(May 1969)
Western,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-04-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 92401-905
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date from Walt Disney Comics Digest #10.
[no title indexed]
Bugs Bunny; Tom and Jerry; Woody Woodpecker / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny; Jerry; Tom; Woody Woodpecker
- Keywords
- carrots; cellos; marionettes
[Hey Kids!]
Walt Disney Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Promo for subscriptions to "Walt Disney Comics Digest." (One year for $5.00.)
Golden Comics Digest Contents
table of contents / 2 pages
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny (cameo); Tom (cameo); Woody Woodpecker (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents and indicia.
The Harebrained Hare
Bugs Bunny / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee whiz! I had the awfullest dream last night!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Swami Beebah
- Synopsis
- Swami Beebah interprets a dream of Bugs' to mean that he should stay away from any gifts from Elmer.
- Reprints
-
from Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #201 (March 1960)
-
- Keywords
- carrots; crystal ball; dream
The Farm Frolic
Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm certainly glad my sister invited us to spend a weekend out in the country.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Granny; Sylvester; Tweety
- Synopsis
- Granny takes Tweety and Sylvester to the farm, where Sylvester gets in trouble while chasing Tweety.
- Reprints
- from Tweety and Sylvester (Dell, 1954 series) #37 (June-August 1962)
-
- Keywords
- farm
Jumbled Jewelry
Honey Bunny / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Honey Bunny
Chickening Out
Merlin the Magic Mouse / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah, yes, Second Banana, my boy!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Merlin the Magic Mouse; Second Banana; Paw
- Synopsis
- Merlin and Second Banana get in the middle of a feud between the Ratfields and the Catfields. Merlin has to produce fried chicken from his magic hat to cause a truce.
- Keywords
- feud; flying carpet; fried chicken; magic hat
Indexer Notes
New material.
The Sporting Game
Little Pancho Vanilla / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Pancho Vanilla; Papacita
Fly Boys
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- (Sigh!) Those Beeps almost fly when they're catching flies!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- The Beeps spend all their time catching flies. Wile E. tries to use that to capture them.
- Reprints
- from Beep Beep (Dell, 1960 series) #13 (May-July 1962)
-
The Hunter's Habitat
Cool Cat / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah-h, the peace and tranquility that permeates...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Cool Cat; Mr. Hunter
- Synopsis
- Unable to bag Cool Cat in the jungle, the Hunter gives the cat a plane ticket to the city, thinking he will be out of his element.
- Keywords
- city; hunting; jungle
Indexer Notes
New material.
Tragic Magic
Porky Pig / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Cicero, wait up! I've got something to show you!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Cicero Pig; Porky Pig
- Synopsis
- Porky gets a magic kit and thinks he's turned Cicero into a dog.
- Reprints
- from Looney Tunes (Dell, 1955 series) #185 (March 1957) [reformatted]
-
- Keywords
- magic kit
[Human Cannonball]
Daffy Duck; A Golden Giggle / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
- Synopsis
- Daffy is a human cannonball in a circus and plans his flight so he ends up in a popcorn wagon.
- Keywords
- human cannonball; popcorn
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Little Dogie
text story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Little Dogie
- Synopsis
- A boy adopts an orphaned coyote pup.
- Reprints
- from Lawman (Dell, 1960 series) #7 (February-April 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted.
Puppet Show
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Old Thomas seems to be having a pleasant dream!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Jerry; Tom; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy pretend to have a disintegrator ray-gun.
- Reprints
- from Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #207 (September 1960)
-
- Keywords
- disintegrator ray
Fearful Fella
Little Quacker / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is sunrise, and Little Quacker awakens with an uneasy sense...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Doc Stork; Little Quacker; H.O. Bug
- Synopsis
- Doc Stork sends Little Quacker to survey the health of the forest animals.
Indexer Notes
New material.
Droopy and the Mechanical Monkey
Droopy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yipe! I thought running away from home and being independent would be fun!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; Jerry; Tuffy; Mouser; Captain Kidd
- Synopsis
- Droopy tries to earn a living being an organ-grinder on a city street corner.
- Reprints
- from M-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Toy Fair (Dell, 1958 series) #1 (June 1958)
-
- Keywords
- organ-grinder
The First Swallow
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the middle of the San Juan Desert is an ancient mission...Capistrano.
- Synopsis
- At the mission at Capistrano, a kindly padre cares for an exhausted swallow.
- Reprints
- from Our Gang Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #2 (November-December 1942)
-
- Keywords
- Capistrano; migration; swallow
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1942 by Loew's, Inc. "Based on the M-G-M cartoon."
The Castle Caper
Mouse Musketeers / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm still chilly, M'sieur Poosycat!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical
- Characters
- Mouse Musketeers: Jerry; Tuffy
M'sieur Poosycat; The King - Synopsis
- The King complains about how drafty the castle is.
- Keywords
- castle; knight
Indexer Notes
New material.
Too Many Bells
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello! My name's Tyke! You must be our new neighbor!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Big Spike; Little Tyke; Dingaling (goat); Mike
- Synopsis
- Spike gets confused by all the different sounds made by the bell worn by Dingaling, the goat.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #156 (July 1957)
-
- Keywords
- bell
[Wax Museum]
A Golden Giggle; Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Tuffy nails a sign over the mousehole that says "Library," but when Jerry falls asleep under a candle and is cover with wax, he changes the sign to "Wax Museum."
