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Issue Details

Issue #272
Published October 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia and cover title is "WALTER LANTZ NEW TV FUNNIES"

Cover Details

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Genre funny animal
Notes Indicia and cover title is "WALTER LANTZ NEW TV FUNNIES"

1 page "Fresh up" Freddie Says: advertisement "What does a hot test pilot drink for a quick, refreshing lift?"

Characters "Fresh up" Freddie
Synopsis Freddie is a jet plane test pilot.
Genre funny animal
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad in comic form for 7-Up soft drink. Part of "Right Now You're Probably Asking Yourself" series.

10 page Woody Woodpecker story "The Wild Flowers"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Synopsis Woody writes a letter to the Bilkem Institute to get his handwriting analyzed. Before the letter can be sent, Splinter spills ink on it and rewrites it herself. The returned analysis says that Woody should be good at collecting wildflowers, but that's Splinter's interest, not Woody's.
Genre funny animal

8 page Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken story "The Lost Relatives"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Harlie Chicken (Charlie's cousin)
Synopsis Charlie and Andy track down Charlie's cousin Harlie to a tropical island, but find that Harlie is a nasty practical joker who looks just like Charlie.
Genre funny animal

1 page [Oswald the Rabbit] text story "The Burning Blunder"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Oswald thinks Floyd and Lloyd are using the stove to bake pies, when in reality they are making mudpies.
Genre funny animal
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with 1/5 page illustration.

6 page Chilly Willy story "The Tunnel of Terror"

Characters Chilly Willy; Patty Penguin
Synopsis Chilly and Patty take a ride in the Tunnel of Love, not realizing it's been closed because of a shark.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Veve Risto
Inks Veve Risto

6 page Oswald the Rabbit story "The Bubble Bonanza"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Oswald has a new job as custodian at "the sedate men's fraternity...the Conservative Club". Floyd and Lloyd shake things up at the club by blowing permanent rubber balloons from a homemade solution.
Genre funny animal

Half page Knothead story "The TV Antenna"

Characters Knothead
Synopsis Knothead mistakes a rake for a TV antenna on his playhouse.
Genre funny animal
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".

Half page advertisement "Bucks for Boys, Velvets for Girls"

Letters typeset
Notes Illustrated ad for Jumping-Jacks shoes, Vaisey-Bristol Shoe Co., Monett, Mo.

1 page advertisement "Win this Life-Size Aerojet Training Space Ship!"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Kraft Marshmallows featuring a contest with a first prize of a specially-built Aerojet-General training space ship.

1 page advertisement "More boys and girls ride Schwinn than any other bike!"

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Notes Back cover, color. Illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Schwinn "Fair Lady" model girls' bike is depicted. Arnold, Schwinn, & Co., Chicago, Ill.