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Issue: Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #124
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Variant: Gold Key
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Publisher: FlagWestern
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Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/1972
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
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Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig; Del Connell
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 90062-207
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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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See-Sawing Before It Starts Pouring

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typeset; logo
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Knothead and Splinter use Woody's closed umbrella as a see-saw, as it begins to rain.
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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Mark Jewelers
25 Years Service to Military Personnel
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Ad for military emblem rings and other products from Mark Jewelers. Color ad on inside front cover.
The Cuckoo Clock Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Wally Walrus; department store staff; department store customers; Timtuk villagers; Kuru the Clockmaker; Winki Woodpecker; Breck (thief); Mulch (thief)
Woody, look at the electric cuckoo clocks they’re selling down at Bimbel’s Department Store.
A novelty cuckoo clock, with a cuckoo that looks just like Woody, leads the Woodpeckers to adventure in Timtuk, Tavaria, the cuckoo clock capital of the world.
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Miscellaneous
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Trapped on the high window ledge of a castle, Woody makes reference to the fact that he can fly (an aspect of his character that irregularly comes up in the comics), but decides to not resort to said ability as a means of escape. “It’s so long since I’ve done any flying… (Gulp!)… I don’t seem to have the urge to try my wings again from here!” Christensen's original title "Cookoo Cookoo [sic] Clocks", from his notes.
Collections

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Gandalf Products Co.
Express yourself with these great new things.
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Psychedelic images and counterculture symbols are offered as posters, rings, dog-tags, and sew-on patches. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Saunders Archery Co.; Falcon II Hunting Sling
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Ad offering hunting slingshots and a booklet teaching slingshot accuracy. Between pages 10 and 11 of previous story. Top half of page.
Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys

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Sea-Monkeys
Own a bowl full of happiness – Instant pets!
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Ad for Sea-Monkeys. Between pages 10 and 11 of previous story. Lower half of page.
Bargain Boutique

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Gandalf Products Co.
Groovy, colorful cloth patches that tell it like it is!
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Various counterculture symbols are offered as rings, dog tags, decals, etc. for the "special price" of 88 cents each for 4 or more. Between pages 13 and 14 of previous story. Middle left page of centerfold.
Disneykin Play Characters Are Here!

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Gandalf Products Co.
Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy; Pluto; (32 various Disney characters in all)
colorful... exciting... fun
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Ad for small, hand-painted Disney character figures pictured in color photos. Photo illustrated version of this ad. There is a also a penciled and inked version. Between pages 13 and 14 of previous story. Middle right page of centerfold.
A Man of His Word

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Itty-Bitty League baseball players; big bruiser; piano mover; nurse
Strike three! You're out!
After umpire Woody calls Knothead out on strikes to lose the Itty-Bitty League Series, Knothead refuses to speak to Woody for 24-hours... no matter what!
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Miscellaneous
5
New story. This story is a virtual scene-by-scene remake of the 1959 Augie Doggie cartoon "Talk It Up Pup", written by Michael Maltese - up to and including the "Itty-Bitty League" being named as such, in both cartoon and comic.
Wow! 88 Posters only 65 cents

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Gandalf Products Co.
All in full color all different
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Various psychedelic images and sixties counterculture symbols offered as mini-posters. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Upper half of page.
Incense Magic

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Gandalf Products Co.
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Ad for various fragrances of incense. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Lower half of page.
Charlie Chicken's Chuckle Chest

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Charlie Chicken
Charlie Chicken
Ha Ha Hee Hee Ho Ho Har Har Hoo Hoo Yuk Yuk
Various jokes and riddles with no reader submission credits. A product of editorial?
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One illustration of Charlie Chicken tickling his foot with a feather, resulting in the "first line" of laughing sounds indexed above.
Clothes Woes

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Credits
Vivie Risto
Vivie Risto
Vivie Risto
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Chilly Willy; Patty Penguin; penguin postman; Mrs. Pengly (penguin mother); various penguin villagers
Golly! Every book I read about penguins always points out one thing… “Due to their distinctive coloring the penguin always seems to be wearing a tuxedo!”
Chilly decides to become a fashion trend-setter with some mail-order clothes, only to find that styles change rapidly.
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Miscellaneous
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Get This Original Spiro Agnew Watch from the Dirty Time Co.

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Gandalf Products Co.
Vice President Spiro Agnew; President Richard Nixon (as “Dickey Nixon”); Moshe Dayan (Israeli military leader and politician); W.C Fields (actor/comedian); Laurel and Hardy (actors/comedians); “Republican Party Elephant” (symbol); “Democratic Party Donkey” (symbol) as caricatures on novelty watch faces
Here is the genuine, original Spiro Agnew watch you’ve seen on television and in leading magazines and newspapers.
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Ad for novelty watches featuring caricatures of Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon, Moshe Dayan, W.C Fields, Laurel and Hardy, “Republican Party Elephant” and “Democratic Party Donkey”. The Spiro Agnew watch stems from a then-popular joke which asked: “What kind of a wrist watch does Mickey Mouse wear? …A Spiro Agnew watch!” Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
Keeping Fit

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typeset; logo
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Woody Woodpecker
Woody's exercise equipment "pulls back".
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Pantomime
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Gandalf Products Co.
Get these dynamite embroidered cloth patches that tell it like it is!
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Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as embroidered cloth patches.
Dig These!

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Monogram Models; Mattel
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Ad for drag-car style snap-together models of construction equipment. Color ad on inside back cover.
3 Complete Fishing Outfits

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Niresk Discount Sales
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Fishing equipment offered via mail order (1972 models). Color ad on back cover.

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