Credits
Writer(s):
Carl Barks
Penciller(s):
Carl Barks
Inker(s):
Carl Barks
Colorist(s):
? (Western Publishing Production Shop) (original); Scott Rockwell (this issue)
Letterer(s):
Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres:
adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s):
Donald Duck
Character(s):
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis:
Scrooge gives his nephews an hourglass that he later discovers is the source of his great wealth. Carrying a billion dollars to buy the hourglass back, he follows the ducks to Africa, where they have gone to fill the hourglass with fresh sand from the oasis of No Issa -- the only kind of sand that will keep perfect time in the hourglass and so make its owner richer by the hour.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
28
Notes:
Story submitted on March 16, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
This issue credits both Scott Rockwell and Gary Leach with coloring. According to an editorial correction in issue # 343, colors should be credited solely to Scott Rockwell.