Bananas #45
(1981)

Scholastic, 1975? Series
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Price
1.00 USD
Pages
44
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Editing
R. L. Stine (editor)

Issue Notes

Copy has a $1.00 sticker from Scholastic on cover.

Bo Duke Goes Out on a Date! (Table of Contents)

Dukes of Hazzard / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sam Viviano (signed)
Inks
Sam Viviano (signed)
Colors
Sam Viviano (signed)
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Dukes of Hazzard TV show parody.

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Four photos with funny captions.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Billy Beast / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Taylor
Inks
Bob Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Three 2-panel gags.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

When TV Stars Go Out On Dates! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
R. L. Stine
Pencils
Sam Viviano
Inks
Sam Viviano
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Parodies of Dukes of Hazzard, Fonzie (from Happy Days), Walter Cronkite, Gary Coleman (from Different Strokes) and the Incredible Hulk TV show.

[Bananas - April 1776] (Table of Contents: 5)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeanette Adams
Inks
Jeanette Adams
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
George Washington; Martha Washington

Indexer Notes

Parody "cover" of an issue of Banans that was supposedly released in 1776. The sequences "Don't You Wish", "You Won't Enjoy Your Date When...", "Comix", "Ye Olde Beast News" and "It Never Fails!" all are from the same fake 1776 issue of Bananas.

Don't You Wish (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Nelken (photo)
Inks
Dan Nelken (photo)
Colors
Dan Nelken (photo)
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Humorous daydreams from kids in 1776.

You Won't Enjoy Your Date When... (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Suzanne Lord
Pencils
Diane Dawson
Inks
Diane Dawson
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Bad dates in 1776.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Comix / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Cruse
Inks
Howard Cruse
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

4 "comic strips", had comic strips existed in 1776.

Ye Olde Beast News (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Taylor
Inks
Bob Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

It Never Fails! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Basso
Inks
Bill Basso
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Mister Right (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
H. William Stine
Pencils
Hal Frenk
Inks
Hal Frenk
Colors
Hal Frenk
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Leighton
Pencils
Slug Signorino
Inks
Slug Signorino
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What... What's this, Tod?

Bananas Signs of the Past (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Pat Hayden; Vic DiVietro
Pencils
Jerry Zimmerman
Inks
Jerry Zimmerman
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

A Bananas Mini-Poster / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Ming the Merciless

Indexer Notes

A poster of Ming the Merciless from the Flash Gordon movie with a funny saying.

How YOU Can Be Just Like the 3 Stooges! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
How to act like the Three Stooges.

You Know You Bought the Wrong Pet When... (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Megan Stine; H. William Stine
Pencils
Kimble Mead
Inks
Kimble Mead
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Uncle Lou's Fun Pages! (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Brooks
Inks
Lou Brooks
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor

The Cooking Lesson (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Suzanne Lord
Pencils
Dan Nelken (photo)
Inks
Dan Nelken (photo)
Colors
Dan Nelken (photo)
Letters
typeset

Granny Meatloaf's Old-Fashioned Americana Almanac (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Comix / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Taylor; Bruce Day; ?; Diane Dawson
Inks
Bob Taylor; Bruce Day; ?; Diane Dawson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

4 comic-strips

The 6 O'Clock Eyewitness Action Newscenter Update (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
R. L. Stine
Pencils
Sam Whitehead
Inks
Sam Whitehead
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Bananas Classified / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Parody ads.

[Blow Yourself Up] (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murad Gümen
Pencils
Murad Gümen
Inks
Murad Gümen
Genre
humor
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Bo Duke Goes Out on a Date!
    Dukes of Hazzard
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Billy Beast
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. When TV Stars Go Out On Dates!
  6. 5. [Bananas - April 1776]
  7. 6. Don't You Wish
  8. 7. You Won't Enjoy Your Date When...
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Comix
  10. 9. Ye Olde Beast News
  11. 10. It Never Fails!
  12. 11. Mister Right
  13. 12. ["What... What's this, Tod?"]
  14. 13. Bananas Signs of the Past
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    A Bananas Mini-Poster
  16. 15. How YOU Can Be Just Like the 3 Stooges!
  17. 16. You Know You Bought the Wrong Pet When...
  18. 17. Uncle Lou's Fun Pages!
  19. 18. The Cooking Lesson
  20. 19. Granny Meatloaf's Old-Fashioned Americana Almanac
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Comix
  22. 21. The 6 O'Clock Eyewitness Action Newscenter Update
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Bananas Classified
  24. 23. [Blow Yourself Up]
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