Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #84

(April 1965)

[Wally Buys a Welcome Mat] (Table of Contents: 1)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Hall

Inks

Dick Hall

Letters

Dick Hall

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tum te dum de dum!

Feature Logo

Woody Woodpecker [Dell Dick Hall Logo for 1-Page Gags]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker; Wally Walrus

Synopsis

Wally buys a welcome mat - and wishes he hadn't.

Reprints

• from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Dell, 1952 series) #17 (February-March 1953)

Keywords

buyer beware; dissatisfied customer; salesman; welcome mat

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside front cover.

[Wild Woody Tames Hotlead Hollow] (Table of Contents: 2)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Hall

Inks

Dick Hall

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Dick Hall

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's so funny, chum?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker; Wally Walrus; Buzz Buzzard (as "The Lone Buzzard"); mailman; hitchhiker; townspeople of Hotlead Hollow

Synopsis

Woody and his automobile end Buzz Buzzard's reign of terror over the backward western town of Hotlead Hollow, where Wally Walrus is a rather inept sheriff.

Reprints

• from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Dell, 1952 series) #20 (August-September 1953)

Keywords

automobile; bandit; sheriff; western setting

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

The Bill Collector (Table of Contents: 3)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Homer Brightman (writer of original cartoon); ?

Pencils

Dick Hall

Inks

Dick Hall

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Dick Hall

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aha! That boy on skates looks full of energy! He might be able to collect this old bill for me!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker; Buzz Buzzard; collection agent; unsuccessful bill collector

Synopsis

A collection agency tasks Woody with collecting an overdue bill from Buzz Buzzard. When all else fails, Woody tries hypnotism on the deadbeat.

Reprints

• from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Dell, 1952 series) #31 (June-July 1955)

Keywords

bill collecting; cartoon adaptation; construction site; hypnosis; reused story; skyscraper; steel girders

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand". This story is an adaptation of the 1953 Woody Woodpecker theatrical short “Hypnotic Hick”, but with Woody as a bill collector rather than a process server.

Laugh and Let Laugh (Table of Contents: 4)

Space Mouse / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Carey

Inks

John Carey

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Calling King Size! Calling King Size! Come in, please!" requested Space Mouse from his Lunar Schooner.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Space Mouse; King Size; Rodentia palace guards; general population of Rodentia; Wizard of Laffia; King Spitfire; Queen Grumblestiltskin

Synopsis

King Spitfire and Queen Grumblestiltskin of the cat-planet of "Grumplevania, the home of the Sourpusses" are dropping chemical bombs on Rodentia to make the happy populace irritable and angry.

Keywords

bad mood; cats; good mood; mice; outer space setting; strange chemical properties

Shivery Delivery (Table of Contents: 5)

Chilly Willy / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Jack Bradbury

Inks

Jack Bradbury

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Chilly Willy is the new delivery bird for the Polar Parcel Post.

Feature Logo

Chilly Willy [Dell Western Logo 3 Staggered Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Chilly Willy; Polar Parcel Post boss; Glacier Cafe owner; Wilbur Whale

Synopsis

Chilly's shivering and aversion to cold affect his job as a delivery bird for the Polar Parcel Post.

Keywords

best of intentions; cold; deleted or edited scenes; delivery service; parcel; shivering; turning-lemons-into-lemonade; whale

Indexer Notes

New story. "Guest-feature" stories in Gold Key Comics are almost always four pages in length, while this one is 3.5. Half a page appears to have been excised from this story to make room for the Statement of Ownership that occupies the lower half of page four. This is evident by the abrupt scene-change between panels 6 and 7 to end page three, and a similarly abrupt change to begin page four.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Howard L. Anderson

Letters

typeset

Keywords

government reporting; regulations

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for September 28, 1964. Prepared by H.L. Anderson. Reported total distribution: 246,486 (12 month average), 255,041 (nearest issue). Lower half of page.

[When You Come to the (Pitch) Fork in the Road – Stop!] (Table of Contents: 7)

Andy Panda / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Hubbard

Inks

Al Hubbard

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Melvin Millar

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee! This is swell, Andy!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; farmer

Synopsis

Lost motorist Andy looks for the ever-elusive, “fork in the road” – and finds it, too.

Reprints

• from Walter Lantz Andy Panda (Dell, 1952 series) #21 (September-October 1953)

Keywords

country roads; fork in the road; lost; unwelcome surprise

The Nature Course (Table of Contents: 8)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Hall

Inks

Dick Hall

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Dick Hall

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now, remember... I want things quiet around here today! Understand?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Herkimer (Knothead's frog); Maude (Splinter's frog)

Synopsis

Exhausted Woody's sleep is disrupted by Herkimer and Maude, frogs to be studied for Knothead and Splinter's nature course.

Reprints

• from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Dell, 1952 series) #31 (June-July 1955)

Keywords

frogs; need-for-peace-and-quiet; sleep problems; unwelcome surprise

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

[Circular Directions] (Table of Contents: 9)

Andy Panda / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Hubbard

Inks

Al Hubbard

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Melvin Millar

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Golly, business is terrible!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Andy Panda; man asking directions

Synopsis

When a man gives forlorn Andy a quarter for directions to an address, Andy gives the gent his money’s worth.

Reprints

• from Walter Lantz Andy Panda (Dell, 1952 series) #21 (September-October 1953)

Keywords

giving directions; quarter; sorry-you-asked

[Locked-Bumper Larceny] (Table of Contents: 10)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Hall

Inks

Dick Hall

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Dick Hall

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I really need the dough for repairs, but I couldn't resist buying this gleamin' grillwork!

Feature Logo

Woody Woodpecker [Dell Dick Hall Logo for 1-Page Gags]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker; Buzz Buzzard

Synopsis

When an accident locks Woody and Buzz’s automobile bumpers, Buzz fixes things so that he takes off with Woody’s fancy auto grillwork.

Reprints

• from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Dell, 1952 series) #20 (August-September 1953)

Keywords

automobiles; bumpers; grillwork; unwelcome surprise

Get Nationally Famous Prizes at No Cost to You! (Table of Contents: 11)

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Or a big 50-cent profit for each box you sell

Keywords

greeting cards; prizes; sales

Indexer Notes

Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards". Color ad on inside back cover.

Make Money Get Prizes with Fast Selling American Seeds (Table of Contents: 12)

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?; ? (photos)

Inks

?; ? (photos)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Keywords

prizes; sales; seeds

Indexer Notes

Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., in exchange for prizes or money. Three kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise, seen in black and white photos. Color ad on back cover.