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Issue Details

Issue #258
Published December 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA and the BALLOON RACE, No. 258." Code number is A.P.O.S. #258-4912. Copyright 1949 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc.

Cover Details - "Andy Panda and the Balloon Race"

Characters Charlie Chicken; Andy Panda
Genre funny animals; adventure
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Charlie story "Safe Passage"

Characters Charlie Chicken
Synopsis Charlie labels a package "dynamite" in order to get traffic to stop so he can cross the street.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Notes Inside front cover; Black, red, and white. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

48 page Andy Panda story "Andy Panda and The Balloon Race"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Professor Gaas Bag
Synopsis A hot air balloon lands in Andy's back yard. In its basket is Professor Gaas Bag, who has been hit over the head by his rivals in a championship long-distance balloon race. He is unable to continue, so he lets Andy and Charlie take his balloon to finish the race.
Genre funny animals; adventure
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Anahid Dinkijian
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

1 page Andy story "The Fruit Salad Tree"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis Andy tries to fool Charlie by tying various types of fruit on a tree in his yard.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

1 page Andy story "The Borrowed Sled"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis Charlie borrows a sled by Andy's garage. After wrecking it, he learns that it was supposed to be a present to him from Andy.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Notes Back cover. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).