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Issue Details

Issue #543
Published March 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 543." Code number is U.W.O.S. #542-543. (Code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1954 by Howard R. Garis. Last Uncle Wiggily Four Color issue.

Cover Details

Characters Uncle Wiggily
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 "Harnessing Cubby's Energy"

Characters Cubby Bear; Butch Bear
Synopsis Butch tries to find something to keep Cubby occupied.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

14 page Uncle Wiggily story "The Golden Totem Poles"

Characters Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Eenie Q. Wolverine; Flattail Beaver; Butch Bear
Synopsis Eenie Q. Wolverine has an old Indian map that shows two golden totem poles are buried underneath Wiggily's house. He convinces Wiggily that the dam behind his house is cracked and that he should move his house immediately.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Uncle Wiggily story "The Unlucky Coin"

Characters Uncle Wiggily; Sammy; Pokey Turtle; Shaggy Wolf; The Bad Chaps [Fuzzy Fox; Bobby Bobcat]
Synopsis When Shaggy and Pokey fight over a nickel, Wiggily seeks to solve the problem by hiding the coin so that whoever finds it first is the owner.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Uncle Wiggily story "The Egg Thieves"

Characters Uncle Wiggily; Uncle Butter; Possie Possum; Roscoe Rooster; Grandpa Chuck; Butch Bear (cameo); Eenie Q. Wolverine (cameo); Scillery Scallery Alligator (villain); Muscles the Frog (villain)
Synopsis Wiggily has to find out who is stealing eggs from Roscoe Rooster's chicken yard.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Bill Weaver
Inks Bill Weaver
Letters Bill Weaver
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)