting his own comic book, "Only a Poor Old Man" in 1952 which featured the Beagle Boys attempting to steal his money. Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publications, which got its start in pulp magazines. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... One of the earlier issues of Four Color, featuring Walt Disneys Donald Duck. ... Gold Key Comics was an imprint of Western Publishing cteated for comic books distributed to newstands. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gladstone Publishing was an American company that published Disney comics from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This advertisement for Disney Comics ran in the issues published at the milestone of their first year. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Gladstone Publishing was an American company that published Disney comics from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Gemstone Publishing (logo) Gemstone Publishing is a U.S. company that is the current publisher of licensed Disney comic books, starting in June 2003. ... June 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events June 1, 2003 The Group of Eight summit opens in Evian, France to tight security and tens of thousands of protestors. ...


Issues

Number Date Stories Notes
1(Four Color #386) "Uncle Scrooge (one-pager)", "Only a Poor Old Man"
4 12/1953 "Ballet Evasions", "The Menehune Mystery", "The Cheapest Weigh", "Bum Steer" (all Carl Barks)
14 3/1956 "Lobster" short, "The Mines of King Solomon",Gyro Gearloose House story, Beach short, "Firefly" short
33 3/1961 "Tree Trick" short,"Billions in the Hole",Gyro Gearloose "You Can't Win","Bongo on the Congo","The Big Bobber" short,"Thumbs Up" short
36 2/1962 "The Midas Touch", "Duckburg's Day of Peril",Gyro Gearloose "Money Bag Goat","The Bends" short, "Green Stuff" short,"Memory Man" short
37 3/1962 "The Windy Story" (short), "Cave of Ali Baba",Gyro Gearloose "The Great Popup","Deep Down Doings","Cash-Cart","Can't Take It with You", "Night Out","Over Weight"(shorts)
41 3/1963 Toll Bridge short, "The Status Seeker", "Snow Duster" Gyro Gearloose, "Typhoon Tycoon", Rocket Digger short
51 8/1964 "How Green was my Lettuce", Ludwig Von Drake "Pigeon Panic", "Let Donald Do It"
55 2/1965 "McDuck of Arabia", Limousine short, Zoo short, Gyro Gearloose "Scientific Sleuth", Parrot short, Fight short
60 11/1965 "The Phantom of Notre Duck", Gyro Gearloose "The Drippy Diamonds", Uncle Scrooge Desert Outing short
68 3/1967 Antique short, "Hall of the Mermaid Queen", Gyro Gearloose "Hypno-Clock"
71 10/1967 "King Scrooge the First" (Carl Barks & Tony Strobl), "Outdoor Thinking" (Phil de Lara & Vic Lockman)
76 8/1968 "Bye,Bye Money Bin", Gyro Gearloose "The Hopeless Helper","The Luck Tycoon"
92 4/1971 "The Magic Ink" (reprint), "Two Way Luck" (reprint),Gyro Gearloose "That Small Feeling","Tattletale Dime"
113 8/1974 "Crown of the Mayas" , Gyro Gearloose Cyclone short
161 2/1979 "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan" , Gyro Gearloose untitled short
172 1/1980 "The Magic Ink" (Carl Barks), "The Round Money Bin" (Carl Barks), "The Bad Bargain" (Kay Wright & Vic Lockman)
198 1982 "The Mini-Bin Vacation", "The Wreck of the Merry Lark", "The Collectibles", "The Educated Cane"
199 1982 "Jillions in Jeopardy", "Return of the Bin-Buster", "Payday Blues", "The Educated Cane"
204 1982 "The Magnetic Curse", "The Fragrant Vagrant","The Double Diamond","The Rare Stamp" first story with personal computer
214 2/1987 "A Sticky Situation" (Gutenberghus Group), "The Tuckered Tiger" (Carl Barks), Uncle Scrooge short,"An Alarming Development", Uncle Scrooge short
217 5/1987 "The Seven Cities of Cibola" (Carl Barks)
219 7/1987 "The Son of the Sun" (Don Rosa), "Portrait of the Artist as a Duck Man", short article
221 9/1987 "Green Attack" (Gutenberghus Group), Uncle Scrooge untitled squirrel short, Uncle Scrooge untitled quiz show short
228 8/1988 "Chugwagon Derby" (Barks), Beagle Boys "The Pigeon Plot", "The Generosity Ray", Donald Duck short
238 10/1989 "Ducking the Press" (Netherlands), "A Witch in Crime" (Denmark), "Trouble Indemnity" (Carl Barks)
244 7/1990 "The Adventurers Club Award" (Avenell,Vicar,Foster,Clark,Daigle-Leach), "The oothless Tiger Auction" (Anderson,Vicar,Foster,Clark,Daigle-Leach)
272 11/1992 "Canute the Brute's Battle Axe" (Anderson,Gabner,Vicar,Davidson,Daigle-Leach), "Fare Delay" short (Barks,Daigle-Leach),"Charity Donation" short(Barks,Daigle-Leach)
276 3/1993 "The Island at the Edge of Time" (Don Rosa), "Skywriting for Scrooge" (Carl Barks)
277 4/1993 "The Great Steamboat Race", "Immovable Miser", "Much Luck McDuck" (all Carl Barks)
278 5/1993 "North of the Yukon" (Carl Barks)
279 6/1993 "Back to Long Ago!", "Moola on the Move", "Long Distance Collision", "Classy Taxi" (all Carl Barks)
292 6/1995 "King of the Klondike", "2 Donald Duck untitled shorts", "untitled Uncle Scrooge short"
300 10/1996 "The Sunken Yacht" (Barks), "Coin of the Realm", "Go Slowly, Sands of Time", "Nobody's Business"
302 2/1997 "Monkey Business" (Barks),"Barrel Bargains" (Gorm Transgaard & Torres), "The Telltale Hand" (Tony Strobl), "Beagle Boys meet Abner the Actor" (Tony Strobl), "Too Bee or Not to Bee" (Torres & Per Diemer)
357 9/2006 "Return to Xanadu" (Don Rosa), "Comet Get It!" (Kari Korhonen & Tino Santanach), "Dr. Invento" (Janet Gilbert & Marsal Bresco), "Through a Lens Darkly" (Frank Jonker & Bas Heymans)

