Land Beneath the Ground!

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Land Beneath the Ground!
Story code	W US 13-02
Hero	Uncle Scrooge
Appearances	Uncle Scrooge Donald Duck Huey, Dewey and Louie Terries and Fermies
Pages	27 (29)
Layout	4 rows per page
Story	Carl Barks
Ink	Carl Barks
Date the story was created	August 18, 1955
First publication	Uncle Scrooge #13 March 1956
I.N.D.U.C.K.S. profile

Land Beneath the Ground! is a Scrooge McDuck comic strip story from 1956, written by Carl Barks.

[edit] Plot

Scrooge is worried about earthquakes and is determined to find out what causes them so he and his nephews Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie go underground and meet two types of underground beings known as Terries and Fermies. In an attempt to stop the earth quakes Scrooge steals the trophy but loses his top hat.

Later the Terries and Fermies cause a huge earthquake in Duckburg to make Scrooge and his nephews miserable. Scrooge loses his money for a while until the Terries and Fermies give Scrooge his money back despite the fact they don't like the ducks. In the end The Terries and Fermies keep Scrooge's top hat as their new trophy.

[edit] Sequel

Don Rosa wrote a sequel (of sorts) called The Universal Solvent.

[edit] Other references

There is a DuckTales episode called Earth Quack which is based on the story. The difference is that Donald is not in the cartoon episode and Gyro Gearloose, Mrs. Beakley, Webby Vanderquack, and Duckworth were added.