A Cold Bargain

Uncle Scrooge
A Cold Bargain

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Story code: W US   17-02
Title: A Cold Bargain
Hero(es): Uncle Scrooge
Pages: 26 3/4
Layout: 4 rows per page
Appearances: Donald Duck, Huey Dewey and Louie, Uncle Scrooge [show character portraits]
Writing: Carl Barks
Art: Carl Barks
Date of first publication: March 1957
Date the story was created: August 2, 1956

Referred to in
  article: Was macht in Entenhausen ein Tier zum Tier? - Über "Fragwürdiger Einkauf" (Qde/MBIB 25H), Kold krig – varmt hjerte (Qdk/CBSV 15K), Carl Barks i fineste form (Qdk/GB 4), Bombastium-aamiainen avaruusankkojen kanssa Atlantiksessa (Qfi/ALP 4J), Barks vai Marx? - Barksin ja uudempien ankkasarjojen politiikkaa ja politisointia (Qfi/ALP 19C), Kylmä kauppa (Qfi/RS2002-10C), Carl Barks 75 vuotta (Qfi/SI1976-01B), Disney kieltää Barksin sarjoja! (Qfi/SI1984-03B), Picsou découvre la générosité (Qfr/PM 265A), Ciao, Minnotchka! Ovvero: tempi duri per la Scarpazia... (Qit/CART100A), Fumetti e Guerra Fredda (Qit/CTS 2K), Il mistero del Bombastium (Qit/CTS 9E), Minaccia su Paperopoli (Qit/CTS 17F), Geografia e fantasia (Qit/CTS 23C), Con i paperi tra satira e filosofia (Qit/DPCS 13A), Le storie: Zio Paperone e il tesoro sottozero/Zio Paperone - Soltanto un decino (Qit/DPCS 13B), La storia: Paperino danzatore a lungometraggio (Qit/DPCS 28D), Con i Paperi tra i ghiacci e sotto i mari a caccia di tesori (Qit/GCD 219A), Penne e piume surgelate (Qit/PM 222d), Anche gli avari hanno un cuore... (Qit/ZP 7A), Zio Paperone e la fantageografia (Qit/ZP 149C), Cold War, Warm Heart (Qus/LICU 17A), The Long Arm of Brutopia (Qus/LICU 17B), The Trillion-Dollar Ball (Qus/US 215B)
  cover: A Cold Bargain (ARC GCA 24), ARC LICU 17 , ARC US 215 , Die Bombastium-Expedition (GC LTBN 53), IC ZP 86 , IC ZP 86B
  illustration: ARC LICU 17C , FC PM 384D
  illustration: Scrooge McDuck's Greatest Treasures (D 22796), Roope Ankan aarteet 10: Ihmeaine bombastium (XFC RS2002-10B)
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story rated 8.8/10 with 46 votes (rank: 35)

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Description

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submitted to COA history	Uncle Scrooge goes to an auction where he buys the world's entire supply of bombastium. It has to be kept frozen or it will melt. He goes to the south pole, the only safe place for it, to keep it there until scientists find a use for it.

	US takes a mysterious frozen ball to the South Pole
In other languages
Danish	Ænderne bringer en kugle af et mystisk, frossent grundstof, bombastium, til Antarktis
French by duckstories history	Picsou entre par hasard dans une salle des ventes où les prix s'envolent pour acheter le stock mondial de bombonium qui tient dans une petite boule convoitée notamment par un homme venant de Brutopie

Publications

Australia

Giant (G Series) 85 (1957) A Cold Bargain
Giant (G Series) 358 (1965) idem

Belgium

Mickey Magazine (Albums) 18(part 1) 18(part 2) 18(part 3) 18(part 4) 18(part 5) 18(part 6) 18(part 7) 18(part 8) 18(part 9) 18(part 10) 18(part 11) 18(part 12) 18(part 13) 18(part 14)
Mickey Magazine 447 (1959)(part 1)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 447 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 1) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 448(part 2)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 448 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 2) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 449(part 3)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 449 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 3) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 450(part 4)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 450 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 4) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 451(part 5)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 451 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 5) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 452(part 6)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 452 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 6) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 453(part 7)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 453 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 7) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 454(part 8)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 454 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 8) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 455(part 9)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 455 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 9) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 456(part 10)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 456 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 10) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 457(part 11)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 457 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 11) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 458(part 12)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 458 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 12) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 459(part 13)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 459 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 13) [1 pg.]
Mickey Magazine 460(part 14)
Mickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 460 (1959) Bombastium bij opbod(part 14) [1 pg.]

Brazil

O Pato Donald 342 (1958) O Elemento mais Raro do Mundo(part 1) [9 pg.] 343(part 2) [9 pg.] 344(part 3) [8+ pg.]
Tio Patinhas 23 (1967) idem
O Melhor da Disney 8 (2004) idem

Chile

Tío Rico 8 (1966) Un negocio frío [27 pg.]

