A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Inducks: W US 4-00
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-153
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1953, May 7 (Inducks submission: 1953-05-07)
Publication date: 1954, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1953-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 4
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Bill treated coat

Additional credits: Front cover.

Layout: Gag cover.

Surviving material:

CR US 4 bill treated coat [inked cover preliminary]

Trivia: Money-related gag.

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W US 4-01 master of ballet dancing

(Inducks description: Ballet Evasions)

Inducks: W US 4-01
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-154
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, May 21 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-05-21)
Publication date: 1954, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1953-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 4
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US learns ballet to avoid people asking for money; Ballet Evasions

Additional credits: Inside front cover.

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W US 4-02 menehunes island

(Inducks description: The Menehune Mystery)

Inducks: W US 4-02
Barrier: MBAC-133
CBL: 03A-155
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, May 28 (Inducks submission: 1953-05-28)
Publication date: 1954, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1953-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 4
Pages: 32 (Inducks pages: 32)
Inducks description: Hawaiian Island; the Beagle Boys cash in on Uncle Scrooge's plans to cache his cash

Landmark: First appearance of 176-080 (6.8); 176-860 (10.8); 176-070 (11.5); 176-321 (11.5); 176-370 (15.8); 176-300 (17.3); 176-167 (20.1); 176-761 (20.1); 176-330 (23.1); 176-617 (23.3); 176-117 (23.4); 176-716 (26.8); and 176-160 (27.3).

Appearances: Beagle Boys / Beagle Boys Inc. / Beagle Boys, Inc. (6.8); 176-840 (6.8); 176-830 (11.5).

Trivia: In panel 3.4, Donald mentions the sum of Scrooge's money. ("$ 500, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000. 16")

Backstage: In an August 1978 letter to Michael Barrier, Barks told that Garé - who had begun working as his assistant only shortly before - suggested the locale for this story, and told him about the menehunes.

In [1961], collector Malcolm Willits asked Barks to give titles for stories that originally were published without a title. In a January 17, 1962 letter to Willits, Barks suggested some off-the-cuff titles. The one he gave to this story was "Hawaiian Hideaway".

Correspondence:

Notes: More information about Garé Barks

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W US 4-03 a penny to get weighed

(Inducks description: The Cheapest Weigh)

Inducks: W US 4-03
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-187
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, May 21 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-05-21)
Publication date: 1954, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1953-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 4
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Description: Inside back cover.

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W US 4-04 hold out your hands

(Inducks description: Bum Steer)

Inducks: W US 4-04
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-188
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, May 7 (idea); 1953, May 21 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-05-21)
Publication date: 1954, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1953-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 4
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Additional credits: Barks's list shows him receiving credit for "art" on both of the above dates, but the May 7, 1953, entry is almost certainly for the gag idea.

Description: Back cover.

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W US 5-00 cash register piano

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 5-00
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-189
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown, possibly Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1953, July 30 (Inducks submission: 1953-07-30)
Publication date: 1954, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1954-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 5
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Music cash register; Cash Register Concerto

Additional credits: Barks: "I think the idea was mine, too. No payment to prove it."

Layout: Gag cover.

Trivia: Money-related gag.

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W US 5-01 hospitality week

(Inducks description: Hospitality Week)

Inducks: W US 5-01
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-190
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, July 30 (Inducks submission: 1953-07-30)
Publication date: 1954, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1954-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 5
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

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W US 5-02 sunken city

Jumpin' jivin' jeepin' golly!
Mophead Mollie is off her trolley!
-- juke box, hit tune of 1940

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 5-02
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-191
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, July 30 (Inducks submission: 1953-07-30)
Publication date: 1954, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1954-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 5
Pages: 32 (Inducks pages: 32)
Inducks description: Secret of Atlantis; Scrooge drives up the value of a 1916 quarter, then must go to great depths to reclaim it!; deep diving to pick rare coin, finding lost Atlantis

Additional credits: Barks says that the idea for this story came from Chase Craig, one of his editors at Western.

Trivia: Donald's address is mentioned as "1313 Webfoot Walk".

Backstage: In [1961], collector Malcolm Willits asked Barks to give titles for stories that originally were published without a title. In a January 17, 1962 letter to Willits, Barks suggested some off-the-cuff titles. The one he gave to this story was "Sunken City".

