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List Of Disney Comics By Don Rosa
This is a complete list of Disney comics by Don Rosa. It is sorted in chronological order after the date of first publication. List Original Sequels to Barks' stories Continuity between Don Rosa's stories These are Don Rosa's sequels to his own stories. * See ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck'' for a serial of comic book stories that chronicle the in-universe biography of Scrooge McDuck. * "A Matter of Some Gravity", "Forget It!" * "The Three Caballeros Ride Again", "The Magnificent Seven (Minus 4) Caballeros" * "The Universal Solvent (comics), The Universal Solvent", "The Black Knight (comics), The Black Knight", "The Black Knight Glorps Again!" Collections *''The Don Rosa Library of Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color'' Vols. 1–8 *''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck'' *''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion'' *''The Barks/Rosa Collection'' Vols. 1–3 *''Walt Disney Treasury: Donald Duck'' Vols. 1, 2 *''The Don Rosa Library'' See also * Donald Duck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip. ''Mickey Mouse Magazine'', the first American newsstand publication with Disney comics, launched in 1935. In 1940, Western Publishing launched the long-running flagship comic book, ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'', which reached 750 issues in September 2019. ''Uncle Scrooge'', launched in 1952, reached issue #450 in June 2019. In recent decades, Disney comics have seen a decline of popularity in the US. In the rest of the world Disney comics have remained very successful, especially in Europe, where weekly Disney comics magazines and monthly paperback digests are national best sellers. United States: Comic strips The first Disney comics appeared in daily newspapers, syndicated by King Features with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyro Gearloose
Gyro Gearloose is a cartoon character created in 1952 by Carl Barks for Disney comics. An anthropomorphic chicken, he is part of the Donald Duck universe, appearing in comic book stories as a friend of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and anyone who is associated with them. He was also a heroic creator star of the animated ''DuckTales''. He first appeared in the Carl Barks comic "Gladstone's Terrible Secret" (''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' #140, May 1952), and was the regular lead character in 4-page backup stories in Barks' issues of ''Uncle Scrooge'', starting with issue #13 (March 1956) and continuing through #41 (March 1963). Biography Gyro is Duckburg's most genius inventor, even though his inventions sometimes do not work the way he wants them to. His outrageous productivity is presented as a factor in the quality of his inventions. Because Gyro is always coming up with new ideas, the fact that his inventions often lack an important feature will often cause trouble for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardians Of The Lost Library
"Guardians of the Lost Library" is a 1993 comic book story made by Don Rosa for The Walt Disney Company, mentioned by Comics Buyer's Guide as "possibly the greatest comic book story of all time". Although afraid at the time of its creation of cramming too many historical details into the story, Rosa himself mentions in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #383 (November, 2008) that in fan mail he receives to this day, "Guardians of the Lost Library" to his own surprise is often referred to as ''"'the best Rosa story' or 'the best Duck story' or even 'the best comic book story' (?!!) that fans say they've ever read."''''Guardians of the Lost Library: Commentary by Don Rosa'', from ''Uncle Scrooge'', #383, November, 2008, pp. 31-33 In this story Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, and General Snozzie search for the Lost Library of Alexandria. This story was Don Rosa's first use of General Snozzie, the Junior Woodchucks bloodhound. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of The Klondike
"The King of the Klondike" or "The Argonaut of White Agony Creek" is a 1993 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the eighth of the original 12 chapters in the series ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck''. The story takes place from 1896 to 1897 and deals with Scrooge McDuck who participates in the Klondike Gold Rush. It takes place before ''The Prisoner of White Agony Creek'' and '' The Hearts of the Yukon''. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1993-29; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #292, in June 1995. Plot Arriving at Skagway, Alaska, Scrooge begins on his journey to Dawson City, Yukon, during which he meets Wyatt Earp, and they go to a saloon for a drink. Wyatt gets into a brawl with a thug who tries to mug the two, and Scrooge is forced to pay for the ensuing damage, leaving him broke again. He gets a loan from Soapy Slick, who leaves their contract open enough to get more money from him via a 100% interest rate. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dreamtime Duck Of The Never-Never
"The Dreamtime Duck of the Never Never" is a 1993 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the seventh of the original 12 chapters in the series ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck''. The story takes place from 1893 to 1896. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1993-24; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #291, in April 1995. Story In the McDuck Clan ancestral castle in Scotland, Scrooge's father and uncle speak of Scrooge and his accomplishments, toasting to "the lad". Meanwhile, Scrooge has gone to Kalgoorlie, Australia, after hearing of gold being found there. In the middle of the desert, he rescues an aborigine wiseman, Jabiru Kapirigi, from being robbed by a highwayman. Jabiru, or Jabby as Scrooge calls him, tells Scrooge that he is on a walkabout, reading the Dreamtime tale, and he wants Scrooge to join him. Scrooge, hoping to find gold where Jabby leads him, goes along. As the wiseman hands Scrooge a didgeridoo, Scrooge s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terror Of The Transvaal
