Four Color
#202 - Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker
(November 1948)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1948
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co.
- Brand
-
A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 202." Code number is WWOS 202-4811. Copyright 1948 by Walter Lantz Productions.
[no title indexed]
Woody Woodpecker / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Reprints
- Keywords
- music
in Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Off the Field Injury]
Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Synopsis
- After watching his teammates get carried off the field with injuries in a football game, Woody faints and falls off the bench when he's called into the game.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white; pantomime. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 22 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So, a football, eh?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Synopsis
- A pro football team hires Woody, but they want him to be water boy, not a player. With the home team behind, the coach relents and puts Woody in the game and he uses some unusual tactics to get his team back in the game.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Wood-e-e!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker; Mr. Tackhammer
- Synopsis
- Woody rigs up a loudspeaker system to irritate Tackhammer. Tackhammer gets revenge by doctoring Woody's soup with hot pepper and tabasco sauce, temporarily ruining Woody's singing voice.
Indexer Notes
Reference is made to "The Woody Woodpecker Song," featuring Woody's laugh, which was introduced in cartoons in 1947 and was a hit recording for Kay Kyser in 1948. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Bubble Gum Contest]
Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Synopsis
- Woody uses an air pump to cheat in a contest for blowing bubble gum bubbles.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white; pantomime.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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Woody Woodpecker -
1.
[Off the Field Injury]
Woody Woodpecker -
2.
["So, a football, eh?"]
Woody Woodpecker -
3.
["Oh, Wood-e-e!"]
Woody Woodpecker -
4.
[Bubble Gum Contest]
Woody Woodpecker -
5.
[Soft Drink Machine]
Woody Woodpecker
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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