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Issue: Walter Lantz New Funnies #203
Publication Date: January 1954
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Issues: #203 of 180 Issues (192 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Dell executives moved from "Editing" to Notes:

Helen Meyer (credited) (editor, business manager, vice-president); George Delacorte (credited as George T. Delacorte Jr.) (publisher, president)

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color Covers and Interiors
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Cleaning Fish

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; three unhappy fish
Synopsis: Woody gives his pet fish a bath, scrubbing them down with soap.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Same to You...and Many of 'Em!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Mars' Milky Way candy bars. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Shiver Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
First Line: Here we are, Woody! Right on time!
Synopsis: Woody and Knothead and Splinter go to Shiver Valley where Woody plans to go into business. However, changeable weather keeps Woody ordering different items that quickly become obsolete.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, western
Character(s): Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
First Line: We're almost ready to show off into Indian country to get pictures of the old cliff dwellings!
Synopsis: Andy and Charlie go into Indian country to take photographs of cliff-dwellings and run into a crook using the dwellings as a hide-out.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
First Line: We interrupt this program to bring you an important announcement!
Synopsis: A cat wanders into an atomic testing laboratory and escapes. A reward of $500 is offered for the cat and Oswald and Floyd and Lloyd catch a number of stray cats, none of which is the one wanted.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Homer Pigeon; Carrie; Red Cardinal
First Line: Oh, dear! Homer still doesn't answer!
Synopsis: Homer's homing instinct is affected by a cold. Red Cardinal gives him a radio-equipped pilot's helmet to let him follow the radio signal. Meanwhile the police are hunting a gang of desperadoes and their radio messages are flooding the airwaves, causing Homer to miss the homing beam. He gets caught in a storm and accidentally leads the police to the gang's hideout.
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Pages: 6
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Don't Scoot the Messenger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Buzz Buzzard; Mister Scorch; Henrietta (hen); Miss Smood (Mister Scorch's secretary); Mister Scorch's unnamed butler
First Line: So you're both applying for the job as messenger with the Zooom Messenger Service, eh?
Synopsis: Woody and Buzz both apply for a job as a messenger. They are told to return the next morning. That night Buzz fakes a phone call from the messenger service and tells Woody to deliver a dozen eggs to Piker's Peak. Woody sets out on a scooter and employs various other methods of transportation to get the job done.
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In Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #94 published December 1966
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Woody and the Snowman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Buzz Buzzard
First Line: "Br-r-r! This snow makes a fellow shiver," Woody Woodpecker chattered to himself as he hurried home late one afternoon.
Synopsis: When Buzz tries to swipe Woody's bag of groceries, Woody hides out in a hollow snowman.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with three illustrations.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Charlie Chicken; Prof. Gerbeever
First Line: Gee, it's swell to be a carefree, slap-happy chicken!
Synopsis: Having discovered Charlie has an IQ of zero, Prof. Gerbeever decides to develop Charlie's talents and make a genius of him.
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Pages: 6
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Parents! Give Dell Comic Gift Subscriptions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell Comics
Character(s): Santa Claus
First Line: Solve your Christmas gif problem easily - inexpensively
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Promo for special Christmas gift subscriptions to Dell comics. One-year subscriptions to five Dell titles for $4.00. A "Lucky Penny Pocket Piece with real shiny penny" is included as a premium, as well as a Dell Comics Club membership card.
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Christmas Lip-Synching

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
First Line: We're going out to sing Christmas carols to the neighbors, Poppa Oswald.
Synopsis: To get bigger payoffs for good performances, Floyd and Lloyd lip-synch to a record player when they go caroling.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: On final interior page of the comic. Shares page with Statement of Ownership.
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953. No circulation figures are listed. On final interior page of the comic. Shares page with Oswald the Rabbit story "Christmas Lip-Synching". Bottom of page.
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Termite Inspector

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Wally Walrus
First Line: Say, Woody, do you know any good termite inspectors?
Synopsis: Woody performs a termite inspection for Wally Walrus.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color on inside back cover. A rare instance of a full-color story page on an inside cover.
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"Spark Up! Fake Out That Pass Defender!" Said Tom Fears

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Tom Fears (star end for the Los Angeles Rams - drawn and in photo); boy
First Line: "I found an end had to shake off defenders to catch passes. Tom Fears showed me how."
Synopsis: Tom Fears gives a boy tips for catching passes in football, and the importance of a Wheaties breakfast.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal, featuring end Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams professional football team. Ad includes photo of Fears, with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up with Wheaties!" ad series. Color ad on back cover.

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