A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Inducks: W OS 263-02
Barrier: MBAC-109
CBL: 02A-087
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1949, September 29 (Inducks submission: 1949-09-29)
Publication date: 1950, (February) (Inducks publication date: 1950-02)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 263
Pages: 24 (Inducks pages: 24)
Inducks description: Donald and the nephews visit the Pacific Northwest as make-ups salesmen and encounter a primitive group of Native Americans

Congruences:

QMU 1940-?02: Donald as salesman
W WDC 39-01 in Salesman Donald: Donald as salesman

Sources

W OS 263-03 in "Trail of the Unicorn"

(Inducks: Trail of the Unicorn)

Inducks: W OS 263-03
Barrier: MBAC-109
CBL: 02A-111
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1949, September 8 (Inducks submission: 1949-09-08)
Publication date: 1950, (February) (Inducks publication date: 1950-02)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 263
Pages: 24 (Inducks pages: 24)
Inducks description: Donald and the nephews compete with Gladstone Gander to capture a unicorn for Uncle Scrooge's zoo; competing against GL to capture a unicorn for US

Additional credits: In his 1969 list of work for Western, Barks wrote about this story: "Paid Dana Coty $30 for the idea."

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W OS 263-04 movie ticket office

(Inducks description: Matinee Madness)

Inducks: W OS 263-04
Barrier: MBAC-109
CBL: 02A-193
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1949, October 6 (Inducks submission: 1949-10-06)
Publication date: 1950, (February) (Inducks publication date: 1950-02)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 263
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Worried cinema doorman

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W OS 263-05 bet dog won't bring back stick

(Inducks description: A Fetching Price)

Inducks: W OS 263-05
Barrier: MBAC-109
CBL: 02A-194
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1949, October 6 (Inducks submission: 1949-10-06)
Publication date: 1950, (February) (Inducks publication date: 1950-02)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 263
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: throws stick for dog, returns with shop window's bill

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W OS 275-00 king's trone and a catapult

(Inducks: Ancient Persia)

Inducks: W OS 275-00
Barrier: MBAC-109
CBL: 02A-135; 02A back cover
Type: cover, illustrating «"in Ancient Persia"»
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1949, November 10 (Inducks submission: 1949-11-10)
Publication date: 1950, (May) (Inducks publication date: 1950-05)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 275
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

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W OS 275-02 "in Ancient Persia"

(Inducks: Ancient Persia)

Inducks: W OS 275-02
Barrier: MBAC-109
CBL: 02A-137
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1949, November 23 (Inducks submission: 1949-11-23)
Publication date: 1950, (May) (Inducks publication date: 1950-05)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 275
Pages: 24 (Inducks pages: 24)
Inducks description: A mad scientist kidnaps the ducks and then revives an ancient Persian court

Trivia: Discussable reference to death. The mad scientist and the ancient Itsa Faka people more or less die when they are "dehydrated". (page 22)

Backstage: In a June 9, 1966 letter to Michael Barrier, Barks said: "About my 'morgue' of reference material. I have four files full of clippings of every sort of subject and type of drawing. Also have many years of Nat'l. Geographics, and an Encyclopedia Brittanica. The rock of gibraltar picture in 'Ancient Persia' and the authentic-looking background props and frescoes are from Nat'l Geo. I simplify such material, naturally."

Correspondence:

June 9, 1966 letter from Carl Barks to Michael Barrier

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W OS 282-00 parrot using adding machine in safe

(Inducks: The Pixilated Parrot)

Inducks: W OS 282-00
Barrier: MBAC-109
CBL: 02A-169
Type: cover, illustrating «and "The Pixilated Parrot"»
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1950, February 23 (Inducks submission: 1950-02-23)
Publication date: 1950, (July) (Inducks publication date: 1950-07)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 282
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

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W OS 282-02 and "The Pixilated Parrot"

(Inducks: The Pixilated Parrot)

Inducks: W OS 282-02
Barrier: MBAC-109
CBL: 02A-171
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1950, February 23 (Inducks submission: 1950-02-23)
Publication date: 1950, (July) (Inducks publication date: 1950-07)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 282
Pages: 22 (Inducks pages: 22)
Inducks description: Counting parrot; Donald and the nephews and the Beagle Boys pursue Uncle Scrooge's escaped parrot

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W OS 291-02 in "The Magic Hourglass"

(Inducks: The Magic Hourglass)

Inducks: W OS 291-02
Barrier: MBAC-110
CBL: 02A-195
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1950, March 16 (Inducks submission: 1950-03-16)
Publication date: 1950, (September) (Inducks publication date: 1950-09)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 291
Pages: 28 (Inducks pages: 28)
Inducks description: Donald and the nephews travel to the Sahara for magic sand for Uncle Scrooge's hourglass; Trip to desert to find special sand for US's magic hourglass

Trivia: In panel 11.4, Scrooge's thoughts make the sum of his fortune calculable. ("I can't go on like this - losing a billion dollars a minute! I'll be broke in 600 years!")

