Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #172 (1978) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Joe Messerli; inks: Bill Wright; letters: Bill Wright	Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
1	The Mysterious Rocks	comic story	10	pencils: Joe Messerli; inks: Joe Messerli	Woody Woodpecker; Wally; Buzz Buzzard
5	Don't Make Waves	comic story	6	pencils: Joe Messerli; inks: Joe Messerli	Woody Woodpecker; Dr. Specter; Splinter Woodpecker
10	The Hideout House	comic story	6	script: Don R. Christensen; pencils: Joe Messerli; inks: Joe Messerli	Woody Woodpecker; Splinter Woodpecker; Knothead Woodpecker; Dr. Myriad
12	Gold Key Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.

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