The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion is a 2006 trade paperback by Don Rosa, originally published by Gemstone Publishing for The Walt Disney Company. As the title suggests, it is a companion book to The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck trade paperback that was released the previous year. It was later reprinted by Boom! Studios on November 9, 2010.
== Publication history ==
Most of these stories were originally published during Gladstone Publishing's second run with the Disney comic license, except for The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut, The Prisoner of White Agony Creek, and The Dream of a Lifetime. The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark was the last story Don Rosa did before Gladstone went out of business.
All previously printed stories are from issues of Uncle Scrooge, except for Hearts of the Yukon, which was printed in Walt Disney Giant #1. The Prisoner of White Agony Creek, notably Rosa's last new story, was the only story that was not previously printed in an American comic book.
Although The Dream of a Lifetime and The Last Sled to Dawson were not actually published as part of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, they were included in the compilation because they deal with Scrooge when he was younger.
When Fantagraphics published a hardcover collection of the stories (as The Complete Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Volume 2) in 2019, Last Sled to Dawson was included in its entirety, and The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter From Home, which serves as an epilogue to the series, was added. However, Rosa's commentary on each story was removed.
== Stories ==
Chapter title 	Chapternumber	Original US printing 	Summary
Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies 	0 	Uncle Scrooge #297 	Magica goes back in time to steal Scrooge's Number One Dime before he gets the chance to earn it.
The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark 	3B 	Uncle Scrooge #318 	Scrooge goes to Indonesia where he tries to sell a bunch of bulls to a sultan but a rival sultan steals them and he has to get them back with help from his old friend Rachet Gearloose.
The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff 	6B 	Uncle Scrooge #306 	Scrooge goes to the west and shares an adventure with his uncle Angus Pothole McDuck and a bunch of western heroes who include Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Geronimo, and PT Barnum.
The Prisoner of White Agony Creek 	8B 	N/A 	This story tells what happened after Scrooge took Goldie O'Gilt to his claim in White Agony Creek and he is encountered by Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Judge Roy Bean as well as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Hearts of the Yukon 	8C 	Walt Disney Giant #1 	Scrooge is falsely accused of tracking mud and he gets his claim rescinded by Sam Steele and he has to confront Goldie O'Gilt about it.
The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut 	10B 	Uncle Scrooge #332 	Scrooge and his sisters are in Panama and they meet Teddy Roosevelt and have an adventure with him.
The Last Sled to Dawson (flashback excerpt) 	N/A 	Uncle Scrooge Adventures #5	Scrooge loses a dogsled.
The Dream of a Lifetime 	N/A 	Uncle Scrooge #329 	The Beagle Boys steal a dream making invention from Gyro Gearloose and use it to invade Scrooge's dreams. Donald has to go into Scrooge's dreams to get them out of there and they chase each other through different chapters of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.
Note: As of 2023, this story has now been removed from circulation.
The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter From Home	N/A 	Uncle Scrooge #342 	Scrooge and his family return to Castle McDuck to find the treasure of the Knights Templar... and Scrooge finds something better - closure.
Note: This story was not included in previous releases; it was added in Fantagraphics' Complete Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Volume 2.
 
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