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Land Beneath The Ground!
"Land Beneath the Ground!" is a Scrooge McDuck comic book story that appeared in 1956 in the comic book ''Uncle Scrooge'', written by Carl Barks. Plot Worried about earthquakes damaging his money bin, Scrooge McDuck is determined to find out what causes them. Upon a suggestion by Donald, Scrooge has a shaft dug beneath his money bin to search for faults which might get cracked open by a tremor, but the miners are suddenly frightened away by voices coming from a gigantic cave. The next day, Scrooge, Donald, and his three grandnephews find strangely round, colorful rocks scattered around the mineshaft. They prepare to descend, but all of a sudden their minecarts are sabotaged, stranding them deep beneath the ground. In the caverns below Duckburg, Scrooge and his nephews soon discover that the smooth "rocks" are really subterranean beings calling themselves ''Terries'' and ''Fermies'' who look like bowling balls with arms and a head, but no legs, and move around by rolling on the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck (occasionally stylized as $crooge McDuck) is a cartoon character created in 1947 for The Walt Disney Company by Carl Barks. Appearing in Disney comics, Scrooge is a Scottish-born American anthropomorphic duck. Like his nephew, Donald Duck, he has a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats varying in color. He is portrayed in animation as speaking with a Scottish English, Scottish accent. Originally intended to be used only once, Scrooge became one of the most popular characters in the Disney comics world, as well as Barks' signature work. Scrooge is an extremely rich duck who lives in the fictional city of Duckburg (which is also Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey, and Louie's home city) in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota (a blend of California and Minnesota), whose claimed location is in real-world California, United States. Named after the character Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Zero
A year zero does not exist in the Anno Domini (AD) calendar year system commonly used to number years in the Gregorian calendar (nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar); in this system, the year is followed directly by year (which is the year of the epoch of the era). However, there is a year zero in both the astronomical year numbering system (where it coincides with the Julian year ), and the ISO 8601:2004 system, a data interchange standard for certain time and calendar information (where year zero coincides with the Gregorian year ; . There is also a year zero in most Buddhist and Hindu calendars. History The ''Anno Domini'' era was introduced in 525 by Scythian monk Dionysius Exiguus (c. 470 – c. 544), who used it to identify the years on his Easter table. He introduced the new era to avoid using the '' Diocletian era'', based on the accession of Roman emperor Diocletian, as he did not wish to continue the memory of a persecutor of Christians. In the prefa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DuckTales (2017 TV Series)
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series, developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones, and produced by Disney Television Animation. The series is a reboot of the original 1987 series of the same name, itself an adaptation of '' Uncle Scrooge'' and other Duck universe comic books created by Carl Barks, which focused on the lives of Scrooge McDuck and his family as they engaged in a variety of adventures around the world, as well as in the fictional city of Duckburg. The reboot itself focuses on newer elements and deeper character stories, including a greater involvement of Donald Duck. The series premiered on August 12, 2017, with a 44-minute long pilot episode on Disney XD, before the first season was green-lit for broadcast from September 23 that year on Disney XD. From May 2018 to September 2019, the series was moved to Disney Channel for the previously not broadcast part of the first season and all of the second season. ''DuckTales'' was then moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duckworth (DuckTales)
This article includes a list of characters from the The Walt Disney Company, Disney ''DuckTales (1987 TV series), DuckTales'' animated franchise, including the DuckTales (1987 TV series), original 1987 series and the DuckTales (2017 TV series), 2017 reboot series, as well as DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, one theatrical movie and a variety of additional spin-off media merchandise, including video games (most notably ''DuckTales (video game), DuckTales'' and its updated remake ''DuckTales: Remastered'') and comics. Prior to the series, many of the characters appeared in the ''Uncle Scrooge'' comic book stories, in particular the ones created by Carl Barks.David Gerstein, Gerstein, David (1987). ''Of Ducks and DuckTales'', ''Disney Presents Carl Barks Greatest DuckTales Stories'' #1, Gemstone Comics, June 2006. Overview Main characters Scrooge McDuck Scrooge McDuck (voiced by Alan Young in the 1987 series, ''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, DuckT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |