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Issue: Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #40
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/04/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10038-301. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Santa Bell Ringing

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #50/1963 published December 1963
as Skrue som julenisse [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #4 published November 1985
as Santa bell ringing [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Christmas Parade #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1988
as Santa bell ringing [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #16 published January 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Art submitted on May 21, 1962. Barks only did the art on the cover, the idea came from someone else.
Good Old S.U.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
John Liggera
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
Reprinting
FlagUncle Scrooge Comics Digest #3 [Direct] published April 1987
as Good Old S.U. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Oddball Odyssey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Garé Barks
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Magica De Spell
Scrooge has received a strangely-scented letter that purports to be from a descendent of Circe. The writer says she will sell the treasure of Ulysses to Scrooge if he will bring his Old Number One Dime to prove who he is. The nephews smell a plot by Magica de Spell.
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #361 published January 2007
FlagDonald Duck & Co #35/1963 published August 1963
as Magica fra Tryll i Odyssevs kjølvann [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1-5
FlagDonald Duck & Co #37/1963 published September 1963
as Magica fra Tryll i Odyssevs kjølvann [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 12-19
FlagDonald Duck & Co #36/1963 published September 1963
as Magica fra Tryll i Odyssevs kjølvann [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 6-11
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #4 published November 1985
as Oddball Odyssey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures #6 [Direct] published August 1988
as Oddball Odyssey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color #39 published February 1998
as Oddball Odyssey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #16 published January 2005
as Odisséia de Cinco Patos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
19
U. SCROOGE #40-6210
Art submitted on April 12, 1962. Art for this story was published without any panel borders of any kind. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).
The Tricky Hero

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
John Liggera
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie; Pluto
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Posthasty Postman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Garé Barks
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Gyro Gearloose
Gyro Gearloose
Gyro starts off on his first day as a postman by pausing between each delivery to invent something to make a postman's life easier.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #35/1963 published August 1963
as Petter Smart postmann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #4 published November 1985
as Posthasty Postman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #539 [Direct] published June 1989
as Posthasty Postman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color #6 published November 1993
as Posthasty Postman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #16 published January 2005
as Carteiro Arteiro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Art submitted on April 18, 1962. Panels are published with strips of color as panel borders, reducing the size of the art. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).
Kingpin for a Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jim Fletcher
Steve Steere ?
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
Reprinting
FlagAlmanacco Topolino #74 published February 1963
as Paperino dirigente d'azienda [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck & Co #48/1963 published November 1963
as Pengefyrste for en dag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Expensive Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
John Liggera
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge; James
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A Tip or Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
John Liggera
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge; Daisy Duck
Reprinting
FlagAlmanacco Topolino #88 published April 1964
as Paperon De' Paperoni e i problemi di un gentiluomo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagUncle Scrooge Comics Digest #5 [Direct] published September 1987
as A Tip or Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Uncle Scrooge Pin-Up No. 1

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Same as front cover without the logo and trade dress.

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