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Issue Details

Issue #280
Published June 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA in THE ISLE OF MECHANICAL MEN, No. 280. Code number is A.P.O.S. #280-506. Copyright 1950 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc.

Cover Details - "The Isle of Mechanical Men"

Characters Andy Panda; Hiram (robot); Charlie Chicken
Synopsis Hiram the robot leading Charlie on a leash and collar.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Andy story "The Triumphant Mosquito"

Characters Andy Panda
Synopsis First line: "Cough! Cough!"
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

24 page Andy Panda story "The Isle of Mechanical Men"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Hiram (robot); Professor; Rocky
Synopsis A tornado snatches Andy and Charlie while they are fishing and deposits them on a strange island. The island is the hideout of an old professor and his helper Rocky. The professor is in the process of creating a robot army to conquer the world. With the assistance of Hiram, a rebel robot, Andy and Charlie cause the robot army to destroy itself.
Genre funny animals; science fiction
Pencils Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

24 page Andy Panda story "Charlie Has Sleeping Sickness"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Doc Walrus; Doc Woodpecker
Synopsis Charlie comes down with a case of sleeping sickness and Andy has to take him to Africa so he can be bitten by a Tsetse Fly as a cure. (The first bite causes the sickness and the second one is an antidote, according to this story.) In Africa they meet Doc Woodpecker, who provides the cure.
Genre funny animals; adventure
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Suzanne Seaborne
Notes Doc Woodpecker is identical in appearance to Woody Woodpecker, but the characters interact like they've never met before. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Andy story "How to Cure Insomnia"

Characters Andy Panda
Synopsis First line: "730-731-732-733-734-"
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Suzanne Seaborne
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Andy story "Getting the Right Size for a Dog Collar"

Characters Andy Panda
Synopsis First line: "Gee whiz! I wish people would stop bothering me!"
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Suzanne Seaborne
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).