A brilliant, if somewhat absent-minded, inventor.
He was created by Carl Barks and debuted in WDC 140.
Gyro's grandfather Ratchet Gearloose first appeared in
The Fantastic River Race
by Carl Barks. Gyro's father Fulton Gearloose appeared
in Life of Scrooge
part 10
by Don Rosa.
In Gold Key and Whitman comics of the 1960s and 1970s, Gyro had a
nephew named Newton.
He (it?) appeared for the first time in
The Cat Box
by Barks.
In the DuckTales episode The Money Vanishes
he appears,
with the name Li'l Bulb
, but in the comics he is Helper
or Little Helper
.
Find the names in other languages for: Gyro Gearloose, Little Helper
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