Issue Details

Issue	#194
Published	April 1953
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Genre	funny animal

1 page Mars; Milky Way advertisement "I'm Takin' It Easy This Easter!"

Characters	Easter Bunny
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Milky Way candy bars.

10 page Woody Woodpecker story "Trying to Reform the Tigers"

Characters	Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; The Tigers (Drooly; Snapper; Pappy) (villains)
Synopsis	Woody uses a "Man from Mars" outfit to try to scare the Tigers into reforming.
Genre	funny animal

8 page Andy Panda story "Spies in Portugal"

Characters	Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Synopsis	While visiting Lisbon, Portugal, Andy and Charlie become involved with espionage involving communist spies and American atomic secrets.
Genre	funny animal

8 page Woody Woodpecker story "The Mistaken Robbers"

Characters	Woody Woodpecker; Tackhammer
Synopsis	Tackhammer forgets the key to his house. As he and Woody are trying to gain entry, a pair of bank robbers spot them and assume they are burglars. The crooks force Woody and Tackhammer to assist them on a bank robbery.
Genre	funny animal

6 page Homer Pigeon story "Carnival Competition"

Characters	Homer Pigeon; Carrie; Red Cardinal
Synopsis	Homer and Red compete at games at a carnival to try to impress Carrie.
Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Veve Risto
Inks	Veve Risto
Letters	Veve Risto

1 page Charlie story "Quiet Please!"

Characters	Charlie Chicken
Synopsis	Charlie gets thrown out of a library for laughing while reading funny stories and crying while reading sad stories.
Genre	funny animal

6 page Charlie Chicken story "Charlie's School"

Characters	Charlie Chicken; Goat
Synopsis	Charlie opens a school with a guarantee that students will learn or get double their money back.
Genre	funny animal

2 page Woody Woodpecker text story "A Bird's Best Friend"

Characters	Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
Synopsis	Knothead and Splinter beg Woody to let them keep a squirrel as a pet.
Genre	funny animal
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with two illustrations.

6 page Oswald The Rabbit story "Boxing Match in Basement"

Characters	Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis	Floyd and Lloyd arrange a boxing match between Oswald and Willie Woodchuck's father, which they hold in Oswald's basement.
Genre	funny animal

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free to New Dell Comics Club Members Only"

Characters	Woody Woodpecker
Letters	typeset
Notes	Promo for subscriptions to New Funnies. Premium is a gold-plated key holder. Rate is 12 issues for $1.00.

1 page advertisement "Go Ahead...You Can Really Pet the Fuzzy Yellow Cat!"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Fuzzy Wuzzy Tell-A-Tale books, Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin.

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race"

Characters	Gretchen Fraser
Genre	sports
Notes	Back cover. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal, featuring slalom skier Gretchen Fraser. Part of the "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series of ads.