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Issue: Golden Comics Digest #5
Publication Date: September 1969
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Issues: #5 of 48 Issues (54 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (21 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Beep Beep the Road Runner; Woody Woodpecker; Tom; Jerry; Cuddles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover showcasing Warner Bros., Walter Lantz, and MGM stars.
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There's More Fun with Buddy L Trucks

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Buddy L
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for Buddy L brand toy trucks and Turtledove brand toy kitchen appliances.
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Golden Comics Digest Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker (cameo); Bugs Bunny (cameo); Tom (cameo)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Table of Contents and indicia.
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The Radio Ruckus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Dr. Weirdo
First Line: How can a guy concentrate on sleep with those mice making a racket?
Synopsis: Disturbed by the noise from Jerry and Tuffy's radio, Tom moves into what-appears to be a deserted castle. He finds it occupied by Dr. Weirdo, whose mechanical monsters cause Tom to decide home was better.
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From Content Item: FlagBoys' and Girls' March of Comics #281 [No Ad] published November 1965
was The Radio Ruckus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Built-in Diving Board

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Flip; Dip; Pop; Mom; Trader Dan; (Lou) elephant
First Line: Want to go swimming with us, Pop?
Synopsis: Flip and Dip buy an elephant with hay fever.
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From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #2 [unnamed variant] published July 1955
was The Built-In Diving Board [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Photo Finish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Skrewy Squirrel
First Line: Hmm! Now, there's a guy who looks like he's looking for something!
Synopsis: Skrewy pesters a photographer to take pictures of him instead of birds.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story. Formatted for digest as four oblong panels per page.
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The Hot Flier

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bertie Bird; Red Robin; Squilly Squirrel; Hugo Hummingbird; Tim Turtle
First Line: Summertime, summertime, summertime is racing time - Flying fast, zooming high, there's no faster bird than I
Synopsis: Annoyed by Bertie's bragging, the forest animals challenge Bertie to a race with Hugo Hummingbird.
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From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #4 [unnamed variant] published July 1957
was The Hot Flyer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Tom's Lock Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom
First Line: It is summertime and school is out, but Tom is keeping his thinking wheels busy by pondering over this lock puzzle.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A word puzzle.
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The Dragon Dilemma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, historical
Character(s): Mouse Musketeers [Jerry; Tuffy]; M'sieur Poosycat [Tom]; The King
First Line: His highness, the King...
Synopsis: The King finds he needs Tom and his lousy trumpet playing to keep a dragon away from the castle.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: New story. Formatted for digest as two vertical panels per page.
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The Downhearted Duckling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Little Quacker; Tom; Jerry; hen
First Line: This is a story about a little duckling who couldn't stand the sight of himself...
Synopsis: Little Quacker is depressed because he thinks he's an ugly duckling.
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From Content Item: FlagM.G.M.'s Tom and Jerry's Winter Fun #4 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1955
was The Downhearted Duckling [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Pharaoh's Curse

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Howard Carter (archeologist); King Tutankhamen
First Line: Let us turn back the clock forty-two years. It is 1922 and we are at the foot of a cliff in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Synopsis: The opening of King Tut's tomb and the curse that was supposed to affect those involved.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Text with three illustrations. (C) 1964, Western Publishing Company, Inc.

Formatted for digest as 3 pages. The original printing was 1 page.
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Topknot of the Big Top

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Winnie Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
First Line: Guess what, Woody?
Synopsis: Winnie inherits a circus and Woody becomes a star performer, despite disrupting the other acts.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Story is reprinted from an undetermined issue - appears be formatted for "March of Comics".

Reference to Poughkeepsie, New York (the location of Western Publishing's printing facilities) page 14, panel 2.
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To Sea and Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Chilly Willy; Bully Bear
First Line: Bah! How can a guy catch any lunch with so much competition?
Synopsis: Unhappy with the competition for fishing, Bully Bear decides to remove Chilly Willy from the fishing spot.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Hey, Taxi!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Charlie Chicken; taxi driver
Synopsis: Charlie hails a taxi - and walks through it - to cross water flowing in a street.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New story. Pantomime.
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Cuddles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Cuddles (dog); Johnny Pennyweather; Mr. Pennyweather
First Line: In a town, on a street, in a house, live Mister Penny weather and his young son, Johnny.
Synopsis: A small puppy grows into a huge dog with an obsession with burying things.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker's Back to School #4 [25¢ Cover Price] published January 1955
was Cuddles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Based on the 1954 Walter Lantz cartoon "Dig That Dog."
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Knothead and Splinter Chuckle Chest

