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Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge#72
Cover: Carl Barks

Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #72

Dec 1967 · Western · 0.12 USD
“The Great Steamboat Race”

In "The Great Steamboat Race," Scrooge McDuck finds himself in a high-stakes aquatic showdown when the Beagle Boys stage a fake scrap metal venture to lure Gyro Gearloose into building a metal-melter—only to use it against Scrooge's Money Bin. With Carl Barks' iconic cover art capturing the chaos of the race, this 1967 classic brings together Vic Lockman’s sharp storytelling, Tony Strobl’s dynamic artwork, and the legendary team behind the Western Publishing production.

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writer Vic Lockman · artist Tony Strobl · inker Steve Steere · colorist Western Publishing Production Shop · letterer Rome Siemon · cover Carl Barks

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letterer Rome Siemon
cover pencils, inks Carl Barks

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The Beagle Boys claim to be going into the scrap metal business in order to get Gyro to invent a metal-melter for them, which they turn on Scrooge's Money Bin.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).