A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

Additional credits: In uncle scrooge's new money bin, on the far right of panel 5.8, the name is barely readable. If this character doesn't appear elsewhere, it's debatable if "176-82" really is the correct name.

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176-84

Member of: Beagle Boys
Debut by Barks: W WDC 135-02 uncle scrooge's new money bin

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176-111

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

Additional credits: In seven cities of cibola, on the far right of panel 12.3, the name is barely readable. If this character doesn't appear elsewhere, it's debatable if "176-111" really is the correct name. It could also be "176-711", for example.

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176-117

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

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176-160

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

Additional credits: In menehunes island, in panel 27.3, the name is only partly visable as "60". If this character doesn't appear elsewhere, it's debatable if "176-160" really is the correct name. It could also be "176-760", for example.

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176-167

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

Additional credits: In «message from uncharted island» and «The Giant Robot Robbers», 176-167 admits being fond of prunes. This fondness of prunes is also mentioned in «Horsing Around With History [story]», but the difference seems to be that a multiple of Beagle Boys likes prunes, instead of only one.

Backstage: One of six Beagle Boys most often used by Barks.
Additional Beagle Boys information.

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176-176

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

Backstage: One of six Beagle Boys most often used by Barks.
Additional Beagle Boys information.

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176-300

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

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176-301

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

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176-321

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

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176-330

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

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176-331

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

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176-360

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

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176-370

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

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176-602

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

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[176]-606

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 495-03 water tank bin

Additional credits: In water tank bin, in panel 8.6, the name is only partly visable as "606". If this character doesn't appear elsewhere, it's debatable if "176-606" really is the correct name.

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176-616

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

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176-617

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

Backstage: One of six Beagle Boys most often used by Barks.
Additional Beagle Boys information.

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176-666

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 495-03 water tank bin

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176-671

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

Backstage: One of six Beagle Boys most often used by Barks.
Additional Beagle Boys information.

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176-676

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 1184-06 Mighty but Miserable

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176-702

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 495-03 water tank bin

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176-716

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

Backstage: One of six Beagle Boys most often used by Barks.
Additional Beagle Boys information.

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176-730

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 495-03 water tank bin

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176-761

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

Backstage: One of six Beagle Boys most often used by Barks.
Additional Beagle Boys information.

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176-824

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

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176-825

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

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176-830

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc. [US 4: Beagle Boys, Inc.]
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

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176-831

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

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176-836

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

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176-837

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

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176-838

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

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176-840

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc. [US 4: Beagle Boys, Inc.]
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

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176-860

Member of: Beagle Boys, Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 4-02 menehunes island

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186-802 / Grandpa Beagle

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W US 21-02 in The Money Well
Last use by Barks: W US 21-02 in The Money Well

Additional credits: Basically resembles Papa [Beagle], in a visual way.
Additional Beagle Boys information.

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Papa [Beagle]

Member of: Beagle Boys Inc.
Debut by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"
Last use by Barks: W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man" ?

Additional credits: Basically resembles 186-802 / Grandpa Beagle, in a visual way.

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Black Forest

Debut by Barks: W WDC 227-01 lost in black forest ?

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Blackheart Beagle

Member of: Beagle Boys
Debut by Barks: W USGD 1-02 master of the mississippi
Last use by Barks: W USGD 1-02 master of the mississippi

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The Booneheads

Debut by Barks: W WDC 132-02 merit badges try out

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Calisota

Debut by Barks: W OS 422-02 and the "The Gilded Man" ?

Research: Name is a combination of California and Minnesota.

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South Duckburg Chickadee Patrol / Littlest Chickadees

Debut by Barks: W WDC 181-01 chickadee patrol contest

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Cornelius Coot

Debut by Barks: W WDC 138-02 cornelius coot statues

Founder of Duckburg, visualized as statue.

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Duckburg

Debut by Barks: W WDC 49-02 tight-wire walkers

Backstage: Barks: "Duckburg was sort of figured to be near Burbank, California, the main plant of the Disney Studio, but obviously it had to be moved around to fit the requirements of whatever story I was writing. So it became a place of fantasy, like a fairy-tale locale. It had a desert, a lake, a sea, snow, tropical hurricanes, anything that was needed. I would have been very handicapped if I had been compelled to keep the location in Southern California."

Barks also explained the location and creation of Duckburg in the 1990s NRK (Norwegian broadcasting) 50 minute documentary of his life.

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Flintheart Glomgold

Debut by Barks: W US 15-02 in "The Second-richest Duck"

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Gladstone Gander

Debut by Barks: W WDC 88-02 swimming on christmas day

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Gladstone Gander's luck

Debut by Barks: W MOC 41-01 in "Race to the South Seas!"

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Glittering Goldie

Debut by Barks: W OS 456-02 in "Back to the Klondike"
Last use by Barks: CB OIL 120 Disputed Claim

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Gurgleurp Soda

Debut by Barks: W WDC 282-01 Bubbleweight Champ ?

