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Issue Details

Issue #676
Published February 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "WILL-YUM! No. 676." Code number is W-Y O.S. #676-562. Copyright 1955 by John F. Dille Company. First of three Will-Yum! Four Colors. Based on the "Will-Yum!" newspaper strip by Dave Gerard.

Cover Details

Characters Will-Yum
Genre children
Pencils Dave Gerard (signed)
Inks Dave Gerard (signed)

1 page Will-Yum! foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Cast of Characters"

Characters Will-Yum; Elwood; Genius; Sniffy; Skinny; Mary; Madeline
Synopsis Introduction of the characters in story form.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard (signed)
Pencils Dave Gerard (signed)
Inks Dave Gerard (signed)
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

8 page Will-Yum! story "The Secret Five"

Characters Will-Yum; Elwood; Skinny; Sniffy; Mary; Madeline
Synopsis Will-Yum, Elwood, Skinny and Sniffy form a secret club. Mary and Madeline plan a trick on the boys to get them to reveal the "secret" of the club.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page Will-Yum! story "Will-Yum! Cures the Patient"

Characters Will-Yum; Sniffy
Synopsis Will-Yum plays doctor with Sniffy as a patient.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

4 page Will-Yum! story "Madeline Gets Her Man! (Nearly)"

Characters Madeline; Mary; Will-Yum
Synopsis Madeline and Mary try to get Will-Yum to play house with them.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

7 page Will-Yum! story "The Runaways"

Characters Will-Yum; Skinny
Synopsis Skinny coaxes Will-Yum to run away from home with him, but Will-Yum's mother convinces the two to go camping instead.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

7 page Will-Yum! story "The Big Race"

Characters Will-Yum; Genius; Sniffy
Synopsis Under Genius's direction, Will-Yum and Sniffy build a fast soap box derby car--that doesn't have any brakes!
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Will-Yum! story "The Ice Cream Man"

Characters Will-Yum; Sniffy; Elwood; Mary; Madeline
Synopsis Will-Yum gets a job at the drugstore selling ice cream cones, but his generosity puts the store out of business.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Will-Yum! and Whizzer story "Wet Paint"

Characters Will-Yum; Whizzer (dog)
Synopsis Will-Yum and Whizzer have to see for themselves if a "wet paint" sign is correct.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard (signed)
Pencils Dave Gerard (signed)
Inks Dave Gerard (signed)
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."