Walter Lantz New Funnies, #203
Published: January 1954
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Cleaning Fish (1)
Storyline
Woody gives his pet fish a bath, scrubbing them down with soap.
Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Knothead
- Splinter
- three unhappy fish
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Weaver
- Inks: Bill Weaver
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
The Same to You...and Many of 'Em!
Story Notes
Illustrated ad for Mars' Milky Way candy bars. Color ad on inside front cover.
Shiver Valley
"Here we are, Woody! Right on time!"
Storyline
Woody and Knothead and Splinter go to Shiver Valley where Woody plans to go into business. However, changeable weather keeps Woody ordering different items that quickly become obsolete.
Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Knothead
- Splinter
Credits
- Script: Carl Fallberg
- Pencils: Bill Weaver
- Inks: Bill Weaver
- Letters: Bill Weaver
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
"We're almost ready to show off into Indian country to get pictures of the old cliff dwellings!"
Storyline
Andy and Charlie go into Indian country to take photographs of cliff-dwellings and run into a crook using the dwellings as a hide-out.
Characters
- Andy Panda
- Charlie Chicken
Credits
- Script: Carl Fallberg
- Pencils: Lynn Karp
- Inks: Lynn Karp
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
"We interrupt this program to bring you an important announcement!"
Storyline
A cat wanders into an atomic testing laboratory and escapes. A reward of $500 is offered for the cat and Oswald and Floyd and Lloyd catch a number of stray cats, none of which is the one wanted.
Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit
- Floyd
- Lloyd
Credits
- Pencils: Lynn Karp
- Inks: Lynn Karp
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
"Oh, dear! Homer still doesn't answer!"
Storyline
Homer's homing instinct is affected by a cold. Red Cardinal gives him a radio-equipped pilot's helmet to let him follow the radio signal. Meanwhile the police are hunting a gang of desperadoes and their radio messages are flooding the airwaves, causing Homer to miss the homing beam. He gets caught in a storm and accidentally leads the police to the gang's hideout.
Characters
- Homer Pigeon
- Carrie
- Red Cardinal
Credits
- Pencils: Veve Risto
- Inks: Veve Risto
- Letters: Veve Risto
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Don't Scoot the Messenger (1)
"So you're both applying for the job as messenger with the Zooom Messenger Service, eh?"
Storyline
Woody and Buzz both apply for a job as a messenger. They are told to return the next morning. That night Buzz fakes a phone call from the messenger service and tells Woody to deliver a dozen eggs to Piker's Peak. Woody sets out on a scooter and employs various other methods of transportation to get the job done.
Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Buzz Buzzard
- Mister Scorch
- Henrietta (hen)
- Miss Smood (Mister Scorch's secretary)
- Mister Scorch's unnamed butler
Credits
- Script: Carl Fallberg
- Pencils: Dick Hall
- Inks: Dick Hall
- Letters: Dick Hall
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Woody and the Snowman
""Br-r-r! This snow makes a fellow shiver," Woody Woodpecker chattered to himself as he hurried home late one afternoon."
Storyline
When Buzz tries to swipe Woody's bag of groceries, Woody hides out in a hollow snowman.
Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Knothead
- Splinter
- Buzz Buzzard
Credits
- Pencils: Lynn Karp
- Inks: Lynn Karp
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Story Notes
Text story with three illustrations.
"Gee, it's swell to be a carefree, slap-happy chicken!"
Storyline
Having discovered Charlie has an IQ of zero, Prof. Gerbeever decides to develop Charlie's talents and make a genius of him.
Characters
- Charlie Chicken
- Prof. Gerbeever
Credits
- Pencils: Dick Hall
- Inks: Dick Hall
- Letters: Dick Hall
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
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Featuring Dell Comics
"Solve your Christmas gif problem easily - inexpensively"
Characters
- Santa Claus
Credits
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Story Notes
Promo for special Christmas gift subscriptions to Dell comics. One-year subscriptions to five Dell titles for $4.00. A "Lucky Penny Pocket Piece with real shiny penny" is included as a premium, as well as a Dell Comics Club membership card.
Christmas Lip-Synching (1)
"We're going out to sing Christmas carols to the neighbors, Poppa Oswald."
Storyline
To get bigger payoffs for good performances, Floyd and Lloyd lip-synch to a record player when they go caroling.
Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit
- Floyd
- Lloyd
Credits
- Pencils: Lloyd White
- Inks: Lloyd White
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters: Lloyd White
Story Notes
On final interior page of the comic. Shares page with Statement of Ownership.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
Credits
- Script: Helen Meyer
Story Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953. No circulation figures are listed. On final interior page of the comic. Shares page with Oswald the Rabbit story "Christmas Lip-Synching". Bottom of page.
Termite Inspector (1)
"Say, Woody, do you know any good termite inspectors?"
Storyline
Woody performs a termite inspection for Wally Walrus.
Characters
- Woody Woodpecker
- Wally Walrus
Credits
- Pencils: Dick Hall
- Inks: Dick Hall
- Letters: Dick Hall
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Story Notes
Color on inside back cover. A rare instance of a full-color story page on an inside cover.
"Spark Up! Fake Out That Pass Defender!" Said Tom Fears
""I found an end had to shake off defenders to catch passes. Tom Fears showed me how.""
Storyline
Tom Fears gives a boy tips for catching passes in football, and the importance of a Wheaties breakfast.
Characters
- Tom Fears (star end for the Los Angeles Rams - drawn and in photo)
- boy
Story Notes
Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal, featuring end Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams professional football team. Ad includes photo of Fears, with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up with Wheaties!" ad series. Color ad on back cover.