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Issue: Uncle Scrooge Comics Digest #3
Publication Date: April 1987
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Issues: #3 of 5 Issues (9 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagGladstone
Brand: Gladstone GView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.95 CAD
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: softcover; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Dollar Bill Blanket

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge sleeps beneath a patchwork quilt, with dollar bills as patches.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #36 published December 1961
was Dollar Bill Blanket [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Good Old S.U.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
First Line: You mean people actually pay money to watch that silly game?
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge founds a university to take advantage of the profits involved in college football.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Uncle Scrooge #40 published January 1963
was Good Old S.U. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.
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Table of Contents Uncle Scrooge Digest

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Number 3 April 1987
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contents, credits, and indicia for the issue.
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Tralla La

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Hop Sing; various Tralla La-ians
First Line: Everyone sometimes dreams of getting away from the cares of life, of finding a place where he can be at ease!
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge needs a little rest and relaxation from managing his wealth, so on his doctor's advice, Scrooge travels to Asia to a place called Tralla La where it is rumored that no money or wealth exists.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #6 published June 1954
was Tralla La [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: "Tralla La" is a parody/tribute to Shangri-La, the lost land of the 1937 film "Lost Horizon".

GOOD BIT:

Among the many folks soliciting money that are behind Scrooge's case of bad nerves is one with a particularly memorable cause:

MAN: "I demand that you give a BILLION DOLLARS to the L.T.A.B.!
SCROOGE: "The L.T.A.B.? What's that?
MAN: "The League To Abolish Billionaires! DOWN WITH THE RICH!"
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Looter of the Lake

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Huey; Dewey; Louie; other Junior Woodchucks; The Great C.O.O.L.H.E.A.D.; Uncle Scrooge
First Line: What gives the Junior Woodchucks the boundless vigor to do their mighty good deeds? One answer is -- Vitamin Zee!
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge is polluting the Woodchucks' favorite ice-skating lake. The 'Chucks stop him, but at an unexpected cost to themselves.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks #9 published April 1971
was Looter of the Lake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Art incorrectly credited to Kay Wright in issue credits.
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The Case of the Gold Bars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): The Beagle Boys; Gyro Gearloose; Mr. Snodgrass (bank president); Louie (shady helicopter salesman); police officer
First Line: Hey, isn't the guy talking to Gyro Gearloose the president of the bank?
Synopsis: When it appears that Gyro has found a way to "invent" gold bars, The Beagle Boys ineptly move in on this bonanza.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Beagle Boys #2 published November 1965
was The Case of the Gold Bars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The New Buck-Mobile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; The Beagle Boys; Edison Beagle
First Line: Look, there's one of Scrooge's buck-mobiles!
Synopsis: Thanks to inventor Edison Beagle, The Beagle Boys take remote control of Scrooge's tank-line armored money transport vehicle.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Uncle Scrooge #180 published November 1980
was The New Buck-Mobile [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Rescue Robot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper; lifeguard; lifeguard captain; imperiled swimmer; family of four on roller coaster; lady caught in kitchen fire; two firefighters; husband and wife watching TV; pedestrian couple
First Line: There we are! My automatic mechanical beach lifeguard!
Synopsis: Gyro invents an Automatic Mechanical Beach Lifeguard ("Otto" for short) that initially works as promised but soon reveals its design flaws.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v21 #11 (251) published August 1961
was The Rescue Robot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Writer Don R. Christensen, being something of an inventor in real life, may have had an additional layer of fun writing Gyro Gearloose.

As with the Gyro stories by Carl Barks, Gyro's Helper further livens this already fast-paced story by capering around the panel edges. Christensen submitted his scripts in storyboard form, so it's more likely that he was responsible for these fun bits rather than artist Paul Murry.

Christensen's original title for this story, per his notes, was "Ottomatic Mix-Up".
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The Summer Camp Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): The Beagle Boys; The Beagle Brats; bear; two rangers; kids camp counselor
First Line: What's this? Our own flesh and blood, crying?
Synopsis: The Beagle Brats are upset because all the other kids in town have gone off to summer camp, but not them. The Beagles resolve to give their nephews a summer camp experience of their own. They decide to crash an abandoned campground, and soon learn the reason it was abandoned.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Beagle Boys #2 published November 1965
was The Summer Camp Caper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Cash Register Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; The Beagle Boys; Jives (Scrooge's butler) two delivery men
First Line: It is 176-671's turn to be watching Scrooge's house...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Uncle Scrooge #180 published November 1980
was The Cash Register Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Art incorrectly credited to Pete Alvarado in issue credits.

The two delivery men are drawn in stature (though not in faces) to resemble Laurel and Hardy. The face of the skinny one strongly resembles that of Hanna-Barbera's Hong Kong Phooey.
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Maple Sugar Time (How Sweet It Is!)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Huey; Dewey; Louie; other Junior Woodchucks; The Great S.L.A.P.P.Y. P.A.P.P.Y.; Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Littlest Chickadees; Auntie Chickadee (Chickadee leader); The Beagle Boys
First Line: Need I ask you Junior Woodchucks again to suggest ways we can raise money for our charity fund?
Synopsis: Everyone's out to get maple sap... from maple trees, or one another's sap buckets.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks #10 published July 1971
was Maple Sugar Time (How Sweet It Is!) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Junior Woodchuck Leader Acronym: The Great S.L.A.P.P.Y. P.A.P.P.Y. (Stern Advocator of Peanut-Picking Yard-masterism and Peerless Abecedarian Producer of Prideworthy Youth!).

The parenthetical portion of the title, (How Sweet It Is!), is a line made famous by comedian Jackie Gleason on his television variety show (1962-1966) and (1966-1970).

Carl Barks borrows his own opening-page gag from "Micro-Ducks from Outer Space" Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 Series) #65 (September 1966), where he piles money bags high enough (almost) to seal a broken window rather than buy a new pane of glass. https://www.comics.org/issue/20376/#149321

Later redrawn by Daan Jippes - Code Number: H 94001.
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The Big Nest Egg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
First Line: Wow! You did it again, Unca Donald!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #90 published September 1963
was The Big Nest Egg [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Memory Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Quacker Gander
First Line: Here's your change Mister!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #36 published December 1961
was Memory Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Big Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gyro Gearloose; boy; grasshopper
First Line: What are you doing?
Synopsis: Gyro drops a vitamin pill for super fast growth in the grass and a grasshopper finds it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #85 published November 1962
was Big Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside back cover. In accordance with the “Early Gold Key Style”, this story has borderless panels with rectangular dialogue balloons.

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