Uncle Scrooge #44 (Gold Key, 1963) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $1,320.00
Sold: Dec 19, 2022
Uncle Scrooge #44 Values
Publisher: Western, 1963
About Uncle Scrooge #44
Gyro Gearloose, Huey, Dewey, and Louie appearances. Donald Duck cameo. Carl Barks story, cover, and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Uncle Scrooge
Pencils: Carl Barks
Inks: Carl Barks
Colors: ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes: Art submitted on January 17, 1963. The gag was already used by Gutenberghus [Egmont], Denmark (Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #37/1962). A different version used in Italy.
Reprints: Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #153 (June 1978)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Foulcrook [Barks' pig villain]; Slyviper
Synopsis: Scrooge, who is fuming because he has been denied membership in the Archeologists' Club, takes the ducks with him on a flight over the Yucatan, where they sight some Mayan ruins whose discovery will get Scrooge into the Club. Two scoundrels who have just been thrown out of the Club follow the ducks to the ruins and trap them in a pool called the "Well of Sacrifice."
Pages: 21.000
Script: Carl Barks
Pencils: Carl Barks
Inks: Carl Barks
Letters: Garé Barks
Reprints: Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #113 (August 1974)
Notes: Art submitted December 10, 1962. Synopsis from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" by Michael Barrier (M. Lilien, 1981).
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
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