Denmark

Guldbog 4 p. 067 (1987) En koldblodig investering
Anders And & Co. 1998B15 (1998) idem
Carl Barks' Samlede Værker 15 p. 233 (2006) A Cold Bargain

Finland

Aku Ankan Taskukirja 50 p. 073 (1980) Roopen kylmä kauppa [36 pg.]
Aku Ankan Juhlasarjat 6 p. 062 (1996) Kylmä kauppa
Carl Barksin kootut 15 p. 233 (2008) A Cold Bargain

France

Le Journal de Mickey (Albums) 49 Le bonbonium de l'Oncle Picsou [12 pg.]
Les Belles Histoires Walt Disney (nouvelle série) 81 (1960) Oncle Harpagon prend des risques(part 1) [8 pg.] 82(part 2) [8 pg.] 83(part 3) [10 pg.]
Le Journal de Mickey 964 (1970) Le bonbonium de l'Oncle Picsou [12 pg.]
Picsou Magazine 265 (1994) La bonne affaire
Picsou Magazine 384 (2004) Une affaire de glace

Germany

Micky Maus 1960-12 (1960) Fragwürdiger Einkauf (MM-Beilage 3)(part 1) [8 pg.] 1960-13(part 2) [8 pg.] 1960-14(part 3) [8 pg.] 1960-15(part 4) [8 pg.] 1960-16(part 5) [8 pg.] 1960-17(part 6) [8 pg.] 1960-18(part 7) [8 pg.]
Micky Maus Beilagen (60er Jahre) 3 (1960) Fragwürdiger Einkauf [53+ pg.]
Lustiges Taschenbuch 53 (1978) Onkel Dagobert und das Bombastium [36+ pg.]
Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 116 (1991) Fragwürdiger Einkauf
Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 116 (1997) idem
Lustiges Taschenbuch (Neuauflagen mit neuen Titeln und Titelbildern ab 1997) 53 (1998) Die Bombastium-Expedition [36+ pg.]
Barks Library Special Onkel Dagobert 12 (2000) Fragwürdiger Einkauf
marebibliothek 25 (2006) idem
Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 12A idem
Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 12C idem
Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 19 idem
Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 27B idem
Mammut Comics 6B Onkel Dagobert und das Bombastium [36+ pg.]

Greece

Κόμιξ 9 (1989) Κατεψυγμένο Κελεπούρι

Italy

Topolino (libretto) 173 (1957) Paperone e il tesoro sotto zero [36 pg.]
I Classici di Walt Disney (prima serie) 6 (1961) idem [36 pg.]
I Classici di Walt Disney (seconda serie) 5 (1977) idem [36 pg.]
Complete Carl Barks 17 (1980)
Paperino di Barks collezione ANAF 28 (1986) Zio Paperone e il tesoro sottozero
Zio Paperone 7 (1988) Zio Paperone - Il tesoro sottozero
Zio Paperone 86 (1996) Zio Paperone e il tesoro sottozero
Zio Paperone (ristampa) 7 (2001) Zio Paperone - Il tesoro sottozero
Paperino Mese 264 (2002) Paperone e il tesoro sotto zero [36 pg.]
I Grandi Classici Disney 219 (2005) idem [36 pg.]
Topolino Story (Corriere della Sera) 9 (2005) Paperone e il tesoro sottozero [36 pg.]
La grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 13 (2008) Zio Paperone e il tesoro sottozero
Raccolta Zio Paperone 14 idem

Netherlands

Donald Duck en andere verhalen 7 (1962) Het koude koopje
Donald Duck 1983-07 (1983) Bombarie om bombastium(part 1) [11 pg.] 1983-08(part 2) [8 pg.] 1983-09(part 3) [7+ pg.]
De beste verhalen van Donald Duck 60 (1989) idem
Alle klassieke verhalen 10 (1992) idem
Donald Duck Collectie 16 (2002) idem

Norway

Gullbok 4 (1987) Iskalde forretninger
Donald Duck & Co 1998B15 (1998) idem
Carl Barks samlede verk 15 (2006) "A Cold Bargain"

Sweden

Kalle Anka Guldbok 4 (1987) En iskall affär
Carl Barks samlade verk 15 (2006) “A Cold Bargain”

United Kingdom

Giant Super Mag 1 (1964) A Cold Bargain [panel 1 on page 26 and panel 3,4,5,6 on page 27 are missing]

USA

Uncle Scrooge 17 (1957) A Cold Bargain
Carl Barks Library (hardcover, b/w) 3 p. 635 (1984) idem
Uncle Scrooge 215 (1986) idem
Gladstone Comic Album 24 (1989) idem
Gladstone Leather Bound Hardcover Comic Albums 5 (1989) idem
The Adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck in Color 17 (1997) idem
Walt Disney's Comics in Color 2nd album series 3 (1998) idem

Italy, TL 173

Germany, MMB 3

Chile, TR 8

USA, US 215

Greece, KX 9

Netherlands, BV 60

Germany, TGDDZ 116

External link
Carl Barks guidebook

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