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W OS 300-02 in "Big-top Bedlam"

(Inducks: Big-top Bedlam)

Inducks: W OS 300-02
Barrier: MBAC-110
CBL: 02A-223
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1950, April 20 (Inducks submission: 1950-04-20)
Publication date: 1950,(November) (Inducks publication date: 1950-11)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 300
Pages: 28 (Inducks pages: 28)
Inducks description: Donald joins a circus to recover Daisy's heirloom brooch

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W OS 308-02 in "Dangerous Disguise"

(Inducks: Dangerous Disguise)

Inducks: W OS 308-02
Barrier: MBAC-110
CBL: 02B-253
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1950, June 29 (Inducks submission: 1950-06-29)
Publication date: 1951, (January) (Inducks publication date: 1951-01)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 308
Pages: 28 (Inducks pages: 28)
Inducks description: While on a European vacation Donald and the nephews become involved with a spy ring and Madame Triple X

Landmark: Last story with prominent human appearances.

Trivia: Discussable references to death. Sound of counter-counter-etc. spies shooting each other. (5.1) Operator Minus-X jumping out of the train running over a tall bridge. This is the most discussable reference in this story, because there seems to be water under the bridge. (10.1) Donaldo El Quacko prefers to jump out the window rather than being punished by his leader. (28.5)

Backstage: Most of the characters in this story are humans, rather than humanoid dogs. Barks had used human characters in other stories, but never so prominently as in this one, and Western's editors did not approve. Barks said about it in a May 30, 1971 interview by Michael Barrier: "As soon as I took 'Dangerous Disguise' in, and Carl Buettner took a look at it, he said, 'That doesn't go good, having real humans.' It takes the ducks out of their own world." (Carl Buettner was Western's art editor.) After this story, humans were rarely used again.

Congruences:

W OS 199-02 in "Sheriff of Bullet Valley": Human appearance (Carl Barks caricature).
W OS 203-02 in "The Golden Christmas Tree": Human appearance (witch).
W OS 238-02 in "Voodoo Hoodoo": Human appearance.
W OS 275-02 "in Ancient Persia": Human appearance.
W OS 291-02 in "The Magic Hourglass": Human appearances.
W OS 300-02 in "Big-top Bedlam": Human appearance.
W US 6-02 valley of tralla la: Human appearances.
W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola: Human appearance (Al Koch).
W WDC 94-02 coast patrol: Human appearance.
W WDC 188-01 olympic try-outs: Human appearance (Carl Barks caricature).
W WDC 196-02 snow statues contest: Human appearance (snow princess).
W WDC 211-01 wishing stones: Human appearance (native).
W WDC 275-01 Zero Hero: Human appearance (actress).
W DG 26-01 in The Christmas Cha Cha: Human appearance (Carl Barks caricature).
W CP 1-01 in "Letter to Santa": Human appearance (Santa Claus).
W FGW 48-01 in "Toyland": Human appearance (Santa Claus).
... Tells About Kites [Florida Power story]: Human appearance (lineman, panel 7.4)
W KGA 2-01 Tells About Kites [Southern California story]: Human appearance (lineman, panel 7.4)
QMU 1942-?04: spy theme

Interviews:

May 30, 1971 interview by Michael Barrier

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W OS 318-02 in "No Such Varmint"

(Inducks: No Such Varmint)

Inducks: W OS 318-02
Barrier: MBAC-110
CBL: 02B-297
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1950, July 27 (Inducks submission: 1950-07-27)
Publication date: 1951, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1951-03)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 318
Pages: 28 (Inducks pages: 28)
Inducks description: Donald is mistaken for a great detective instead of the world's greatest snake charmer

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W OS 328-02 in Old California!

(Inducks: In Old California)

Inducks: W OS 328-02
Barrier: MBAC-110
CBL: 02B-327
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1950, November 2 (Inducks submission: 1950-11-02)
Publication date: 1951, (May) (Inducks publication date: 1951-05)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 328
Pages: 28 (Inducks pages: 28)
Inducks description: Donald and the nephews travel back in time to Old California

Backstage: The supporting characters are humanoid dogs. Barks said in a May 30, 1971 interview with Barrier that he would have preferred to have drawn them as real humans, but he was warned for using humans when he submitted "Dangerous Disguise" (OS 308) four months earlier.

