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Issue: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #20
Publication Date: December 1957
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Issues: #20 of 36 Issues (42 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: 15¢ Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagDell
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Pages: 36
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Weighing Money Bags

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge places several of his money bags on scales.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 29, 1957. Barks only did the art for the cover, the idea came from someone else.
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Tell Mom & Dad!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Advocating 12 issue gift subscription to Dell comic books, "Roy Rogers", "Tom & Jerry", "New Funnies", "Looney Tunes", "Lone Ranger", "Tarzan", "Little Lulu", and "Uncle Scrooge". One title: $1.20. Five titles: $5.
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City of Golden Roofs

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; King of Tangkor Wat
First Line: It's lucky for you, Uncle Scrooge, that you cornered this mountain of money in the old days when getting rich was easy!
Synopsis: Scrooge and Donald hold a contest to see who can make money the fastest—Donald selling midget tape recorders or Scrooge selling huge stoves for heating airplane hangers—while sailing up the Gung Ho River in Indochina. They stumble upon the ancient city of Tangkor War; it has remained hidden for a thousand years, but yields to the temptations of Donald's recordings of Shoeless Pashly, the calypso king.
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Pages: 26
Job Number: U. Scrooge #20 - 5712
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 23, 1957. This is a new version of "Land of the Totem Poles" in Donald Duck Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #263 (1950). Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).
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Popcorn Capers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Morty; Ferdie; Pluto
First Line: "Uncle Mickey," Morty called as he and Ferdie raced breathlessly into Mickey's house, "what can we do to help our school carnival?"
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Roscoe the Robot

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper; Roscoe (robot)
First Line: I believe that I've invented something really sharp here...
Synopsis: Gyro invents a robot that follows commands telepathically.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on April 25, 1957.
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Rescue Enhancement

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge, stranded on a deserted island, receives no response to his help sign; with no help coming, Scrooge changes tactics by replacing the help sign with dollar bills.
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Pantomime; a promo for "Christmas in Disneyland" giant fills out the page. Art submitted on July 25, 1957.
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Wow! Look at These Real Roy Rogers Toys for Christmas!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Advertisement for various Roy Rogers brand toys.
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The Best Brand of Any Bike... Schwinn

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Feature(s): Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
Character(s): Santa Claus
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Advertisement for Schwinn Mark II Jaguar bicycle.

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