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Issue: Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #103
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Publisher: FlagWestern
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Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/01/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
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Content Items: 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig; Del Connell
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10062-811. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Pedal Power Pouting

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset; logo
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Knothead and Splinter pedal Woody's bike - with Woody on it.
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Most Powerful Airplane

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
General Mills; Cheerios; Cheerios Kid
Cheerios Kid
The XB70A Valkyrie is the most powerful airplane in the world.
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Facts about the “XB70A Valkyrie”, an experimental bomber - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad on inside front cover.
The Super Lifesaver

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Woody Woodpecker; Wally Walrus; Professor Skizzoid; Cap'n Drew; Cap'n Drew's mate
Woody is proof-testing Professor Skizzoid's new ultra-modern lifesaving apparatus...
Lifeguard Woody tests Professor Skizzoid's new lifesaving inventions, and ends up catching a pair of smugglers.
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6
WOODY W. #103-688
New story.
The Million Dollar Idea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Space Mouse
Space Mouse; King Size; cosmic collection agents; subjects of Rodentia.
Ahhh! I just love cruising through the wide open spaces... outer spaces... with the top down on my Lunar Schooner!
King Size is going broke, but Space Mouse comes up with a way to replenish the royal coffers.
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"Reprinted by popular demand".
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Gold Key Comics Club News
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Plugs for upcoming comics, a drawing from a reader, and an "Honorable Mention" list of names of readers whose contributions would not be used.
Bright Eggs-Ample

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Woody's neighbor; chickens
Scat! You feathered nuisances!
Woody comes up with a clever idea to get his neighbor to keep his chickens out of Woody's yard.
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"Reprinted by popular demand".
Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Gold Key Comics Club
Land of the Giants figures (one giant and two little people)
Fall Season Links Gold Key Comics with Smash TV Shows
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A look at many of the Gold Key Comics on sale in September 1968, highlighting the comic book adaptation of producer Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants, which would debut in September 1968. Includes promotional art of the Land of the Giants logo and figures from Irwin Allen Productions/20th Century FOX. Also focus blurbs on Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Moby Duck, Donald Duck, Little Lulu, Daffy Duck, Lancer (TV western series), Daniel Boone, Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes, John Steed and Emma Peel ("The Avengers"- British TV series), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (movie adaptation), The Wild Wild West, Star Trek, The Three Stooges, and Hanna-Barbera's Huck Finn. No issue numbers are given.
Animals

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typeset
Subject Matter
nature
Reader's Page
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Drawings of animals sent in by readers.
Reader's Page Animals

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typeset
Subject Matter
Gold Key Comics Club
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Drawings of various animals submitted by readers.
Airplanes

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typeset
Subject Matter
Reader's Page
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Drawings of airplanes sent in by readers.
Reader's Page Airplanes

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typeset
Subject Matter
Gold Key Comics Club
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Drawings of various airplanes submitted by readers.
[untitled]

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typeset; ?
Subject Matter
humorous
Jokes on You
Gold Key Kid
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Jokes sent in by readers.
Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Gold Key Comics Club
Gold Key Kid
Why is a pianist like sixteen ounces of lead?
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Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
The Sun Dance Prance

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Vivie Risto
Vivie Risto
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Chilly Willy
Chilly Willy; Sammy Seal
The bells on Chilly Willy's Indian moccasins jingled musically as he hopped up and down in front of his igloo.
Chilly tries dancing a rain dance backward in hopes of bringing sunshine.
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The Little Bank Robbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; armored-car couriers; bank manager; lady depositor; cop; bank robber
Bills! Bills! Bills!
The kids find a bag of stolen money and Woody thinks that they've robbed a bank.
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"Reprinted by popular demand". A beat-for-beat remake of (or predecessor to – depending on how the dates actually fell) the 1959 Augie Doggie television cartoon “Million-Dollar Robbery”, also written by Michael Maltese. The original printing of the comic story was likely released in July 1959 (in order to have a cover date of September 1959) and the cartoon is listed as having first aired on December 1, 1959. Maltese has ported-over his cartoon plots to Western’s Dell and Gold Key comics a number of times, but never did the two versions both first appear inside of six months.
Cement

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Subject Matter
humorous
Mini-Comics
A bird mistakes a bag of cement for a bag of corn.
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Miscellaneous
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Amphibious

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Knothead
When his scooter falls apart, Knothead improvises.
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Miscellaneous
1
While this is billed as a Woody Woodpecker story, Woody does not appear.
Pantomime gag.
Plesiosaur

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Rex Maxon
Rex Maxon
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Typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Dinosauria
Facts about the plesiosaur.
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Copyright 1968 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Comic Books for Sale

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Howard N. Rogofsky
From 1934-1967 - 50,000 comic books
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Ad selling back issue comic books, Playboy, Big Little Books, Sunday comics pages, pulps, records, etc. from pioneering dealer Howard N. Rogofsky of Flushing, New York. No actual items are pictured in the ad. Top half of page.
Cement Discontent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
chicken; workman
A hungry chicken mistakes a sack of cement for a sack of corn, washes it down with some fountain water, and stiffens into a quick-drying statue.
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Pantomime. Lower half of page.
Dinosauria Plesiosaur

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
Gold Key Comics Club; Dinosauria
At the beginning of the Mesozoic Age about 190 million years ago, a huge flesh-eating sea dinosaur appeared in the prehistoric waters – the plesiosaur.
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Illustrated text article on the plesiosaur. Copyright 1968 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.
28 of Walt Disney's Most Famous Characters Decorating Your Child's Room!

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Golden Press
Tinker Bell; Mary Poppins; Bongo; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Winnie-the-Pooh; Dumbo; Timothy; Peter Pan; Fifer Pig; Snow White; Seven Dwarfs; Pluto; Thumper; Goofy; Pinocchio; Figaro; Gepetto; Bambi; Jiminy Cricket
Imagine! All of us for only $1.00
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Ad for Disney character wall decorations "printed in full color on luxurious durable art-board". Color ad on inside back cover.
Be a Big Winner

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typeset
Subject Matter
Sales Leadership Club
Join Sales Leadership Club
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Ad for Sales Leadership Club, offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized Christmas cards. Color ad on back cover.

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