Four Color #232

From Walter Lantz's beloved bird comes a cover that's pure mischief — Woody Woodpecker has somehow ended up sitting comfortably inside a giant cooking pot over an open fire, cheerfully stirring away while a baffled chef and a crowd of wide-eyed onlookers react with stunned disbelief. Dan Gormley's cover art captures Woody's irrepressible personality perfectly, with bubbles rising and flames crackling beneath him as though he hasn't a care in the world. This 1949 Dell ten-center is a charming snapshot of Woody at his most unflappable, promising the kind of laugh-out-loud chaos that made Walter Lantz's woodpecker a household name.