Scrooge's beggar look-alike cousin

[Arthur Faria Jr.]

Gilles:

> I've made a list of all the stories I know in which appear a beggar cousin
of
> Scrooge, according to the stories I know, the commentaries on Inducks, and
> the help of Soren Haagerup :

> S 70121
> B 73095
> S 71333
> S 72293
> S 75080
> S 82120

and also:

B 74350
B 74454

> He is still a beggar and a look-alike cousin, but he never carries the
same
> name (in Denmark: McKluns, tim Tiger, Scamplet Von And, ...), and he
doesn't
> always have the same personnality. do you think I should list them as one
> character, or as many characters?

IMO they are all the same character, reused by several
writers with different names. As Fernando Ventura pointed out,
in Brazil he had two names, "Nadinhas" and "Galtério"
(I prefer the former).

Rob Klein wrote:

> Regarding the lookalike cousin of Scrooge, who is a beggar:  I seem to
recall
> something similar in the early 1960s (or very late 1950s), drawn by Jack
> Bradbury.  It was a story with a bum (beggar) that looked just like
Scrooge.  I
> don't think he was related to Scrooge. I believe it was an S-coded story.
> Perhaps you remember that one, Harry?

If this is the character we are all talking about, then
this is probably his first appearance, and his real
name may be there...

-- Arthur.