- Keywords
- candle; wax museum
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Monster of the Deep
text article / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- Facts about the octopus.
- Reprints
- from Sea Hunt (Dell, 1960 series) #13 (April-June 1962)
-
- Keywords
- octopus
Indexer Notes
copyright 1962.
The Mystery of Mount Mystic
Woody Woodpecker / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hope you know what you're doing, Woody!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Knothead; Splinter; Woody Woodpecker; Dr. Pompy; Fly Finnegan; Biceps
- Synopsis
- Woody and the kids find inventor Dr. Pompy hiding out on Mount Mystic to protect the formula for his youth rejuvenator and hair-grower.
- Reprints
- from Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #203 (May 1960)
-
- Keywords
- hair-grower; mountain; waterfall
Meteor Menace
Space Mouse / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Things sure have been dull in space lately!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction
- Characters
- King Size; Space Mouse; King Catnip; Snag Tooth
- Synopsis
- An asteroid is on a collision-course with Rodentia. The Cats from Felinia try to prevent Space Mouse from altering the asteroid's course.
- Reprints
- from Walter Lantz Space Mouse (Western, 1962 series) #2 (February 1963)
-
- Keywords
- asteroid; Felinia; Rodentia; spaceship
Feathery Facts
Homer Pigeon / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Homer Pigeon
- Keywords
- birds
Indexer Notes
Facts about the different types of birds' bills.
Spy Bait
Winnie Woodpecker / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chic, isn't it, kiddo?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Winnie Woodpecker; Annette Doiliette; Claudette
- Synopsis
- Winnie is a fashion designer and her rivals try to discover the inspirations for her designs.
- Keywords
- fashion; helicopter; zoo
Indexer Notes
New material.
Public Hero Number Zero
Chilly Willy / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I sure admire Glen Penguin for the way he fishes!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Chilly Willy; Patty Penguin; Glen Penguin; Titus Tidal Wave
- Synopsis
- Chilly tries to be a hero, but ends up being the one needing to be saved.
- Reprints
- from Walter Lantz New Funnies (Dell, 1946 series) #288 (March-April 1962)
-
- Keywords
- fishing; igloos
The Name's the Same
Wally Walrus / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Wally Walrus; Woody Woodpecker
- Synopsis
- Using a rebus puzzle to figure out the answer to a question.
Ho, Ho, UFO!
The Beary Family / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ridiculous! Preposterous! Stupid!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Beary Family: Bessie; Charlie; Junior
- Synopsis
- Junior says he saw a UFO. His father tries to fool him by launching ordinary objects, but gets caught up in a self-inflating weather balloon and ends up being mistaken for a UFO himself.
- Keywords
- flying saucer; weather balloon
Indexer Notes
New material.
Found and Hounded
Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I thought I'd get an inspiration for my adventure novel...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
- Synopsis
- Andy goes to the mountains to find a quiet spot to write a novel, but Charlie keeps things chaotic.
- Reprints
- from Walter Lantz Andy Panda (Dell, 1952 series) #49 (February-April 1960)
-
Chuckle Chest
Knothead and Splinter / activity / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Jokes and riddles with header illustration.
Woody Woodpecker Puzzle Tree
Woody Woodpecker / activity / 0.7 page
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Crossword puzzle with tree names as answers.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Bugs Bunny; Tom and Jerry; Woody Woodpecker -
1.
[Hey Kids!]
Walt Disney Comics Digest -
2.
Golden Comics Digest Contents
-
3.
The Harebrained Hare
Bugs Bunny -
4.
The Farm Frolic
Tweety and Sylvester -
5.
Jumbled Jewelry
Honey Bunny -
6.
Chickening Out
Merlin the Magic Mouse -
7.
The Sporting Game
Little Pancho Vanilla -
8.
Fly Boys
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
9.
The Hunter's Habitat
Cool Cat -
10.
Tragic Magic
Porky Pig -
11.
[Human Cannonball]
Daffy Duck; A Golden Giggle -
12.
Little Dogie
-
13.
Puppet Show
Tom and Jerry -
14.
Fearful Fella
Little Quacker -
15.
Out on a Limb
Fuzzy & Wuzzy -
16.
Droopy and the Mechanical Monkey
Droopy -
17.
The First Swallow
-
18.
Word-Block Buster
Tom Cat -
19.
The Castle Caper
Mouse Musketeers -
20.
Too Many Bells
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
21.
[Wax Museum]
A Golden Giggle; Jerry and Tuffy -
22.
Monster of the Deep
-
23.
The Mystery of Mount Mystic
Woody Woodpecker -
24.
Meteor Menace
Space Mouse -
25.
Feathery Facts
Homer Pigeon -
26.
Spy Bait
Winnie Woodpecker -
27.
Public Hero Number Zero
Chilly Willy -
28.
The Name's the Same
Wally Walrus -
29.
Ho, Ho, UFO!
The Beary Family -
30.
Found and Hounded
Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken -
31.
Chuckle Chest
Knothead and Splinter -
32.
Woody Woodpecker Puzzle Tree
Woody Woodpecker -
33.
[Retailer Display Allowance]
-
34.
Rug Rally
Matchbox Models
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Clint Maxwell
- Darrel McCann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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