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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published August 1970
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 164
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Chilly Willy; Bugs Bunny; Beep Beep the Roadrunner; Tom; Jerry
Genre Funny Animals; Science Fiction

1 page Pencil Puzzle Fun promo (ad from the publisher) "Kids!!! Know What One Pencil Can Do?"

Characters Cracky
Script ? (promo copy)
Notes Advertisement for Pencil Puzzle Fun #1 with a listing of many of the kinds of puzzles in it and a reprint of the front cover.

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Golden Comics Digest Contents"

Letters typeset
Notes Contents page with title of each story, the pages they are in the book and the indicia.

14 page Woody Woodpecker story "The Bird Scouts"

Characters Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Jerky
Synopsis When Knothead's Bird Scout Troup leader gets sick they talk Woody into leading them on their hike to Indian Mesa, even though it means they have to let Splinter come along. When they get there they are almost chased away by some claim jumpers dressed up as Indian spooks but Knothead knows enough about the Indians that lived there that he knows they aren't real. When they are scared away a second time by a talking totem pole they leave Splinter behind and so they have to go back and find her. They end up captured by the claim jumpers and it is up to Splinter to rescue them.
Genre Funny Animals
Editing Michael Teitelbaum (original editor) ?
Notes A Walter Lantz Chuckletime comic story.
Reprinted from March of Comics (Dell, 1946 series) #239 ?

1 page Andy Panda activity "Paper Trumpet"

Characters Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
Notes How to make a paper trumpet.

7 page Space Mouse story "The Four-Headed Giant"

Characters Space Mouse; Size, King of Rodentia; The Giant Tooter
Synopsis When Size gets a call for help from one of the fringe galaxies he sends Space Mouse to check it out. When he gets there he finds some Nose Tooters that he has to help because they are being picked on by a four-headed giant.
Genre Funny Animals; Science Fiction
Reprinted from Walter Lantz Space Mouse (Gold Key, 1962 series) #3 (May 1963) [original title: "Space Mouse Meets the Four-Headed Giant"]

1 page Woody Woodpecker activity "What Is It?"

Characters Woody Woodpecker
Notes A word puzzle.

6 page Winnie story "Drum Valley"

Characters Winnie; Uncle Westly; Claim-Jump Johnson
Synopsis When Winnie's Uncle Westly shows up at her home because invisible injun spooks chased him away from his claim he creates such a mess that Winnie takes him back to his claim to debunk the spooks and get him out of her house.
Genre Funny Animals
Pencils Jack Carey ?
Inks Jack Carey ?

8 page Pepe and Pepito story "At a county fair in trinidad..."

Characters Pepe; Pepito; Mama
Synopsis Pepe, the former boxing champion, raises his son Pepito to be the next boxing champion but he wants to play the drums instead. Fortunately, he figures out how to do both.
Genre Funny Animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Reprinted from Woody Woodpecker County Fair (Dell, 1956 series) #2 (November 1958)

1 page Oswald the Rabbit activity "Number Stumper"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Notes A number puzzle.

8 page Chilly Willy story "The Explorer"

Characters Chilly Willy; Patty; Bully Bear
Synopsis When Chilly notices that everyone seems to be an expert at something but him he decides to be an explorer. He sets off to make a map of the other side of Stumbling Block Glacier. Unfortunately (for him), Bully Bear thinks that instead of making a map he must be following one to buried treasure and he takes off after him, inadvertently helping Chilly along the way.
Genre Funny Animals
Notes Title is taken from the contents page. The first sentence is "Another whopper!".

1 page Knothead and Splinter filler "Chuckle Chest"

Characters Knothead; Splinter
Genre Humor
Notes A page full of jokes.

1 page Prehistoric Creatures text article "Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Lambeosaurus"

Genre Fact
Notes A "factual" article on Triceratops, Brachiosarus and Lambeosaurus dinosaurs.

14 page story "Journey to the Sun"

Characters Captain Bruce Martin; Hale; Peter Dunn; Smith
Synopsis The story of the first manned spaceship sent to orbit the Sun to gather data so that earth can shield it's radio waves against a giant sunspot.
Genre Science Fiction
Reprinted from March of Comics (Dell, 1946 series) #219 ?

13 page Bugs Bunny story "Hair-Raising Hare"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Professor Bumble; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Bugs decides to help Elmer grow hair using Professor Bumble's Fuzz water but he mistakenly dumps a bottle all over his body and Elmer ends up looking like a big dog and is promptly thrown in the pound.
Genre Funny Animals
Notes A Warner Bros. Funtastics story.

1 page Petunia Pig activity "Petunia's Flower Pin-Up"

Characters Petunia Pig
Notes How to make flowers from yarn, paper and pipe cleaners.

8 page Beep Beep the Road Runner story "High-Flying Coyote"

Characters Beep Beep the Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote
Synopsis Wile tries to trap Beep Beep at an abandoned gas station but Beep Beep tricks him into burning his fur off so that he can't chase him until it grows back.
Genre Funny Animals

1 page Daffy Duck story "Daffy Questions"

Characters Daffy Duck
Notes Riddles. First line: "If Daffy climbs up the steep side of a mountain, where should he get down?"
Reprinted from Looney Tunes (Dell, 1955 series) #196 (February 1958)

5 page Tweety and Sylvester story "The Caged Cat"

Characters Tweety; Sylvester
Synopsis Tweety is a caged bird in the zoo when Sylvester sees him and decides to eat him. Unfortunately for Sylvester, everytime he tries to get Tweety he ends up with a different, more wild animal from the zoo.
Genre Funny Animals

1 page Funny Animals activity "Elmer Fudd's Garden"

Characters Elmer Fudd
Notes A word scramble puzzle.