"The Terror of the Transvaal" is a Scrooge McDuck comic story by Don Rosa. It is the sixth of the original 12 chapters in the series ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck''. The story takes place from 1887 to 1889. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1993-18; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #290, in February 1995. Plot The Witwatersrand Gold Rush of 1886 takes Scrooge to Transvaal, South Africa. His cart is passed by a galloping Cape Buffalo with a Boer duck lashed to its back, screaming for help. Scrooge rescues the Boer and befriends him, not knowing that he was sent into the veld by diamond miners he was trying to steal from. Scrooge happily accepts his new friend's offer to keep watch when they camp for the night, but when he wakes up, his wagon, horse, and gear have all been stolen, and he has been left alone surrounded by wild animals. Just as the animals are about to pounce, Scrooge's hurt gives way to fury and he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Laird Of Castle McDuck
"The New Laird of Castle Mcduck" is a 1993 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the fifth of the original 12 chapters in the series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. The story takes place in 1885. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1993-11; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #289, in December 1994. Plot Scrooge has travelled back to Scotland to help his family save the McDuck castle. During his dramatic fight against the clan's nemesis, the Whiskervilles, Scrooge again gets some help from the ghost of Sir Quackly McDuck, however, this leads to Scrooge falling into the moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive ... and becoming unconscious. He dreams that he has died and gone to "McDuck Heaven", where his forefathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Raider Of The Copper Hill
"The Raider of the Copper Hill" or "The King of the Copper Hill" is a 1993 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the fourth of the original 12 chapters in the series ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck''. The story takes place from 1884 to 1885. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1993-02; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #288, in October 1994. Storyline The competition in the cattle business in the Montana Territory is growing bigger, and less profitable. Sixteen-seventeen year old teenager Scrooge McDuck's employer, Murdo MacKenzie decides to quit, and therefore has to let Scrooge go. Scrooge is not sad, but decides to try his luck as a silver prospector. There is no luck in it, but he does find some copper. Eating dinner in town at night with Marcus Daly, owner of the shut down Anaconda Silver Mine which has found tonnes of copper, he does find out that the government is putting up electric wire, made of copper, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buckaroo Of The Badlands
"The Buckaroo of the Badlands" is a 1992 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It's the third of the original 12 chapters in the series ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck''. The story takes place in 1882. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1992-45; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #287, in August 1994. Plot Fifteen-year-old Teenager Scrooge is traveling to the American West by train. During a conversation with a man who owns some square eggs, the train is robbed by Jesse James and his gang. Scrooge fights them, but falls off the train himself. He comes across some cowboys led by Murdo MacKenzie, transporting cattle and joins them, receiving his own horse, which he names after his sister Hortense, since they have the same bad temper. He is placed in charge of security of a prize-winning bull, which is then stolen by the McViper brothers. Scrooge follows them to the badlands, where he meets Theodore Roosevelt Theodore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Of The Mississippi
"The Master of the Mississippi" is a 1992 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It's the second of the original 12 chapters in the series ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck''. The story takes place from 1880 to 1882. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1992-33; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #286, in June 1994. Plot In 1880, young Scrooge McDuck has travelled to America to seek his fortune. Making his way to New Orleans, he looks up his Uncle Angus "Pothole" McDuck, and helps him as a deckhand on his steamboat alongside the inventor and engineer Ratchet Gearloose, racing to be first to a site along the Mississippi river to salvage a shipment of gold from a ship that sank 30 years earlier while transporting it for the government. The Beagle Boys are also in pursuit of the gold and comes to fight Scrooge and Pothole about it. After being caught by the Beagle Boys, Scrooge tricks them, and their riverboat is destroyed. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Clan McDuck
"The Last of the Clan McDuck" is a 1992 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the first of the original 12 chapters in the series ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck''. The story takes place from 1877 to 1880 when Scrooge is a child in Glasgow, Scotland. He comes in conflict with The Whiskervilles, earns his Number One Dime and heads for the United States on a cattle boat. It is the first appearance of Scrooge's mother Downy O'Drake. Scrooge's Uncle Jake McDuck appears for the first time in this story even though he was mentioned in ''A Christmas for Shacktown''. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1992-33; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #285, in April 1994. Plot As a child, Scrooge grows up in a poor family that has a rivalry with the Whiskervilles clan. When he gets his first job as a shoe shiner, his first customer presents him with extremely filthy work boots, but pays him with an American coin (a dime). Furious a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Under Glass
"Treasure under Glass" is a 1991 Uncle Scrooge comic story by Don Rosa. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And Ekstra'' #1991-02; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #263, in February 1992. Plot Scrooge and his nephews are on a schooner in the Florida Keys, scouting for sunken treasure ships. During their conversation, Donald is surprised to hear from Scrooge that the Spanish Empire also mounted treasure-hunting expeditions (as Scrooge wryly says: ''"You don't suppose that when a ship packed with gold sank, they just forgot about it?"''). In those days, the wrecks were easy to find in the relatively shallow waters of the Keys — since they had not yet been covered by ocean subsidence or algae, nor had their hulls decomposed — but the Spaniards were unable to retrieve any of the treasure, for lack of diving equipment. The Spaniards made detailed maps of the wreck sites, but these were all lost in 1655 (during the Caribbean phase of the Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |