Four Color
#280 - Walter Lantz Andy Panda in the Isle of Mechanical Men
(June 1950)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Comic
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA in THE ISLE OF MECHANICAL MEN, No. 280. Code number is A.P.O.S. #280-506. Copyright 1950 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc.
The Isle of Mechanical Men
Andy Panda / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Andy Panda; Hiram (robot); Charlie Chicken
- Synopsis
- Hiram the robot leading Charlie on a leash and collar.
- Keywords
- robots
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[The Triumphant Mosquito]
Andy Panda / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cough! Cough!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Andy Panda
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
The Isle of Mechanical Men
Andy Panda / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction
- Characters
- Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Hiram (robot); Professor; Rocky
- Synopsis
- A tornado snatches Andy and Charlie while they are fishing and deposits them on a strange island. The island is the hideout of an old professor and his helper Rocky. The professor is in the process of creating a robot army to conquer the world. With the assistance of Hiram, a rebel robot, Andy and Charlie cause the robot army to destroy itself.
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Charlie Has Sleeping Sickness]
Andy Panda / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Doc Walrus; Doc Woodpecker
- Synopsis
- Charlie comes down with a case of sleeping sickness and Andy has to take him to Africa so he can be bitten by a Tsetse Fly as a cure. (The first bite causes the sickness and the second one is an antidote, according to this story.) In Africa they meet Doc Woodpecker, who provides the cure.
Indexer Notes
Doc Woodpecker is identical in appearance to Woody Woodpecker, but the characters interact like they've never met before. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[How to Cure Insomnia]
Andy Panda / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 730-731-732-733-734-
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Andy Panda
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Getting the Right Size for a Dog Collar]
Andy Panda / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee whiz! I wish people would stop bothering me!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Andy Panda
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Isle of Mechanical Men
Andy Panda -
1.
[The Triumphant Mosquito]
Andy Panda -
2.
The Isle of Mechanical Men
Andy Panda -
3.
[Charlie Has Sleeping Sickness]
Andy Panda -
4.
[How to Cure Insomnia]
Andy Panda -
5.
[Getting the Right Size for a Dog Collar]
Andy Panda
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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