Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #1095
Published April 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes Cover art submitted September 28, 1959. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

Cover Details - "Say Cheese"

Characters Gyro Gearloose; Helper
Synopsis Camera paints Gyro's portrait.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Cover art submitted September 28, 1959. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993)

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "The Call of the Wild"

Characters Gyro Gearloose
Synopsis Gyro invents a moose call so good that hunters fire at him.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Inside front cover. Art submitted on October 19, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #522 (September 1987); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993)

10 page Gyro Gearloose story "Cave of the Winds"

Characters Gyro Gearloose; Helper; Uncle Scrooge; Beagle Boys
Synopsis On Gyro's advice, Scrooge buys Duckburg savings bonds with his move to save it from the Beagle Boys, then hides the bonds in caves in the Aeolian Mountains.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Art submitted on September 12, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #4 (April 1988); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #617

7 page Gyro Gearloose story "Mixed-up Mixer"

Characters Gyro Gearloose; Helper; Grandma Duck
Synopsis Gyro uses his new cement mixer to build a dam on Grandma's farm when a flood hits, then Grandma uses it to mix bread for flood refugees.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Art submitted on September 16, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #512 (November 1986); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #622; in Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Gemstone, 2004 series) #1

8 page Gyro Gearloose story "The Madball Pitcher"

Characters Gyro Gearloose; Helper; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey & Louie
Synopsis Gyro, caught in the middle in a hotly contested baseball game between two Duckburg teams, invents an unhittable ball for one side and an unmissable bat for the other.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Art submitted on September 12, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #29 (June 1971); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #511 (October 1986); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #625; in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone, 2003 series) #320

7 page Gyro Gearloose story "The Bear Tamer"

Characters Gyro Gearloose; Helper; Gladstone Gander
Synopsis Gladstone recruits Gyro to help him tame a bear so that he will be crowned "king of luck," and Gyro invents a repellent that keeps the bear subdued.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Art submitted October 29, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #43 (October 1973); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #513 (December 1986); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #624

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "Tale of the Tape"

Characters Gyro Gearloose
Synopsis Gyro tapes his snores, but the tape picks up an elephant's snores as well.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Inside back cover. Art submitted on October 19, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #522 (September 1987); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993)

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "His Shining Hour"

Characters Gyro Gearloose
Synopsis Gyro invents a home shoe shiner.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Back cover. Art submitted on October 19, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies.
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #540 (July 1989); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993)