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- Haw! Haw! The Spider-Man got hisself trapped!
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Bikers
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man distracts a pair of threatening bikers with Hostess Twinkies.
- Keywords
- Hostess ad; product-spawned heroics; snack cakes
Color ad on inside front cover.
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- Pencils
- Joe Messerli
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- Joe Messerli
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
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- Larry Mayer
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- Woo Woo! Am I in a terrific mood today!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; security guard; window-bars installer; duck-feeding lady at pond.
- Synopsis
- Elmer hires a security guard to keep Daffy away from his house.
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- Keywords
- best-laid-plans; security guard
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- Collect them all
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; toys
Ad offering Flipit balloon-toys-with-weighted-feet of Frankenstein, Spider-Man, Hulk, Super Chick, Underdog, and Woody Woodpecker. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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- Joe Messerli
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- Joe Messerli
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
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- Larry Mayer
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- Don't ever try that "Father Time" routine on me again, Bub!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; bus driver; high-end car dealer; low-end car dealer
- Synopsis
- Daffy pushes Elmer to trade-in his old jalopy for a better automobile.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cars; trade-in; unwanted help
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- Pete Alvarado
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- Pete Alvarado
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
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- You’ll never have a complaint if you read Looney Tunes in Whitman Comics
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny; Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig; Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
Whitman house ad for Looney Tunes. Reproduces the cover illustration for Looney Tunes (Western, 1975 series) #18 February 1978. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story. Top half of page.
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- Shudder, thrill, explore with the great heroes of fact and fiction.
- Characters
- Popeye; Superman; The Lone Ranger; Flash Gordon (sets pictured in ad)
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; old-time radio
Ad offering records or cassette tapes of old-time radio program broadcasts for $4.98 each. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story. Lower half of page.
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- Warren Tufts
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- Warren Tufts
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
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- Has the Inspector Framed the Pink Panther? Find out in Whitman Comics
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Pink Panther; Little Big-Nose Guy
- Keywords
- comic book house ads; misnamed character
Whitman house ad for The Pink Panther. Reproduces the cover illustration for The Pink Panther (Western, 1971 series) #69 October 1979. The Inspector is not on this cover reproduction, and is not in this ad. The nameless character unofficially called "Little Big-Nose Guy" is mistakenly identified as The Inspector in the ad copy. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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- mail order marketing; toys
Ad offering toy paratroopers, race cars, dinosaurs, bubble-makers, gliders, and wriggling insects, as well as toy science kits. Middle left page of centerfold.
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- Get these groovy embroidered iron ons
- Keywords
- iron ons; mail order marketing
Ad offering various pop-art designs as iron on decorations from Unique Products Co. Middle right page of centerfold.
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- Joe Messerli
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- Joe Messerli
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Larry Mayer
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- You dwatted duck! How dare you...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; Elliott (a duck); Michael (a duck); Bugs Bunny
- Synopsis
- Daffy and Elmer trade lifestyles based on the result of a coin-flip.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- be-careful-what-you-wish-for; coin-flip; impulsiveness; role reversal; trading lifestyles; uncharacteristic situation
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- Pencils
- Joe Messerli
- Inks
- Joe Messerli
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
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- Get into the swing with Woody and the gang! In Whitman Comics
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
Whitman house ad for Woody Woodpecker. Reproduces the cover illustration for Woody Woodpecker (Western, 1962 series) #179 June 1979. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
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- Be The Very First To Own...Fabulous Cartoon Scissors
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; scissors; toys
Ad for children's scissors with comic character designs of Tweety, Woody Woodpecker, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, and Daffy Duck, from Unique Products Co. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Joe Messerli
- Inks
- Joe Messerli
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Larry Mayer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tin Pan Daffy, peddler of tin pans in the wild west, has a special pan to deliver...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier; humor
- Characters
- Daffy Duck (as Tin Pan Daffy); pan manufacturer; mayor of Sleepy Gulch, Texas; bandit
- Synopsis
- Tin Pan Daffy delivers an impossibly huge tin pan to the small town of Sleepy Gulch, Texas.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- delivery; satisfied customer; small town; Texas; tin pan; Tin Pan Daffy; western setting
Part of the "Tin Pan Daffy" western series.
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- Larry Mayer
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- Larry Mayer
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
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- He’s more fun than a barrel of money! A Whitman Comic
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
Whitman house ad for Uncle Scrooge. Reproduces the cover illustration for Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #165 June 1979, which is a redrawn version of the cover for Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #43, originally drawn by Carl Barks. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
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- John Costanza
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- John Costanza
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
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- Tweety certainly did! And that’s where all the fun comes in as Sylvester is about to pounce on your funny bone! Tweety and Sylvester a Whitman Comics!
- Characters
- Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
Whitman house ad for Tweety and Sylvester. Illustration is not a cover reproduction, as is usually the case in such ads. Original illustration created for this ad? Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
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- Rare-Authentic
- Keywords
- arrowheads; jewelry; mail order marketing; stones
Ad for arrowheads and "catalog of other Indian Heritage collector items". On final interior page of the comic.
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- Childrens 12" LP Record Classics
- Keywords
- children's records; mail order marketing
Ad offering children's records featuring various animated characters. Includes: The Three Little Pigs, Bugs Bunny, Tweety Pie, Bozo the Clown, The Grasshopper and the Ants, Uncle Remus (Brer Rabbit); Little Toot (tugboat), and Woody Woodpecker. 12 records in all. Color ad on inside back cover.
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- Poster size 23 x 35 $ 2.50 Ea.
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; posters; seventies celebrities
Ad offering posters of then-contemporary rock stars and other seventies cultural icons. Includes photos of the merchandise. Color ad on back cover.