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Issue Details

Issue #386
Published March 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Cover art submitted on September 27, 1951.

Cover Details - "Only A Poor Old Man"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Cover art submitted on September 27, 1951.
Reprinted in Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck (Gold Key, 1965 series) #1 (1965); in Best of Walt Disney Comics, The (Western Publishing, 1974 series) #96172 (1974); in Uncle Scrooge (Whitman, 1980 series) #195 (March 1982); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (November 1989); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 Series) #33 (July 1995); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge - Free Comic Book Day (Gemstone, 2005 series) #[nn]

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "Osogood Silver polish"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis A salesman for Osogood Silver Polish volunteers to polish Scrooge's coins.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Inside front cover. Art submitted on September 27, 1951. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #214 (February 1987); in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (November 1989); in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)

32 page Uncle Scrooge story "Only A Poor Old Man"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Beagle Boys
Synopsis When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater. Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on September 27, 1951. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck (Gold Key, 1965 series) #1 (1965); in Best of Walt Disney Comics, The (Western Publishing, 1974 series) #96172 (1974); in Uncle Scrooge (Whitman, 1980 series) #195 (March 1982); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (November 1989); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 series) #33 (July 1995); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1996 series) #1 (May 1996); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge - Free Comic Book Day (Gemstone, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Donald Duck Best Comics (Abbeville Press, 1978 series) #nn (1978) [reprint layout=14.5 pages, abridged?]

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "Coffee for Two"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis Scrooge takes a bum to a diner for a "free" cup of coffee.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Art submitted on September 27, 1951. First of a series of one-page gags set in a diner. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck (Gold Key, 1965 series) #1 (1965); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #212 (December 1986); in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (November 1989); in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "Soupline Eight"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis Scrooge decides to "take a chance" on the Soupline Eight car.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Back cover. Art submitted on September 27, 1951. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck (Gold Key, 1965 series) #1 (1965); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (November 1989); in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)