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Issue: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #4
Publication Date: December 1953
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Issues: #4 of 36 Issues (42 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Job number indicates that this issue was originally planned as Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #521.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Money-Patched Coat

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis: Donald sews in dollar bills to patch uncle Scrooge's coat.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #15/1957 published July 1957
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Uncle Scrooge #190 published November 1981
as Bill Treated Coat [Illustration on Cover, Front]partially redrawn
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #3 published December 1984
as Bill treated coat [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #5 published October 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #351 published March 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 7, 1953.
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Ballet Evasions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
First Line: Here is your diploma, Mr. McDuck!
Synopsis: Scrooge uses ballet to elude such pests as a process server and a bill collector.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[12] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #3 published December 1984
as Ballet Evasions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #260 [Direct Sales] published November 1991
as Ballet School [Ballet Evasions] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color #1 published July 1992
as [Ballet Evasions ] (Danish title) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #5 published October 2004
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Art submitted on May 21, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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The Menehune Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Beagle Boys; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
First Line: There's a picture of my private island, where I'm going to take my money for safekeeping!
Synopsis: Scrooge has his money canned before shipping it to a Hawaiian island he has bought, but the Beagle Boys have infiltrated the canning operation and have bought the ship Scrooge uses. They make the ducks their prisoners on the island, which is now populated only by one old Hawaiian Opu Nui (Big Tummy) and the menehunes--the tiny ones.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[12] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Uncle Scrooge #190 published November 1981
as The Menehune Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #3 published December 1984
as The Menehune Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncle Scrooge Comics Digest #5 [Direct] published September 1987
as Hawaiian Hideaway [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint title: Hawaiian Hideaway
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album #11 published December 1988
as Hawaiian Hideaway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color #4 published May 1996
as The Menehune Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures #47 [Direct] published June 1997
as The Menehune Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #5 published October 2004
as 1.000 Milhões em Perigo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Job Number: S.M.O.S. #521 - 5312
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 28, 1953. "According to Barks, his wife Garé--who had begun working as his assistant only shortly before--suggested the locale for this story and told him about the menehunes. [August 1978 letter to Michael Barrier]." Note and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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The Cheapest Weigh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge
First Line: I want to get weighed, but doggoned if I'll spend a penny to do it!
Synopsis: Scrooge finds a way to avoid paying a penny but still learns his weight.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[12] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagDisney's Godbiter #24 published January 1980
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #3 published December 1984
as The Cheapest Weigh [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #214 [Direct] published February 1987
as The Cheapest Weigh [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color #1 published July 1992
as [The Cheapest Weigh ] (Danish title) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #6 published November 2004
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Art submitted on May 21, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Bum Steer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge
First Line: Here my good fellow, hold out your hands!
Synopsis: Scrooge loads down a passing bum with sacks of money.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[12] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Godbiter #34 published July 1981
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #3 published December 1984
as Bum Steer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #513 [unnamed variant] published December 1986
as Bum Steer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color #1 published July 1992
as [Bum Steer ] (Danish title) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #6 published November 2004
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Art submitted on May 21, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

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