Research: This story is set in that section of Southern California in which Barks himself lived at the time. Detailed information

Interviews:

May 30, 1971 interview by Michael Barrier

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W OS 348-00 inspecting a crocodile with a magnifying glass

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 348-00
Barrier: MBAC-111
CBL: 02B-293; 02B back cover
Type: cover, illustrating a non-Barks story ("The Crocodile Collector")
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, April 5 (Inducks submission: 1951-04-05)
Publication date: 1951, September-October (Inducks publication date: 1951-09)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 348
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Crocodile study

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CZ 1 OS 348-U unknown gag

(Inducks description: one of the three in OS 348)

Inducks: CZ 1
Barrier: MBAC-199, 209
CBL: ---
Type: gag (script only?)
Art: [unknown] (Inducks artist: (no one)) (Inducks inker: (no one))
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [Donald Duck?] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, February 8 (Inducks submission: 1951-02-08)
Publication date: 1951, September-October?
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 348 ? (if any)
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Intended issue: Donald Duck One Shot 348
Intended publication date: 1951, September-October

Description: One-page gag (idea?) for "Donald Duck" Four Color No. 348, submitted on February 8, 1951. The issue contains three one-page gags, all illustrated by an artist other than Barks. It is impossible to identify any one of the gags as his.

Status: Disappeared, or unidentified.

Other Barks submissions on this date: Barks submitted no other work on this date.

Questions: Michael Barrier lists this entry as both "one-page gag" and "one-page gag idea". I guess he means the latter?

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W OS 353-00 five photographs

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 353-00
Barrier: MBAC-117
CBL: 06C-823
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks,?)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, March 8 (Inducks submission: 1951-03-08)
Publication date: 1951, (October) (Inducks publication date: 1951-11)
Issue: Duck Album One Shot 353
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Five family Photographs; Five portrait photographs

Changes: The nephews are not drawn by Carl Barks. Grandma Duck is identified as "Grandmaw Duck". It is unknown how the cover originally was drawn. Maybe there was no identification of the family members in Barks' version at all? (Just a wild guess.)

Reconstructions: The Carl Barks Library - Set VI uses Barks-drawn nephews taken from W WDC 131-00 skyrocket tied to leg. "Grandmaw" is changed in "grandma" to comply with Barks' spelling. The cover as originally published is shown in an article.

Questions: Do you have any ideas about the lettering of the names being or not being by Barks?

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W OS 356-00 rich look in the mirror

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 356-00
Barrier: MBAC-111
CBL: 02B-294
Type: cover, illustrating a non-Barks story ("From Rags to Riches")
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1951-05-24)
Publication date: 1951, November-December (Inducks publication date: 1951-11)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 356
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Rich in mirror

Congruences:

W OS 367-00 santa donald rides a toy train: Original art taken out of the trash can at Poughkeepsie by one of the printers.
W WDC 133-00 candy and nails: Original art taken out of the trash can at Poughkeepsie by one of the printers.
W WDC 135-00 pilgrim donald and turkey nephews: Original art taken out of the trash can at Poughkeepsie by one of the printers.

Updates: Original art still exists. Apparently, it was taken out of the trash can at Poughkeepsie by one of the printers.

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CZ 2 unknown gag [possibly OS 356-05 talking parrot]

(Inducks description: possibly inside back cover of OS 356)

Inducks: CZ 2
Barrier: MBAC-199, 209
CBL: ---
Type: gag (script only?)
Art: [unknown] (Inducks artist: (no one)) (Inducks inker: (no one))
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [possibly Donald Duck] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, March 8 (Inducks submission: 1951-03-08)
Publication date: 1951, November-December?
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 356 ? (if any)
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Intended issue: Donald Duck One Shot 356
Intended publication date: 1951, November-December

Description: One-page (Donald Duck?) gag (idea?) for "Donald Duck" Four Color No. 356, submitted on March 8, 1951.

Status: Barks thinks that the gag on the inside back cover "possibly is the one." According to the Inducks database this one page Donald Duck gag can be described as "talking parrot". The story code is "W OS 356-05"; the writer is unknown; and the art is by Frank McSavage.

(Otherwise: disappeared, or unidentified.)

Other Barks submissions on this date:

«five photographs»

Notes: Barrier lists this entry as both "one-page gag" and "one-page DD gag idea".

Updates:

Scan of the gag. (Circa 300Kb.)
Initiated on November 25, 2000, this gag has been discussed on the Disney Comics Mailing List.
In mybibliotitle, the gag is mentioned in an article by Klaus Harms.

Sources

W OS 367-00 santa donald rides a toy train

(Inducks: A Christmas For Shacktown)

Inducks: W OS 367-00
Barrier: MBAC-111
CBL: 02B-361; 02B front cover
Type: cover, illustrating «in "A Christmas for Shacktown"»
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1951-05-24)
Publication date: 1952, January-February (Inducks publication date: 1952-01)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 367
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: DD riding with a train, nephews carryin large christmas present bag

Congruences:

W OS 356-00 rich look in the mirror: Original art taken out of the trash can at Poughkeepsie by one of the printers.
W WDC 96-00 super bubble soap: Original art of an alternate version has been hand-colored with colored pencils by Carl Barks in 1995(?).
W WDC 133-00 candy and nails: Original art taken out of the trash can at Poughkeepsie by one of the printers.
W WDC 135-00 pilgrim donald and turkey nephews: Original art taken out of the trash can at Poughkeepsie by one of the printers.

