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Issue Details

Issue #761
Published January 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "HOWDY DOODY, No. 761." Code number is H.D.O.S. #761-571. Copyright 1956 by California National Productions, Inc. Based on the "Howdy Doody" TV series created by Bob Smith. Continued from Howdy Doody (Dell, 1950 series) #38 (July-September 1956).

Cover Details

Characters Howdy Doody
Genre Children
Pencils Mel Crawford ?; David Gantz ?
Notes Mel Crawford art credit from Karl Wilcox (January 28, 2008). David Gantz art credit from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Clarabell story "Packing for Airplane Trip"

Characters Howdy Doody; Clarabell
Synopsis Howdy asks Clarabell to pack a bag for an airplane trip.
Genre Children
Script Edward Kean
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page Howdy Doody story "A Big Day at the Zoo"

Characters Howdy Doody; Phineas T. Bluster
Synopsis A chimpanzee escapes from the Doodyville Zoo and raises havoc in town.
Genre Children
Script Edward Kean
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page Heidi Doody story "Taffy Trap"

Characters Heidi Doody; Howdy Doody; Flub-a-Dub
Synopsis Howdy sets a trap to catch Heidi's cookie thief.
Genre Children
Script Edward Kean
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page Dilly Dally story "Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie"

Characters Dilly Dally
Synopsis Dilly buys a uranium detector...but the hobby shop sold him an egg timer by mistake. After he has already dug up his back yard, he turns it into an ice skating rink.
Genre Children
Script Edward Kean ?
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Flub-a-Dub story "Wallpapering"

Characters Flub-a-Dub
Synopsis Flub-a-Dub tries hanging wallpaper but is all thumbs. So he decides to paint the wall instead.
Genre Children
Script Edward Kean ?
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page Dilly Dally story "Haste Makes Waste"

Characters Dilly Dally; Flub-a-Dub
Synopsis Dilly and the Flub-a-Dub compete for a job at the grocery store.
Genre Children
Script Edward Kean
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

5 page Princess Summerfall Winterspring story "The Thunder and Lightning Wars"

Characters Princess Summerfall Winterspring; Inspector John J. Fidoozle
Synopsis When the Inspector hears two Indian tribes are planning a war, he doesn't realize that it's a price-cutting war with the cheap souvenir shop on the reservation.
Genre Children
Script Edward Kean
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Clarabell story "Football on TV"

Characters Clarabell
Synopsis Clarabell buys a TV set to watch the football game.
Genre Children
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

1 page Inspector John J. Fidoozle illustration "The Inspector"

Characters Inspector John J. Fidoozle
Genre Children
Pencils David Gantz (painting)
Inks David Gantz (painting)
Colors David Gantz (painting)
Notes Back cover. In other media/merchandise, the Inspector's last name is spelled Fedoozle (the correct spelling). Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)