Dell Giant #24 - Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker's Family Fun
(November 1959)

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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
84
Indicia Frequency
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On-sale Date
1959-09-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
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Brand
Dell Giant
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Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1960 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Woody Woodpecker's Family Fun / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Carey
Colors
Don MacLaughlin ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Homer Pigeon; Carrie; Red Cardinal; Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Chilly Willy; Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Windy; Breezy; Wally Walrus; Buzz Buzzard

Charlie and Andy's Ghost Town Getaway (Table of Contents: 1)

Andy & Charlie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Letters
John Carey ?; typeset
Editing
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover

[Invitation to Woody Woodpecker's Family Fun Fest!] (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Slinter; Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Windy; Breezy; Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Wally Walrus; Chilly Willy; Homer Pigeon; Carrie; Red Cardinal; Buzz Buzzard
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Introductory mini-story: Includes a maze on second page.

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

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It began one day after Knothead and Splinter...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Synopsis
Woody and his nephews are shangaied to a tropical island, where Woody is considered a good luck charm.
Reprints

Road Block (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Chilly Willy; Windy; Breezy; Charlie Chicken; Andy Panda; Wally Walrus; Homer Pigeon; Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Buzz Buzzard
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first page is actually a game, whereas the second introduces the following story.

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

Chilly Willy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Veve Risto
Inks
Veve Risto
Colors
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Letters
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Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
One day each week, the zoo is closed to the public!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Chilly Willy; Polar Bear; Zoo animals
Synopsis
Chilly Willy spends some time at the zoo.
Reprints

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

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, time for the next storyteller...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken

Indexer Notes

Introduces following story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Andy and Charlie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
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Letters
?
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Charlie and I entered Ghost Town...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis
Adventure in the west.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The storytelling continues...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Chilly Willy; Wally Walrus; Buzz Buzzard

Indexer Notes

Introduces following story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Buzz & Wally / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
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Letters
?
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
When we volunteered to help the scientists...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Wally Walrus; Buzz Buzzard
Synopsis
Wally and Buzzard go to Nomopango,an island whose natives are rumored to make energy pills.
Reprints

Making Straw Pictures (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Editing
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Andy Panda; Windy; Breezy; Wally Walrus
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first page is actually a game, whereas the second introduces the following story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Windy & Breezy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, it all started one morning...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Windy; Breezy; Spencer the Sea Serpent
Synopsis
Windy and Breezy sail to waters where a sea serpent has been sighted and meet him.
Reprints

Which Way? (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Editing
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Homer Pigeon; Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Oswald the Rabbit; Breezy; Wally Walrus; Red Cardinal; Carrie; Floyd; Lloyd; Buzz Buzzard
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first page is actually a game, whereas the second introduces the following story

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Homer Pigeon / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Veve Risto
Inks
Veve Risto
Colors
?
Letters
Veve Risto ?
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was Red Cardinal's birthday...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Homer Pigeon; Carrie; Red Cardinal
Synopsis
Chaerlie, Carry and Red go on a trip to celebrate the latter's birthday.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
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Letters
?
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, here we are at Jamboree Lake...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Homer Pigeon; Carrie; Red Cardinal; Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Chilly Willy; Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Windy; Breezy; Wally Walrus; Buzz Buzzard
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Concluding pages to the comic, showing all characters at Jamboree Lake. The Dell Pledge to parents fills the second page

Cross Town (Table of Contents: 15)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Letters
John Carey ?; typeset
Editing
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Andy Panda; Chilly Willy; Oswald the Rabbit; Wally Walrus

Indexer Notes

A game

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Editing
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Homer Pigeon; Carrie; Red Cardinal; Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Chilly Willy; Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Windy; Breezy; Wally Walrus; Buzz Buzzard

Indexer Notes

Illustration on back cover

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Woody Woodpecker's Family Fun
  2. 1. Charlie and Andy's Ghost Town Getaway
    Andy & Charlie
  3. 2. [Invitation to Woody Woodpecker's Family Fun Fest!]
  4. 3. ["It began one day after Knothead and Splinter..."]
    Woody Woodpecker
  5. 4. Road Block
  6. 5. ["One day each week, the zoo is closed to the public!"]
    Chilly Willy
  7. 6. ["Now, time for the next storyteller..."]
  8. 7. ["Charlie and I entered Ghost Town..."]
    Andy and Charlie
  9. 8. ["The storytelling continues..."]
  10. 9. ["When we volunteered to help the scientists..."]
    Buzz & Wally
  11. 10. Making Straw Pictures
  12. 11. ["Well, it all started one morning..."]
    Windy & Breezy
  13. 12. Which Way?
  14. 13. ["It was Red Cardinal's birthday..."]
    Homer Pigeon
  15. 14. ["Well, here we are at Jamboree Lake..."]
  16. 15. Cross Town
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
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