Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #299 [May Co California]

(February 1967)

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

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Buccaneer Bait (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flintstones / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

Pete Alvarado

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Special delivery all the way from Rockport!

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Bamm-Bamm Rubble; postal delivery carrier; Pete (parrot); Simon (pirate); Crag (pirate); Mister Blomp (the trashman); Uncle Decky Flintstone

Synopsis

Uncle Decky, the seafaring Flintstone, sends his parrot to nephew Fred to keep him out of the hands of pirates. Pete the Parrot has memorized the directions to Uncle Decky's treasure, but will only spill the beans to a familiar-looking face. So, the pirates kidnap family-resembling Fred along with the parrot, and force them on the trail to treasure.

Keywords

mistaken identity; parrot; pirates; sea or island setting; treasure

Indexer Notes

As in most such cases, Uncle Decky is a look-alike version of Fred, only with a big black pirate's moustache. Before any knowledge of the treasure is revealed to the Flintstones, Fred dons a fake pirate's moustache to look like Uncle Decky, in order to get the stone-silent parrot to speak. Enter the pirates...

Fred's Travel Rebus (Table of Contents: 3)

The Flintstones / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You can tell that Fred Flintstone is planning a trip.

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Fred Flintstone

Synopsis

Solve a rebus word puzzle, and learn the route Fred will be taking on his vacation.

Keywords

rebus; word puzzle

Indexer Notes

Answer at bottom of page.

Pebbles' Picture Puzzle (Table of Contents: 4)

The Flintstones / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pebbles has drawn six pictures for her father. Each picture is of an object whose name contains the word ROCK.

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Fred Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone

Synopsis

Identify the words that Pebbles illustrated. All contain the word 'ROCK'. Answers at bottom of page.

Keywords

clairvoyance; word and picture puzzle

Indexer Notes

While most of the pictures that Pebbles has drawn (with a pencil, because you can't trust a baby with a hammer and chisel?) appear to be "Stone Age versions" of what they represent, she must also possess an uncanny gift for looking into the future. Among her clairvoyant scrawlings are "Plymouth Rock" (complete with a Pilgrim stepping off a ship), Davey [sic] Crockett with a flintlock (not "Davey Rockett with a flintrock"), and a rocket ship not made of stone or wood. Small wonder Fred looks so puzzled.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Painting the Painters] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Flintstones / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Fred Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Synopsis

Fred gives-in to the kids' playful mischief (as seen on the front cover), and lets them paint on their own rock canvas - while Fred paints them in the act of painting.

Keywords

diversion; kids-at-play; making-the-best-of-it; painting

Indexer Notes

Theme continues from front cover illustration. Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.