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

Issue Details

Issue #7
Published September-November 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes Art submitted on October 8, 1953.

Cover Details - "The wishing well"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Art submitted on October 8, 1953.
Reprinted in Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (1967); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984)

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "Temper Tampering"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis Scrooge's foul mood is erased when he finds a nickel on the sidewalk.
Genre Funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Inside front cover. Art submitted on February 25, 1954. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Best of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck, The (Gold Key, 1966 series) #1 ([November] 1966); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 Series) #1 (July 1992)

28 page Uncle Scrooge story "The Seven Cities of Cibola"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Beagle Boys; Gyro Gearloose; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis Scrooge and the Ducks go hunting Indian arrowheads and stumble onto jewels from the Seven Cities of Cibola. When they go searching for the Cities in the desert, they are followed by the Beagle Boys, who have overheard them talking about the fabulous treasure left by the Indians in the Cities.
Genre funny animals; adventure
Script Carl Barks; Al Koch (plot assistance)
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Art submitted on January 28, 1954. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (1967); in Uncle Scrooge, His Life and Times (Celestial Arts, 1981 series) #1; in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1996 series) #7 (November 1996); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #217 (May 1987)

4 page Uncle Scrooge story "Billion Dollar Pigeon"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis Scrooge uses a carrier pigeon to send a million dollars to the bank, but the pigeon flies south instead.
Genre Funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Art submitted on February 25, 1954. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Best of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck, The (Gold Key, 1966 series) #1 ([November] 1966); in Best of Walt Disney Comics, The (Western Publishing, 1974 series) #96172 (1974); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1996 series) #7 (November 1996); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #213 (January 1987)

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "Wrong Number"

Characters Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis Scrooge dials a wrong number, but still gets his dime's worth.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Inside back cover. Art submitted on February 25, 1954. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #31 (December 1992); in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #220 (August 1987)

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "Diner Dilemma"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis Scrooge brings his own coffee cup to the diner to get a lower price.
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 February 25, 1954. Part of "Scrooge at a diner" series of gags. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #3 (December 1984); in Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #212 (December 1986)