(1941)

Dell, 1941 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1941-08-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Company
Editing
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Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Reprints

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

Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Sniffles / character profile / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Porky is a funny pig...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Sniffles

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

The Wild Hare (Table of Contents: 2)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Chase Craig
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny (first appearance); Elmer Fudd (first appearance)
Synopsis
Elmer goes hunting and has to deal with a screwy rabbit.
Reprints
Keywords
hunting

Indexer Notes

Basically a scene by scene adaptation of the 1940 Warner Bros. cartoon, "A Wild Hare," the first Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Porky's Hired Hand (Table of Contents: 3)

Porky Pig / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Porky Pig (first appearance); Freddy Fox (first appearance)
Synopsis
Porky hires a night watchman to guard his chickens.
Keywords
chickens

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Sniffles / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Always obey the law, kids!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Sniffles (first appearance); Mary Jane (first appearance); Mary Jane's mother (first appearance)
Synopsis
Sniffles meets Mary Jane.
Reprints
Keywords
flying carpets; treasure maps

Tom Thumb in Trouble (Table of Contents: 5)

Tom Thumb / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tom Thumb (first appearance); Tom Thumb's father (first appearance)
Synopsis
Tom is saved from drowning by a little bird.
Keywords
drowning; swimming

Porky's Hollywood Sketchbook (Table of Contents: 6)

Porky Pig / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Porky Pig

Indexer Notes

Hollywood featurette.

[Cannibalism and a Roonga] (Table of Contents: 7)

Pat, Patsy and Pete / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Win Smith (signed)
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Win Smith (signed)
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Win Smith (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cap Water, the famous scientist and explorer, is heading an expedition into the South Seas for rare specimens for a large New York zoo.
Genre
humor; adventure; children
Characters
Pat (first appearance); Patsy (first appearance); Pete (a penguin; first appearance); Cap Water (Pat and Patsy's uncle; first appearance); Ringy Roonga [as "the ring-tailed roonga"] (first appearance); Mike (a South Seas cannibal); the king (of the cannibal village); king's attendant; king's sentry
Synopsis
Mike captures a roonga and PP&P. He delivers them to the king. The pot is put on to boil. Pete pitches a rock from the portal of the prison hut, beaning the king. Mike stages a coup d'etat, declaring himself king. The gang escapes in the chaos as Cap and the crew arrive. On the trail back, the rare roonga appears!

Elmer and His Magic Wand (Table of Contents: 8)

Elmer Fudd / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Chase Craig
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Chase Craig
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis
Bugs convinces Elmer that he has a magic wand.
Keywords
magic; prisons

Indexer Notes

Identification by historian David Gerstein

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Win Smith (signed as Leon Schlesinger)
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Win Smith (signed as Leon Schlesinger)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's the news about the contest, fellows?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Daffy Duck (first appearance)
Synopsis
Bugs steals a government airplane in order to win a model building contest.
Keywords
aircraft

Indexer Notes

Identification by historian David Gerstein

Pokerhuntas and Captain Johnny Smith (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Pokerhuntas (first appearance); Captain Johnny Smith (first appearance)

Bugs Bunny and His Secret Six (Table of Contents: 11)

Bugs Bunny / text story / 3 pages (report information)

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typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Daffy Duck; Sniffles; Petunia Pig (first appearance); Blabbermouse (first appearance)

Believe It or Else (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Petunia Pig; Freddy Fox; Elmer Fudd / character profile / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, here's Petunia Pig so sweet...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Porky Pig / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's all, folks!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Indexer Notes

back cover

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
  2. 1. ["Porky is a funny pig..."]
    Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Sniffles
  3. 2. The Wild Hare
    Bugs Bunny
  4. 3. Porky's Hired Hand
    Porky Pig
  5. 4. ["Always obey the law, kids!"]
    Sniffles
  6. 5. Tom Thumb in Trouble
    Tom Thumb
  7. 6. Porky's Hollywood Sketchbook
    Porky Pig
  8. 7. [Cannibalism and a Roonga]
    Pat, Patsy and Pete
  9. 8. Elmer and His Magic Wand
    Elmer Fudd
  10. 9. ["What's the news about the contest, fellows?"]
    Bugs Bunny
  11. 10. Pokerhuntas and Captain Johnny Smith
  12. 11. Bugs Bunny and His Secret Six
    Bugs Bunny
  13. 12. Believe It or Else
  14. 13. ["Well, here's Petunia Pig so sweet..."]
    Petunia Pig; Freddy Fox; Elmer Fudd
  15. 14. ["That's all, folks!"]
    Porky Pig
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dana Gabbard (R.I.P.)
  • Del Gruber
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dave Porta
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk