A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Inducks: W US 12-00
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-441; 03B front 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: 1955, May 26 (Inducks submission: 1955-05-26)
Publication date: 1956, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1955-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Money hourglass

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W US 12-01 seventy-five candle-power globe

(Inducks description: Watt an Occasion)

Inducks: W US 12-01
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-442
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, June 2 (Inducks submission: 1955-06-02)
Publication date: 1956, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1955-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Trivia: In panel 1.7, Scrooge mentions his age. ("Come on in! I'm celebrating my seventy-fifth birthday with a cake!")

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W US 12-02 in "The Golden Fleecing"

(Inducks: The Golden Fleecing)

Inducks: W US 12-02
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-443
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, June 2 (Inducks submission: 1955-06-02)
Publication date: 1956, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1955-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
Pages: 31 7/8 (Inducks pages: 31 7/8)
Filled out with: Dell Pledge
Inducks description: wants the golden fleecing to make a jacket; the ducks get caught up in legends - literally!
Animated adaption: The Golden Fleecing

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Changes:

The editors ordered Barks to tone down this story.
One of the panels of page 31 (bottom) was cut to make room for the Dell Pledge to Parents.

Detailed information

Surviving material: CX US 12 The Golden Fleecing [surviving cut material]

Lost material: CZ US 12 The Golden Fleecing [lost cut material]

Status: Original version is lost.

Correspondence:

December 13, 1960 letter from Carl Barks to Ronald O. Burnett

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W US 12-03 standard size cup

(Inducks description: Doughnut Dare)

Inducks: W US 12-03
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-475
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, June 2 (Inducks submission: 1955-06-02)
Publication date: 1956, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1955-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Cross-references: Although it's not literally expressed, Scrooge's attempt to get cheap coffee is a cross-reference to similar attempts in «half a cup of coffee» and «folding cup».

Congruences:

W OS 386-03 second cup of coffee free: Scrooge tries to get a cheap cup of coffee at a diner
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

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W US 12-04 joe's oasis

(Inducks description: A Sweat Deal)

Inducks: W US 12-04
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-476
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, June 2 (Inducks submission: 1955-06-02)
Publication date: 1956, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1955-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Joe's Oasis

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CX US 12 The Golden Fleecing [surviving cut material]

(Inducks:

Inducks: CX US 12
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-528
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: 1955, June 2 ?
Publication date: 1984, December (Inducks publication date: 1984-12)
Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set III
Pages: 0 3/8 (Inducks pages: 0 3/8)
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
Intended publication date: 1956, December-February
Inducks description: The Golden Fleecing; crazy larkies

Additional credits: See in "The Golden Fleecing", for more information.

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CZ US 12 The Golden Fleecing [lost cut material]

(Inducks:

Inducks: CZ US 12
Barrier: ---
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: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1955, June 2 ? (Inducks submission: 1955-06-02)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 0 1/8 (or more) (Inducks pages: 0 +)
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 12
Intended publication date: 1956, December-February
Inducks description: The Golden Fleecing

Additional credits: See in "The Golden Fleecing", for more information.

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W US 13-00 coin castle

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 13-00
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-477
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, September 1 (Inducks submission: 1955-09-01)
Publication date: 1956, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1956-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Coin castle

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W US 13-01 dark night

(Inducks description: The Art of Security)

Inducks: W US 13-01
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-478
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, September 1 (Inducks submission: 1955-09-01)
Publication date: 1956, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1956-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

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W US 13-02 in "Land Beneath the Ground!"

(Inducks: Land Beneath the Ground!)

