(December 1978)

Western, 1962 Series
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Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Barcode
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Editing
?

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
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Shoes of Sinbad (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Don R. Christensen
Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
90062-812, W.W. 173-7810
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Professor Nutmeg; Grand Vizier; The Sultan
Synopsis
While helping out the professor during an archeology trip, Woody finds a pair of shoes that are made from Sinbad's flying carpet.

Indexer Notes

Writer's credit from Don R. Christensen's personal list of credits. This is his last
Walter Lantz comic book script.

Captain Marvel Returns to Earth! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-vell]
Synopsis
Captain Marvel returns to Earth just in time to save three children from a rockslide, by pulverizing the rocks to sand so fast that the children never even stop munching their Hostess Twinkies.

The Big Picture (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Boris
Synopsis
Woody and the kids goes to Boris's lab only to find some wild animals running amok inside.

A Harry Dog Story (Table of Contents: 4)

Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Synopsis
The kids bring home an extremely hairy dog that they found. Naturally, they name him Harry. When Woody brings out a trimmer, the dog gets scared and escapes.

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

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's weally nothing quite as wefweshing as a good chase!
Characters
Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny; Yosemite Sam; Wile E. Coyote; Road Runner; Tweety; Sylvester; Daffy Duck
Synopsis
Ad for Looney Tunes Gold Key Comics
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Shoes of Sinbad
    Woody Woodpecker
  3. 2. Captain Marvel Returns to Earth!
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. The Big Picture
    Woody Woodpecker
  5. 4. A Harry Dog Story
    Woody Woodpecker
  6. 5. ["There's weally nothing quite as wefweshing as a good chase!"]
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