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Issue: Uncle Scrooge Comics Digest #4
Publication Date: June 1987
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Issues: #4 of 5 Issues (9 Printings)
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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: 9 (8 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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Mending Money Bags

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge sews-up some old leaking money bags
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #37 published March 1962
was Mending Money Bags [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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For Whom the Bridge Tolls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; toll collector; cop
First Line: Humph! What a ridiculous price just to walk across a bridge!
Synopsis: Scrooge tries avoiding a bridge toll.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Uncle Scrooge #41 published March 1963
was For Whom the Bridge Tolls [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Redrawn version of Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1948.10.25.

In accordance with the “Early Gold Key Style”, this story has rectangular dialogue balloons.
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The Sunken City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Atlanteans
First Line: I think the ducking stool should be revived for dead-beats that never pay their debts!
Synopsis: Scrooge buys up all the 1916 quarters ever minted and sinks all but one deep in the Atlantic, with the aim of making that one coin the most valuable in the world. But the last quarter is flattened by a steamroller and so Scrooge must dive into the Atlantic to get another. There, the ducks find Atlantis, a sunken city populated by fish-men who breathe under water.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #5 published March 1954
was Secret of Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint title: The Sunken City
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Also known as "Secret of Atlantis" for its first USA reprint in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Western, 1968 Series) (June 1968) #1, and perhaps in other reprints as well.
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The Dime From Uncle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): The Beagle Boys; Witch Hazel (as "Wanda Witch"); Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; police officers
First Line: Hey, you guys, listen - here's a golden opportunity to enroll in night school!
Synopsis: The Beagle Boys enroll in a night school class in witchcraft in order to magically rob Uncle Scrooge, but their teacher has other plans.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Beagle Boys #2 published November 1965
was The Dime From Uncle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: The title, "The Dime From Uncle" is a nod to the TV spy series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", which was extremely popular at the time of this story's original publication in 1965. Of course, "Uncle" in our title refers to Uncle Scrooge.
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New Recruit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Huey; Dewey; Louie [Junior Woodchucks]; Calvin (Junior Woodchucks recruit); The Great Zambini (animal trainer); Androcles (mountain lion)
First Line: Okay, Calvin! Are you ready for the test for entry into the Junior Woodchucks?
Synopsis: New recruit Calvin aids a hurt mountain lion and earns his way into the Junior Woodchucks.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks #7 published October 1970
was New Recruit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Antique Antics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; The Beagle Boys; Waddly (Scrooge's clerk); Tugsley (auto mechanic); Gyro Gearloose; various citizens of Duckburg
First Line: Wak! I'm too tired to keep peddling!
Synopsis: The Beagle Boys' old, broken-down 1927 Sputtmobile getaway sedan begins to look valuable to Scrooge as an antique, once restored. He buys it cheaply but, once the Beagles realize their mistake, they steal it back and hold it for ransom.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Uncle Scrooge #180 published November 1980
was Antique Antics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Teahouse of the Waggin' Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Huey; Dewey; Louie [Junior Woodchucks]; other Junior Woodchucks; The Great W.A.F.E.R. W.A.V.E.R. (Woodchuck leader); Uncle Scrooge; aggressive reporters; Scrooge's pilot; various Inner Monghoulians; various Outer Monghoulians; Sing Song Long (restaurateur); foreign currency collector
First Line: The Junior Woodchucks, in far off Outer Monghoulia? How come - and why?
Synopsis: The Junior Woodchucks are tasked with sneaking Scrooge past an army of aggressive reporters so that he may dine at an old favorite restaurant in Outer Monghoulia.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks #19 [Gold Key] published March 1973
was Teahouse of the Waggin' Dragon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Junior Woodchuck Leader Acronym: The Great W.A.F.E.R. W.A.V.E.R. (Whip-cracking Achiever of Frightfully Efficient Regimentation and Wrathful Arm-twisting Vocalizer of Expostulatory Rake-downs).
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Super Beagles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): The Beagle Boys; motor-scooter kid; Uncle Zero (Beagle Boys' uncle); detective; police officers; Gyro Gearloose; Uncle Scrooge; Scrooge's Money Bin guard; Gyro's thinking cap birds; bank guard; bank teller; TV newsman
First Line: Hey, don't let that kid pass us on a mere motor scooter, 176-167!
Synopsis: The Beagle Boys force Gyro Gearloose to invent futuristic crime-aids for them.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Beagle Boys #8 published October 1969
was Super Beagles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Business Sense

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
First Line: Stand back, Donald! I'm about to test my new moon rocket!
Synopsis: Scrooge finds that his moon rocket is better suited for another purpose.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Uncle Scrooge #41 published March 1963
was Business Sense [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Redrawn version of Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1962.01.21.

Black and white on inside back cover. Not listed in Table of Contents.

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