Inducks: W US 13-02
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-479
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, August 18 (Inducks submission: 1955-08-18)
Publication date: 1956, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1956-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
Pages: 27 (Inducks pages: 27)
Inducks description: Ducks meet earthquake makers under Duckburg
Animated adaption: Earth Quack

Changes: The editors ordered Barks to cut down this story from 32 pages to 27 pages. Detailed information

Surviving material:

CX US 13 Land Beneath the Ground! [surviving cut material]

Lost material:

Land Beneath the Ground! [lost cut material]

CBL-notes: (R) Changes due to reconstruct some the survived art that was cut out of the story before its first print. On panel 5 of page 4 (panel 1 of page 4 in the first print) the text (and the size?) of the caption is altered. On panel 5 of page 6 (panel 5 of page 5 in the first print), the dialogue is slightly changed and a paste-up shadow is removed. The latter is explained by the footnote: "In the original edition of 1956 and subsequent printing by Western Publishing, a thin line of shadow appears just beneath the first dialogue balloon in panel 5. It has been cleaned up in the current printing." The original panels are not shown, but their texts are mentioned in accompanying article.

To make the inserting of a surviving half page possible (as the first half of page 4), a caption is added in its first panel. To make this caption fit in the artwork, the layout of the panel is changed. The original panel is shown in the accompanying article.

Interviews:

1974 interview by Michael Barrier

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W US 13-04 lightning bolt in lead box

(Inducks description: Trapped Lightning)

Inducks: W US 13-04
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03B-513
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Gyro Gearloose (Inducks hero: Gyro Gearloose)
Submission: 1955, September 1 (Inducks submission: 1955-09-01)
Publication date: 1956, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1956-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: catches a lightning to sell its energy; Trapped Lightning; selling superpower by the gigawatt!

Landmark: First Gyro Gearloose story.

Changes: Barks originally used Donald's nephews, but had to change them into Mickey's nephews because of Western's applying for a second class mailing permit for the "Uncle Scrooge" comic. Detailed information

Status: Original version is lost.

Appearances: Ben Franklin (4.4); Duckburg (2.3); Gyro's Power Plant (2.7); Rain Maker (4.8).

Backstage: The Gyro Gearloose stories came about as a result of Western's applying for a second class mailing permit for the comic.

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W US 13-05 spring is here

(Inducks description: Fashion Forecast)

Inducks: W US 13-05
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03B-511
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, September 1 (Inducks submission: 1955-09-01)
Publication date: 1956, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1956-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

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W US 13-06 mush!

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 13-06
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03B-512
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, September 1 (Inducks submission: 1955-09-01)
Publication date: 1956, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1956-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
Pages: 0 7/8 (Inducks pages: 0 7/8)
Filled out with: Dell Pledge
Inducks description: Mush

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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CX US 13 Land Beneath the Ground! [surviving cut material]

(Inducks:

Inducks: CX US 13
Barrier: MBAC-138
CBL: 03B-479; 03B-510
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: 1955, August 18 ?
Publication date: 1984, December (Inducks publication date: 1976-02-18)
Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set III
Pages: 2 3/8 (Inducks pages: 2 3/8)
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
Intended publication date: 1956, March-May
Inducks description: Land Beneath the Ground

Additional credits: See in "Land Beneath the Ground!", for more information.

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Land Beneath the Ground! [lost cut material]

(Inducks:

Inducks: ...
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: ---
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1955, August 18 ?
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 2 5/8 ? )
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 13
Intended publication date: 1956, March-May

Additional credits: See in "Land Beneath the Ground!", for more information.

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W US 14-00 dollar-sign cookie cutter

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 14-00
Barrier: MBAC-140; MBAC-210
CBL: 03C-529
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, December 8 (Inducks submission: 1955-12-08)
Publication date: 1956, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1956-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Dollar shaped cookies

Additional credits: Front cover.

Other Barks submissions on this date:

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W US 14-01 dinner at ritzmore cafe

Owoooo! Groan! Gasp!
-- Uncle Scrooge

(Inducks description: Luncheon Lament)

Inducks: W US 14-01
Barrier: MBAC-140; MBAC-210
CBL: 03B-406
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: 1956, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1956-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Intended issue: apparently Uncle Scrooge 11
Intended publication date: apparently 1955, September-November
Inducks description: A Barks one-page, where US takes GD out for dinner; Stomach Pains

Additional credits: Inside front cover.

