(October 1977)

Western, 1964 Series
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Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except January, March, May, July, and November
On-sale Date
1977-08-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Barcode
0335009012910
Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
90129-710
Editing
Del Connell (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #146.
This issue has variants:

[Painting Their Chain's Ball] (Table of Contents)

The Beagle Boys / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Gregory
Inks
Bill Wright
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Wright

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys

Super Beagle (Table of Contents: 1)

The Beagle Boys / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Roger Armstrong
Inks
Roger Armstrong
Colors
?
Letters
Roger Armstrong

Job Number
BEAGLE B. #38-778
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Super Beagle [176-671]; Uncle Scrooge McDuck
Synopsis
176-671 gets transformed into Super Beagle by eating a wild radish. (like Goofy becomes Super Goof by eating a super goober). But the radishes keep wearing off at inopportune times.
Reprints
Keywords
armored cars; Money Bin; park benches; radishes; super-powers

Up a Tree! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Twinkies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rock People
Synopsis
The Rock People throw rocks at the Hulk, who civilizes them with Hostess Twinkies Snack Cakes.

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic format for Hostess Twinkies.

Bad Day Blues (Table of Contents: 3)

The Beagle Boys / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Jack Manning
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Grandma Duck; Gus Goose

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

Starstream; Whitman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The new science fiction magazine

Indexer Notes

Promo for Whitman's Starstream magazine. Back issues (#1-4) available for 79 cents each from Western Publishing, PO Box 64900, Fayetteville, NC 28306.

Watch-Beagle Bugaboo (Table of Contents: 5)

The Beagle Boys / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Jack Manning
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Watch-Beagle

Gramp's Great Gift (Table of Contents: 6)

The Beagle Boys / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Gregory
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Grandpa Beagle
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Painting Their Chain's Ball]
    The Beagle Boys
  2. 1. Super Beagle
    The Beagle Boys
  3. 2. Up a Tree!
    Hostess Twinkies; Hulk
  4. 3. Bad Day Blues
    The Beagle Boys
  5. 4. ["The new science fiction magazine"]
    Starstream; Whitman
  6. 5. Watch-Beagle Bugaboo
    The Beagle Boys
  7. 6. Gramp's Great Gift
    The Beagle Boys
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jim Van Dore