Issue Details

Issue	#318
Published	February 1999
Cover Price	6.95 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Leonaard (John) Clark; Gary Gabner (assistant)

Cover Details - "Secrets"

Characters	Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Louie
Genre	Funny Animal
Pencils	William Van Horn
Inks	William Van Horn
Colors	Gary Leach

1 page text article "Reflections From The Publisher"

Synopsis	Bruce Hamilton reflects on his years publishing Disney material.
Script	Bruce Hamilton
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration

Synopsis	Pictures of two rare 1930s Disney colletables
Pencils	? (photographs)
Inks	? (photographs)
Colors	? (photographs)

24 page The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck story "The Cowboy Captain Of The Cutty Sark"

Characters	Scrooge McDuck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Donald Duck; Captain Moore; Mr. Pencroft; Mankunagara V; Sultan's Emitter Of Speech; Pakabuwana IX; Pakabuwana's Emitter Of Speech; Ratchet Gearloose; Mr. Freenbeen
Synopsis	A newspaper clipping in a scrapbook prompts Uncle Scrooge to recall his time on The Cutty Sark in Java.
Genre	Funny Animal
Script	Don Rosa
Pencils	Don Rosa
Inks	Don Rosa
Colors	Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters	John Clark

3 page The Year That Was 1945 text article "A Rare Floyd Gottfredson Giveaway: Chesty And Coptie"

Characters	Chesty; Coptie; Johnny
Synopsis	Reproduction in miniature of a Floyd Gottfredson giveaway comic from 1946, newly coloured and surrounded by an explanatory article.
Script	Bruce Hamilton (article); Floyd Gottfredson (strip)
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Floyd Gottfredson
Colors	Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters	Typeset (article); ? (strip)

1 page The Year That Was 1939 text article "Revisiting David Hall"

Synopsis	A picture from David Hall with explanatory notes.
Script	Bruce Hamilton
Pencils	David Hall (painting)
Inks	David Hall (painting)
Colors	David Hall (painting)
Letters	Typeset

4 page Gyro Gearloose story "Wily Rival"

Characters	Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's helper; Mr Ipsquiggle; Clerk
Synopsis	Gyro visits the patent office to register and invention. There's another inventor already waiting.
Genre	Funny Animal
Script	Carl Barks
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	Susan Daigle-Leach
Reprinted	From Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #34 (June 1961)

1 page The Year That Was 1929 text article "Oops! We May Have Goofed"

Synopsis	An investigation into which Mickey Mouse poster Floyd Gottfredson may have seen, prompting him to apply for a job with Disney, accompanied by a Gottfredson self-portrait.
Script	Bruce Hamilton
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Floyd Gottfredson
Colors	Floyd Gottfredson
Letters	Typeset

The Year That Was 1932 text article A Spoof With "Apologies"

Synopsis	A Disney-related cartoon published in the Calgary Eye-Opener while Carl Barks worked there before he joined Disney.
Script	Bruce Hamilton
Letters	Typeset
Notes	The artist of the accompanying cartoon is uncertain, but probably not Barks.

4 page story "The Sedona That Turns All Metals Gold"

Synopsis	Photos from a gathering of Disney comics afficionados
Script	Bruce Hamilton
Pencils	(colour photographs)
Inks	(colour photographs)
Colors	(colour photographs)
Letters	Tyoeset

19 page Uncle Scrooge story "Secrets"

Characters	Rumpus McFowl; Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; General; Project Director
Synopsis	Rumpus McFowl is missing, but Uncle Scrooge is more concerned about the cigars that have gone missing with him.
Genre	Funny Animal
Script	William Van Horn
Pencils	William Van Horn
Inks	William Van Horn
Colors	Gary Leach; Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters	William Van Horn
Reprinted	From ?

2 page The Year That Was 1930 text article "Greetings From The Mouse"

Synopsis	Reproduction of 1930s Mickey Mouse greeting cards with explanatory notes.
Script	Bruce Hamilton
Letters	Typeset

1 page The Year That Was 1993 story "Were They Thinking Of Indiana McDuck"

Synopsis	An article about the background to a Scrooge McDuck statuette.
Script	Bruce Hamilton
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Bogdan Camerman: 1998 Gladstone Fan Of The Year "

Synopsis	Profile of a 15 year old Romanian Uncle Scrooge fan, accompanied by his picture of Scrooge.
Pencils	Bogdan Camerman
Inks	Bogdan Camerman
Colors	Bogdan Camerman
Letters	Bogdan Camerman

1 page illustration "A Christmas Trimming"

Characters	Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Pencils	Carl Barks (painting)
Inks	Carl Barks (painting)
Colors	Carl Barks (painting)