Correspondence:

January 17, 1962 letter from Carl Barks to Malcolm Willits

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W US 5-03 native boys dive for pennies

(Inducks description: McDuck takes a dive)

Inducks: W US 5-03
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-223
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, July 30 (Inducks submission: 1953-07-30)
Publication date: 1954, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1954-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 5
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: coin overboard; US dives for a coin, jumping from ship

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W US 5-04 one soda and five straws

I'll wait on our table myself, then I won't have to tip the waitress!
-- Scrooge McDuck

(Inducks description: Slippery Sipper)

Inducks: W US 5-04
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-224
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, July 30 (Inducks submission: 1953-07-30)
Publication date: 1954, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1954-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 5
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Buys one Soda

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W US 6-00 bills and washboard

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 6-00
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-225
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: Not listed (Inducks submission: ?)
Publication date: 1954, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1954-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 6
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Washing dollar bills; vasker penge p� vaskebr�t

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W US 6-01 big oil strike

(Inducks description: Oil the News)

Inducks: W US 6-01
Barrier: MBAC-134
CBL: 03A-226
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, October 15 (idea); 1953, October 29 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-10-29)
Publication date: 1954, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1954-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 6
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US's company has found oil; Oil the News

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W US 6-02 valley of tralla la

I can't stand it any longer! I'm MAD! MAD! MAD!
-- Uncle Scrooge

(Inducks description: Tralla La)

Inducks: W US 6-02
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03A-227
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, October 29 (Inducks submission: 1953-10-29)
Publication date: 1954, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1954-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 6
Pages: 22 (Inducks pages: 22)
Inducks description: Stressed US searches lost city in Himalaya where there's no money; Scrooge seeks serenity in a sceluded valley!; Tralla La
Animated adaption: The Land of Trala La

Trivia: Scrooge hates his money (3.2).

Backstage: In a March 8, 1968 letter to Dick Blackburn, Barks wrote: "As for the 'Shangri La' story, which poked fun at the idea of humans living together in unselfish Utopian harmony, it started from my efforts to find a way to use one BILLION of something in a visible way. The bottle cap gag was the result."

Details: The inhabitants of Tralla La have five fingers per hand (which is unusual in the Disney universe).

Correspondence:

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W US 6-03 old man fox's money

(Inducks description: Outfoxed Fox)

Inducks: W US 6-03
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03A-249
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, November 26 (Inducks submission: 1953-11-26)
Publication date: 1954, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1954-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 6
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: In The Buying Mood; Fake treasure story to make DD and neighbour sell their houses to US; Scrooge incites neighborly pain for personal gain!

Trivia: Scrooge's house address is mentioned as "33 B Street" (9.6).

Congruences:

Qus/QOG 35 digging up garden: Similar plot.

Questions: Could Scrooge's "B Street" address be a reference to Sherlock Holmes Baker Street?

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W US 6-04 digging on beach

(Inducks description: Dig it!)

Inducks: W US 6-04
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03A-259
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1953, October 29 (Inducks submission: 1953-10-29)
Publication date: 1954, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1954-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 6
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US digs up whole beach to find dropped coin; Digs up Beach for Lost Nickel

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W US 6-05 penny for thoughts

(Inducks description: Mental Fee)

Inducks: W US 6-05
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03A-260
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, October 15 (idea); 1953, October 29 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-10-29)
Publication date: 1954, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1954-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 6
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: penny for your thoughts; Mental Fee

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W US 7-00 ye olde wishing well

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 7-00
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-261; 03B back cover
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, September 17 (idea); 1953, October 8 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-10-08)
Publication date: 1954, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1954-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 7
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: The wishing well

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W US 7-01 wonderful day

(Inducks description: Temper Tampering)

Inducks: W US 7-01
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-262
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, February 11 (idea); 1953, February 25 (art) (Inducks submission: 1954-02-25)
Publication date: 1954, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1954-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 7
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: On US's bad day he finds a coin in front of his office; Temper Tampering

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W US 7-02 seven cities of cibola

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 7-02
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-263
Type: story
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: 1954, January 28 (Inducks submission: 1954-01-28)
Publication date: 1954, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1954-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 7
Pages: 28 (Inducks pages: 28)
Inducks description: Ducks find the Seven Cities of Cibola; Scrooge takes his nephews on a desert treasure hunt!

Additional credits: Page 12 contains a caricature of Al Koch. In a June 1968 letter to Michael Barrier, Barks wrote about Al Koch: "He is the guy who led me to a bluff near Thousand Palms and showed me the ancient Indian trail that started the sequence of ideas that became the plot of the Seven Cities story. Al and I 'developed' the plot that evening over copious draughts of bourbon and ale."

Landmark: First appearance of 176-301 (12.3); 176-360 (12.3); 176-111 (12.3); 176-602 (12.4); 176-671 (12.4); 176-001 (13.1); 176-331 (22.4); 176-616 (22.5); and 176-176 (22.6).

