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Issue Details

Issue #202
Published November 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 202." Code number is WWOS 202-4811. Copyright 1948 by Walter Lantz Productions.

Cover Details

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Genre funny animal
Pencils Dan Gormley ?
Inks Dan Gormley ?
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Woody Woodpecker story "Off the Field Injury"

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis After watching his teammates get carried off the field with injuries in a football game, Woody faints and falls off the bench when he's called into the game.
Genre funny animal; sports
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

22 page Woody Woodpecker story "Woody the Football Hero"

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis A pro football team hires Woody, but they want him to be water boy, not a player. With the home team behind, the coach relents and puts Woody in the game and he uses some unusual tactics to get his team back in the game.
Genre funny animal; sports
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

10 page Woody Woodpecker story "Noisy Neighbors"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Mr. Tackhammer
Synopsis Woody rigs up a loudspeaker system to irritate Tackhammer. Tackhammer gets revenge by doctoring Woody's soup with hot pepper and tabasco sauce, temporarily ruining Woody's singing voice.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Reference is made to "The Woody Woodpecker Song," featuring Woody's laugh, which was introduced in cartoons in 1947 and was a hit recording for Kay Kyser in 1948. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Woody Woodpecker story "Bubble Gum Contest"

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis Woody uses an air pump to cheat in a contest for blowing bubble gum bubbles.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white.

1 page Woody Woodpecker story "Soft Drink Machine"

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Synopsis Woody tilts a soft drink machine in order to get a bottle out of it.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Dick Hall
Inks Dick Hall
Notes Back cover; pantomime story.