Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #314
Published October 1998
Cover Price 6.95 USD
Pages 68
Editing Leonard (John) Clark; Geoffrey Blum (associate); Gary Gabner (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
Pencils William Van Horn
Inks William Van Horn
Colors Gary Leach

1 page Uncle Scrooge illustration "Miser's Hangup"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Pencils Carl Barks (painting)
Inks Carl Barks (painting)
Colors Carl Barks (painting)

24 page Uncle Scrooge story "The Black Knight"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Arpin Lusene (The Black Knight); Miss Quackfaster
Synopsis Uncle Scrooge is horrified to learn that an alleged master criminal is in town.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Don Rosa
Pencils Don Rosa
Inks Don Rosa
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters John Clark
Reprinted From ?

17 page Uncle Scrooge story "The Midas Touch"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Magica DeSpell; Miss Quackfaster
Synopsis Magica DeSpell begins her campaign to acquire the first dime Scrooge earned, believing it has magical properties.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach
Reprinted From Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #36 (December 1961)

4 page Donald Duck story

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Genre Gag
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliferro; Bill Wright
Inks Al Taliferro; Bill Wright
Colors Summer Hinton
Notes These strips are interspersed between the remaining features.
Reprinted From Donald Duck daily strip (King Features Syndicate) 1940.05.30 - 1940.06.08

Half page The Year That Was 1930 text article "Animal Hazards"

Synopsis Introduction to the Floyd Gottfredson Mickey Mouse strip.
Script John Clark
Letters Typeset

8 page Mickey Mouse story "Animal Hazards"

Characters Mickey Mouse
Synopsis Mickey has the idea of setting up a miniature golf course on the farm.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Floyd Gottfredson
Pencils Floyd Gottfredson
Inks Floyd Gottfredson; Hardie Gramatky
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach
Notes This reprints the first Mickey Mouse strip that Floyd Gottfredson conceived, wrote and drew.
Reprinted From the Mickey Mouse newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate September 23rd 1930 - December 7th 1930)

8 page Gyro Gearloose story "Little Gyro In Quarkland"

Characters Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's helper
Synopsis Gyro decides to find a better place to live.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Pat McGreal
Pencils Santiago Scalabroni
Inks Santiago Scalabroni
Colors Scott Rockwell
Reprinted From ?

1 page Donald Duck story "It's the boys' birthday tomorrow"

Characters Donald Duck
Synopsis Donald's having trouble mixing a cake.
Genre Gag
Script Lasse Andersen; Lars Jacobsen; Susan Daigle-Leach (English script)
Pencils Kari Karhonen
Inks Kari Karhonen
Letters Susan Daigle-Leach
Reprinted From ?

1 page illustration "Still The Champ: Carl Barks, Age 97"

Synopsis Photograph of Carl Barks, Bruce Hamilton and Steve Geppi on April 29th 1998.
Pencils George Paul (photograph)
Inks George Paul (photograph)
Colors George Paul (photograph)
Letters Typeset