Updates: Original art still exists. Together with a few other duck covers, it was taken out of the trash can at Poughkeepsie by one of the printers.

In 1995, this original art was hand-colored with colored pencils by Carl Barks. Reportedly, this was done at request of Steve Geppi. Barks' signature at the left bottom corner reads "Colored by Carl Barks 1995". This coloured version has been published in WDC 633, 1999.

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W OS 367-01 improvised christmas tree ornaments

(Inducks description: Treeing Off)

Inducks: W OS 367-01
Barrier: MBAC-111
CBL: 02B-362
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1951-05-24)
Publication date: 1952, January-February (Inducks publication date: 1952-01)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 367
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Golf balls as Christmas tree ornaments

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W OS 367-02 in "A Christmas for Shacktown"

(Inducks: A Christmas For Shacktown)

Inducks: W OS 367-02
Barrier: MBAC-111
CBL: 02B-363
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, February 15 (10 pages); 1951, March 15 (22 pages) (Inducks submission: 1951-03-15)
Publication date: 1952, January-February (Inducks publication date: 1952-01)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 367
Pages: 32 (Inducks pages: 32)
Inducks description: The nephews raise money for Christmas for the needy children of Shacktown

Backstage: Ten pages of this story were accepted on February 15, 1951, the remaining twenty-two pages on March 15, 1951. In a 1974 interview with Michael Barrier, Barks said about this: "I think what happened there was that they wanted some of the material early, and so I just sent them the ten pages I had drawn at that point."

Interviews:

1974 interview by Michael Barrier

Discussions: On the Disney comics Mailing List, there was a discussion in about continuity in comics. Gary Leach said about the story's ending: "Think of how different that milestone event would have been had Barks let himself get hung up by the concluding moments of "Shacktown." I suppose, had he been continuity minded, he could have looked ahead and ended "Shacktown" differently, but would we have wanted him to do that?" (August 12, 1997)

Rich Morrissey replied: "Not at all hard to explain? If you'll recall, the crust over the quicksand was solid enough to keep all those tons of money from falling... it was just so delicately balanced that sending buckets down, as the kids suggested, might have broken it. Once the train had removed a ton or two, though, enough of the weight would've been removed so $crooge could send buckets down to recover the rest more quickly." (August 14, 1997)

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W OS 367-03 teenie weenie mistletoe kiss

(Inducks description: Christmas Kiss)

Inducks: W OS 367-03
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-289
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1951-05-24)
Publication date: 1952, January-February (Inducks publication date: 1952-01)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 367
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: DD wants to kiss DA under mistletoe

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W OS 367-04 microfilm christmas list

What's going on here, kids? Writing a novel?
-- Donald Duck

(Inducks description: Projecting Desires)

Inducks: W OS 367-04
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-290
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1951-05-24)
Publication date: 1952, January-February (Inducks publication date: 1952-01)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 367
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Christmas list in slide

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W OS 386-00 rowing on lake of money

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 386-00
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-017; 3A front cover
Type: cover, illustrating «in "Only a Poor Old Man"»
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks) (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1951, September 27 (Inducks submission: 1951-09-27)
Publication date: 1952, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1952-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 386
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Only A Poor Old Man; Money Lake no. 1; Rowing a boat at money lake

Layout: Gag cover illustrating inside story.

Appearances: Money Lake No. 1; Penny Wise (boat name); depth gauge (20 ft level).

Trivia: Money-related gag.

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W OS 386-01 osogood silver polish

(Inducks description: Osogood Silver polish)

Inducks: W OS 386-01
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-018
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1951, September 27 (Inducks submission: 1951-09-27)
Publication date: 1952, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1952-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 386
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Salesman talks about coin polish to US; Osogood Silver polish

Layout: Caption without border, 6 panels.

Appearances: Osogood Silverpolish (only fifty cents a quart, 1.1); Scrooge's home (mentioned, 1.3)

Congruences:

W OS 386-04 soupline eight raffle: Interest in product, but not in the seller's benefit

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W OS 386-02 in "Only a Poor Old Man"

(Inducks: Only A Poor Old Man)

Inducks: W OS 386-02
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-019
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1951, September 27 (Inducks submission: 1951-09-27)
Publication date: 1952, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1952-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 386
Pages: 32 (Inducks pages: 32)
Inducks description: US moves and hides his money in secret dam; Uncle Scooge is a firm believer in liquid assets!

Landmark: First appearance of 176-824 (5.3); 176-825 (5.3); 176-831 (10.1); 176-830 (11.5); Papa [Beagle] (14.7, on reward poster); 176-838 (23.1); 176-840 (23.1); 176-836 (28.6); and 176-837 (30.5).

