"Poster 1 - Early versions of $crooge McDuck" "Poster 1 - Early versions of $crooge McDuck" This poster shows $crooge's development during the first 3½ of those 60 years during which Carl Barks was still designing and redesigning his new character's history, personality and (as shown here) clothing & whiskers. Here you can see views of all the earliest appearances of the World's Richest Duck. Clockwise from top-left: $crooge in Christmas on Bear Mountain (DONALD DUCK FOUR COLOR #178 - December 1947). $crooge in The Old Castle's Secret (DONALD DUCK FOUR COLOR #189 - June 1948). $crooge in "The Sunken Yacht (WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES #104 - May 1949). $crooge wears his top-hat for the first time.in Race to the South Seas (MARCH OF COMICS #41 - June 1949). $crooge in Voodoo Hoodoo (DONALD DUCK FOUR COLOR #238 - August 1949). $crooge in Letter to Santa (CHRISTMAS PARADE #1 - November 1949). $crooge in Trail of the Unicorn (DONALD DUCK FOUR COLOR #263 - February 1950). $crooge in The Magic Hourglass (DONALD DUCK FOUR COLOR #291 - September 1950). Central scene: The "classic", modern $crooge McDuck, as he has appeared since July, 1951. D.U.C.K.-SPOILER: Look in the tears and wrinkles of Bombie's shroud on his chest.

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