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CARL BARKS : Uncle Scrooge # 20 – Original Cover drawn May 29, 1957. ( Published for sale December 1957 – February 1958 ).

Owner: Søren M
Artist: Carl Barks (All)

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Title:	CARL BARKS : Uncle Scrooge # 20 – Original Cover drawn May 29, 1957. ( Published for sale December 1957 – February 1958 ).
Artist:	Carl Barks (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
Views:	515
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Added to Site:	7/12/2023

Description

Not many of Carl Barks original published Covers has survived..!
8 inked covers by Carl Barks from the entire Uncle Scrooge run is known to exist - and of these only 2 are from the prime 1950`ies period.
Uncle Scrooge # 20 from 1957 is one of them !

Seen from the view of composition and Scrooge McDuck`s identity as the “richest of the richest” this cover simply is the best survived example in my noble opinion.

Here you have a very proud Uncle Scrooge posing in a great gag weighing his money bags - and actually paying for it..
Also it`s a very well drawn and composed cover that has an easy understandable and humoristic gag.
The cover has also another dimension, as it costed me something very close to all the moneybags on the weight.
But to me it was worth it !!

The character Uncle Scrooge or Scrooge McDuck was Carl Barks own invention.
He was brought into the Ducks universe in 1947 in the famous season story : “Christmas on Bear Mountain”.
7 years later Uncle Scrooge was so popular that Dell decided to publish a comic magazine with the character on it`s own run. After 3 “try out” Four Color comic issues Uncle Scrooge # 4 ( first in the officially US run ) was finally set up for sale in December 1954.
The Uncle Scrooge comics was published 4 times a year - every 3 months.
This 1957 cover ( published and sold in December 1957 - February 1958 ) are from the prime period of the Uncle Scrooge stories.
The inside story from US-20 was “City of Golden Roofs” and in this period Barks let the ducks go out on many fabolous adventures in different parts of the world ; US-14 : “The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan” – US-15 : “The Second Richest Duck” – US-16 : “Back To Long go” – US-17 : “A Cold Bargain” – US-18 : “Land of The Pygmy Indians” and US-19 : “The Mines of King Solomon”..

The cover has been published way over 70 times and in 19 different countries.

Thanks to my good friend Gary for letting me be the next caretaker of this iconic 1950´ ies Uncle Scrooge cover.

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	Søren M Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	July 2008
Last Login:	September 2025
Website:	http://www.carlbarkscomicbookart.dk/
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