Appearances: Beagle Boys / Beagle Boys Inc. / Beagle Boys, Inc. (3.5).

Backstage: As this story reveals, Scrooge is able to dive into a pile of hard metal without crowning himself. "I don't explain that trick because I don't understand it myself," says Barks. "Perhaps it has something to do with his character: often he can do things which other people can't. He can go out in the desert and smell the presence of gold; other prospectors would have to dig mountains of dirt before they could find any nuggets."

Congruences:

W US 28-01 and the "Paul Bunyan" Machine: Scrooge calling himself a poor old man or duck. "Oh, woe is me! I'll be a POOR old duck!" (4.1)
W US 58-02 The Giant Robot Robbers: Scrooge calling himself a poor old man or duck. "I knew it! I knew it! They'll ROB me! I'll be a POOR old duck!" (8.4)

Interviews:

August 4, 1975 interview by Donald Ault and Thomas Andrae

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W OS 386-03 second cup of coffee free

Your perseverance touches my heart, my good fellow! Come with me!
-- Scrooge McDuck

(Inducks description: Coffee for Two)

Inducks: W OS 386-03
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-051
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1951, September 27 (Inducks submission: 1951-09-27)
Publication date: 1952, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1952-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 386
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: A beggar asks for a cup of coffee; Coffee for Two

Additional credits: The first of a series of one-page gags set in a diner, where Scrooge tries get a cheap cup of coffee. This gag contains a dog-eared "waiter". The other three gags contain a human-eared, cigar-smoking "cookie".

Congruences:

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
W US 12-03 standard size cup: Scrooge tries to get a cheap cup of coffee at a diner

Sources

W OS 386-04 soupline eight raffle

The tires last for years! It uses no oil, and look at those springs - covered with velvet!
-- car demonstrator to Scrooge McDuck

(Inducks description: Soupline Eight)

Inducks: W OS 386-04
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-052
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1951, September 27 (Inducks submission: 1951-09-27)
Publication date: 1952, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1952-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 386
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: checks a limo before buying raffle ticket; Soupline Eight

Additional credits: Al Taliaferro's July 30, 1940 Donald Duck daily strip contains a similar gag.

Description: Scrooge goes to a car shop and asks the saler about the good points of a car, the Soupline Eight. After an extensive explanation of the saler, Scrooge decides he can afford to take a change on the car. He thanks the saler for his trouble and walks to a raffle to buy a ticket for that type of car.

Layout: Caption without border, 7 panels.

Appearances: Soupline Eight (car, 1.1); O.U. Drip (slogan, 1.6).

Congruences:

W OS 386-01 osogood silver polish: Interest in product, but not in the seller's benefit

Sources

W OS 394-00 malayalaya

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 394-00
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-295
Type: cover, illustrating non-Barks story "Malayalaya"
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, November 8 (Inducks submission: 1951-11-08)
Publication date: 1952, May-June (Inducks publication date: 1952-05)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 394
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Bouncing rubber

Congruences:

QMU 1938-?12: Donald rides a sack of bouncy rubber pellets
W OS 238-02 in "Voodoo Hoodoo": Donald rides a sack of bouncy rubber pellets

Sources

W OS 408-00 golden helmet and map of labrador

(Inducks: The Golden Helmet)

Inducks: W OS 408-00
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-394; 02C back cover
Type: cover, illustrating «in "The Golden Helmet"»
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, January 3 (Inducks submission: 1952-01-03)
Publication date: 1952, July-August (Inducks publication date: 1952-07)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 408
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Sources

W OS 408-01 professional sparkle

(Inducks description: Full-Service Windows)

Inducks: W OS 408-01
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-291
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, January 3 (Inducks submission: 1952-01-03)
Publication date: 1952, July-August (Inducks publication date: 1952-07)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 408
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: DD cleans his shop window at a gas station

Appearances: D. Duck Grocery (1.1), Super Service (1.6)

Sources

W OS 408-02 in "The Golden Helmet"

(Inducks: The Golden Helmet)

Inducks: W OS 408-02
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-396
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1951, December 3 (Inducks submission: 1951-12-03)
Publication date: 1952, July-August (Inducks publication date: 1952-07)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 408
Pages: 32 (Inducks pages: 32)
Inducks description: Competition to get Viking helmet; Donald and the nephews compete against Azure Blue and Lawyer Sharky for a Viking helmet that grants title to North America

Sources

W OS 408-03 loaned roller

(Inducks description: Rigged-Up Roller)

Inducks: W OS 408-03
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-292
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, January 3 (Inducks submission: 1952-01-03)
Publication date: 1952, July-August (Inducks publication date: 1952-07)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 408
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Backstage: The duck's unseen neigbour in panel 1.4, "Mr. Craig," may be a reference to Chase Craig, Barks' editor at the Los Angeles Office of Western Printing.

