Gideon McDuck

Gideon McDuck (Gedeone de' Paperoni in original Italian) is Donald Duck's uncle and Scrooge McDuck's younger brother, and mainly appears in Italian comic stories. Gideon is the editor of "The Cricket", the most credible newspaper in Duckburg. Gideon also has an antagonistic relationship with his brother Scrooge, who is jealous of his brother's success. Gideon was introduced in the 1956 comic Paperino e i gamberi in salmì. In this story, he had a major role, trying to find out the story behind a kidnapping for his newspaper, for which he employed his nephew Donald. The story was written and drawn by master Duck artist Romano Scarpa, who reused Gideon on multiple occasions.

Throughout the years, Gideon has become one of the recurring members of the Duck family and was used by various artists. Gideon often employs his relatives, such as his nephews Donald, Gladstone and Sgrizzo. In Gideon's latest appearances, such as the 2013 comic Paperetta Yè-Yè e il verde paese, Dickie Duck, Glittering Goldie's granddaughter, works for him. Notably, Gideon wasn't shown on Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree. However, on Giovan Battista Carpi's Duck Family Tree which was published a year later and is notable for containing a great variety of characters, such as Titus McDuck, Grandpa Duck and Humperdink Duck, Gideon was present.

Background
Gideon's existence is inconsistent with Carl Barks's view of Scrooge as presented in "The Old Castle's Secret". In this story, Scrooge states that he is the last of the Clan McDuck. It has been purposed that he could be an illegitimate son of Fergus McDuck born somewhere between the death of Fergus' wife and Fergus' own death, which would mean that Scrooge is the last legitimate McDuck and that Gideon would be considered the last of Fergus' five children and a younger half-brother of Rumpus McFowl, Scrooge McDuck, Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck. However, this still remains a theory, as it was never told in any Disney source.