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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details - "Fly-free Fishing"

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

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "The Nose Knows"

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)

10 page Gyro Gearloose story "Monsterville"

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

5 page Gyro Gearloose story "The Cube"

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

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "Odd Offspring"

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

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "Quiz Fizzle"

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

7 page Gyro Gearloose story "Mighty But Miserable"

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)

7 page Gyro Gearloose story "Brain-strain"

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)

1 page Donald Duck story "Sour Notes"

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

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "The Old Timer"

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

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "Mechanized Mess"

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.

Half page Gyro Gearloose story "Home Movies"

Characters Gyro Gearloose
Genre funny animals
Script Vic Lockman
Pencils Pete Alvarado
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)