U$19 The Mines of King Solomon

In this story Scrooge informs Donald and the nephews that he learned the Arabic language when he sold lawnmowers in the Sahara desert. In later stories he seems to have forgotten the language, though.

WDCS201 'Super Dye'

It is quite puzzling that the founder of Duckburg happens to be a coot - Cornelius Coot. Barks just explained his choice by stating that he simply liked the name and that 'it was a phonetic thing'.

WDCS060 'Radar Tracking'

In this story from 1945 - the last year of the Second World War - Barks drew Donald wearing an Indian headdress. Hidden in the headband are two swastikas (emphasized here) - the well-known Nazi symbol!

WDCS140 'The Terrible Secret'

Here the work-shy Gladstone confesses that once, long ago, in a very weak moment, he took a job and earned a dime. However, once before, in WDCS110 'Goldilocks' Donald found him in a regular job as a park ranger!

U$38 The Unsafe Safe

Is Magica de Spell a real sorceress at all? According to this story she simply gets her Poof powers from a battery, and in U$43 For Old Dime's Sake we learn that she once found the Greek sorceress Circe's magic wand.

WDCS261 Medaling Around

Donald has three nephews named Huey, Dewey, and Louie, but Barks happened to draw a fourth nephew 4 times during his long story career. Besides in this one it happened in FC1025 Mastering the Matterhorn and WDCS0276 Beach Boy.

WDCS102 'The Horse Rustlers'

In lots of stories Donald is seen as being left-handed. But also being frequently seen as right-handed he must be ambidextrous.

WDCS201 'Super Dye'

We have never actually seen Little Helper eating our kind of food because this is how he gets his energy - from a battery!

MMA September Scrimmage

In this story Scrooge reveals that he used to play old-time football at Webfoot Tech. back in the 1880s.

WDCS308 The Beauty Business

Daisy's three nieces April, May, and June started as ducks but during the years they underwent some strange sort of metamorphosis. They lost the rim on their beaks which also became more pointy indicating that the girls ended up being another breed of bird.

WDCS099 'The Radio Hall Quiz'

Only one of Barks' stories can be accurately pinpointed as for time. In this one we see a calendar showing the date 'March 7'. Being made in 1948 the full date is clear. In case you have forgotten it was a Sunday which also corresponds with the normal day of the week for such quizzes.

U$36 The Midas Touch

It seems to be a general misconception that Scrooge keeps his old Dime Number One because it brings him luck, but in this story Scrooge says to Donald: Bah! Mere superstition! Thriftiness is the secret of my wealth! And this old dime is a symbol of that thriftiness - nothing more!

FC0495 'Money Bin Tank'

The number 666 is widely known as The Number of the Beast (found in the Christian Bible), and it has also been linked with several despotic persons through the ages. For some unknown reason Barks used the number on a Beagle Boy in one story.

FC0291 The Magic Hourglass

Barks told us exactly how much money (in normal dollars) Scrooge owns in this story!!! Scrooge is followed by bad financial luck: I can't go on like this - losing a billion dollars a minute! I'll be broke in 600 years! Now, start calculating...

FC0238 Voodoo Hoodoo

In this story Scrooge reveals a dark secret; 70 years earlier he wanted some land in Africa for a rubber plantation, but the owners, a tribe of ferocious savages, wouldn't sell. So he hired a mob of thugs and chased the tribe into the jungle.

DBP 'The Impenetrable Money Bin'

In this story we learn that Scrooge carries a large tattoo across his entire, feathered chest! The tattoo displays the long and complex number combination for his office safe.

U$43 For Old Dime's Sake

The ducks' factual height is very hard to disclose as Barks rarely approached the subject. Still, we have one reference; in this story Magica de Spell measured Scrooge to be 3 feet tall.

U$12 The Golden Fleecing

We learn that Scrooge bought his broadcloth at a rummage sale in Scotland in 1902. And according to U$21 The Money Well he paid 1 dollar for his glasses in Scotland in 1885.

FC0367 A Christmas for Shacktown

In the stories we have seen some of Scrooge's money on display (Dime Number One is the recurring one). Here is his first dollar, in other stories we can admire his first quarter, his first million, and so on.

U$48 The Many Faces of Magica...

The Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook seems to have all the answers in the world, but at one time it failed; in this story it has no information at all about the Valley of the Faceless People!

FC0199 Sheriff of Bullet Valley

On several occasions we have witnessed the nephews as competent car drivers despite the fact that they are still children. This simple fact also raises an interesting problem: How do they reach the pedals?