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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published March 1965
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Marquis M. Morse (editor and managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes Published in cooperation with Golden Press, Inc. Copyright 1965 by Walt Disney Productions. Editor and Managing Editor from Statement of Ownership. Previously indexed as Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor).

Cover Details - "Mystery of the Ghost Town Railroad"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Notes 10038-503
Reprinted in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #122 (September 1975); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #5 (April 1989)

1 page Uncle Scrooge illustration "Ghost Talk Spooken Here"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis An apparent ghost surprises the ducks in a teaser to the story.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #5 (April 1989) [interior]; in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #5 (April 1989) [on cover]; in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #21 (May 1990) [on cover]

24 page Uncle Scrooge story "Mystery of the Ghost Town Railroad"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Katie Mallard; Ducky Bird; Cyanide Charlie; Hardrock Joe; Copperhead McViper; Lackheed Rocket Company officials
Synopsis Lackheed is out to buy an old mining railroad Scrooge has shares in, so he goes to a ghost town to find the stock certificate. But an old nemesis is stealing everyone's shares, until Scrooge and some locals stop him.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Reprinted in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #122 (September 1975); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #5 (April 1989); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #21 (May 1990); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1996 series) #48 (August 1998)

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "Torture"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Louie; Donald Duck; Adonis Barber Shop crew
Synopsis Uncle Scrooge has a full barber and massage crew come up to his office just to kill time, and Louie believes they're torturing Uncle Scrooge.
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Louie wears blue in this story.
Reprinted from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1960.10.02

1 page Mickey Mouse text story "Goofy's Swinging Idea"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy
Synopsis Goofy's house is cold but when he discovers it's warmer near the ceiling, he hangs a swing up there and sits in it. The idea then catches on as a fad in the neighborhood.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Notes 1 illustration

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "Statue Gift"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Marvis; Jarvis; mayor
Synopsis Uncle donates a statue to the city...of himself.
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1960.08.07

3 page Gyro Gearloose story "Bubble Trouble"

Characters Gyro Gearloose; Mrs. Moochy; Ruffie Rooster; Ernie Egret
Synopsis Gyro creates a bubble with a summer environment in winter, and everyone in the neighborhood shows up to use it, driving Gyro to leave.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Half page statement of ownership "Statement of Ownership"

Script H. L. Anderson
Letters typeset
Notes For September 28, 1964. Lists paid circulation average of 333,558, with 318,000 for previous issue.

1 page Uncle Scrooge story "The Country Place"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
Synopsis Scrooge shows Donald around a new castle that appears to be very expensive, until Donald sees the towels came from various hotels.
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1960.07.10

1 page Junior Sales Club of America advertisement "Nationally Famous Prizes At No Cost To You!"

Synopsis Ad for card sales club.
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page American Seed Co. advertisement "Make Money Get Prizes"

Characters Jeol Ballenger; Mary Zimmerman; William Hanlin
Synopsis Ad for seed packet sales with testimonials from 3 children.
Letters typeset
Notes back cover