| GENUS PEDIGREE: |
Pignose |
| KNOWN ALIASES: |
'Porkman de Lardo' (U$ #39), a.k.a. 'P. J. McBrine' (DD #54), a.k.a. 'Scalpnick' (U$ #52), a.k.a. 'John the Con' (U$ #65). |
| KNOWN RELATIVES: |
Angus McSwine; Agnes McSwine and Boaregard Q. Swinekopf (cousins). |
| KNOWN PETS: |
unknown
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| CITIZENSHIP: |
Duckburg, USA.
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| KNOWN CONFIDANTS: |
unknown
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| KNOWN RIVALS: |
Donald Duck; Uncle $crooge.
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| PARAPHERNALIA: |
unknown |
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| 1st PRINT APPEARANCE: |
"Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" #57 (reprinted in WDC #550 - Aug. 1990) in "Donald the Milkman" . |
| 1st FILM APPEARANCE: |
"DuckTales" episode "Spies In Their Eyes" (Dec. 25, 1987- called Victor Luzer).
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| VOICE ACTOR: |
Bernie Kopell (Argus under the alias "Victor Luzer").
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| SIGNATURE: |
unknown
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| BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: |
Argus McSwine is a recurring antagonist in Donald Duck's life. Their relationship is similar to that of Donald and Neighbor Jones (only Argus does not live next door to Donald like Jones does, but apparently does live somewhere in Duckburg). Argus, along with his cousins, Angus McSwine; Agnes McSwine and Boaregard Q. Swinekopf, are all members of the infamous McSwine Clan (as reported in "Uncle Scrooge" #247 by then Editor Bob Foster). |
| HISTORICAL FACTS: |
Though McSwine has apparently used many names in his encounters with Donald, he has a very distinct temperament and appearance. ." His first appearance was in "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" #57 (reprinted in WDC #550 - Aug. 1990) in "Donald the Milkman" and later in US #239 in "The Aberdeen flash," US #271 in "The Secret of the Stone," DDAD #1 in "The Vintage Vandal," US #243 in "The Carpocanth," US #249 in "The Puffer," US #257 in "Coffee, Louie or Me?," US #300 posing with first dime, US #41 (reprinted in US #98, US #174, US #256) in "The Status Seeker," US #44 (reprinted in US #113, USA #11) in "The Crown of the Mayas," US #52 (reprinted in US #85, US #152) in "The Great Wig Mystery," US #55 (reprinted in US #121, USA #1) in "McDuck of Arabia," US #57 (reprinted in US #123, US #258) in "The Swamp of No Return" and in US #65 (reprinted in US #130, USA #15) in "Micro-Ducks from Outer Space." McSwine is also frequently used in European Disney Comics. |
| LITTLE KNOWN SECRETS: |
unknown |
| WORKING THEORIES: |
unknown |
Argus McSwine 