Appearances: Beagle Boys / Beagle Boys Inc. / Beagle Boys, Inc. (12.3).

Research: Carl Barks' tale of the Seven Cities combines both legend and history. Detailed information

Correspondence:

Questions: In panel 9.6, a vase falls apart from a nephew's hands. It's filled with jewels, but Scrooge doesn't seem impressed. Instead, he only answers the nephews' observing that the vase fell apart, saying its "No wonder!"
In panel 9.7, all the ducks gather around the vase's contents and Donald states they're "beads and jewels and ornaments of heavy gold!"
In panel 9.8, Scrooge suddenly jumps over the jewels greedily, saying "Let me have a look at that stuff! I'm an expert on gold!
In panel 10.1, Scrooge holds the contents of the broken vase in his hands and says "It's real, boys! And the design shows it's at least a thousand years old!"

The timing of Donald being the first to identify the vase's contents, followed up by Scrooge's sudden excitement, might seem a bit strange and hints at a possible change made by Barks after having inked the story (or at least this scene). If so, then there are several possibilities of what might have happened.

Possibility 1: Perhaps Barks looked over the story and decided to make this theoretical scene a bit more visual by inserting the excited Scrooge into it.

Possibility 2: Perhaps Scrooge has been redrawn over a previous Scrooge, that maybe, was already excited by the sight of the jewels. Maybe Barks, re-reading it, decided to add panel 9.7, and had to change Scrooge in panel 9.6 to be consistent with the following panels.

Possibility 3: Perhaps Barks originally had Donald in panel 9.6 instead of Scrooge. If that were the case, it could have been Donald in panel 9.6 saying, "No Wonder!" and then in panel 9.7 Donald continues to speak, saying "It was filled with beads and jewels and ornaments of heavy gold," thus completing the earlier statement. This has better continuity, at least as far as the dialog is concerned. Perhaps, Barks may have drawn Donald out and inserted Scrooge to make the scene better support the action in the following panels.

Additional notes: The action of the excited Scrooge in panel 9.8 looks like panel 5.8. Maybe Barks found that Scrooge would become too impulsive/over-enthusiastic in case of "possibility" 2 and 3? Two of such impulsive Scrooge scenes (page 5 and 9) might have made Scrooge's interaction in the story too one-dimensional. With panel 9.7 in between panels 9.6 and 9.8, Scrooge's enthusiasm is "explained better" than without panel 9.7. Perhaps another, additional reason could be that Barks wanted to pad the scene, with for example a half page worth of material, because otherwise the visit to the professor would follow too soon?

In case of possibility 3, the story was changed without nescessarily having an effect on the length of the scene (or the story). If the only change would have been replacing Donald by Scrooge, then I think that Scrooge in panel 9.8 might have looked too much as if he jumps out of nowhere. Now, with Scrooge on the foreground in panel 9.6 (instead of Donald), Scrooge's jump in panel 9.8 looks visually more "balanced" to me.

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W US 7-03 carrier pigeon

(Inducks description: Billion Dollar Pigeon)

Inducks: W US 7-03
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-291
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 25 (Inducks submission: 1954-02-25)
Publication date: 1954, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1954-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 7
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: Pigeon with money migrate to South; Billion Dollar Pigeon; Scrooge falls a-fowl of a feathered messenger!

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W US 7-04 wrong number

(Inducks description: Wrong Number)

Inducks: W US 7-04
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-295
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, February 25 (Inducks submission: 1954-02-25)
Publication date: 1954, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1954-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 7
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Appearances: CITRUS 2734 (Smith's phone number, 1.1); Mr. Smith (1.5 & 1.7); CITRUS 2737 (Daisy's phone-number, 1.4).

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W US 7-05 half a cup of coffee

(Inducks description: Diner Dilemma)

Inducks: W US 7-05
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-296
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, February 11 (idea); 1953, February 25 (art) (Inducks submission: 1954-02-25)
Publication date: 1954, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1954-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 7
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Brings His Own Coffee Cup

Cross-references: «folding cup» contains cross-references.