Apparently intended for the inside front cover of Uncle Scrooge 11 (it was accepted on the same date as the other three cover works for that issue), but displaced by a full-page presentation of the Dell Pledge to Parents.

Description: Scrooge is sick after having taken Grandma Duck to dinner.

Appearances: Ritzmore Cafe, dinner 6-9 (1.2); broiled lobster (1.8).

Other Barks submissions on this date:

Congruences:

W US 54-06 Flowers Are Flowers: Scrooge having a 'date' with Grandma Duck.

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W US 14-02 "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan!"

(Inducks: The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan!)

Inducks: W US 14-02
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03C-531
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, November 3 (Inducks submission: 1955-11-03)
Publication date: 1956, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1956-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
Pages: 19 (Inducks pages: 19)
Inducks description: searching for lost crown, finds abominable snowman; the ducks scale the frosty heights of Asia!
Animated adaption: Lost Crown Of Genghis Khan

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W US 14-03 super-speed gasoline

(Inducks: Inventor of Anything)

Inducks: W US 14-03
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03C-551
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Gyro Gearloose (Inducks hero: Gyro Gearloose)
Submission: 1955, October 1 (Inducks submission: 1955-10-01)
Publication date: 1956, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1956-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: Skum-muren; a demanding public leaves Gyro grogg!

Changes: Barks originally used Donald, but had to change him into a different character because of Western's applying for a second class mailing permit for the "Uncle Scrooge" comic.

Barks-Barrier, 1969 list: "The four-page Gyro stories for Uncle S. #13 and #14 were sent back to me for changes. In the #13 story I'd used the nephews. Because of postal mailing laws, no characters used in other parts of the book could be used in the Gyro story. Hence the change to Mickey's nephews. The character 'Speedy' in #14 was originally Donald."

Speedy's black leather jacket and his cap still resembles a sailor suit. The only change made to Donald's car seems to be the license plate number. Panel 2.8 has a blanco license plate. In panel 4.2, the license plate number is "313". In panel 4.6, the license plate number is "818".

In the dialogue of panels 1.8, 2.1, 3.1, 3.3, 3.7, 4.2, and 4.6, references to Donald are changed into "Speedy". (It might be interesting to note that both names contain 6&nbsletters.)

Status: Original version is lost.

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W US 14-05 canny brannies deeds

(Inducks description: Faulty Fortune)

Inducks: W US 14-05
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03C-555
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, November 17 (Inducks submission: 1955-11-17)
Publication date: 1956, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1956-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
Pages: 7 3/4 (Inducks pages: 7 3/4)
Filled out with: advertisement
Inducks description: buying a chunk of Texas - one inch at a time!

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 14-06 gold pans on beach

(Inducks description: Gold Rush)

Inducks: W US 14-06
Barrier: MBAC-140; MBAC-210
CBL: 03C-550
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, December 8 (Inducks submission: 1955-12-08)
Publication date: 1956, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1956-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US fakes a gold find, to sell his old equipment; Gold Ruse

Description: Inside back cover.

Appearances: Klondike (mentioned, 1.5, 1.7); McDuck Hardware Store (at least fifty years old?, 1.6); manager (1.6); gold nugget found in '98 in Klondike (1.3, 1.7).

Other Barks submissions on this date:

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W US 14-07 glow worms and electric light

(Inducks description: Fireflies are Free)

Inducks: W US 14-07
Barrier: MBAC-140; MBAC-210
CBL: 03C-563
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, December 8 (Inducks submission: 1955-12-08)
Publication date: 1956, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1956-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 14
Pages: 0 7/8 (Inducks pages: 0 7/8)
Filled out with: Dell Pledge

Description: Back cover.

