Land Beneath the Ground!

Infobox Comic
name = Land Beneath the Ground!


image_caption =
code = W US 13-02
title_orig =
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 = August 18, 1955
first = Uncle Scrooge #13
March 1956
inducks_id = W+US+++13-02

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

Plot

Scrooge is worried about earthquakes damaging his money bin 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.

equel

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

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.

This comic was later printed in Gladstone Comic Album #6, Uncle Scrooge Adventures #28 and Carl Barks Greatest Duck Tales Stories Volume 1.

External links

*Inducks comic|W+US+++13-02
* [http://www.seriesam.com/barks/comicsus012.html#ccus_us0013-02 "Land Beneath the Ground!"] in Carl Barks guidebook