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Issue Details

Issue #902
Published May 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD; 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "WILL-YUM!, No. 902." Code number is WILL-YUM O.S. #902-585. Copyright 1958 by John F. Dille Company. Based on the "Will-Yum!" newspaper strip by Dave Gerard. Versions exist with 10 cent and 15 cent cover prices.

Cover Details

Characters Will-yum; Madeline
Genre children
Pencils Dave Gerard (signed)
Inks Dave Gerard (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Will-Yum! story "The Lost Quarter"

Characters Will-yum; Elwood
Synopsis Will-yum wants Elwood to help him look for his lost quarter.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

8 page Will-Yum! story "The Challenge"

Characters Will-yum; Madeline; Sniffy
Synopsis Will-yum and Madeline compete in a series of contests, with Will-yum becoming increasingly desperate as Madeline wins all the time.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard

6 page Will-Yum! story "The Wreckers"

Characters Will-yum; Skinny
Synopsis Will-yum and Skinny explore an old deserted house.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard

6 page Will-Yum! story "The Birdman"

Characters Will-yum; Sniffy
Synopsis Will-yum tries to invent a way to fly.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard

6 page Will-Yum! story "Smiley"

Characters Will-yum
Synopsis Will-yum gets in trouble when he takes the slogan "Keep Smiling" too literally.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard

6 page Will-Yum! story "The Rescue"

Characters Will-yum; Madeline
Synopsis Will-yum tries to help Madeline find her lost cat.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard

1 page Will-Yum! story "New Sweater"

Characters Will-yum; Skinny
Synopsis Skinny tries to guess what the letter on Will-yum's new sweater stands for.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Will-Yum! and Whizzer story "Buried Treasure"

Characters Will-yum; Whizzer (dog)
Synopsis Will-yum's treasure map leads him to one of Whizzer's buried bones.
Genre children
Script Dave Gerard
Pencils Dave Gerard
Inks Dave Gerard
Letters Dave Gerard
Notes Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."