Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #454 [No Ad]

(June 1979)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

On the Trail (Table of Contents: 2)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Joe Messerli

Inks

Bill Wright

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Bill Wright

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Woody and the kids are giving their trail bikes a workout on the western desert...

Feature Logo

Woody Woodpecker [Western Straight Lettering Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Wally Walrus; various residents of the town of Old Sage; bank clerk; two bandits

Synopsis

Wally Walrus is sheriff of the town of Old Sage, a town where motor vehicles are outlawed. With no legal motorized transportation in the town, it’s up to visiting Woody and the kids, on their outlawed trail bikes, to catch up with two jeep-riding bandits with a knack for disappearing in the desert.

Keywords

arcane laws; mucking with tradition; trail bikes; unlikely hero; western setting

Indexer Notes

Three tiers per page.

Woody's Deep Sea Puzzle (Table of Contents: 3)

Woody Woodpecker / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker

Keywords

crossword puzzle

Indexer Notes

Fill-in the names of various sea creatures, in crossword format, on Woody's over-inflated diving suit.

Riddles Two (Table of Contents: 4)

Knothead and Splinter / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Match the numbers with the letters to get the answers...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Knothead; Splinter

Keywords

Riddles

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Kicked Off His Rocker] (Table of Contents: 6)

Woody Woodpecker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Carey

Inks

Bill Wright

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter

Synopsis

Woody is kicked off the back end of the rocking horse from the front cover.

Keywords

rocking horse

Indexer Notes

Theme continues from front cover illustration. Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.