Editing Beagle Boys (section)

===Other comics===
[[File:Walt Disney The Beagle Boys.jpeg|thumb|left|230px|''The Beagle Boys'' #3 (1966).]]
From 1964 to 1979 the Beagle Boys had their own comic book title, ''The Beagle Boys'', published by [[Gold Key Comics]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Wells |first=John |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960–64 |date=2015 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490458 |page=192}}</ref> which continued from 1979 to 1980 under the name ''The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge''.

In all comics, the individual Beagle Boys are referred to by their prison numbers as per Barks's convention. In addition to Barks's and Rosa's claim that the Beagle Boys do not know their names, the Beagle Boys-centric comic ''Being Donald Duck'' (2003) by Olaf Moriarty Solstrand adds that the Beagle Boys do not know their mother's name either, only her number. The Beagle Boys' prison numbers are indicated on the tags seen on the chests of their distinctive orange or red turtleneck sweaters. The original depictions by Barks in American comics most often showed the Beagle Boys with orange sweaters. European comics recolored these same Barks drawings to show Beagle Boys in red sweaters. Subsequent European comic depictions of the Beagle Boys by artists other than Barks also showed them in red sweaters, as did the ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' cartoons.

[[File:Italian Grandpa Beagle.jpg|thumb|180px|Grandpa Beagle as seen in the Italian comic books.]]
In later years, especially in Europe, they appear in the comics as a trio, alongside cousins and other relatives of various talents as spin-off characters. Most notably are the Beagle Brats, the Beagle Boys' three preteen nephews created by [[Tony Strobl]] and Steve Steere in ''That Motherly Feeling'' (''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' No. 299, 1965). They mirror criminal versions of [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie|Scrooge's three nephews]] and have the prison numbers 1, 2, and 3. Another prominent relative is Intellectual-176 (or I-176, for short), the Beagle Boys' cousin who acts as the brains of the Beagle clan. He wears a mortar-board cap and glasses over his black bandit mask and has the prison number "I-176". I-176 was created by Pete Alvarado and first appeared in ''The Crown Jewel Job'' (''The Beagle Boys'' No. 7, 1967).

The Beagle Boys generally live in a small tumbledown hide-out in Duckburg; in 1970s American-produced stories, their pet cat Ratty often lived there as well. In the Italian stories, they live in a [[travel trailer]] and are sometimes accompanied by their pet [[dachshund]], Ottoperotto, who shares their criminal mindset, but is often overcome with Ottoperotto's constant, voracious appetite.

Sometimes they team up with other villains such as Magica De Spell, [[Pete (Disney)|Black Pete]], [[Mad Madam Mim]], or hire out their services to [[Flintheart Glomgold]], [[John D. Rockerduck]], and Jolly Ollie Eiderduck.<ref>''Christmas in Duckburg'', 1958, written by [[Bob Gregory (comics)|Bob Gregory]] and drawn by [[Carl Barks]]</ref> During these occasions, they continue to operate out of their own interests rather than their employers'.

Many other authors use a character purely based on ''The Money Well'' version as the Beagle Boys' grandfather. In particular, Italian authors use a "Grandpa Beagle" who differs from Blackheart in being much skinnier and constantly smoking a pipe. Unlike his grandsons, he is highly intelligent and appears as their cunning and capable leader, hatching devious plans. The Italian version of Grandpa Beagle has the word "GRAZIA" (which means "pardon" in Italian) where his prison number should be. When his stories are translated for the US, "GRAZIA" is replaced with "186–802", his prison number in Western stories.

Sometimes the Beagle Boys antagonize [[Super Goof]], [[Mickey Mouse]], or some other characters from [[Walt Disney]]'s comic books.