Issue Details

Issue	#276
Published	May 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 276." Code number is U.W.O.S. #277-505. (Note that code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1948 by Bell Syndicate. Copyright 1950 by Howard Garis.

Cover Details

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Sammy Littletail
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Dan Gormley
Inks	Dan Gormley
Letters	typeset
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Uncle Wiggily story "This wash tub has to be fixed, Wiggily!"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Uncle Butter; Flattail Beaver; The Skeezicks
Synopsis	Wiggily takes a wash tub to Flattail Beaver's shop to be fixed. He then uses the wash tub to escape from the Skeezicks.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1948

8 page Uncle Wiggily story "The Frog Pond Fright"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Uncle Butter; The Scillery Scallery Alligator; Nurse Jane; Sammy Littletail
Synopsis	Uncle Wiggly and Uncle Butter build a boat, but when they launch it into the Frog Pond, they run into the Scillery Scallery Alligator.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1948 ?

8 page Uncle Wiggily story "The Woodland Circus"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Uncle Butter; Sammy Littletail; The Bad Chaps [Fuzzy Fox; Shaggy Wolf]
Synopsis	Fuzzy Fox and Shaggy Wolf disguise themselves as clowns to get into Uncle Wiggily's Woodland Circus.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1948 ?

8 page Uncle Wiggily story "The Prize Pumpkin"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Possie Possum; The Pipsisewah; The Skeezicks; Sammy Littletail; Uncle Butter (cameo)
Synopsis	Wiggily takes his prize pumpkin to the county fair. On the way he has to elude the Pipsisewah and the Skeezicks.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1948 ?

8 page Uncle Wiggily story "The Pie Snatcher"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Sammy Littletail; Bobby; Butch Bear
Synopsis	Wiggily sets a trap to catch whoever is stealing Nurse Jane's pies from her window sill.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1948 ?

8 page Uncle Wiggily story "Wiggily the Baby-Sitter"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Bushytail; Billy; Bobby; The Bad Chaps [Fuzzy Fox; Shaggy Wolf]
Synopsis	The Bad Chaps pretend to be a mother and her son so they can hire Wiggily as a baby-sitter.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1948 ?

8 page Uncle Wiggily story "Helping Twistytail Lose Weight"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Twistytail; Sammy Littletail; Uncle Butter
Synopsis	Wiggily tries to help Twistytail lose weight so he'll be able to fit into his suit when he's master of ceremonies at the school program.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1948 ?

1 page Uncle Wiggily story "Hot doggies! This new hat is really somethin'!"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; The Bad Chaps [Fuzzy Fox; Shaggy Wolf]
Synopsis	Shaggy Wolf gets a new straw hat and asks Wiggily what he thinks of it.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1948

1 page Uncle Wiggily story "A May flower in April! Time for a picnic!"

Characters	Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Sammy Littletail; Shaggy Wolf
Synopsis	Nurse Jane comes to the rescue when Shaggy Wolf interrupts a picnic.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Roger Garis
Pencils	Francis Kirn
Inks	Francis Kirn
Notes	Back cover. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1948