Issue | #1184 |
Published | May 1961 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director) |
Notes | Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Alternate version exists. Cover art submitted on October 1, 1960. Price is listed on cover in two places. |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose; Helper |
Synopsis | Gyro with automatic fly-swatters. |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Carl Barks |
Inks | Carl Barks |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Notes | Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Alternate version exists. Cover art submitted on October 1, 1960. Price is listed on cover in two places. |
Reprinted | in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6; in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #5 |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose; Helper |
Synopsis | Gyro sends up a rocket that radios back everything it sees and warns him of impending disaster. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Vic Lockman |
Pencils | Carl Barks |
Inks | Carl Barks |
Letters | Garé Barks |
Notes | Inside front cover. Art submitted on October 31, 1960. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). This sequence was replaced by an ad in some copies. |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Showcase (Gold Key, 1970 series) #18 (October 1973); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Disney's DuckTales (Gladstone, 1988 series) #13 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #5 (September 1993) |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose; Helper; Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie |
Synopsis | Duckburg is rebuilt to Gyro's specifications, but his inventions eliminate so much work that the people have nothing to do. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Vic Lockman |
Pencils | Carl Barks |
Inks | Carl Barks |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | Garé Barks |
Notes | Art submitted on October 12, 1960. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #21; in Gyro Gearloose and the Disney Ducks [Dynabrite Comics] (Whitman, 1979 series) #11361; in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6; in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #5; in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #605 |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose; Donald Duck; Gus Goose; Grandma Duck; Helper |
Synopsis | Gyro tries to find a use for the large plastic cube with holes that he has invented. |
Genre | funny animals; sports |
Script | Vic Lockman |
Pencils | Carl Barks |
Inks | Carl Barks |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | Garé Barks |
Notes | Art submitted October 12, 1960. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
Reprinted | in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6; in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #518; in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #5 |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Tony Strobl |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1993 series) #281 |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Tony Strobl |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1993 series) #281 |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose; Helper; Beagle Boys; Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Horace Horsecollar; Uncle Scrooge |
Synopsis | A Beagle Boy forces Gyro to increase his intelligence, but the machine's effects last only an hour. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Vic Lockman |
Pencils | Carl Barks |
Inks | Carl Barks |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | Garé Barks |
Notes | Art submitted on October 12, 1960. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #25 (October 1970); in Gyro Gearloose and the Disney Ducks [Dynabrite Comics] (Whitman, 1979 series) #11361 (December 1979); in Uncle Scrooge (Whitman, 1980 series) #187 (August 1981); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #515 (February 1987); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #5 (September 1993) |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose; Helper; Donald Duck |
Synopsis | Gyro is marooned with Donald on a rocky island when Donald's poorly constructed boat sinks. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Vic Lockman |
Pencils | Carl Barks |
Inks | Carl Barks |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | Garé Barks |
Notes | Art submitted on October 12, 1960. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Showcase (Gold Key, 1970 series) #18 (October 1973); in Gyro Gearloose and the Disney Ducks [Dynabrite Comics] (Whitman, 1979 series) #11361 (December 1979); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #545 (December 1989); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Disney Comics Album (Disney, 1990 series) #1 (July 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #5 (September 1993) |
Characters | Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Tony Strobl |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Reprinted | in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #280 |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose; Helper; Donald Duck |
Synopsis | Gyro drives his self-servicing car into Donald's service station--but only for a drink of water. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Vic Lockman |
Pencils | Carl Barks |
Inks | Carl Barks |
Letters | Garé Barks |
Notes | Inside back cover. Art submitted on October 31, 1960. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
Reprinted | in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6; in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #5 |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose |
Synopsis | Gyro's mechanized trash can frightens the trash collectors. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Vic Lockman |
Pencils | Carl Barks |
Inks | Carl Barks |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | Garé Barks |
Notes | Back cover. Art submitted October 31, 1960. This sequence was replaced by an ad in some copies. |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #409 (October 1974); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #5 (September 1993); in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1990 series) #40/1992. |
Characters | Gyro Gearloose |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Vic Lockman |
Pencils | Pete Alvarado |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |