Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies #138

(April 1953)

I'm takin' it easy this Easter! (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Colors:

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

The Easter Bunny

Synopsis:

Ad for Milky Way candy bars from the Mars Company

Indexer Notes

Inside Front Cover

[Bugs Bunny, carnival owner?] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Don R. Christensen

Pencils:

Fred Abranz

Inks:

Fred Abranz

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig

Synopsis:

First line: "There you are, sonny... That'll be fifteen cents!"

Indexer Notes

Story title is The Karnival King in Christensen's notes.

[The incredible shrinking pigs] (Table of Contents)

Porky Pig / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

John Carey

Inks:

John Carey

Colors:

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Letters:

John Carey

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Sylvester Pussycat; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd

Synopsis:

First line: "Cicero! Shut that thing off! All the n-neighbors are complaining!"

[Elmer's piano playing career] (Table of Contents)

Elmer Fudd and Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Phil de Lara

Inks:

Phil de Lara

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck

Synopsis:

First line: "I'm an awful flop at this party! I can't play or sing womantic songs!"

The March Lion (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Carey

Inks:

John Carey

Colors:

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Cicero Pig

[The Land of the Blue-gray Shadows] (Table of Contents)

Mary Jane and Sniffles / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Al Hubbard

Inks:

Al Hubbard

Colors:

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Letters:

Tubby Millar

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; fantasy

Characters:

Mary Jane; Sniffles; Big Blue Boo; Mary Jane's mother

Synopsis:

First line: "Mommy! Please put on the light so the shadows won't show!"

Indexer Notes

Big Blue Boo, who lives in the Land of the Blue-gray Shadows, appears to be the source of Mary Jane's magic words

[Capturing a jewel thief] (Table of Contents)

Henery Hawk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vivie Risto

Inks:

Vivie Risto

Colors:

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Letters:

Vivie Risto

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals; children

Characters:

Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl; Fingers; Curly

Synopsis:

First line: "..And now for the questions on last night's homework! Henery..."

[Tweety visits the museum] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Abranz

Inks:

Fred Abranz

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny

Synopsis:

First line: "I'm going out shopping, Tweety! You be a good little birdie, and I'll have a surprise for you when I get back!"

[The bullfighter turned minstrel] (Table of Contents)

Little Pancho Vanilla / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gil Turner ?

Pencils:

Gil Turner

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Little Pancho Vanilla; el señor Pancho Vanilla; la señora Vanilla; the Rich Ranchero

Synopsis:

First line: "Ah... A seenging minstrel man!"

Hurry! Hurry! Be the first to own the official Dell Comics Club ball point pen (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Ralph Heimdahl

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Bugs Bunny

Synopsis:

Subscription ad for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and the Dell Comics Club; U.S.: 12 issues for $1.00; 24 issues for $1.85; 36 issues for $2.70; Canada: $1.20, $2.00, and $3.00; Free with each subscription is a ball point pen

Go ahead...you can really pet the fuzzy yellow cat! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

none

Synopsis:

Ad for Whitman Fuzzy Wuzzy Tell-a-Tales books from Whitman Publishing Company

Indexer Notes

Inside Back Cover

Gretchen Fraser sparks in ski race (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Don Komisarow

Colors:

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Gretchen Fraser

Indexer Notes

Ad for Wheaties cereal from General Mills