(October 1965)
Western,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1965-08-19
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[Clammed-Up by a Lobster]
Woody Woodpecker / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; lobster
- Synopsis
- A lobster clamps Woody's beak shut.
- Reprints
-
from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Dell, 1952 series) #44 (August-September 1957)
-
- Keywords
- fishing; frustration; kids-at-mischief; lobster
There Are Giants at Your Comics Dealer
Gold Key Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck); Harvey Eisenberg (The Flintstones with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm); Jesse Marsh (Tarzan Lord of the Jungle); Phil De Lara (Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck); ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Biggest Comics you can buy! 96 pages for just 25 cents
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; Bamm-Bamm Rubble; sea turtle; Tarzan; leopard
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
Indexer Notes
Black and white on inside front cover. Shown are front covers of Gold Key Giants: Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, The Flintstones with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, and Tarzan Lord of the Jungle. The Carl Barks cover for Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck is reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #386.
[The Very, Very Persistent Reporter]
Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good morning! Yes, this is the Daily Blab...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker; Wally Walrus; Daily Blab editor; Wally Walrus' three secretaries; restaurant waiter; shipboard passengers; ship's captain; Coast Guard pilot
- Synopsis
- Woody gives his all to get an interview with newly oil-rich Wally Walrus.
- Reprints
- from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Dell, 1952 series) #23 (February-March 1954)
-
- Keywords
- be-careful-what-you-wish-for; bus; dogged persistence; flotsam and jetsam; interview; island; motorboat; reporter; restaurant; reversal of fortunes; seaplane; secret tunnel; silence; steamship
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand". Steamship is named the "S.S. Craig" (for editor Chase Craig?)
How's Trix?
Trix; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Worth rounding up...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Trix Rabbit; cowboy kid
- Synopsis
- The Trix Rabbit, in cowboy garb, tries to lasso a box of Trix.
- Keywords
- cereal
Indexer Notes
Top 3/4 of page.
You Get More Adventure and Action
Gold Key Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
Indexer Notes
Gold Key Comics house ad. No characters or comic book covers pictured. Sixteen Gold Key Comics adventure titles are listed in typeset lettering. Lower 1/4 of page.
The Wild Ride
Space Mouse / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Space Mouse rushed to Camembert Castle one day and found his ruler, King Size, pacing the floor nervously.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Space Mouse; King Size; King Size's Uncle Cheddar
- Synopsis
- Not cut out for driving a space car, King Size's elderly but energetic Uncle Cheddar returns to his rocking chair... a jet-propelled rocking chair.
- Keywords
- driving; outer space setting; rocking chair; senior citizen; turning-lemons-into-lemonade
Indexer Notes
New story.
[Sky-Diving Bullwinkle]
Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; angry lady at clothesline
- Synopsis
- Bullwinkle eats Cheerios for “muscle-makin’ protein” to go sky-diving and gets tangled-up in an apartment building's clothesline.
- Keywords
- cereal; sky-diving
Indexer Notes
One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle.
The Tourist Trap
Chilly Willy / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chilly, if I don't make some sales soon, I will have to go out of business!
- Feature Logo
Chilly Willy [Dell Western Logo 3 Staggered Letters]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Chilly Willy; Smedley; Sam the Trader; various human tourists
- Synopsis
- Chilly Willy tries to keep Sam’s Trading Post from going out of business by attracting tourists (and their business) to the South Pole. Greedy Smedley plans to usurp the newly-developed tourist trade for himself.
- Keywords
- best-laid-plans; business; outsmarting one’s-self; South Pole; tourists; trading post; unintended consequences; unwelcome surprise; working-at-cross-purposes
Indexer Notes
New story.
The Two-Mule Team
Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly! Just look at those keen slippers! I've always wanted a pair of mules like that!
- Feature Logo
Woody Woodpecker [Dell Nuts as "O"s Logo Single "W"]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Max (mule); Sam (mule); desert resort guests; soldiers; crowd of mule-fans
- Synopsis
- Knothead and Splinter overhear Woody say he’d like a “pair of mules” for his birthday. Not knowing that “mules” refers to bedroom slippers, the kids scare-up a “pair of live mules” for their dismayed uncle. Woody decides to take the mules out into the desert to prospect for borax.
- Reprints
- from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Dell, 1952 series) #33 (October-November 1955)
-
- Keywords
- best of intentions; borax; desert setting; mules (live animals); mules (slippers); prospecting; series of mishaps; wrong impression
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand". Wikipedia offers this on "mules": "Mule is a style of shoe that has no back or constraint around the foot's heel. Mules have a history going as back as Ancient Rome, even though they were not popularly worn until sixteenth-century Europe. There, mules were bedroom slippers and not worn in public."
The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!
Cocoa Puffs; Cuckoo Bird / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Gramps! What did the bald man say when he received a comb for a present?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Cuckoo Bird; Gramps
- Synopsis
- The Cuckoo Bird tells a joke to Gramps, then goes “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs”.
- Keywords
- cereal
Indexer Notes
On final interior page of the comic. Top half of page.
100 Little Dolls All for $1.00
100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Keywords
- dolls; mail order marketing; toys
Indexer Notes
Ad for 100 "genuine Styrene plastic and hard synthetic rubber" dolls for $1.00. On final interior page of the comic. Lower half of page.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers only $1.98
Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed as R H)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed as R H)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 2 complete armies
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; toy soldiers; toys
Indexer Notes
Ad for plastic toy soldiers. 204 pieces for $1.98. Color ad on inside back cover.
Nationally Famous Prizes at No Cost to You!
Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Or a big 50 cent profit for each box you sell
- Keywords
- Christmas cards; greeting cards; prizes; sales
Indexer Notes
Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "lovely all occasion cards" or "sensational new Christmas cards". Color ad on back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Clammed-Up by a Lobster]
Woody Woodpecker -
1.
There Are Giants at Your Comics Dealer
Gold Key Comics -
2.
[The Very, Very Persistent Reporter]
Woody Woodpecker -
3.
How's Trix?
Trix; Trix Rabbit -
4.
You Get More Adventure and Action
Gold Key Comics -
5.
The Wild Ride
Space Mouse -
6.
[Sky-Diving Bullwinkle]
Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle -
7.
The Tourist Trap
Chilly Willy -
8.
The Two-Mule Team
Woody Woodpecker -
9.
The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!
Cocoa Puffs; Cuckoo Bird -
10.
100 Little Dolls All for $1.00
100 Little Dolls -
11.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers only $1.98
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
12.
Nationally Famous Prizes at No Cost to You!
Junior Sales Club of America Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Steve Coates
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Joe Torcivia
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