(June 1952)

Dell, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Story and art credits printed on inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Woody Woodpecker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Gormley (credited)
Inks
Dan Gormley (credited)
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Nuthead; Splinter
Synopsis
Woody is playing the harp and snaps one of the strings in anger after Knothead and Splinter slide across the musical instrument.
Keywords
harps

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

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Hall
Inks
Irene Little
Letters
Irene Little

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Splinter - Nuthead - this is the third time I've told you to go take your baths!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Nuthead; Splinter
Synopsis
Nuthead and Splinter invent a way to take a bath and watch TV at the same time.

Indexer Notes

Prior unofficial title "TV in Bathroom." Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.
Knothead is inexplicably referred to as "Nuthead" in this and the other two Woody Woodpecker stories in this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

The bottom portion of the inside front cover contains the front cover and interior story credits, plus the publisher & indicia information block.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Dick Hall (credited)
Inks
Irene Little (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Irene Little

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Big package for you, Woody!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Nuthead; Splinter; Tiger (villain); Snapper (villain); Drooly (villain)
Synopsis
Woody and the kids are captured by the Tiger family but turn the tables when a cooking pot explodes.

Indexer Notes

Prior unofficial title "Tiger Traps."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Andy Panda / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Dick Hall (credited)
Inks
Anahid Dinkjian (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This waterfront section is picturesque, Charlie!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Sinbad; The Hook (villain)
Synopsis
Charlie swallows a miniature radio while in a waterfront pawn shop. He and Andy become involved with a thief called "The Hook" (who has a hook for a left hand) and come into possession of a treasure map.

Indexer Notes

Prior unofficial title "Treasure Map." Story continues in New Funnies #185.

[Carrie's Cruise] (Table of Contents: 5)

Homer Pigeon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Del Connell (credited)
Pencils
Veve Risto (credited as Vivie Risto)
Inks
Veve Risto (credited as Vivie Risto)
Colors
?
Letters
Veve Risto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's nice of you boys to see me off like this!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Homer Pigeon; Carrie Pigeon; Red Cardinal
Synopsis
Red sabotages the engine on a ferry, so he can spend the day with Carrie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Hedinger (credited)
Pencils
Lloyd White (credited)
Inks
Suzanne Seaborne (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Suzanne Seaborne

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Happy birthday!!!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald; Floyd; Lloyd; Bobby Beaver; Reddy Fox (villain)
Synopsis
Twins Floyd and Lloyd receive bicycles for their birthday. While out riding, they are captured by Reddy Fox, but are rescued by Bobby Beaver.

Indexer Notes

Prior unofficial title "Gift Bicycles."

Happy Hobby (Table of Contents: 7)

Woody Woodpecker / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Dubin (credited); Mick Dubin (credited)
Pencils
Dan Gormley (credited)
Inks
Anahid Dinkjian (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Maybe what the kids need is a hobby," thought Woody Woodpecker, as his two little wards, Splinter and Nuthead, came whooping and yelling into the house.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Nuthead; Splinter
Synopsis
Woody tries to get Splinter and Nuthead to take up stamp collecting.

Indexer Notes

Text story with two 1/4 page illustrations. Story begins on last interior page in color and continues in black and white on inside back cover (one color illustration and one black and white illustration).

Free 5 Beautiful Big, Full Color Pin-Ups (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Woody Woodpecker
  2. 1. ["Splinter - Nuthead - this is the third time I've told you to go take your baths!"]
    Woody Woodpecker
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. ["Big package for you, Woody!"]
    Woody Woodpecker
  5. 4. ["This waterfront section is picturesque, Charlie!"]
    Andy Panda
  6. 5. [Carrie's Cruise]
    Homer Pigeon
  7. 6. ["Happy birthday!!!"]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  8. 7. Happy Hobby
    Woody Woodpecker
  9. 8. Free 5 Beautiful Big, Full Color Pin-Ups
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Joey Beretta
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore