Publishing History
- Dell Comics: 1952 - 1962 (Four Color Comics #386, 456 and 495; #4-39)
- Gold Key Comics: 1962 - 1984 (#40-209, last few under "Whitman" name)
- Gladstone Publishing: 1986 - 1990 (#210-242)
- Disney Comics: 1990 to 1993 (#243-280)
- Gladstone Publishing: 1993 - 1998 (#281-318)
- Gemstone Publishing: June 2003 - November 2008 (#319-383)
- Boom Kids! (Boom! Studios): September 2009 - June 2011 (#384-404)
Scrooge made his first appearance in the Donald Duck story "Christmas on Bear Mountain" as a curmudgeonly man who decides to test Donald and his nephews to see if they are worthy of inheriting his wealth. Barks found the character and his wealth a useful springboard for stories and re-used him in a number of subsequent Donald Duck one-shot adventures and ten pagers appearing in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. By 1952 the popularity of the character convinced Dell to give Scrooge a try-out as a lead character in the seminal "Only a Poor Old Man", a story Barks expert Michael Barrier has termed a masterpiece.
After two further one-shot appearances Scrooge was granted his own title starting with issue no.4 (counting the try-out issues as one through three).
Read more about this topic: Uncle Scrooge
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