sentences:  The first story to feature the Beagle Boys in a major role is "Only a Poor Old Man" ("Uncle Scrooge" #1, March 1952), which serves as a template for virtually all future Beagle Boys appearances, and establishes them as a serious threat to Scrooge's fortune.In the same story they are called ""the most awful gang of crooks in the country"" by Donald Duck.This most often manifests with them cleverly coming up with various and elaborate schemes to try to break into and steal from Scrooge McDuck's well secured Money Bin.