Editing Scrooge McDuck (section)

=== Final developments ===
''[[A Financial Fable]]'', first published in March 1951, had Scrooge teaching Donald some lessons in productivity as the source of wealth, along with the laws of [[supply and demand]]. Perhaps more importantly, it was also the first story where Scrooge observes how diligent and industrious Huey, Louie, and Dewey are, making them more similar to himself rather than to Donald. In Barks' stories, Donald is depicted as working hard on occasion, but given the choice often proves to be lazy. The three younger nephews first side with Scrooge rather than Donald in this story, with the bond between granduncle and grandnephews strengthening in later stories. However, there have been rare instances where Donald proved invaluable to Scrooge, such as when the group traveled back in time to Ancient Egypt to retrieve a pharaoh's [[papyrus]]. Donald cautions against taking it with him, as no one would believe the story unless it was unearthed. He then buries it and makes a marking point from the [[Nile River]]; Scrooge thinks to himself admiringly, "Donald must have swallowed the {{Sic|[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|hide=yes}}!"

''[[The Beagle Boys|Terror of the Beagle Boys]]'', first published in November 1951, introduced the readers to the Beagle Boys. Although new to the series, Scrooge seems to be already familiar with them. 

''The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill'' introduced Scrooge's [[money bin]], built on Killmotor Hill in the center of Duckburg. In the Ducktales 2017 reboot, the Money Bin is built on an island on Audubon Bay. The island is connected to a small bridge that leads to downtown Duckburg.

By this point, Scrooge had become familiar to readers in the United States and Europe. Other Disney writers and artists, including Italian writer [[Romano Scarpa]], began using Scrooge in their own stories. [[Western Publishing]], then the publisher of North American Disney comics, began thinking about using Scrooge as a protagonist rather than a supporting character, and then decided to launch Scrooge in his own self-titled comic. ''Uncle Scrooge'' #1, featuring the story ''[[Only a Poor Old Man]]'', was published in March 1952. This story, along with ''[[Back to the Klondike]]'', first published a year later in March 1953, became the biggest influences in how Scrooge's character, past, and beliefs would become defined.

After this point, Barks produced most of his longer stories in ''Uncle Scrooge'', with a focus mainly on adventure, while his ten-page stories for [[Walt Disney's Comics and Stories]] continued to feature Donald as the star and focused on comedy. In Scrooge's stories, Donald and his nephews were cast as Scrooge's assistants who accompanied the latter in his adventures around the world. This change of focus from Donald to Scrooge was also reflected in stories by other contemporary writers. Since then, Scrooge remains a central figure of the Duck comics' universe, thus the coining of the term "[[Scrooge McDuck Universe]]".{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}