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Andy Panda and the Forty Thieves (Table of Contents: 1)

Andy Panda / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Dan Gormley
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The water looks pretty from up here, doesn’t it, Charlie?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; flight crew; baby elephant; mama elephant; various citizens of Badgag; Maharajah of Badgag; palace guard; slave; forty thieves; dancing girls; Ali Blabba
Synopsis
Andy and Charlie find themselves stranded in the ancient city of "Badgag", where they help to recover a sultan's prized black pearl from Ali Blabba and his forty thieves.
Keywords
black pearl; elephants; forty thieves; Middle East

Indexer Notes

This story could just as easily have appeared as the lead feature of a 1951 Andy Panda Dell Four Color issue.

[War and Paints] (Table of Contents: 2)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Dick Hall
Inks
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
My neighbor Tackhammer has been awful quiet, I wonder what he’s up to…
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Tackhammer (Woody's neighbor)
Synopsis
The simple activity of yard-fence-painting escalates into full-scale backyard war between Woody and his neighbor Tackhammer.
Keywords
escalating events; fence; feuding neighbors; paint

Indexer Notes

Woody’s neighbor Tackhammer, who appeared regularly in the Woody Woodpecker comics of this period, was an analog to Donald Duck’s “Neighbor Jones”.

Andy's Joke Page (Table of Contents: 3)

Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Andy Panda; Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis
Five jokes, each with its own “magazine-cartoon-type” illustration.
Keywords
jokes; riddles

Indexer Notes

The floating heads of Andy and Woody at the top of this feature are similar to those appearing as “left-sidebar character illustrations" on the covers of late-1940s/early-1950s issues of Walter Lantz New Funnies (Dell, 1946 Series). Top half of page.

Did You Know (Table of Contents: 4)

Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker / text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Letters
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Andy Panda; Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis
Five nature/animal facts, each with its own “magazine-cartoon-type” illustration.
Keywords
educational feature

Indexer Notes

The title of this feature is flanked by full-figures of Andy (on left) and Woody (on right). Lower half of page.

[Floating Heads - Plus] (Table of Contents: 5)

Andy Panda; Woody Woodpecker / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Gormley; Dick Hall; others?
Inks
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Colors
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Andy Panda; Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis
Floating character heads of Andy and Woody displaying various expressions - plus three full-figures of Woody.
Keywords
floating heads

Indexer Notes

Back cover displays two green strips across its width. The strips are each 2 inches high, and are placed at the very top and the very bottom of the back cover. Within these strips are floating heads (and full-figures) of the characters seen in the issue. Top strip from left to right: Andy, Woody (full), Woody (full), Woody (full), Andy. Bottom strip from left to right: Woody, Andy, Woody, Andy. The remaining back cover space in the center (about 7” wide x 6.5” high) is left blank or contains the name and logo of the business using the comic as a promotional item.

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Table of Contents
  1. 1. Andy Panda and the Forty Thieves
    Andy Panda
  2. 2. [War and Paints]
    Woody Woodpecker
  3. 3. Andy's Joke Page
    Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker
  4. 4. Did You Know
    Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker
  5. 5. [Floating Heads - Plus]
    Andy Panda; Woody Woodpecker
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