Daffy Duck #55

(December 1968)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Quack Shot (Table of Contents: 2)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Little did I realize when I became “flight leader” that the glory would soon fade away like a bald eagle’s topknot!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck; other flying ducks; Elmer Fudd; swan; Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny

Synopsis

Daffy wearies of his responsibilities as “flight leader” for a flock of ducks. Tweety becomes bored with caged domestic life. The two trade places, with neither getting quite what they hoped for.

Keywords

be-careful-what-you-wish-for; bird cage; domestic chores; duck hunting; flock of ducks; shotgun; size differential; there’s-no-place-like-home

Indexer Notes

New story.

Bell Hoppin' Mad (Table of Contents: 3)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Maltese

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out! No cwazy ducks are allowed in this hotel!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; hotel manager; female guest in swimming pool; various background hotel guests and personnel; hotel chef

Synopsis

Elmer becomes the head bellboy at a swanky desert hotel. Daffy follows and wreaks the expected havoc.

Reprints

• from Daffy (Dell, 1956 series) #10 (July-September 1957)

Keywords

desert setting; hotel; unexpected intrusion; wreaking havoc

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Gold Key Comics Club News (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Gold Key Comics Club / preview (from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Reader's Page Airplanes (Table of Contents: 5)

Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Drawings of various airplanes submitted by readers.

World's Fastest Train (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Cheerios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jokes on You (Table of Contents: 7)

Joke's On You / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where are the largest diamonds in the world kept?

Genre

humor

Characters

Gold Key Kid

Keywords

jokes; riddles

Indexer Notes

Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.

The Trombone Boo Boo (Table of Contents: 8)

Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beep! Why look who’s practicing on a trombone!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's three sons; Wile E. Coyote; four eagles

Synopsis

Wile E. rigs up a dummy of himself playing the trombone to try to catch the Beeps off-guard for his flypaper trap.

Reprints

• from Beep Beep (Dell, 1960 series) #11 (November 1961-January 1962)

Keywords

desert setting; dummy; eagles; flypaper; pogo sticks; trombone

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

The Mighty Midget (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Pancho Vanilla / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

John Liggera

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

“Poor Papacito,” Pancho Vanilla sighed to his friend, Ramon, as they watched the unloading of the Rich Ranchero’s new bull.

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Pancho Vanilla; Señor Vanilla; Ramon; The Rich Ranchero; The Mighty Midget (powerful little bull)

Synopsis

The Rich Ranchero sets Señor Vanilla up to fight the world's smallest bull. Unbeknownst to the overconfident Señor Vanilla, his opponent is “The Mighty Midget”, a diminutive powerhouse with the might of ten.

Reprints

• from Daffy (Dell, 1956 series) #10 (July-September 1957)

Keywords

bull; bullfighting; matador; wrong impression

Daffy Duck and the Outfoxed Fox (Table of Contents: 10)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Maltese

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, it sounds like some of the boys are getting up a little checker game over there in the weeds!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck; fox; pack of foxhounds

Synopsis

A captured Daffy fast-talks a hungry fox into a game of who-can-outfox-who.

Reprints

• from Daffy (Dell, 1956 series) #11 (October-December 1957)

Keywords

battle of wits; contest; fox

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Sky-Artist (Table of Contents: 11)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

Fred Abranz

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

? (logo and title only)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck

Synopsis

A passing airplane completes Daffy’s “cloud-art”.

Reprints

• from Daffy Duck (Dell, 1959 series) #24 (January-March 1961)

Keywords

airplane; art; clouds

Indexer Notes

Pantomime.

[Cat on Canvas] (Table of Contents: 12)

Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Meoow!

Genre

humor

Characters

yowling cat

Synopsis

A night-yowling cat on a fence shields himself from thrown shoes, books, and alarm clocks by safely hiding behind a canvas painting of a yowling cat.

Keywords

canvas; cat; ingenuity; night; painting

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Top half of page.

[Sure Shot Fish Lure] (Table of Contents: 13)

Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

fisherman

Synopsis

An impatient fisherman drops a whole bottle of a miracle fish lure into the water, when only one drop is recommended.

Keywords

be-careful-what-you-wish-for; fishing

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Lower half of page.

Dinosauria Pteranodon (Table of Contents: 14)

Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Rex Maxon

Inks

Rex Maxon

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before the evolution of birds, reptiles flew in the sky.

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

dinosaurs; educational feature

Indexer Notes

Illustrated text article on the pteranodon. Copyright 1968 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.

Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Money Get Prizes (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)