Congruences:

W OS 386-03 second cup of coffee free: 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

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W US 8-00 skating and dollar signs

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 8-00
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-297
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, September 17 (idea); 1953, October 8 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-10-08)
Publication date: 1955, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1954-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 8
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Dollar figure skating

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W US 8-01 not even money in pockets

(Inducks description: Cash on the Brain)

Inducks: W US 8-01
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-298
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, June 10 (Inducks submission: 1954-06-10)
Publication date: 1955, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1954-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 8
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: No money (in his pockets) for the lady pleader; Pleads Lack of Cash

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W US 8-02 message from uncharted island

(Inducks description: The Mysterious Stone Ray)

Inducks: W US 8-02
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-299
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, May 20 (Inducks submission: 1954-05-20)
Publication date: 1955, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1954-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 8
Pages: 28 (Inducks pages: 28)
Inducks description: Gold dust on skin, machine which turns people into stone; The Mysterious Stone Ray; the ducks set sail on a mission of mercy!

Changes: Rejected ink work exists. Detailed information

Surviving material: CX US 8 message from uncharted island [surviving cut material]

Cross-references: 176-167 thinks of having prunes for breakfast. (25.6) Other Beagles protest: "Shut up! We had prunes for breakfast every morning in prison! Are you getting homesick?" (25.7) Then, 176-167 humbly admits: "But I like prunes!" (25.7) The stories «The Giant Robot Robbers» and «Horsing Around With History [story]» contain cross-references to this confession.

Correspondence:

January 17, 1962 letter from Carl Barks to Malcolm Willits

Interviews:

1974, October 5 and 6. Interview by Michael Barrier

Updates: In a May 12, 2000 e-mail, Kim Weston wrote: "On the subject of US #8, I should note that I inked in the solid blacks on the 2 two-panel strips as published on page 526 of the CBL Scrooge 7-13, and joined the 2 strips together in a half page (on photostats, of course, not the originals) not that I had ever expected my inking would be published when I did it."

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W US 8-03 city treasurer candidate

(Inducks description: A Campaign of Note)

Inducks: W US 8-03
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-327
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, June 10 (Inducks submission: 1954-06-10)
Publication date: 1955, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1954-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 8
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: Donald jazzes up candidate Scrooge's platform!; Money in tuba helps electing US

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W US 8-04 taxi on a rainy day

(Inducks description: Classy Taxi!)

Inducks: W US 8-04
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-331
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, June 10 (Inducks submission: 1954-06-10)
Publication date: 1955, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1954-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 8
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: rents his limo as a taxi in rainy day

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W US 8-05 king size electric blanket

(Inducks description: Blanket Investment)

Inducks: W US 8-05
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-332
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, June 10 (Inducks submission: 1954-06-10)
Publication date: 1955, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1954-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 8
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: "US is in bed with chicks; Chicks Under Electric Blanket"

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CX US 8 message from uncharted island [surviving cut material]

(Inducks:

Inducks: CX US 8
Barrier: MBAC-136
CBL: 03B-526
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: [none or unknown]
Publication date: 1984, December (Inducks publication date: 1984-04)
Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set III
Pages: 1 1/2 (Inducks pages: 1 h)
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 8
Intended publication date: 1955, December-February
Inducks description: Petrifying Ray; BB going ashore

Additional credits: See message from uncharted island, for more information.

Circulating material:

detail of two tiers: signed; "Best Wishes to my fan John", and "Best wishes to my fan Bill"; colour

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W US 9-00 topiary bush as dollar sign

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 9-00
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-333
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, September 17 (idea); 1953, October 8 (art) (Inducks submission: 1953-10-08)
Publication date: 1955, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1955-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 9
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Dollar bush trimming

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W US 9-01 fabulous lawn mower

(Inducks description: Easy Mowing)

Inducks: W US 9-01
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-334
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, July 22 (Inducks submission: 1954-07-22)
Publication date: 1955, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1955-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 9
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: sheep lawnmover; Easy Mowing

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W US 9-02 in The Lemming With the Locket

(Inducks: The Lemming with the Locket)

Inducks: W US 9-02
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-335
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, July 15 (Inducks submission: 1954-07-15)
Publication date: 1955, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1955-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 9
Pages: 22 (Inducks pages: 22)
Inducks description: Scrooge takes the boys on a Nordic search!; searching for lemming with safe's secret in locket
Animated adaption: Scrooge's Pet

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W US 9-03 in The Tuckered Tiger

(Inducks: The Tuckered Tiger)

Inducks: W US 9-03
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-357
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, June 24 (Inducks submission: 1954-06-24)
Publication date: 1955, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1955-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 9
Pages: 9 3/4 (Inducks pages: 9 3/4)
Filled out with: advertisement
Inducks description: Crazy race, tiger versus horse; the fate of a fortune in diamonds is up in the air!

