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Issue Details

Issue #203
Published January 1954
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Genre funny animal

1 page Mars; Milky Way advertisement "The Same to You...and Many of 'Em!"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Milky Way candy bars.

10 page Woody Woodpecker story "Shiver Valley"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Synopsis Woody and Knothead and Splinter go to Shiver Valley where Woody plans to go into business. However, changeable weather keeps Woody ordering different items that quickly become obsolete.
Genre funny animal

9 page Andy Panda story "Cliff-Dwelling Crook"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis Andy and Charlie go into Indian country to take photographs of cliff-dwellings and run into a crook using the dwellings as a hide-out.
Genre funny animal; western

6 page Oswald the Rabbit story "The Cat Catchers"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis A cat wanders into an atomic testing laboratory and escapes. A reward of $500 is offered for the cat and Oswald and Floyd and Lloyd catch a number of stray cats, none of which is the one wanted.
Genre funny animal

6 page Homer Pigeon story "The Homing Helmet"

Characters Homer Pigeon; Carrie; Red Cardinal
Synopsis Homer's homing instinct is affected by a cold. Red Cardinal gives him a radio-equipped pilot's helmet to let him follow the radio signal. Meanwhile the police are hunting a gang of desperadoes and their radio messages are flooding the airwaves, causing Homer to miss the homing beam. He gets caught in a storm and accidentally leads the police to the gang's hideout.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Veve Risto
Inks Veve Risto

6 page Woody Woodpecker story "The Messenger Test"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Buzz Buzzard
Synopsis Woody and Buzz both apply for a job as a messenger. They are told to return the next morning. That night Buzz fakes a phone call from the messenger service and tells Woody to deliver a dozen eggs to Piker's Peak.
Genre funny animal

2 page Woody Woodpecker text story "Woody and the Snowman"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Buzz Buzzard
Synopsis When Buzz tries to swipe Woody's bag of groceries, Woody hides out in a hollow snowman.
Genre funny animal
Letters Typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations.

6 page Charlie Chicken story "Finding Charlie's Talents"

Characters Charlie Chicken; Prof. Gerbeever
Synopsis Having discovered Charlie has an IQ of zero, Prof. Gerbeever decides to develop Charlie's talents and make a genius of him.
Genre funny animal

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Parents! Give Dell Comic Gift Subscriptions!"

Characters Santa Claus
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for special Christmas gift subscriptions to Dell comics. One-year subscriptions to five Dell titles for $4.00.

Half page Oswald story "Recorded Christmas Carols"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Floyd and Lloyd use a record player when they go caroling.
Genre funny animal

Half page statement of ownership "Statement of Ownership"

Letters typeset
Notes Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953. No circulation figured listed.

1 page Woody story "Termite Tester"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Wally Walrus
Synopsis Woody checks Wally's home for termites by pecking holes in the floors.
Genre funny animal
Notes Inside back cover; color.

1 page Wheaties; Spark Up With Wheaties! advertisement "Spark Up! Fake Out That Pass Defender!" Said Tom Fears

Characters Tom Fears
Synopsis Tips for catching passes in football.
Genre sports
Notes Back cover. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal, featuring end Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams professional football team. Ad includes photo of Fears, with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties!" series.