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Issue: Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #40
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #40 of 170 Issues (251 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
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):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10038-301. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

First Gold Key issue. Cover price is rolled-back from 15-cents to 12-cents.

All stories have rectangular dialogue balloons, in accordance with the “Early Gold Key Style”. Some have borderless panels, while others have panels bordered by pastel-colored rectangles.

No ads in this issue. All 36 pages are comics or comics-related text material.

The Uncle Scrooge title becomes bi-monthly (from quarterly) with this issue.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Santa Scrooge

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis: Ringing a bell, Uncle Scrooge plays Santa Claus.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #50/1963 published December 1963
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #4 published November 1985
as Santa bell ringing [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Christmas Parade #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1988
as Santa bell ringing [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: 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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 21, 1962. Barks only did the art on the cover, the idea came from someone else.
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Good Old S.U.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
First Line: You mean people actually pay money to watch that silly game?
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge founds a university to take advantage of the profits involved in college football.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUncle Scrooge Comics Digest #3 [Direct] published April 1987
as Good Old S.U. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Conventional rounded dialogue balloons. Black and white on inside front cover.
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Oddball Odyssey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Magica De Spell
First Line: Donald, Dewey, Huey, Louie! I want you to sail with me to Italy right away! I've heard about an ancient treasure there!
Synopsis: 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
In Issue: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #361 published January 2007
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #35/1963 published August 1963
as Magica fra Tryll i Odyssevs kjølvann [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1-5
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #37/1963 published September 1963
as Magica fra Tryll i Odyssevs kjølvann [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 12-19
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #36/1963 published September 1963
as Magica fra Tryll i Odyssevs kjølvann [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 6-11
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #4 published November 1985
as Oddball Odyssey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures #6 [Direct] published August 1988
as Oddball Odyssey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color #39 published February 1998
as Oddball Odyssey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #16 published January 2005
as Odisséia de Cinco Patos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: In accordance with the “Early Gold Key Style”, this story has borderless panels with rectangular dialogue balloons.
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The Tricky Hero

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Pluto; Mr. Grady; Slim
First Line: "Here we are," Mickey Mouse called gaily, as he stopped the car in the driveway of the Roundup Dude Ranch.
Synopsis: Mysterious pilfering from the guests plagues Mr. Grady's dude ranch until Pluto reveals the culprit.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Posthasty Postman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gyro Gearloose; Postmaster; other postal employees; vicious dog
First Line: Gyro has grown tired of inventing, and seeks a new career!
Synopsis: Ostensibly eschewing inventing, Gyro starts off on his first day as a postman by pausing between each delivery to invent something to make the life of a letter carrier that much easier - a practice that does not sit well with the Postmaster.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #35/1963 published August 1963
as Petter Smart postmann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #4 published November 1985
as Posthasty Postman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #539 [Direct] published June 1989
as Posthasty Postman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color #6 published November 1993
as Posthasty Postman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #16 published January 2005
as Carteiro Arteiro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Atypically, Gyro's Helper does not appear.

This story exhibits the unusual graphic sensibilities of the “Early Gold Key Style” - including non-inked panel borders done in various pastel colors that reduce the size of the art, wider symmetrical panel gutters with no variation, and rectangular dialogue balloons.

Greater detail on this graphic style departure, and the overall transition from Dell to Gold Key for the Uncle Scrooge title, is found in the Story Notes entry for "Posthasty Postman" by Joe Torcivia in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 Series) #28 - Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: Cave of Ali Baba. https://www.comics.org/issue/2539015/#4101342
(June 2023).
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Kingpin for a Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Scrooge robot; Miss Jotter; various employees of Scrooge
First Line: From time to time, Uncle Scrooge must leave his headquarters in the plush McDuck Building, and only at such times is he willing to let another sit in his stead...
Synopsis: While Scrooge is on a business trip, he leaves a Scrooge robot to act in his place... with Donald on hand only to maintain the robot's functioning. When he inadvertently disables the robot, Donald steps in as the duck-in-charge... to disastrous results.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #74 published February 1963
as Paperino dirigente d'azienda [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #48/1963 published November 1963
as Pengefyrste for en dag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This story exhibits the unusual graphic sensibilities of the “Early Gold Key Style” - including non-inked panel borders backgrounds and props covered in only one color, wider symmetrical panel gutters with no variation, and rectangular dialogue balloons.

The notion of "someone having a robot (or robots) stand in for them when they are occupied elsewhere" seems to have taken a cue from the concurrent Superman comics stories.

Jim Fletcher's art style, alongside that of Carl Barks in this issue, makes for a huge comparison of extremes.
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Expensive Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; James (chauffeur); gas station attendant; traffic cop
First Line: Wak! Stop that, James!
Synopsis: Scrooge looks to save money by filling his limousine's radiator with free water from the corner gas station.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Rectangular dialogue balloons.
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A Tip or Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Daisy Duck
First Line: Good morning, Daisy!
Synopsis: Ever the gentleman, Scrooge tips his top hat to Daisy twice... with good reason.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #88 published April 1964
as Paperon De' Paperoni e i problemi di un gentiluomo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncle Scrooge Comics Digest #5 [Direct] published September 1987
as A Tip or Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Conventional rounded dialogue balloons. Black and white on inside back cover.
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Uncle Scrooge Pin-Up No. 1

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis: Ringing a bell, Uncle Scrooge plays Santa Claus.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color on back cover. The front cover image is repeated on the back cover, sans logo and all cover copy. A blue-green border is added on all four sides.

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