When the term 'Inventor' pops up in your mind in connection with Carl Barks' comic book stories you are sure to think of Gyro Gearloose as the first - and probably the only! But Barks presented us with several other inventors in the stories. None were as outstanding as Gyro, of course, but still they deserve to be mentioned. Some of them made brilliant inventions that should not be forgotten. This page is dedicated to a collection of Gyro's fellow inventors from both the professional and not so professional ranks.

THE PROFESSIONALS
Many of the professional inventors made stunning gadgets that almost equalled Gyro's ingenuity. Barks gave us the names of many of these, but many of them remain anonymous. They were not only not mentioned by name - many were not even illustrated. Both groups are represented here.
U$34 Mr. Ipsquiggle has invented a human sized robot.	U$38 Scrooge's spectacles are made from indestructible glass made by his scientists.	WDCS093 Professors Cosmic and Gamma construct a manned Moon rocket.
DD60 Doctor Thinknoble has constructed a machine that makes small animals bigger!	U$47 A former scientist who is now a prospector has built a couple of rescue robots.	U$68 Scrooge's scientists invent elastic diving helmets that filter oxygen from the water.
U$08 A hermit inventor has made a ray machine that turns living matter into stone!	U$28 Pierre de Fraud (Black Pete) has invented a mousetrap with clever bait.	WDCS164 Scrooge's scientists have invented a very special brand of flour...
U$38 Gyro's neighbour has invented a tree vibrator that produces tasty desserts.	U$57 A physicist makes an educating device that later becomes a hypnotizing gun...	WDCS278 Donald uses a very special ray gun invented by the military's scientists.
U$66 Two mechanical horses are running in the derby; they were both built by swindlers...	U$47 Donald buys a hypnotic ray machine from an offbeat scientist.	U$33 Scrooge's engineers have made several gadgets. One is an Atom Subtracter.
FC1025 Gyro travels to a planet where EVERYONE is an inventor!	U$32 A witch doctor has invented a Voodoo doll with shrinking powers.	WDCS159 Doctor Superthink creates life from swamp gas! A Will-O-Wisp...

THE AMATEURS
Incredible as it may seem almost all of the primary characters in Barks' duck universe have been inventors at one time or another. Granted, their inventions are not as spectacular as Gyro's and the other inventors', but the characters still prove that they are gifted in this special area. Here are a few examples:
WDCS060 Donald invents a special radar apparatus that can locate the nephews.	U$28 The Beagle Boys construct a giant tree chopper.	U$36 Magica has an arsenal of different gadgets. This is her paralyzing bomb.
FC1095 Little Helper invents a powerful fluid that repels bears.	WDCS186 The nephews construct a very special motorized armchair taxi.	U$66 The Beagle Boys invent an explosive - Beaglemite - with limited success...
WDCS044 After having invented Duckmite Donald constructs a space rocket.	FC1095 Grandma converts a cement mixer into a bread mixer.	WDCS289 Neighbour Jones improves a slingshot by adding a target device.
U$63 The Beagle Boys use their laser ray machine to open the Money Bin.	U$48 Magica excels in several magic potions. This one changes people's faces...	WDCS085 The nephews invent a complicated gizmo that produces music for strings!
CG Donald is the inventor of several bombs.This is his atom bomb!!!	U$39 Number 176-716 from the Beagle Boys invents a wall puncturer.	WDCS104 The ducks make ingenious use of Ping Pong balls to raise a sunken ship.

EXTRA
Barks also mentioned many inventors from the real world in his stories. Some were mentioned indirectly such as the German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen who invented the X-ray machine. The ducks used an X-ray machine in FC0189 The Old Castle's Secret. But usually Barks mentioned the inventors by name. Here are some examples in alphabetical order followed by one of their inventions, and where they can be found in the stories:
Alexander Graham Bell Telephone WDCS141 'Think Boxes'	Samuel Colt Revolving Pistol WDCS220 'Weemite Story'	Thomas Alva Edison Electric Bulb WDCS141 'Think Boxes'
Benjamin Franklin Lightning Rod U$13 'Lightning Story'	Robert Fulton Steamboat Designs MMA August Accident	Hans Wilhelm Geiger Radioactivity Counter WDCS184 'Bath Battle'
Guglielmo Marconi Wireless Transmission WDCS141 'Think Boxes'	Leonardo da Vinci Submarine U$60 The Phantom of ...	James Watt Steam Engine WDCS099 'Quiz Show'