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Issue Details

Issue #1177
Published April-June 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz CHILLY WILLY, No. 1177." Code number is CHILLY WILLY O.S. #[illegible]. Copyright 1961 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Cover Details

Characters Chilly Willy
Genre funny animal
Pencils John Carey ?
Inks John Carey ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz CHILLY WILLY, No. 1177." Code number is CHILLY WILLY O.S. #[illegible]. Copyright 1961 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Chilly Willy story "Solo Catch"

Characters Chilly Willy; Ping; Pong; Sammy Seal
Synopsis Nobody wants to play catch with Chilly.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Letters Vivie Risto
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page Chilly Willy story "Stick-to-Itness"

Characters Chilly Willy; Cap'n Didd (villain)
Synopsis Chilly is fishing on an ice floe when a pirate submarine surfaces under it.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Letters Vivie Risto
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

6 page Chilly Willy story "The Grow Getters"

Characters Chilly Willy; Sammy Seal; Bully Bear
Synopsis Chilly and Sammy try to convince Bully Bear that a driftwood branch will grow into a tree.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Letters Vivie Risto
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

6 page Chilly Willy story "The Missing Lamp Mystery"

Characters Chilly Willy; Bully Bear
Synopsis Chilly orders a sun lamp. Bully Bear steals it and uses it to melt holes in igloos in order to steal items.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Letters Vivie Risto
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

6 page Chilly Willy story "Premiere Performance"

Characters Chilly Willy; Patty Penguin
Synopsis Chilly takes Patty to the premiere performance of the Arctic movie theater, but the outlaw Penguin Gang has robbed the mail sled and taken the films. Chilly pretends to join the gang so he can lead the police to the gang's hide-out.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Letters Vivie Risto
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

7 page Chilly Willy story "Twister Fixer"

Characters Chilly Willy; Waldo Whale; Cool Fairy; Weather Witch; Pilfy Bear
Synopsis Pilfy Bear finds a page from the Weather Witch's book of spells and learns how to make tornadoes. Chilly has to find a way to stop him from using the tornadoes for a crime spree.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Letters Vivie Risto
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Chilly Willy story "Friendly Holdup"

Characters Chilly Willy; Patty Penguin
Synopsis Patty knits a scarf for Chilly, but it's so long that he needs the knitting needles to pin it up.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Notes Pantomime story. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Chilly Willy story "Dish Pan Blues"

Characters Chilly Willy
Synopsis Chilly tries to wash his dishes outdoors, but it's so cold the water freezes.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Chilly Willy story "Sea Sawyer"

Characters Chilly Willy
Synopsis The old cartoon gag about sawing a hole in the ice, but having the surrounding ice sink while the ice circle stays afloat.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Vivie Risto
Inks Vivie Risto
Notes Back cover; pantomime story.