Television Comics #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis is an anthology issue featuring multiple television-inspired comic stories. The featured story stars Willy Nilly, introducing the character as America's newest comic sensation, depicted on the cover as a young red-haired child watching ice skaters through a television set. The sampled interior pages include a comedic western adventure in which Willy Nilly encounters Native Americans and engages in a treasure hunt involving a fence, water pipe, and a bank; a Slinky toy advertisement and mail-order promotion; and a story about Willy Nilly attending a party at Wendy's house where a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey game causes destruction among the furniture, leading to humorous consequences.
Willy Nilly dreams of becoming a real cowboy and heads west with his monkey pal Bobo, hopping a freight train bound for adventure in the Wild West. Once there, he tries his hand at bronco-busting, calf-roping, and steer-wrestling to prove himself to a ranch foreman, but his lack of experience leads to one comedic mishap after another. When the truth about where he's landed comes to light, Willy discovers an unexpected way to finally earn his place among the cowboys.
When Wendy loses her movie money down a sewer, her friend Willy Nilly plays a prank by giving her a fake treasure map—sending her on a wild chase through town that leads straight to the bank. What Willy doesn't know is that his joke will turn into something far more valuable than either of them expected.
Willy Nilly lands a farm job with Farmer Brown, eager to prove himself—but his complete inexperience with farm work leads to one comedic disaster after another, from milking mishaps to scarecrow wardrobe crimes. As Willy bumbles through chore after chore, each well-intentioned attempt somehow manages to make things worse, building toward an unforgettable final task that tests Farmer Brown's patience to its absolute limit.
Willy Nilly's got a simple job—deliver eggs to Mrs. Dumpelmayer—but the mischievous Bobo has other plans, leading the boy on a wild chase through town that turns into one comic mishap after another. When Willy finally catches up to his troublemaking companion, he discovers that all his frantic scrambling might've been for nothing. A lighthearted romp that proves sometimes the real joke is what happens along the way, not how things end up.
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