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Other Barks submissions on this date:

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W US 15-00 tips on preserving

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 15-00
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03C-566
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, September 15 (Inducks submission: 1955-09-15)
Publication date: 1956, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1956-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Tips on preserving; preserves coins

Additional credits: Front cover.

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W US 15-01 impression in the mud

(Inducks description: Buffo or Bust)

Inducks: W US 15-01
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03C-566
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, February 23 (Inducks submission: 1956-02-23)
Publication date: 1956, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1956-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Sculpted in the Mud

Additional credits: Inside front cover.

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W US 15-02 in "The Second-richest Duck"

(Inducks: The Second-richest Duck)

Inducks: W US 15-02
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03C-567
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, February 2 (Inducks submission: 1956-02-02)
Publication date: 1956, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1956-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
Pages: 20 (Inducks pages: 20)
Inducks description: Scrooge meets his doppelganger!; String ball competition in Africa

Landmark: First appearance of Flintheart Glomgold.

Cross-references: «and The Money Champ» contains cross-references.

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W US 15-03 cat language

What's knittin', kitten?
Can't you see I'm smitten?
-- hep cat (serenading some girl cat)

(Inducks description: The Cat Box)

Inducks: W US 15-03
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 05C-587
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Gyro Gearloose (Inducks hero: Gyro Gearloose)
Submission: 1956, February 9 (Inducks submission: 1956-02-09)
Publication date: 1956, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1956-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: GY is terrorized by cat meowing; ferreting out feline felicitations!

Landmark: First appearance of Gyro's little "helper".

Trivia: In panel 2.8, Gyro refers to wearing a toupee. ("Well, float my toupee!")

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W US 15-05 money bin progress

(Inducks description: Migrating Millions)

Inducks: W US 15-05
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03C-591
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, February 9 (Inducks submission: 1956-02-09)
Publication date: 1956, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1956-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
Pages: 6 3/4 (Inducks pages: 6 3/4)
Filled out with: advertisement
Inducks description: Barrier Scrooge, told his money bin is in the way of a new turmpike, moves it first to a valley and then to a hilltop, but can't escape "progress".; Migrating Millions; as Duckburg grows, the Money bin goes!

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 15-06 duckburg symphony orchestra

(Inducks description: Pound for Sound)

Inducks: W US 15-06
Barrier: MBAC-140
CBL: 03C-598
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, February 23 (Inducks submission: 1956-02-23)
Publication date: 1956, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1956-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 15
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Concert

Description: Inside back cover.

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W US 16-00 christmas wreath of bills

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 16-00
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-599
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: 1957, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1956-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Dollar bill wreath

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W US 16-01 minerals into soil

(Inducks description: Fertile Assets)

Inducks: W US 16-01
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-600
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, February 23 (Inducks submission: 1956-02-23)
Publication date: 1957, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1956-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Coins as Fertilizer

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W US 16-02 in "Back to Long Ago!"

(Inducks: Back To Long Ago!)

Inducks: W US 16-02
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-601
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, April 26 (Inducks submission: 1956-04-26)
Publication date: 1957, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1956-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
Pages: 21 (Inducks pages: 21)
Inducks description: remembering ancestors' treasure island by hypnosis

Questions: According to an informal Dutch index by Harry Fluks, of 1983-1991, the idea for this story was provided by a friend of Bill Spicer. Is that true? What is the source of that information then?

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W US 16-03 forecasting the future

(Inducks description: Forecasting Follies)

Inducks: W US 16-03
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-623
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Gyro Gearloose (Inducks hero: Gyro Gearloose)
Submission: 1956, May 17 (Inducks submission: 1956-05-17)
Publication date: 1957, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1956-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: Forecast machine is too good for GY's questions; The Know-it-all-Machine; be careful what you ask for!

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W US 16-05 collossalest surprise quiz show

(Inducks description: The Colossalest Surprise Quiz Show)

Inducks: W US 16-05
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-627
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, May 17 (Inducks submission: 1956-05-17)
Publication date: 1957, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1956-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
Pages: 5 3/4 (Inducks pages: 5 3/4)
Filled out with: Dell Pledge
Inducks description: US has to answer very simple questions in a TV quiz; The Colossalest Surprize Quiz Show

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 16-06 fuel oil price

(Inducks description: Backyard Bonanza)

Inducks: W US 16-06
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-622
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1956-05-24)
Publication date: 1957, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1956-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

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W US 16-07 happy new year

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 16-07
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-703
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1956-05-24)
Publication date: 1957, December-February (Inducks publication date: 1956-12)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 16
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: New Year's Greeting

Description: Back cover.

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CZ 24 "Piggy bank dog"

(Inducks description: Piggy Bank Dog)

Inducks: CZ 24
Barrier: MBAC-202, MBAC-210
CBL: ---
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: (no one))
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [Uncle Scrooge] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1956-05-24)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge [Uncle Scrooge 16 ?]
Intended publication date: [1957, December-February ?]

Description: Art only front cover for "Uncle Scrooge", listed as "piggy bank dog", submitted on May 24, 1956. According to "Michael Barrier", Barks remembers this cover as one in which Scrooge was pulling a piggy bank along the street on a leash, as if it were a dog.

Submission date falls in between the submission dates of the covers that appeared on Uncle Scrooge 15 and Uncle Scrooge 17, so a guess could be that this cover would have appeared on or around Uncle Scrooge 16. (Submission date of the cover that did appear on Uncle Scrooge 16 is unknown.)

Status: As far as known, the cover has never surfaced.

Reconstructions: HC DD1984-29 "Piggy bank dog" [reconstruction]

Remakes: See "reconstructions" field.

Other Barks submissions on this date:

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W US 17-00 dollar sign hand palm

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 17-00
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-633
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, August 16 (Inducks submission: 1956-08-16)
Publication date: 1957, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1957-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Daisy fortune teller

Changes: Alternate version dollar sign hand palm [alternate version] features a Gypsy fortune teller.

Surviving material:

CR US 17 dollar sign hand palm [alternate version]

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W US 17-01 early american building

(Inducks description: Early to Build)

Inducks: W US 17-01
Barrier: MBAC-141; MBAC-210
CBL: 03C-662
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, December 8 (Inducks submission: 1955-12-08)
Publication date: 1957, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1957-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)

Additional credits: Inside front cover.

Apparently intended for Uncle Scrooge 14 (it was accepted on the same date as the other three cover works for that issue), but was replaced on the inside front cover by a page originally intended for Uncle Scrooge 11.

Other Barks submissions on this date:

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W US 17-02 "A Cold Bargain"

(Inducks: A Cold Bargain)

Inducks: W US 17-02
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-635
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, August 2 (Inducks submission: 1956-08-02)
Publication date: 1957, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1957-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
Pages: 26 3/4 (Inducks pages: 26 3/4)
Filled out with: circulation statement
Inducks description: US takes a mysterious frozen ball to the South Pole; Scrooge has a ball in icy Antarctica!; trip to bury mysterious frozen ball on South Pole

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

CBL-notes: The Brutopians' high cheekbones are removed. On panel 6 of page 3, the phrase "rich pig of a duck" is changed to "rich dog of a duck."
Years later, the story has been reprinted uncensored in Uncle Scrooge McDuck by Carl Barks - Uncle Scrooge Adventures 17.

Research: The reference to kitchen sinks refers to the American idiom "everything including the kitchen sink", which means "everything", in an emphatic way. In this story, Barks had the Brutopian literally bid everything his country had, including the kitchen sink.

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W US 17-04 a way to catch fish

(Inducks description: Fishing Mystery)

Inducks: W US 17-04
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-663
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Gyro Gearloose (Inducks hero: Gyro Gearloose)
Submission: 1956, August ? (Inducks submission: 1956-08)
Publication date: 1957, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1957-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: GY's new way of fishing; Gyro gets an angle on the perfect lure!

