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Issue: Four Color #179
Publication Date: January 1948
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Issues: #179 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Uncle Wiggily
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/28/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 179". Code number is U.W.O.S. #179-481. Copyright 1945, 1947 by Howard R. Garis. First of nine Uncle Wiggily Four Colors.

On sale date (date of publication) per Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1947 Pamphlets, page 392.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Uncle Wiggily
Character(s): Uncle Wiggily
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The Better Half of Albert Angleworm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Uncle Wiggily
Character(s): Uncle Wiggily; Albert Angleworm
Synopsis: Uncle Wiggily repairs the damage after he accidentally cuts Albert Angleworm in half while hoeing the garden.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint?
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Uncle Wiggily's Flying Shoes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Uncle Wiggily
Character(s): Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Ben Beaver; Skeezicks (villain); Pip (villain)
Synopsis: Uncle Wiggily finds that he can bound high in the air with the aid of air-filled rubber pillows on his feet and guide himself with his umbrella. After Uncle Wiggily foils Skeezicks' attempt to steal a bird's nest, Skeezicks and his pal Pip plot to get revenge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Homemade Skeeter Dope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Uncle Wiggily
Character(s): Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Susie; Sammie; Gilbert Groundhog; Solitary Skunk
Synopsis: Uncle Wiggily mixes up a batch of mosquito repellent, but it attracts mosquitoes rather than repels them. He counters with a suit made of mosquito netting.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Uncle Wiggily Buries His Fortune

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Uncle Wiggily
Character(s): Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Kitty Puss; Louie Lightning Bug; The Bushytails
Synopsis: Uncle Wiggily digs a hole deep under a tree to bury his fortune. However a fox chases Kitty Puss into the hole and after Uncle Wiggily keeps him from entering, the fox fills in the entrance. Uncle Wiggily and Kitty burrow their way to the safety of the Bushytails' home in a nearby hollow tree.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The Flying Folding Bed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Uncle Wiggily
Character(s): Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Susie; Ragged Old Bob Cat (villain); Bushy Bear (villain)
Synopsis: Uncle Wiggily invents a portable bed with folding sides. He spends the night outside in it, but is captured by the Ragged Old Bob Cat and the Bushy Bear and taken to their hideout in the mountains. Wiggily escapes by coasting the bed downhill, only to find that its wide flat surface causes it to fly.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Uncle Wiggily Plays Baseball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Uncle Wiggily
Character(s): Uncle Wiggily
Synopsis: Uncle Wiggily joins two teams of bugs who are playing a baseball game.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, white, and red. Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Possibly a Sunday newspaper reprint?
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Uncle Wiggily Buys a New Hat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Uncle Wiggily
Character(s): Uncle Wiggily; Benny Beaver; Betty Bluebird
Synopsis: Betty Bluebird builds a nest in Uncle Wiggily's hat, forcing him to buy a new one at Benny Beaver's store.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Possibly a Sunday newspaper reprint?

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