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Issue: Golden Comics Digest #32
Publication Date: September 1973
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Issues: #32 of 48 Issues (54 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 92401-309
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: 4.75 in. x 6.5 in. digest
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cardboard cover
Binding: perfect-bound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Summer Fun

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Woody Woodpecker
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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On Target for Fun

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics
Character(s): Donald Duck; Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Beep Beep the Road Runner; Mod Wheels; Cracky; Tom & Jerry; Little Lulu; Bullwinkle; Heckle & Jeckle; Scooby Doo; Tweety & Sylvester; Woody Woodpecker; Mickey Mouse; Wacky Witch
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A promo for Gold Key Comics with many of their most popular characters shown.
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Golden Comics Digest Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contents page with title of each story, the pages they are in the book and the indicia.
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The Golden Fleece

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Woody Woodpecker
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Splinter; Knothead; pirates; a sheep; Mabel; Horace; cruise ship crew
Synopsis: Woody and the kids are attacked by pirates and escape to an island with a sheep that appears to be the Golden Fleece of legend. When the pirates arrive and try to capture the sheep, Woody and the kids escape again, to be picked up by a cruise ship.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #68 published August 1961
was The Golden Fleece [Story on Interior Page(s)]original layout=10 pages; reprint layout=14 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Cruise ship is "S.S. Tourina."
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Puzzle Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Andy Panda
Character(s): Andy Panda
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A crossword puzzle.
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Money Maker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Windy and Breezy
Character(s): Windy; Breezy; Roscoe
Synopsis: When Breezy wants to buy a new house Windy tells him that he'll have to get a job. When he tries to sell rocks he finds that one is enough to buy that house.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz New Funnies #281 published January 1961
was Money Maker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Weather Warfare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vivie Risto
Inker(s): Vivie Risto
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Chilly Willy
Character(s): Chilly Willy; Cap'n Pete; Waldo Whale; Cap'n White; Sir Snow; Mr. Wind; Terry Twister
Synopsis: Chilly and his friends get caught in a winter weather war between Cap'n White, Sir Snow, and Mr. Wind.
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From Content Item: FlagFour Color #1212 published September 1961
was Weather Warfare [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint layout=11 pages; original layout=8 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Winnie Makes a Wish

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Winnie
Character(s): Winnie
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A word puzzle.
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Door-to-Door Danger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Fallberg ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Sam 'n' Simian
Character(s): Sam; Simian; Mr. Bullgrinch
Synopsis: Sam and Simian get in trouble with selling things door to door so they decide to get into another line of work that seems safer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Frontier Daze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Woody Woodpecker
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Carl; The Sheriff
Synopsis: When Woody is arrested on Frontier Days for not wearing western clothes he trips while in the jail and wakes up thinking he is Wild and Wooly Woody, the Wickedest Woodpecker of the West. When he escapes from jail the Sheriff, Knothead and Splinter try to catch him before he can pull a real robbery.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #78 published December 1963
was Frontier Daze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (Gold Key, 1962 series) #78 ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Did You Know...
First Line: That very few animals see any color other than grey!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various interesting facts.
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Outer Space Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Oswald the Rabbit
Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Wally the Walrus
Synopsis: Oswald needs Wally's help for his experiments on space travel and he thinks that if he can get Wally airborne he'll be willing to help, but it turns out to be harder than it looks.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #66 published April 1961
was Outer Space Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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What and Y Riddle Quiz

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Woody Woodpecker
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A riddle quiz.
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Voyage of the Vulture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Andy Panda
Character(s): Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Cap'n Sly (Dead-Eye Richard); Mister Morg
Synopsis: Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken are shanghaied and forced to help Cap'n Sly on his hunt for The Tiger Whale.
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Pages: 20
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Eugene L. Parsons and J. Richard Dalmolin

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Young Heroes
Character(s): Eugene L. Parsons; J. Richard Dalmolin; Pamela Haught; Jacque Day
Synopsis: The story of Eugene L. Parsons and J. Richard Dalmolin, two Carnegie Hero Fund Medal winners.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes spot illustration of Carnegie Hero Fund Medal.
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Pirate Plunder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Homer Pigeon
Character(s): Homer Pigeon; Red Cardinal; Carrie; Cap'n Dirk; Slinky
Synopsis: While spying on Red Cardinal and Carrie on the beach Homer sees pirates bury treasure, but he gets into all kinds of trouble trying to find it.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #61 published June 1960
was Pirate Plunder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Hop to It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Carey
Inker(s): John Carey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, science fiction
Feature(s): Space Mouse
Character(s): Space Mouse; Dr. Rodent Rocket; Size, King of Rodentia
Synopsis: Dr. Rocket invents the "Lunar Leaper," a pogo-stick designed to hop from planet to planet. Space Mouse is picked to test it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #1244 published November 1961
was Hop To It [Story on Interior Page(s)]original layout=8 pages, reprint layout=11 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Little Emma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Little Emma; Henry Arbuckle; Pancho; Geronimo
Synopsis: Little Emma is a small old train that Henry Arbuckle buys and then uses to transport copper in Arizona territory. Because Little Emma is so small it appears that she will be replaced by a larger train until something happens on what was to be her last haul.
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From Content Item: FlagRex Allen #24 published March 1957
was Little Emma [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Mystery Catch

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chilly Willy
Character(s): Chilly Willy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A word puzzle.
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Farm Foolery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Sugar Foot
Character(s): Sugarfoot; Ma; Pa; Fleetfoot
Synopsis: Pa uses all of his money to buy a new tractor so that Sugarfoot can retire but Sugarfoot thinks that Pa is going to put him down so he destroys the tractor. Sugarfoot overhears Pa tell Ma that the tractor was to help him but it is too late because Pa has seen Sugarfoot destroy the tractor. Pa throws him off the farm so Sugarfoot sets out to make enough money for Pa to buy another tractor.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker's Back to School #3 published January 1954
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Title is taken from the contents page. The first sentence is "Once upon a time there was a horse named sugarfoot...".
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Memory Game

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Woody Woodpecker
Character(s): Knothead; Splinter
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A memory game.
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The Case of the Wishing Well

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Winnie
Character(s): Winnie; Knothead; Splinter; "Glitter Glen"
Synopsis: Knothead and Splinter cause trouble when they fake a murder at home so Winnie tries to take them out so they won't cause any more trouble. Instead of staying out of trouble they end up in the middle of a real robbery investigation.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Dot-to-Dot

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Oswald
Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A Dot-To-Dot Puzzle.
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Skywriter

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Space Mouse
Character(s): Space Mouse
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A Dot-To-Dot Puzzle.
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It's Magic!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Walt Disney Comics Digest
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Goofy; Pluto; Doc; Chip 'n' Dale; Jiminy Cricket
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Walt Disney Comics Digest with an illustration of various Walt Disney characters.
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Kids!!! Know What One Pencil Can Do?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pencil Puzzle Fun
Character(s): Cracky
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Pencil Puzzle Fun #? with a listing of many of the kinds of puzzles in it and a reprint of the front cover.

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