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Knothead; Splinter
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Knothead and Splinter present a page of jokes and riddles.
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The Rare Egg Scramble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; schoolteacher; school kids; Colonel Simpleton
First Line: And now, children, I am going to read you a story about archaeology - the scientific study of past life, such as fossil relics!
Synopsis: A schoolteacher reads her class a story about Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken who, while flying in a balloon over a desert, rescue an archeologist. He takes them to a hidden valley where they hatch a dragon's egg.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker's Back to School #6 published October 1957
was The Rare Egg Scramble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Fame Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Winnie Woodpecker; Henrietta Hippo; Winnie's lady friend (Duck); various fishermen; refined lady diner
First Line: Do my eyes deceive me or is that Henrietta Hippo in a Zaztro V-8 sport car?
Synopsis: Winnie tries to open a seaside gourmet restaurant, but her customers all want plain food.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: New story.

Reads very much like an unused "Daisy Duck's Diary" story repurposed for Winnie Woodpecker.
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Woody Just for Fun Story

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Woody Woodpecker
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A text story with blanks to be filled in from a list at the bottom of the page.
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Raptures of the Deep

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Cap'n Larkin
Synopsis: Cap'n Larkin finds ghostly pirates when he makes a deep dive.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1964. Text story with three illustrations.
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The Big Game Hunters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; airplane pilot; rhinoceros; elephant; giraffe; lion; ostrich
First Line: Look, Doc... If we're going on a safari to Africa, let's get moving!
Synopsis: Bugs comes along on Elmer's African safari to bring back animals for a zoo. He proves to be more of a hinderance to Elmer than a help but ends up getting most of the credit for the captures.
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Pages: 14
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Who's in the Zoo?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
First Line: Elmer is very worried. He finally captured four more animals for the zoo, but Bugs decided to mix things up a bit.
Synopsis: Unscramble the names of the animals that Elmer has captured for the zoo.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thematically linked to the preceding story.
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The Rain Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Cool Cat; The Hunter [Colonel Rimfire]
Synopsis: The Hunter tries to take advantage of Cool Cat's dislike of rain.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story. Four horizontal panels per page.
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A Case of Tweets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Tweety and Sylvester
Character(s): Tweety; Sylvester
Synopsis: Tweety's constant tweeting is driving Sylvester crazy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Fun Figures

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Petunia Pig (cameo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings made up of numbers. Object is to add all the numbers together to get a total.
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The Scarey-Crow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gil Turner ?
Penciller(s): Gil Turner
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Pancho Vanilla
Character(s): Little Pancho Vanilla; Papacita
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies #3 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1953
was The Scarey-Crow [Story on Interior Page(s)]under the title: "The Scarey-Crow"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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In a Spin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Beep Beep the Road Runner
Character(s): Beep Beep; Wile E. Coyote; Beep Beep's sons
Synopsis: Wile E. invents a "dust-devil machine" to make cyclones.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Snagging a Snorkeler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; annoyed swimmer
Synopsis: Porky annoys a man while snorkeling.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New story. Pantomime.
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The Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil De Lara
Inker(s): Phil De Lara
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Daffy Duck
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Daffy tries to make a hero out of Elmer, but everything goes wrong.
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Pages: 7
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Treasure Trouble

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Yosemite Sam
Character(s): Yosemite Sam
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A connect-the-dots puzzle.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Golden Magazine
Character(s): Cracky
First Line: Hi, I'm Cracky...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for subscriptions to "Golden Magazine." One year for $5.00. (Same promo as inside back cover of Walt Disney Comics Digest #15.)
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Enter the Golden Magazine "TV Star" Sweepstakes

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Golden Magazine
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for contest in September issues of Golden Magazine and Gold Key comics. Grand prize is a Hollywood vacation for four and a personal appearance on the CBS "Family Affair" TV show. (Same promo as back cover of Walt Disney Comics Digest #15.)

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