Uncle Scrooge McDuck
Fictional character created by Carl Barks in 1947 Uncle Scrooge is the world's richest duck. Head of the Duck family. Uncle to Donald Duck and Gladstone Gander. Great-Uncle to Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck. Scrooge McDuck lives in a money bin filled with 3 cubic acres of coins.
MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!
ALL ABOUT THE DUCK WITH GOLD FEVER.
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Scrooge McDuck at a Glance
Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Scottish Glaswegian anthropomorphic duck created by Carl Barks that first appeared in Four Color Comics #178, Christmas on Bear Mountain, published by Dell Comics in December, 1947.
Over the decades, Scrooge has emerged from being a mere supporting character to a major figure of the Duck universe, even giving it its popular name Scrooge McDuck universe. In 1952, he was given his own comic book series, Uncle Scrooge, which still runs today. As the character's popularity rose, he appeared in various television specials, films, and video games. Scrooge, along with several other characters of Duckburg, has enjoyed international popularity, particularly in Europe, and his books are frequently translated into other languages.
Scrooge's name is of course based on that of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character from Charles Dickens' 1843 novel A Christmas Carol. Although never explicitly confirmed by Barks, it is theorized that Scottish industrialist Andrew Carnegie, who left his country for America at 13, served as a model for Uncle Scrooge (in Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Scrooge leaves Scotland for the United States at age 13). There is conjecture another potential prototype for Scrooge was a character (with no name) who had many of Scrooge's characteristics including sideburns, glasses and Scottish accent that was featured in the Disney-produced World War II propaganda film, The Spirit of 43'' in 1943.Gerstein, David, "1st Scrooge McDuck in 1943??", Retrieved on October 9, 2008.
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For this massive 12-part epic, originally printed in Uncle Scrooge 285-296 (April 1994 through February 1996), Rosa combed through Barks' stories for the many clues about what transformed Scrooge McDuck from a Scottish boy to the richest duck alive. Thus, Scrooge's comment that he fought in the "cattle wars of the old frontier" was turned into a story about the young Scrooge's cattle job in Montana.
Rosa incorporates actual historical facts with known elements of the Scrooge mythology to spin an incredibly rich chronicle, full of tall tales, crazy gags, and high adventure.
The 1995 Eisner winner for Best Serialized Story is even better in trade paperback format, in which Rosa offers his own memories of writing the story, "insane details to look for," and rare art. Want more of Rosa's Scrooge? The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion collects other stories about the life of Scrooge that weren't in the original series. --David Horiuchi
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Don Rosa created this twelve-part story to delineate exactly how Scrooge McDuck acquired his fortune and became the World's Richest Duck. The story was originally serialized in the United States in Uncle Scrooge comics. Now it has been collected in one all-encompassing popularly-priced volume.
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Walt Disney Treasures - Uncle Scrooge: A Little Something Special (Walt Disney Treasures)
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This print companion series to Disney's famous DVDs celebrates milestones in Disney comics history. In honor of Uncle Scrooge McDuck's 60th anniversary, this volume traces his comics career from 1947 to the present!
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Uncle Scrooge #371 (Uncle Scrooge (Graphic Novels))
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In Carl Barks' feature-length "How Green Was My Lettuce," Scrooge tries to evade a Beagle Boy raid by disguising his money as... vegetables! Then Lars Jensen's "Gloves of King Midas" - an ancient pair of anti-magic mitts - become Magica De Spell's latest weapon against Scrooge. Gyro Gearloose's "Anti-Stress Mess" comes about when he invents a gadget to absorb angry humanity's bad vibes. And finally Scrooge buys a mythic cliffside "Higher Than Mount Everest," only to accidentally shorten it.
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Uncle Scrooge #368 (Uncle Scrooge (Graphic Novels))
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When a scientist claims to have duplicated Scrooge in "Cloned Again, Unnaturally," Donald convinces his uncle to take the "clone" on as a business aide. But the alleged duplicate is really a ruthless impersonator with dire plans for the ducks! Then Donald Duck becomes "The Other Gyro Gearloose," impersonating his absent inventor friend in a bid to renovate a far-off planet. Further adventures of Scrooge, Magica De Spell and the Beagle Boys round out the book.
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