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First publication
March 1952
"Only a Poor Old Man" is a 32-page Disney comics story written, drawn, and lettered by Carl Barks. It was published in Four Color #386 (March 1952) as the first issue of Uncle Scrooge.[1] Scrooge McDuck had already made his debut as a supporting character in the 1947 Donald Duck story "Christmas on Bear Mountain", and made several other appearances in Donald Duck stories in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, but "Poor Old Man" was the first comic book story with Scrooge as the main character.[2]
In this first story with Scrooge as the focus, Barks softened the character, making him appear emotionally and financially vulnerable, rather than the ruthless miser that he had been in previous guest appearances.[3]
The story has been reprinted many times. It was originally published with the one-page gag stories "Osogood Silver Polish", "Coffee for Two", and "Soupline Eight".[4]
Barks expert Michael Barrier has dubbed the story a masterpiece.[5]
^Barrier, Michael (2014). "Uncle Scrooge: Play Money". Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-28390-9.
^Schelly, William (2013). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-60549-054-0.
^Andrae, Thomas (2006). "Resurrecting the Self-Made Man". Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-858-6.
^Barks, Carl (2012). "Where did these duck stories first appear?". Uncle Scrooge: "Only a Poor Old Man". Fantagraphics Books. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-60699-535-8.
^"The World’s Richest Duck"
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