Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #55
In "Trick Or Treaty," Woody Woodpecker lands a bizarre government position when he applies for a job that’s been open for 70 years—messenger for a forgotten cavalry fort still standing under the command of the perpetually pompous Colonel Cinchwell P. Bootjack. With a war declared but never ended due to the missing signature of Tired Turtle, the last of the Oollagagah Indians, Woody’s mission is to track down the elusive turtle and secure a peace treaty, no matter the chaos it causes. Written by Carl Fallberg and brought to life with energetic art by John Carey—pencils, inks, and letters all by the same hand—this 1959 Dell classic is a delightfully absurd adventure, with a cover by Carey that captures the zany spirit of the tale.
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Woody applies for a government job that has been open for 70 years, and finds himself as a messenger for a dilapidated cavalry fort still manned alone by the bombastic Colonel Cinchwell P. Bootjack. The fort has never been closed, and Colonel Bootjack never relieved of duty, because a technical state of war remains between the United States and the Oollagagah Indians, due to the small detail that an actual peace treaty has never been signed. Woody’s job is to find Tired Turtle, the last of the Oollagagahs, and get him to sign the peace treaty by hook or by crook.
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