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Issue Details

Issue #428
Published October 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 428". Code number is U.W.O.S. #428-5210. Copyright 1952 by Howard Garis. Seventh of nine Uncle Wiggily Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Uncle Wiggily; Pokey Turtle
Genre funny animal
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Cubby Bear and Uncle Butch story "Leaky Roof"

Characters Cubby Bear; Uncle Butch Bear
Synopsis Uncle Butch goes out in the middle of a rainstorm to patch his roof, but it still leaks.
Genre funny animal
Script Roger Garis ?
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Script, pencils, ink, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Uncle Wiggily story "Sammy is Kidnaped"

Characters Uncle Wiggily; Sammy; the Bad Chaps (Bobby Bobcat; Fuzzy Fox); Pokey Turtle; Nurse Jane
Synopsis Uncle Wiggily sends Sammy to the north field to bring back some pumpkins for a pie. Sammy takes a short cut through the woods where he is captured by the Bad Chaps (Bobby and Fuzzy). Wiggily and Pokey Turtle come to rescue Sammy, but find that he has already escaped. After getting some pumpkins, Wiggily, Pokey, and Sammy head home, only to run into the Bad Chaps again.
Genre funny animal
Script Roger Garis ?
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Uncle Wiggily story "Frog Jumping Contest"

Characters Uncle Wiggily; Sammy; Shaggy Wolf; Freddie Frog; Eenie Wolverine; Butch Bear; Buzzy Bee
Synopsis Freddie Frog is set to win the Woodland Cup Frog-Jumping contest, but Eenie Wolverine brings in "Muscles," the champion of nearby Sassafrass County, to get bragging rights. Muscles sets a new record with his jump, but some strategy and a well-placed bee help Freddie win the title.
Genre funny animal
Script Roger Garis ?
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page Uncle Wiggily story "Butch Bear's House-warming Party"

Characters Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Butch Bear; Eenie Wolverine; Possie; Flattail Beaver; Sheriff Mole
Synopsis Uncle Wiggily cleans the attic and piles a bunch of old furniture in the yard. Butch Bear is building a new house, so Wiggily decides that he'll have a house-warming party for him and people can bring the old furniture as gifts. While Wiggily helps Butch build his house, Eenie Wolverine and Possie take the furniture and sell it to the neighbors to take to the party.
Genre funny animal
Script Roger Garis ?
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Vic Lockman
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Cubby Bear and Uncle Butch story "Burning Biscuits"

Characters Cubby Bear; Uncle Butch Bear; Uncle Butter; Grandpa Chuck; Shaggy Wolf
Synopsis The neighbors mistake the smoke from Shaggy Wolf's burned biscuits for a house fire.
Genre funny animal
Script Roger Garis ?
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Uncle Wiggily story "Home from Carnival"

Characters Uncle Wiggily; Sammy
Synopsis Uncle Wiggily uses some balloons to help get Sammy home after he falls asleep after a day at a carnival.
Genre funny animal
Script Roger Garis ?
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Back cover; color. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)