Sources

W OS 408-04 park fountain towels

(Inducks description: Awash in Success)

Inducks: W OS 408-04
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-325
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald's Nephews (Inducks hero: Huey Dewey and Louie)
Submission: 1952, January 3 (Inducks submission: 1952-01-03)
Publication date: 1952, July-August (Inducks publication date: 1952-07)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 408
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: selling towels near drinking fountain

Sources

W OS 422-00 mail sack and a gilded man

(Inducks: The Gilded Man)

Inducks: W OS 422-00
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-429
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, February 21 (Inducks submission: 1952-02-21)
Publication date: 1952, September-October (Inducks publication date: 1952-09)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 422
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Sources

W OS 422-01 riding stable robbery

If you want to ride cheap, bring over a group of friends!
-- Donald Duck (to Scrooge McDuck)

(Inducks description: Stable Prices)

Inducks: W OS 422-01
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-430
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, January 31 (Inducks submission: 1952-01-31)
Publication date: 1952, September-October (Inducks publication date: 1952-09)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 422
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US rents horses at DD's stable with rebate; US rents 11 horses from DD for free

Appearances: D. Duck's Riding Stable (1.1)

Sources

W OS 422-02 and the "The Gilded Man"

Imagine that! Mr. Garland Goosepimple didn't want a reward!
How confoundedly noble can a person get?
-- Philo T. Ellic

(Inducks: The Gilded Man)

Inducks: W OS 422-02
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-431
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, January 31 (Inducks submission: 1952-01-31)
Publication date: 1952, September-October (Inducks publication date: 1952-09)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 422
Pages: 32 (Inducks pages: 32)
Inducks description: Donald and the nephews go stamp hunting in British Guiana and encounter a living totem

Appearances: British Guiana, South America (1.1); Blue Centennial stamp, worth ten cents apiece (1.1); Belgian Prince Leopold stamp, worth four bucks apiece (1.1); Green Bermuda stamp, worth sixty cents (2.7); 1932 Kookabura stamp from Australia, worth thirty cents (2.8); stamp collector Philo T. Ellic, living at millionaire row "120 Swankmore Drive" (4.6); Sprigley (6.7); El Dorado, legendary gilded man (8.1); Sir Walter Raleigh, who made three expeditions up the Orinoco (8.3); Pedro (8.8); Maria (8.8); a stamp collector from Boston (9.4); Georgetown (9.6); the old riverman, whose father was the mail carrier from the river settlements to Georgetown in 1856 (10.4 12.1); Trader Corn, the oil man (10.7); 1856 One-cent Magenta stamp, worth more than fifty thousand dollars (1.5, 11.4); Mexico (17.1); his majesty (24.2); Dockside post office (24.5); Miss Susiebelle Swan, late distant relative of Gladstone Gander. In 1880 she left 60 Honker Street, Mudhen, Ohio, U.S.A., giving a forwarding address of 10 Quack Road, Webfoot, Oregon. In 1901 she floated away from Webfoot, said to forward her mail to 45 Mallard Avenue, Duckburg, Calisota (25.3, 25.7, 26.1, 27.2); Gizmo Tool and [...] factory, 45 Mallard Avenue, Duckburg, Calisota (26.5); San Francisco (29.5); Boston (29.8); St. Louis (30.2); Chicago (29.5)

Philo T. Ellic's erroneous names for Gladstone Gander: Mr. Garfield (5.7); Mr. Gallstone Ginkle (6.4); Mr. Gillfinkle (6.7); Mr. Garland Goosepimple (6.8); Mr. Goldbrick (29.5); Grindstone Gimmick (32.5)

Research: Barks tells of the gilded man being in British Guiana, which is thousands of miles from where he was supposed to have been in legend and in fact. This apparently was an error Barks must have made in reading the historical references to El Dorado (or Eldorado) which spoke of him being in "Guiana", so Barks assumed this was the modern Guiana, which is incorrect. The original Guiana was all of northeast South America from the Atlantic to the Andes.

The Gilded Man was the leader of a South American tribe of Chibcha Indians. The spaniards called this legendary figure "El Dorado". But they came to call the lost "city of gold" that the Gilded Man was supposed to have ruled "Eldorado", obviously after him, but as a different definition, in the form of a single word.

Sources

W OS 422-03 going to rescue daisy's cat

(Inducks description: Armored Rescue)

Inducks: W OS 422-03
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-326
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, January 31 (Inducks submission: 1952-01-31)
Publication date: 1952, September-October (Inducks publication date: 1952-09)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 422
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Heavily dressed for cat rescue

Sources

W OS 422-04 painted into a corner

(Inducks description: Crafty Corner)

Inducks: W OS 422-04
Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02B-360
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, January 31 (Inducks submission: 1952-01-31)
Publication date: 1952, September-October (Inducks publication date: 1952-09)
Issue: Donald Duck One Shot 422
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: DD paints himself into a corner to avoid a phone call

Congruences:

ARC WDC 597 painting towards door: surrounded by paint after painting the floor

Questions: Isn't there a more or less similar Al Taliaferro gag, in which Donald paints himself towards the wrong side of the room, so that he has to escape through the chimney?

