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Issue Details

Issue #169
Published October 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
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Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 169." Code number is W.W.O.S. #169-4710. Copyright 1947 by Walter Lantz Productions. First Woody Woodpecker Four Color.

Cover Details - "Man Hunter of the North"

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Genre Funny animals; adventure
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

1 page Woody Woodpecker story "Unbottled Ship"

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis Woody buys a ship in a bottle, then somehow removes the ship and takes it and leaves the bottle.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

29 page Woody Woodpecker story "Man Hunter of the North"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; The Fang
Synopsis Alaskan Ranger Woody is sent out to bring in an arch criminal known as The Fang.
Genre Funny animals; adventure
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

20 page Woody Woodpecker story "The Evil Genius"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Reynold Wily
Synopsis A drug turns Woody into a Mr. Hyde. He builds an empire of crime, then comes up with a scheme to take over City Hall and become Mayor.
Genre Funny Animal
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Story concludes on inside back cover in black, red, and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

1 page Woody Woodpecker story "Seeing Double"

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis Woody thinks he's seeing double when a twins convention comes to town.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).