Bugs Bunny #110

(March 1967)

[There Ain't No Mower!] (Table of Contents: 1)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Fallberg

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

John Liggera

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Still trying to sell that beat-up mower, eh, Elmer?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd

Synopsis

Bugs tries to help Elmer sell his old lawn mower.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #47 (February-March 1956)

Keywords

junk; lawn mower; sale; unwanted help

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside front cover.

Bugs' Rug (Table of Contents: 2)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

Lee Hooper

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Lee Hooper

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let’s get a couple of souvenirs before the tour starts home, Fuddsy!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Sheik Ben Ahrownd; Abdrool (villain); Omar the Rug Merchant; Sweetieface (Omar's wife); Porky Pig (cameo); Petunia Pig (cameo); Cicero Pig (cameo); Sylvester Pussycat (cameo)

Synopsis

In gratitude for saving his life, Sheik Ben Ahrownd gives Bugs and Elmer his flying carpet.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #44 (August-September 1955)

Keywords

flying carpet; middle east

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand"

[Aunt Sylvia's Flying Lesson] (Table of Contents: 3)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

John Liggera

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Drat the luck! He gets away every time 'cause he can fly!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; sewer worker; bulldog

Synopsis

To learn the secret of flying, Sylvester (rather awkwardly) disguises himself as Tweety’s “Aunt Sylvia” who never learned to fly.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #47 (February-March 1956)

Keywords

best-laid-plans; bird disguise; flying; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand"

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

Gold Key Comics Club News / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Monster Art (Table of Contents: 5)

Gold Key Comics Club / activity / 1 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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can You Create a Monster?

Indexer Notes

Readers are invited to submit drawings of monsters for possible publication.

What's Your Line? (Table of Contents: 6)

Gold Key Comics Club / activity / 1 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

Indexer Notes

Readers are invited to submit gag captions for a series of provided single-panel cartoon illustrations.

Complete the Comic (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Readers are invited to create and submit a "final gag panel" drawing to complete an "unfinished" comic strip. One finished example is provided.

The Owl Who Came To Dinner (Table of Contents: 8)

Henery Hawk / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Henery!" mama Hawk cried, peering through the living room window and frowning with exasperation.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Henery Hawk; Mama Hawk; Ollie Owl

Synopsis

Brainy Ollie Owl comes over every night at dinner time to help Henery with his chemistry homework. Until Henery starts doing the cooking, instead of Mama.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #47 (February-March 1956)

Keywords

homework; meal mooching

Indexer Notes

The title of this story “dissolves” into a cloud of smoke, which comes from Henery’s cooking.

[Tale of the Tape] (Table of Contents: 9)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scwam, you cawwot snitcher!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig; the mayor; Benson (city caretaker); Sylvester Pussycat

Synopsis

Elmer uses a tape of his voice with recorded shotgun blasts to scare Bugs away from his carrot patch.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #48 (April-May 1956)

Keywords

carrots; outsmarting one’s-self; shotgun; tape recording

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand"

Little Red Ridin' Rabbit (Table of Contents: 10)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Maltese

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I’m going to visit my sick granny, Bugs!

Feature Logo

Bugs Bunny [Western Logo 2 Horseshoe-Like Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Honey Bunny; Wile E. Coyote; Granny Bunny; Beep Beep the Road Runner (two-panel cameo)

Synopsis

Bugs and Wile E. involve themselves in Honey Bunny’s visit to her grandma – to their own dismay and peril.

Keywords

best-laid-plans; fairy tale parody; wrong impression

Indexer Notes

Various script and plot elements in this “new story about an old fairy tale” indicate that it was most likely written by classic animation writer Michael Maltese. As the sixties wore on, Maltese found less regular animation writing work at Hanna-Barbera, when the studio’s Saturday morning output began to skew more toward adventure and superhero shows, and returned to writing comic book scripts for Western Publishing. He largely concentrated on Warner Bros. and Walter Lantz characters, and appears to have written for Western’s Pink Panther title as well. The characterization of Wile E. Coyote (as he appeared in Maltese and Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny theatrical shorts), and Maltese’s tendency toward fairy tale spoofs in his cartoon scripts, as well as other touches, point to him as the writer of this story.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Howard L. Anderson

Letters

typeset

Keywords

government reporting; regulations

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for September 28, 1966. Prepared by H. L. Anderson (Business Manager). Reported total paid circulation: 276,949 (12 month average), 288,093 (nearest issue).

Comics Quiz (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Polaris Nuclear Sub / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Get Nationally Famous Prizes at No Cost to You! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

Make Money Get Prizes with Fast Selling American Seeds (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)