Questions: Does «in "The Second-richest Duck"» contain the first appearance of Donald's interest in soda?

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Gyro Gearloose

Debut by Barks: W WDC 140-02 gladstone's mystery

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Gyro's little helper

Debut by Barks: W US 15-03 cat language

Developments: Tiny electronic figure with a lightbulb for a head, working on rechargable batteries, and so advanced that it almost seems to have consciousness. (US 47-03).
Barks' stories do not tell if Gyro himself invented the little helper.

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Herbert

Debut by Barks: W WDC 43-02 Now Showing "Three Dirty Little Ducks"
Last use by Barks: W WDC 70-02 smugsnorkle squatty ?

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John D. Rockerduck

Debut by Barks: W WDC 255-01 Boat Buster
Last use by Barks: W WDC 255-01 Boat Buster

Backstage: Even though Barks never used this character again, it was adopted as a recurring character by Italian artists. The first non-Barks Rockerduck appeared in the Italian story "Zio Paperone e il kiwi volante", scripted by the Barosso brothers and drawn by Giorgio Bordini, published in "Almanacco Topolino" #75, March 1963.

Possibly, the Barosso brothers needed a rival millionaire for the "kiwi volante" story, and they used Rockerduck because he appeared in "Almanacco Topolino" #65, May 1962, while they were writing the story. Scrooge's other Barks competitor Flintheart Glomgold had made only two (Barks) appearances at the time. «in "The Second-richest Duck"» was published in Italy in "Topolino" #152 (December 1956), «and The Money Champ» in "Topolino" #234 (May 1960). Since the most recent story was published a few years before already, this may explain why the Barosso choose Rockerduck as competitor instead of Flintheart Glomgold.

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Junior Woodchucks

Debut by Barks: W WDC 125-02 operation rescue saint bernard

Backstage: The scouting theme in «Good Scouts» undoubtedly contributed to Barks' inspiration for the Junior Woodchucks. But there is a crucial difference between the Woodchucks and the Good Scouts. Barks' later comic books trade on a role reversal in which the practical, ultra-competent children invariably find a way of saving their befuddled uncle, proving they are more adult than he. The Good Scouts, after an initial attempt to rescue Donald from the twin threats of a geyser and a bear, retire uncaring to bed.

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General Snozzie / Official Woodchuck Bloodhound

Debut by Barks: W WDC 213-01 spring house cleaning

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Junior Woodchucks Guidebook

Debut by Barks: W US 5-02 sunken city

Developments: Mentioned as "Junior Woodchucks' Book of Knowledge". In «valley of tralla la», the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook is called by name for the first time.

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beaked woodchuck leader (various names)

Debut by Barks: W JW 7-01 Whale of a Good Deed [Western's version]

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Magica de Spell

Debut by Barks: W US 36-01 The Midas Touch
Last use by Barks: CB OIL 144 I Wonder What My Fortune Cookie Says

Italian sorceress.

Backstage: Barks based Magica on the svelte, sinister woman in Charles Addams's New Yorker cartoons. "Magica de Spell was, I hope, a more interesting witch than the ugly hags and fat bags who have been standard models for centuries," he has commented in notes written for The Carl Barks Library. "Her good looks gave her an extra element of power."

In about two and a half years, Magica appeared in seven Uncle Scrooge adventures and two ten-page Donald Duck stories. Then she dropped from sight. "I had developed her to the point where she needed very strong roles, and no story plot had popped into my tired head that could accomodate her," Barks explained.

Correspondence:

Notes written for The Carl Barks Library: details unknown; quoted in The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (04C-676)

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Miss Quackfaster

Debut by Barks: W US 36-01 The Midas Touch
Last use by Barks: W US 39-02 A Spicy Tale ?

Additional credits: Miss Quackfaster was called by name for the first time in «A Spicy Tale», so it can be discussed if she really appears in «The Midas Touch».

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neighbor Jones [classic appearance]

Debut by Barks: W WDC 38-02 in "Good Neighbors"
Last use by Barks: W WDC 289-00 arrow through pancake

Additional credits: Not to be confused with neighbor Jones [name].
The classic neighbor Jones is the one with the big chin, black hair, heavy eyebrows, etc.

Backstage: The classic neighbor Jones appeared in «borrowed putty», «lost ten-dollar bill», and «christmas caroling at peoples' doors». In the early 1960s, a fan letter reminded Barks of the classic Neigbor Jones. As a result, the character returned in «Fued and Far Between», and «Unfriendly Enemies».

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neighbor Jones [name]

Debut by Barks: W WDC 34-01 good deeds and fire sticks
Last use by Barks: W US 6-03 old man fox's money ?

Additional credits: Apart from neighbor Jones [classic appearance], Barks has used at least two other neigbors named "Mr. Jones". These are counted here, as "name only" appearance.

Backstage: In fact, Barks was not the first artist who used Jones as name for a neigbor of Donald.

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