Sources

W OS 450-00 neat family pose

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 450-00
Barrier: MBAC-117
CBL: 06A front cover; 06C-823
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, July 31 (Inducks submission: 1952-07-31)
Publication date: 1953, (February) (Inducks publication date: 1953-02)
Issue: Duck Album One Shot 450
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Duck family en face; Duck Family Photo

Sources

W OS 456-00 old woman interrupts gold digging

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 456-00
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-067; 03A back cover
Type: cover, illustrating «in "Back to the Klondike"»
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks) (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1952, August 28 (Inducks submission: 1952-08-28)
Publication date: 1953, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1953-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 456
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Back to the Klondike; Digging for gold, Blackjack the bear and Goldie approaching

Layout: Cover illustrating inside story.

Appearances: Glittering Goldie (aged, with bear).

Sources

W OS 456-01 waiting for traffic light to change

(Inducks description: Fare Delay)

Inducks: W OS 456-01
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-106
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1952, August 28 (Inducks submission: 1952-10-16)
Publication date: 1953, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1953-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 456
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US waits on traffic light before taking a cab; Taxi Tricks

Appearances: taxi stand (1.1), city hall (mentioned, 1.1)

Sources

W OS 456-02 in "Back to the Klondike"

(Inducks: Back to the Klondike)

Inducks: W OS 456-02
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-069
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1952, September 18 (Inducks submission: 1952-09-18)
Publication date: 1953, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1953-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 456
Pages: 27 (Inducks pages: 27)
Inducks description: Bad memory US goes back to Klondike, meets old passion again; Uncle Scrooge takes a sentimental journey
Animated adaption: Back To The Klondike

Changes: Shortened from 32 pages to 27 pages. Detailed information

Surviving material:

CS OS 456 Back to the Klondike [surviving cut material]: Original page 12, 13, 14, 15, and 20B.

Lost material:

CZ OS 456 Back to the Klondike [lost cut material]

Status: A total of one half page is lost.

Remakes:

XUC USCA 1B Back to the Klondike [new blue pencil half page]
ARC GCA 4B Back to the Klondike [inked blue pencil half page]

Appearances:

Glittering Goldie (aged, with bear): First publication does not show Glittering Goldie being young. (See changes.)

Research: The song "After the Ball" mentioned in panel 11.6, is an existing song. It was written by Charles K. Harris in 1892 and it became a very big hit in the same year. "Back to the Klondike" takes place later (1898?), but in those days popular songs lasted for years, so it easily could have been part of Goldie's repertoire long after it first became a hit.
In 1893, "After The Ball" was a cylinder hit again, being on the charts for 10 weeks starting April 23, 1893 and reaching #1; as recorded by George J. Gaskin and an apparent whistling version by John Yorrke was on the charts for three weeks starting July 8, 1893 reaching the #3 position.
The song was from the Broadway Musical "A Trip To Chinatown". This musical started playing on November 9, 1891 and is considered the first "long running" broadway musical; and the sheet music sold 5 million copies.
The lyrics have some resemblance with Scrooge's situation: An old man who never married is remembering a girl he could have married but never did. In the song it is because of a misunderstanding, but the stubbornness of the man is in a way the same as Scrooge's.

Correspondence:

February 17, 1972 letter from Carl Barks to Kim Weston

Interviews:

1974 interview with Michael Barrier

Sources

W OS 456-03 in "Somethin' Fishy Here"

(Inducks: Somethin' Fishy Here)

Inducks: W OS 456-03
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-101
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Gar� Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1952, September ? (Inducks submission: 1952-09)
Publication date: 1953, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1953-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 456
Pages: 5 (Inducks pages: 5)
Inducks description: Fish as currency; Penger faller i fisk; Donald plays a "finny" joke on Scrooge!

Additional credits: Barks notes on his list, "I can't find voucher for 5 page story of fish money in Uncle S.#2. The story and drawings are mine." He indicated that the story was accepted by Western sometime in September 1952-and the date was probably late in the month, after Western had rejected a total of five pages of "Back to the Klondike."

Sources

W OS 456-04 money bale ladder

(Inducks description: The Money Ladder)

Inducks: W OS 456-04
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-107
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1952, October 16 (Inducks submission: 1952-10-16)
Publication date: 1953, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1953-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 456
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Sources

W OS 456-05 game for a billion dollars

(Inducks description: The Checker Game)

Inducks: W OS 456-05
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-108
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1952, October 16 (Inducks submission: 1952-10-16)
Publication date: 1953, (March) (Inducks publication date: 1953-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 456
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US plays against himself and loses; Plays looses versus himself; Plays looses versus himself; The Checker Game

CBL-notes: Chair, feet, and frame are shaded with dots.

