Uncle Scrooge Adventures facts for kids

Uncle Scrooge Adventures was a popular comic book series published by Gladstone Publishing. It ran from 1987 to 1997 and featured the exciting journeys of Scrooge McDuck, the richest duck in the world, and his adventurous nephews, Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Unlike the main Uncle Scrooge comic, this series often told longer, full-length stories, much like classic pulp adventure tales.

The series first ran for 21 issues from 1987 to 1990. Then, Gladstone Publishing stopped publishing Disney comics for a while. When Gladstone got their license back in 1993, they started the series again, picking up with issue 22. The comic continued until 1997, when Gladstone Publishing faced problems and stopped printing comics after issue 54.

One story, Horsing Around with History, from issue 33, even won an award! It was named the Favorite Comic-Book Story of 1996 by the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award.

How the Comic Began

Original cover art for issue #1, showing the first adventure.

This comic series was first planned to come out in 1987. It was meant to be connected to the new DuckTales TV show that was starting. The idea was to feature classic stories by famous Disney comic artists like Carl Barks. These stories had inspired the DuckTales show.

However, just before the first comic was published, Gladstone Publishing and Disney decided to change the name. Instead of DuckTales, it became Uncle Scrooge Adventures. It would be similar to another comic called Donald Duck Adventures. Because this change happened so quickly, some early advertisements still used the DuckTales name. Later, Gladstone did publish a separate DuckTales comic series from 1988 to 1990. That series included both old Uncle Scrooge stories and new ones based on the TV show.

Adventures in Every Issue

The Uncle Scrooge Adventures comic was known for its exciting and often long stories. Each issue took readers on a new journey with Scrooge McDuck and his family. They explored ancient ruins, searched for hidden treasures, and met all sorts of interesting characters. Many of these tales were written or drawn by famous Disney artists.

First Series: 1987–1990

• 1. McDuck of Arabia
• 2. Trail of the Polka Dot Parrot
• 3. Bongo on the Congo
• 4. The Golden River
• 5. The Last Sled to Dawson
• 6. The Oddball Odyessey
• 7. The 12th Caesarius
• 8. So Far and No Safari
• 9. Ill Met by Moonlight
• 10. The Land of the Pygmy Indians
• 11. Crown of the Mayas
• 12. The Log of the Nancy Bell
• 13. The Twenty Four Carat Moon
• 14. His Majesty McDuck
• 15. The Micro Ducks from Outer Space
• 16. The Billion Dollar Safari
• 17. Lost Beneath the Sea
• 18. That's No Fable
• 19. A Stitch in Time
• 20. The Paul Bunyan Machine
• 21. The Mystery of the Ghosttown Railroad

Second Series: 1993–1997

• 22. The Prize of Pizarro
• 23. Uncle Scrooge Meets The Phantom Blot
• 24. The Little Gronins
• 25. The Money Well
• 26. Back to the Klondike
• 27. Guardians of the Lost Library
• 28. Land Beneath the Ground and The Man from Oola Oola Part 1
• 29. The Man from Oola Oola Part 2
• 30. The Golden Fleecing and The Lentils from Babylon Part 1
• 31. The Lentils from Babylon Part 2
• 32. The Lentils from Babylon Part 3
• 33. Horsing Around with History and Only a Poor Old Man
• 34. The Money Counting Machine and Beagle Bug-off
• 35. The Treasure Temple of Khaos
• 36. The Diamond of Duncan McDuck
• 37. The Colossus of the Nile Part 1
• 38. The Colossus of the Nile Part 2
• 39. Tralla La
• 40. The Rarest Dog in the World and The Hi-Tech, Low-Down Blues
• 41. The Starkos Statue
• 42. The Treasure of Marco Polo
• 43. The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack
• 44. Two in One and The Sheepish Rancher
• 45. The Secret of the Duckburg Triangle
• 46. The Tides Turn
• 47. The Menehune Mystery <AKA Hawaiian Hideaway>
• 48. The Great Steamboat Race and Riches, Riches, Everywhere!
• 49. The Diary of Sideburns Smew
• 50. The Secret of Atlantis <AKA The Sunken City>
• 51. The Treasure of the Ten Avatars
• 52. The Black Diamond and Taking A Gander
• 53. The Secret of the Incas Part 1
• 54. The Secret of the Incas Part 2

More Disney Comics

If you enjoyed learning about Uncle Scrooge Adventures, you might like these other Disney comic titles published in the USA:

• Disney comics
• Mickey Mouse Magazine (1935-1940)
• Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940-present)
• Donald Duck (1942-2017)
• Mickey Mouse (1943-2017)
• Uncle Scrooge (1952-present)
• Walt Disney Comics Digest (1968-1976)
• Uncle Scrooge Adventures (1987-1997)
• Mickey Mouse Adventures (1990-1991)
• Donald Duck Adventures (1988-1998)
• Walt Disney Giant (1995-1996)