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W US 17-05 not so good eyesight

(Inducks description: The Eyes Have It)

Inducks: W US 17-05
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-667
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1956-05-24)
Publication date: 1957, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1957-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US spots a coin on a distant peak; The Eyes Have It

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W US 17-06 fine china!

(Inducks description: China Shop Shakeup)

Inducks: W US 17-06
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-668
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, February 13 (Inducks submission: 1956-02-23)
Publication date: 1957, March-May (Inducks publication date: 1957-03)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 17
Pages: 0 7/8 (Inducks pages: 0 7/8)
Filled out with: Dell Plegde

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 18-00 seeds and money tree

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 18-00
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-669
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, August 16 (Inducks submission: 1956-08-16)
Publication date: 1957, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1957-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Watering money tree; Scrooge Waters a Money Tree

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W US 18-01 safety net

(Inducks description: Net Worth)

Inducks: W US 18-01
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-670
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, November 15 (Inducks submission: 1956-11-15)
Publication date: 1957, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1957-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US rescues sack of money from burning building

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W US 18-02 Land of the Pygmy Indians

(Inducks: Land of the Pygmy Indians)

Inducks: W US 18-02
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-671
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, November 15 (Inducks submission: 1956-11-15)
Publication date: 1957, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1957-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
Pages: 27 (Inducks pages: 27)
Inducks description: Run away from city polution to pygmy indians' land; Scrooge makes trouble in the deep woods!

Backstage: Barks portrayed many of his lost tribes as pygmies. "That makes a slight menace out of the ducks...," he explained in a 24 September 1983 interview by Bruce Hamilton. "They were always peewees in comparison with the villains. In order for them to become a menace, they had to come up against somebody smaller."

Research: The Peeweegah dialogue in this story was written in the heavy rhythm of "The Song of Hiawatha". When Longfellow wrote that work, he had in mind the Finnish epic "The Kalevala", which was also written in that very catchy two-step rhythm.

Congruences:

W OS 62-03 in Mystery of the Swamp: The vandalized campsite and migrating canoe, the posted warning and shower of arrows, the powwow around the bonfire, the kidnapped pygmy, the flight through the waterways, Donald's ordeal by combat, and the drugged offering - in this case an Indian peace pipe dropped with oxide of Strombolium.; "That gave me pause for a while," Barks has said, "but I realized that only the plotline was similar; all other elements were breaking new ground. Besides, the pygmy Indians were more believable and interesting than the Gneezles, so I went ahead with the story and let the gags fall where they might."
W US 29-01 Island in the Sky: Lost tribes as pygmies.
W US 30-01 Pipeline to Danger: Lost tribes as pygmies.
W US 65-01 Micro-ducks from Outer Space: Lost tribes as pygmies.

Interviews:

September 24, 1983 interview by Bruce Hamilton

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W US 18-04 device for finding gold

(Inducks description: The Sure-Fire Gold Finder)

Inducks: W US 18-04
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-699
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Gyro Gearloose (Inducks hero: Gyro Gearloose)
Submission: 1956, October 11 (Inducks submission: 1956-10-11)
Publication date: 1957, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1957-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: GY's ultimate gold-finder; prospecting perseverance pays off!

Trivia: In panel 4.8, Gyro refers to wearing a wig. ("Wag my wig!")

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W US 18-05 wait a minute!

(Inducks description: Relative Reaction)

Inducks: W US 18-05
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-698
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1956, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1956-05-24)
Publication date: 1957, June-August (Inducks publication date: 1957-06)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 18
Pages: 0 7/8 (Inducks pages: 0 7/8)
Filled out with: Dell Plegde

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

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W US 19-00 money snake charming

(Inducks:

Inducks: W US 19-00
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-705; 03C front 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: 1956, October 18 (Inducks submission: 1956-10-18)
Publication date: 1957, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1957-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US snake-charms money; Money snake charmer

Additional credits: Front cover.

