Gyro Gearloose

Gyro Gearloose
Donald Duck character
First appearance"Gladstone's Terrible Secret" in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #140 (May 1952)
Created byCarl Barks
Voiced by
AliasDr. Gearloose, Professor Gearloose
SpeciesChicken
GenderMale
Significant otherMatilda (girlfriend)
RelativesFulton Gearloose (father)
Sonia Pardalto (mother)
Ratchet Gearloose (grandfather)
Martha Bird (grandmother)
Copernico Gearloose (great-grandfather)
Anastasia Anatryn (great-grandmother)
Cartesio Gearloose (great-granduncle)
Newton Gearloose (nephew)

Gyro Gearloose (/ˈr ˈɡɪərls/ JY-roh GHEER-looss) is a cartoon character created in 1952 by Carl Barks for Disney comics. An anthropomorphic chicken, he is part of the Donald Duck universe, appearing in comic book stories as a friend of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and anyone who is associated with them. He was also featured in the animated series DuckTales. Gyro first appeared in the Carl Barks comic "Gladstone's Terrible Secret" (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #140, May 1952), and was the regular lead character in 4-page backup stories in Barks' issues of Uncle Scrooge, starting with issue #13 (March 1956) and continuing through #41 (March 1963).[2]

  1. ^ "Donald Duck Goin' Quackers". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  2. ^ "Gyro Gearloose - Index". Inducks. Retrieved 3 December 2019.