Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #16
In "Woody Woodpecker and His Mechanical Man," the mischievous hobo Woody stumbles into the lab of the eccentric Professor Frank N. Stein, setting off a chaotic experiment that leaves the professor vanished and his mechanical man mysteriously alive. With his brain intact and a new metallic companion in tow, Woody teams up with the mechanical man to dodge an evil circus and a wave of city crime. Penciled and inked by Dan Gormley, with coloring by the Western Publishing Production Shop, this 1947 free comic offers a quirky, offbeat adventure where unlikely allies find common ground on the open road.
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Hobo Woody unwittingly crashes at the home and laboratory of Professor Frank N. Stein, who hopes to put Woody’s brain into his mechanical man. The experiment goes awry and the professor suffers an unknown fate, leaving the mechanical man to form an unlikely friendship with Woody - who managed to escape with his brain intact. The two travel the roads and rails together running afoul of an evil circus and an urban crime wave.
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