8 page Cool Cat story "Hi-Ho, Steed!"

Characters Cool Cat; Mr. Hunter; Ella; Rhina
Synopsis When Mr. Hunter trades in Ella (his old faithful elephant) for the faster Rhina (a rhino) Cool Cat is almost captured. He looks for a faster ride for himself to help him get away but nothing seems to work until he has a brainstorm.
Genre Funny Animals

1 page Porky Pig activity "Nutty Quiz"

Characters Porky Pig
Notes Riddles.

7 page Daffy Duck story "Coming In On A Wing-Ding"

Characters Daffy Duck
Synopsis When Daffy Duck drops in on an indian and trys to mooch a meal the indian thinks he is offering himself for the meal. Daffy has to hurry and convince the indian to eat something else before he decides he wants duck soup again.
Genre Funny Animals
Reprinted from Daffy Duck (Gold Key, 1962 series) #31 (December 1962) [original layout=5 pages]

1 page Young Heroes text article "Terry A. Laughlin"

Characters Terry A. Laughlin; Malcolm P. Carr
Synopsis The story of Terry A. Laughlin, a Carnegie Hero Fund Medal winner.
Genre Fact
Notes Includes spot illustration of Carnegie Hero Fund Medal.

3 page Famous Men of the Old West text story "Famous Men of the Old West - John Colter"

Characters John Colter
Synopsis The story of John Colter, the famous explorer.
Genre Western

13 page Tom and Jerry story "The Fortune Finder"

Characters Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis Tom is looking for money so he asks Jerry and Tuffy for some. They tell him no and that their money is hidden too well for him to find it. Tom sees an article in the paper that says if you are happy and smile a lot fortune will smile on you. When he tries it and finds a penny Jerry and Tuffy get worried he will find their piggy bank and they try in vain to find a better hiding place.
Genre Funny Animals

1 page Barney Bear activity "Box-In-The-Dots"

Characters Barney Bear
Notes A box-in-the-dots puzzle.

7 page Droopy story "Insecure Security"

Characters Droopy; Bring'-Em-Back Black; Mammie
Synopsis Droopy feels unsafe outside so he trades places with a dog in a kennel that is looking for some excitement. Unfortunately for Droopy, as soon as he gets settled in at the pound he is removed and sent to Lower Liptwitch to hunt Elephas Primigenius (a prehistoric Elephant) where he meets up with a lion, a rhino and a gorilla before he finds what he is looking for.
Genre Funny Animals
Reprinted from M.G.M.'s Tom & Jerry's Winter Fun (Dell, 1954 series) #6 (1957) [original layout=5 pages?]

1 page Flip 'n' Dip activity "Name the Wheel"

Characters Flip; Dip
Notes A crossword puzzle.

8 page Mouse Musketeers story "The Order of the Dragon"

Characters Mouse Musketeers; M'sieur Poosy-Cat; The King
Synopsis When the Mouse Musketeers think they see M'sieur Poosy-Cat pledging allegiance to a dragon head they think he is pledging allegiance to "The Order of the Dragon" and therefore they think that he is trying to overthrow the king and they set about to protect him.
Genre Funny Animals

1 page Tom activity "Puzzling Facts"

Characters Tom
Notes A word picture puzzle.

8 page Bertie Bird story "The Disguised Daredevil"

Characters Bertie Bird; Jay Brothers; The Crimson Daredevil [Bertie Bird]; Earl
Synopsis Bertie is jealous because of the special treatment that the Jay Brothers get for their aerial acrobatics so he makes a disguise and tries to do his own tricks. Unfortunately, the paint used for his disguise hasn't dried and he isn't really very good at aerial tricks either.
Genre Funny Animals
Script Carl Fallberg ?
Pencils Al Hubbard ?
Inks Al Hubbard ?
Reprinted from M.G.M.'s Tom & Jerry's Winter Fun (Dell, 1954 series) #6 (1957) [original layout=4 pages?]

1 page Spike and Tyke activity "Name Game"

Characters Spike; Tyke
Notes A Word Game.

5 page Little Quacker story "Sitting Pretty"

Characters Little Quacker; Wendel Wildcat
Synopsis Little Quacker is very frustrated by the way minor things that happen in the river keep affecting him, but the petty problems are quickly washed away when Wendel Wildcat tears a hole in the dam so that he can eat the animals on the other side of the dam. Little Quacker manages to escape him and uses a canoe to stop him. Because of his help the beaver agrees to build something to help him with some of the minor problems he used to have.
Genre Funny Animals
Reprinted from Tom & Jerry Picnic Time (Dell, 1958 series) #1 (July 1958) [original layout=4 pages?]

1 page Summer Fun For Boys and Girls promo (ad from the publisher) "Summer's Fun!!!!"

Script ? (promo copy)
Notes Advertisement for the Summer Fun For Boys and Girls Magazine, which is a collection of summer activities including puzzles, games, coloring pages, things to make, riddles, cutouts and quiz questions. Includes a reprint of the cover.

1 page [Jokes By Cracky] promo (ad from the publisher) "Jokes By Cracky"

Characters Cracky
Genre Humor
Script ? (promo copy)
Notes Advertisement for Jokes By Cracky #2, including an illustration and a small reprint of the cover.