"The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone" is an

Uncle Scrooge ''Uncle Scrooge'' (stylized as ''Uncle $crooge'') is a Disney comic book series starring Scrooge McDuck ("the richest duck in the world"), his nephew Donald Duck, and grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and revolving around their adventures in ...

comics story written and drawn by

Carl Barks Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comics, Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of ...

in October 1954. The story was first published in ''

'' #10 (June 1955).

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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, Do ...

takes

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shirt and cap with ...

and his three grandnephews on an expedition to find the

Philosopher's Stone The philosopher's stone is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver; it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder". Alchemists additionally believed that it could be used to mak ...

, a mythical artifact that would turn common metals into gold. The stone is eventually found, and works. But it has some rather unpleasant side effects. Scrooge is eventually forced to give up the stone and gives it to Monsieur Mattressface of the International Money Council.

Changes made in reprints

In this story, Scrooge refers to the year 1110 as "845 years ago". When the story was reprinted in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #253 (April 1991), the reference was changed to "881 years ago".

Sequels

The International Money Council and Monsieur Mattressface later appeared in ''The Crown of the Crusader Kings'' (2001) and '' The Old Castle's Other Secret'' (2004) by

Don Rosa Keno Don Hugo Rosa (), known as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his comics about Scrooge McDuck and other Disney comics, Disney characters. Many of his stories are built on characters an ...

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''The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone''
in Carl Barks guidebook Disney comics stories Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks 1954 in comics {{Disney-comics-stub

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