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Cover of Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #40
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CATALOG RECORD

Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #40

Western · Series began 1963 · January 1963

Dates

Cover date
January 1963
On sale
October 4, 1962
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Carl Barks, Tony Strobl, Jim Fletcherinks: Carl Barks, John Liggeracolors: Western Publishing Production Shopletters: Rome Siemon, Garé Barksscript: Carl Barks

Stories

  • Good Old S.U. · 1 pages

    Uncle Scrooge founds a university to take advantage of the profits involved in college football.

  • Oddball Odyssey · 19 pages

    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.

  • The Tricky Hero · 1 pages

    Mysterious pilfering from the guests plagues Mr. Grady's dude ranch until Pluto reveals the culprit.

  • Posthasty Postman · 4 pages

    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.

  • Kingpin for a Day · 7 pages

    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.

  • Expensive Water · 1 pages

    Scrooge looks to save money by filling his limousine's radiator with free water from the corner gas station.

  • A Tip or Two · 1 pages

    Ever the gentleman, Scrooge tips his top hat to Daisy twice... with good reason.

Reprinted in

The Carl Barks Library (1983), Uncle Scrooge Comics Digest (1986), The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (2011), Walt Disney's Giant Comics (1951), Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1986), Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (1987), The Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color (1993), Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (1996), Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (2003)

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