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Clammed-Up by a Lobster

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; lobster

Synopsis: A lobster clamps Woody's beak shut.

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Pages: 1

There Are Giants at Your Comics Dealer

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Feature(s): Gold Key Comics

Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; Bamm-Bamm Rubble; sea turtle; Tarzan; leopard

First Line: The Biggest Comics you can buy! 96 pages for just 25 cents

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Pages: 1

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

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Wally Walrus; Daily Blab editor; Wally Walrus' three secretaries; restaurant waiter; shipboard passengers; ship's captain; Coast Guard pilot

First Line: Good morning! Yes, this is the Daily Blab...

Synopsis: Woody gives his all to get an interview with newly oil-rich Wally Walrus.

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Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #23 published February 1954
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 14

Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand". Steamship is named the "S.S. Craig" (for editor Chase Craig?)

How's Trix?

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): General Mills Trix; Trix Rabbit

Character(s): Trix Rabbit; cowboy kid

First Line: Worth rounding up...

Synopsis: The Trix Rabbit, in cowboy garb, tries to lasso a box of Trix.

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Top 3/4 of page.

You Get More Adventure and Action

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Feature(s): Gold Key Comics

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Pages: 0.25

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

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Space Mouse

Character(s): Space Mouse; King Size; King Size's Uncle Cheddar

First Line: Space Mouse rushed to Camembert Castle one day and found his ruler, King Size, pacing the floor nervously.

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.

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Pages: 1

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Rocky and Bullwinkle

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): General Mills Cheerios; Rocky and Bullwinkle

Character(s): Rocky; Bullwinkle; angry lady at clothesline

First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?

Synopsis: Bullwinkle eats Cheerios for “muscle-makin’ protein” to go sky-diving and gets tangled-up in an apartment building's clothesline.

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Notes: One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle.

The Tourist Trap

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Chilly Willy; Smedley; Sam the Trader; various human tourists

First Line: Chilly, if I don't make some sales soon, I will have to go out of business!

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.

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Pages: 4

Notes: New story.

The Two-Mule Team

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Max (mule); Sam (mule); desert resort guests; soldiers; crowd of mule-fans

First Line: Golly! Just look at those keen slippers! I've always wanted a pair of mules like that!

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.

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Pages: 10

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!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): General Mills Cocoa Puffs; The Cuckoo Bird

Character(s): The Cuckoo Bird; Gramps

First Line: Hi, Gramps! What did the bald man say when he received a comb for a present?

Synopsis: The Cuckoo Bird tells a joke to Gramps, then goes “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs”.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Top half of page.

100 Little Dolls All for $1.00

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Feature(s): The 100 Doll Co.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad for 100 "genuine Styrene plastic and hard synthetic rubber" dolls for $1.00. Lower half of page.

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers only $1.98

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Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers

First Line: 2 complete armies

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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!

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Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America

First Line: Or a big 50 cent profit for each box you sell

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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.