Dell Giant #24

Dell Giant's oversized format was made for exactly this kind of cheerful chaos — a hay wagon pulled by a galloping horse, absolutely overflowing with Walter Lantz's cartoon characters, Woody Woodpecker front and center among a crowd of friends, critters, and familiar faces tumbling through a golden pile of hay. John Carey's cover pencils capture the anything-goes energy of a county-fair hayride gone wonderfully out of control, with bunnies nuzzling at the top and a cast of colorful characters packed in at every angle. At just 25 cents in 1959, this was a genuine bargain for families looking for a bumper collection of Walter Lantz fun.