Surviving material:

CR US 19b in "King Solomon's Mines" [cover design #1?]
CR US 19c king solomon's mines [cover design #2?]
CR US 19a in King Solomon's Mines [cover design #3?]
money snake charming [cover idea]

Backstage: Barks designed a series of story-related covers for «in The Mines of King Solomon». "This seems to have been a wasted effort," he grumbled later. "I hadn't been told that the editors had a gag cover planned for this comic."

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W US 19-01 dollar across river

history tossed

(Inducks description: History Tossed)

Inducks: W US 19-01
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-734
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1957, February 28 (Inducks submission: 1957-02-28)
Publication date: 1957, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1957-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: US throws coin across river and cross it to catch the coin back; throws Dollar across Potomac

CBL-notes: Scrooge's coat is shaded with dots.

Research: Just for the benefit of people who may have seen pictures of the Potomac River, or the river itself, and who are wondering how George Washington could have thrown a dollar across such a wide body of water: he didn't. The story is a popular misconception. When he was a youth, Washington lived on the banks of the Rhappahanock River, and he threw a dollar across it, to demonstrate his strength. That river (at least where Washington lived) is much narrower than the Potomac (where Washington eventually ended up, building his estate "Mount Vernon" on its banks).

W US 19-02 in The Mines of King Solomon

(Inducks: The Mines of King Solomon)

Inducks: W US 19-02
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-707
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1957, February 15 (Inducks submission: 1957-02-15)
Publication date: 1957, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1957-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
Pages: 27 (Inducks pages: 27)
Inducks description: Around the world to check his companies, finds King Solomon mines; Around the world to check US's enterprises, they find King Solomon mines; Around the world to check his companies, finds King Solomon mines; it's the Call of the Wild - duck-style!

Backstage: Barks designed a series of covers for this story, but the editors choose money snake charming instead.

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W US 19-04 soft pillowy house

(Inducks description: Gyro Builds a Better House)

Inducks: W US 19-04
Barrier: MBAC-141
CBL: 03C-735
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Gyro Gearloose (Inducks hero: Gyro Gearloose)
Submission: 1957, February 28 (Inducks submission: 1957-02-28)
Publication date: 1957, September-November (Inducks publication date: 1957-09)
Issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
Pages: 4 (Inducks pages: 4)
Inducks description: GY invents elastic house; a blow by blow account!

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CS US 19 "Bridle"

(Inducks description: Blinders gag)

Inducks: CS US 19
Barrier: MBAC-202
CBL: 03C-706
Type: gag
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: 1957, February 28 (Inducks submission: 1957-02-28)
Publication date: 1958 (Italy); 1967 (Australia) (Inducks publication date: 1958-09-14)
Issue: "Albi della Rosa" No. 201 (Italy); "Walt Disney's Giant Comics" No. G 415 (Australia)
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Intended issue: Uncle Scrooge 19
Intended publication date: 1957, September-November
Inducks description: "Bridle" gag

Additional credits: Accepted by Western on the same day as the inside front cover for "Uncle Scrooge" No. 19, 1957. According to Barks's vouchers, it was intended for the inside back cover of that issue, but it was bumped at the last minute for a subscription advertisement - the first to appear in "Uncle Scrooge".

Description: Art and idea one page gag, listed as "bridle", submitted on February 28, 1957. Donald gets frustrated by his vulnerability to bargain. Scrooge buys him a set of blinders, as part of an "Old Dobbin Bridle".

Surviving material: Although the gag remained unpublished in the United States for a long time, it has been published in the Italian comic "Albi della Rosa" No. 201, 1958; Australian comic "Walt Disney's Giant Comics" No. G 415, 1967; and French comic "Le journal de Mickey-Parade" No. 1182, 1975.

CBL-notes: Full-colour reproduction of of the back-cover of Australian "Walt Disney Giant Comics" No. G415, 1967.

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