Sources

CS OS 456 Back to the Klondike [surviving cut material]

(Inducks:

Inducks: CS OS 456
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: 03A-069
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1952, September 18 ? (Inducks submission: 1952-09-18)
Publication date: 1984, December (Inducks publication date: 1978)
Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set III
Pages: 4 1/2 (Inducks pages: 4 h)
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 456
Intended publication date: 1953, (March)
Inducks description: Back to the Klondike

Additional credits: See in "Back to the Klondike", for more information.

Sources

CZ OS 456 Back to the Klondike [lost cut material]

(Inducks:

Inducks: CZ OS 456
Barrier: MBAC-132
CBL: ---
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1952, September 18 ? (Inducks submission: 1952-09-18)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 0 1/2 (Inducks pages: 0 h)
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 456
Intended publication date: 1953, (March)
Inducks description: Back to the Klondike

Additional credits: See in "Back to the Klondike", for more information.

Sources

W OS 495-00 pirate jack-in-the-box

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 495-00
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-117
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1953, March 6 (Inducks submission: 1953-03-06)
Publication date: 1953, (September) (Inducks publication date: 1953-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 495
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Jack-in-the-box

Description: Scrooge, Donald and the nephews are frightened by a pirate jack-in-the-box popping out of a treasure chest.

Layout: Gag cover.

Changes: Significant differences with jack-in-the-box [inked cover preliminary] are the knife in the pirate head's mouth; Scrooge's looking frightened instead of surprised; and the decoration on the spring and around the head's neck.
If jack-in-the-box [inked cover preliminary] was a concept sketch Barks submitted to his editors, who would pick and choose and return the drawings with suggestions for revisions, then they evidently have asked Barks to tone down his concept.
In the cover art, there's no confrontation with a sharp, scary knife. The pirate head's mouth is empty and only shows its teeth, the ducks are only startled by surprise, and Scrooge is laughing. (This might suggest that Scrooge is responsible for the joke.) Without the dangerous knife, this is a much prettier scene for a Disney comic book cover.
Also, another objection could be that the scene in jack-in-the-box [inked cover preliminary] seems to hint at a pirate story while there's no such story in the issue.

Surviving material:

CR OS 495 jack-in-the-box [inked cover preliminary]

Backstage: jack-in-the-box [inked cover preliminary] is one of three works given to the family Robinson while Barks lived as a guest at their family ranch near Hemmett, Riverside California, in 1953.

Sources

W OS 495-01 trimming sideburns

(Inducks description: Barber College)

Inducks: W OS 495-01
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-118
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1953, February 6 (idea); 1953, February 26 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-02-26)
Publication date: 1953, (September) (Inducks publication date: 1953-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 495
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Trims His Whiskers; Barber College; US trims his whiskers too much

Appearances: Barber College (1.4)

Sources

W OS 495-02 case of horse-radish

(Inducks:

Inducks: W OS 495-02
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-119
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1953, February 26 (Inducks submission: 1953-02-26)
Publication date: 1953, (September) (Inducks publication date: 1953-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 495
Pages: 22 (Inducks pages: 22)
Inducks description: "Horseradish treasure; The Horseradish Story"; Scrooge must sail the Caribbean blue to salvage a contract... and his fortune!; has to recover horseradish cargo from 1753's sunken ship
Animated adaption: Down and Out in Duckburg

Changes: Apparently, the word "horse-radish" has been lettered into the story by the editor.

Backstage: When Uncle Scrooge McDuck: His Life and Times went to press in 1981, Carl Barks and Ed Summer discussed titles and agreed what would be listed in that book's SCrooge comics' chronology. Not all the stories had originally appeared with a title. Barks even offered two alternate titles for this story: "Trouble From Long Ago" and "The Month of the Golden Goose."

In [1961], collector Malcolm Willits asked Barks for essentially the same information. In a January 17, 1962 letter to Willits, Barks suggested some off-the-cuff titles. The one he gave to this story was "Trouble From the Deep".

Congruences:

W US 52-01 The Great Wig Mystery: When villain Mr. Scalpnick is drowning, Scrooge at first does not want to save him. After Mr. Scalpnick is saved, he throws the Ducks into the water.

Correspondence:

January 17, 1962 letter from Carl Barks to Malcolm Willits

Sources

W OS 495-03 water tank bin

(Inducks description: The Round Money Bin)

Inducks: W OS 495-03
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-141
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1953, February 26 (Inducks submission: 1953-02-26)
Publication date: 1953, (September) (Inducks publication date: 1953-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge One Shot 495
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: BB rob the entire US's new rounded money bin; Scrooge converts his coins to greenbacks, much to the delight of the Beagle Boys!

Landmark: First appearance of 176-040 (4.3); 176-071<