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 9-04 free skiing

(Inducks description: Ski Lift Letdown)

Inducks: W US 9-04
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-367
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, July 22 (Inducks submission: 1954-07-22)
Publication date: 1955, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1955-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 9
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Runs a Ski Lift

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W US 9-05 fishing and working at once

(Inducks description: Cast of Thousands)

Inducks: W US 9-05
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-368
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, July 22 (Inducks submission: 1954-07-22)
Publication date: 1955, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1955-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 9
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Fishing in His Money Bin; Cast of Thousands

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W US 10-00 money-sorting machine

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 10-00
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-369
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, September 23 (Inducks submission: 1954-09-23)
Publication date: 1955, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1955-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 10
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Money sorting machine

Congruences:

...: money-sorting machine

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W US 10-01 folding cup

(Inducks description: Deep Decision)

Inducks: W US 10-01
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-370
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, December 9 (Inducks submission: 1954-12-09)
Publication date: 1955, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1955-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 10
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Folding Cup

Cross-references: The cookie says: "Here comes that old skinflint, Scrooge McDuck! He's always figuring ways to get free coffee!" (1.1) This is a cross-reference to «half a cup of coffee», where Scrooge tries to get half a cup for a nickel. The gag W US 12-03 standard size cup also contains a cross-reference to Scrooge's attempts to get his cups of coffee cheap.

Congruences:

W OS 386-03 second cup of coffee free: Scrooge tries to get a cheap cup of coffee at a diner at a diner
W US 7-05 half a cup of coffee: Scrooge tries to get a cheap cup of coffee at a diner at a diner
W US 12-03 standard size cup: Scrooge tries to get a cheap cup of coffee at a diner at a diner

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W US 10-02 in "The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone"

(Inducks: The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone)

Inducks: W US 10-02
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-371
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, October 28 (Inducks submission: 1954-10-28)
Publication date: 1955, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1955-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 10
Pages: 24 (Inducks pages: 24)
Inducks description: In search of the philosopher's stone around Europe; the ducks track down an elusive rock of exclusive powers!

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W US 10-03 in "Heirloom Watch"

(Inducks: Heirloom Watch)

Inducks: W US 10-03
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-395
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, November 11 (Inducks submission: 1954-11-11)
Publication date: 1955, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1955-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 10
Pages: 8 (Inducks pages: 8)
Inducks description: Old watch that predicts even eclipses; Scrooge must be on time to inherit a legacy!

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W US 10-04 bad curve pottery

(Inducks description: Smash Success)

Inducks: W US 10-04
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-403
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1954, December 9 (Inducks submission: 1954-12-09)
Publication date: 1955, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1955-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 10
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

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W US 11-00 iron and wrinkled bills

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 11-00
Barrier: MBAC-137; MBAC-210
CBL: 03B-405
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1955, February 24 (Inducks submission: 1955-02-24)
Publication date: 1955, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1955-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 11
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: ironing money bills

Other Barks submissions on this date:

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W US 11-01 in The Great Steamboat Race

(Inducks: The Great Steamboat Race)

Inducks: W US 11-01
Barrier: MBAC-137; MBAC-210
CBL: 03B-407
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1955, February 3 (Inducks submission: 1955-02-03)
Publication date: 1955, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1955-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 11
Pages: 16 (Inducks pages: 16)
Inducks description: Steamboat race; racing to raise the Cotton Queen!

Other Barks submissions on this date:

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W US 11-02 in "Riches, Riches, Everywhere!"

(Inducks: Riches, Riches Everywhere!)

Inducks: W US 11-02
Barrier: MBAC-137
CBL: 03B-423
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1955, March 10 (Inducks submission: 1955-03-10)
Publication date: 1955, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1955-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 11
Pages: 16 (Inducks pages: 16)
Inducks description: but not a drop to drink!; going to Australia to find riches in desert

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W US 11-03 come-as-you-are party

Somebody's always thinking up ways to make life more interesting!
-- Uncle Scrooge

(Inducks description: Come as You are)

Inducks: W US 11-03
Barrier: MBAC-138; MBAC-210
CBL: 03B-439
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1955, February 24 (Inducks submission: 1955-02-24)
Publication date: 1955, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1955-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 11
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Come-as-you-are Party

Other Barks submissions on this date:

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W US 11-04 squirrel and nuts

(Inducks description: Roundabout Handout)

Inducks: W US 11-04
Barrier: MBAC-138; MBAC-210
CBL: 03B-440
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1955, February 24 (Inducks submission: 1955-02-24)
Publication date: 1955, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1955-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 11
Pages: 0 7/8 (Inducks pages: 0 7/8)
Filled out with: Dell Pledge
Inducks description: Nuts to the squirrel