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Issue Details

Issue #297
Published October 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA in THE HAUNTED INN, No. 297." Code number is A.P.O.S. #297-5010. Copyright 1950 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc.

Cover Details - "The Haunted Inn"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis Ghosts coming out of a pirate chest.
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 "Hmm--B.A.--M.A.-Ph.D. Quite an impressive record, Mr. Quavish--but this job requires an exceptional man--"

Characters Andy Panda
Synopsis Andy interviews applicants to man a store's complaint department.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Suzanne Seaborne
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

24 page Andy Panda story "The Haunted Inn"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Welson Oars; Polly (parrot)
Synopsis Andy and Charlie get lost while on a drive and take refuge from a storm in a spooky old inn. They inadvertently sign a contract to purchase the place and become the new owners. Strange things start happening when their first guest checks in.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes The character "Welson Oars" is a parody of Orson Welles. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

4 page Andy Panda story "This new job will be fun, eh, Andy?"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis Andy and Charlie get a job pasting up posters for Ginger Cola.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dick Hall
Notes Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

20 page Andy Panda story The Skyscraper Sign Job; first line: "Swell day, huh, Charlie?"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis Andy and Charlie get a job painting a sign on the side of a skyscraper.
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 Pancake Knight"

Characters Andy Panda
Synopsis Andy dons a helmet to protect his head while flipping pancakes.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Andy story "Andy! Quick! Hurry!"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis A broken water pipe is flooding Andy's basement.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).