One of the earlier issues of Four Color, featuring Walt Disneys Donald Duck. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ...

See also

Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Scottish character created by Carl Barks who first appeared in Dell Comics Four Color Comics #178 Christmas on Bear Mountain in December 1947. ... Walt Disneys Comics and Stories is an anthology comic book that has an assortment of Disney characters, including Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Chip n Dale, Lil Bad Wolf, Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and others. ... Uncle Scrooge Adventures is a comic book made from The Walt Disney Company by Gladstone Publishing. ... The Scrooge McDuck universe is the fictional world where Scrooge McDuck lives. ... The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck cover art The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge McDuck. ... Eyeshades Green eyeshades are a type of visor that was worn most often from the late 1800s to the middle 1900s by accountants, telegraphers, copy editors and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupations. ...

External links

Contents of all issues in the series


  Results from FactBites:
 
Scrooge McDuck - Answers.com (4027 words)
Scrooge privately admitted to his nephews that he had used an army of "cutthroats" to get the tribe to abandon their lands, in order to establish a diamond-mining colony.
Scrooge first hints that he was not born into wealth, as he remembers buying the Hourglass of the story in Morocco when he was a member of a ship's crew as a cabin boy.
Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, rivaled by Flintheart Glomgold, John D. Rockerduck and, less prominent, the maharaja of the fictional country Howdoyoustan, having worked his way up the financial ladder from humble immigrant roots.
Psychological Evaluation of Scrooge (1086 words)
Scrooge’s heightened generosity is somewhat of a pleasant change; he is concerned that Mr.
Scrooge be evaluated for mental competency to determine if he is in need of a guardian.
Scrooge’s thinking is somewhat symptomatic of delusional thinking, in that he maintains that the hallucinations he experienced on Christmas eve were real, he otherwise displays no other indications of irrational thought.
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