Christmas on Bear Mountain
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| Christmas on Bear Mountain | |
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 Christmas on Bear Mountain comic book cover |
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| Story code | W OS 223-02 |
| Hero | Donald Duck |
| Appearances | Donald Duck Huey, Dewey and Louie Uncle Scrooge (1st) |
| Pages | 20 |
| Layout | 4 rows per page |
| Story | Carl Barks |
| Ink | Carl Barks |
| First publication | Four Color Comics #178 July 1947 |
| I.N.D.U.C.K.S. profile | |
Christmas on Bear Mountain (1947) is a Donald Duck story by Carl Barks, first published in Dell Comics Four Color Comics #178. It was the first appearance of Scrooge McDuck. The story was the inspiration for a lot of future Scrooge stories.
[edit] Synopsis
As usual, Donald has not enough money to celebrate Christmas with his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. But, they are unexpectedly invited by his uncle Scrooge to his chalet on the Bear Mountain. The misanthropic rich duck wants to test his nephew's bravery, and plans to dress up as a bear. But a baby bear sneaks in the cabin as the Ducks get a Christmas tree. Eventually the mother comes looking for her baby, and scare the Ducks out of the cabin. The bears eat the food in the house and the mother bear falls asleep in front of the fire place.
The Ducks make a plan to get the bears out of the cabin, and Donald has to tie the legs of the mother bear together while Huey, Dewey and Louie catch the baby bear. Donald fails to tie the feet of the bear together and faints on an arm of the bear, giving an impression that he fell asleep on the bear.
Meanwhile Scrooge comes in and finds the boys chasing the baby bear, thinking that they are fearless. Then he finds Donald asleep with the bear, and Scrooge thinks he's purposely sleeping with the bear and thinks that Donald doesn't know the meaning of fear. Scrooge retreats unnoticed and returns the next day to spend Christmas Dinner in his mansion with his nephews. All ends well in this lovely story.
[edit] Don Rosa
This story later inspired The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Part 12 by Don Rosa. However, in Rosa's story, Donald and Huey, Dewey and Louie are first officially introduced to their uncle Scrooge, while in Barks' story Scrooge appears to have always been around and well-known to Donald and the kids.
In this story Scrooge was merely a caricature of his namesake Ebeneezer Scrooge. It wasn't until his second appearance that he gained a toehold in The Disney Ducks Universe.
Daniel Branca wrote a sequel to the story titled Return to Bear Mountain in Donald Duck Adventures #32-33 <Disney Comics Series>
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