Daffy Duck #42

(September 1965)

There Are Giants at Your Comics Dealer (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Carl Barks (Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck cover); Harvey Eisenberg (Flintstones cover); Jesse Marsh (Tarzan cover); Phil De Lara (Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig cover)

Inks

Carl Barks (Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck cover); Harvey Eisenberg (Flintstones cover); Jesse Marsh (Tarzan cover); Phil De Lara (Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig cover)

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The Biggest Comics you can buy! 96 pages for just 25 cents

Characters

Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; Bamm-Bamm Rubble; sea turtle; Tarzan; leopard

Keywords

comic book house ads; giant issues; Gold Key Comics

Indexer Notes

Black and white ad on inside front cover. Shown are front covers of Gold Key Giants: Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, The Flintstones with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, and Tarzan Lord of the Jungle. The Carl Barks cover for Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck is reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #386.

Film Fun (Table of Contents: 2)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Maltese

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

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Wow! Look at those headlines!

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Daffy Duck [Dell Interior 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; annoyed newspaper reader; two circus truck drivers; gorilla

Synopsis

With Elmer's movie camera, Daffy decides to become a motion picture producer, with Elmer as his reluctant star. Complications ensue when an escaped circus gorilla horns in on the picture.

Reprints

• from Daffy (Dell, 1956 series) #14 (July-September 1958)

Keywords

getting carried away; getting-more-than-you-bargained-for; gorilla; making movies; unwelcome surprise

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Pond-erous Problems (Table of Contents: 3)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Maltese

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

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Woo! Woo! There's nothing like a plunge in the pond when you crave a little water!

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Daffy Duck [Dell Interior 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck; Yosemite Sam; city pool maintenance worker; mama woodpecker; baby woodpecker; golf course worker

Synopsis

Desperate for a dip in some cool water when his marsh runs dry, Daffy resorts to pond-parking in a golf course's water hazard just as Yosemite Sam tries to play through.

Reprints

• from Daffy (Dell, 1956 series) #9 (April-June 1957)

Keywords

displacement; golf; swimming; water

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Ring Around a Rose (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Pancho Vanilla / text story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

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"Mamacita! Papacito! I have exciting news to tell you," Little Pancho called to his parents. "We are invited to a wedding."

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Pancho Vanilla; Señora Vanilla; Señor Vanilla; Burrito (a burro); Manuel (groom); Rosita (bride)

Synopsis

At the wedding of Manuel and Rosita, at which Pancho is the ring-bearer, Manuel loses the wedding ring and Pancho's burro eats the flowers.

Keywords

burro; Mexico; series of mishaps; wedding

Indexer Notes

New story. Middle left page of centerfold.

[Lumberjack Bullwinkle] (Table of Contents: 5)

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; squirrel

Synopsis

Lumberjack Bullwinkle eats Cheerios for “muscle-makin’ protein” and chops down a tree that falls on him.

Keywords

cereal; General Mills; tree-felling

Indexer Notes

One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle. Middle right page of centerfold.

Nice Little Touch: A cute, tiny squirrel gleefully and enthusiastically shouts "Timberrrrr!" as Bullwinkle's tree begins to fall. In the final panel, the squirrel (not of the "Rocky the Flying" variety) looks at the moose and thinks of a nut.

Middle right page of centerfold.

The Catproof Cage (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

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Whew! I get tired of playing dodge-cat all the time!

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Tweety and Sylvester Dell Western Logo 1

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Pete Parakeet; bird cage maker; Fang (a bulldog)

Synopsis

Tweety needs a larger cage that Sylvester cannot reach into with his long arms. He finds a remedy while beachcombing.

Reprints

• in Daffy Duck (Western, 1962 series) #144 ([1983])

Keywords

beachcombing; bird cage; birds; cat

Indexer Notes

New story.

GOOD BIT: While beachcombing and searching for lost valuables, Tweety uncovers an object buried in the sand... which turns out to be a comb: TWEETY: "Well, I suppose I weally shouldn't be surpwised!"

How's Trix? (Table of Contents: 7)

Trix; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.75 page (report information)

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Well worth digging for...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Trix Rabbit; miner kid

Synopsis

The Trix Rabbit digs a mine shaft to find a box of Trix, only to have them taken away by a miner kid.

Keywords

cereal; General Mills; mining

Indexer Notes

Top 3/4 of page.

All your favorites are at their best in Gold Key Comics (Table of Contents: 8)

Western Publishing Company; Gold Key Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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Keywords

Gold Key Comics logo; publisher’s house ads

Indexer Notes

No characters or comic book covers pictured. Only the Gold Key Comics logo with ad copy on either side. Lower 1/4 of page.

A Wolf in Cheap Clothing (Table of Contents: 9)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Maltese

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

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Eep! A wolf!

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Daffy Duck [Dell Interior 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck; Porky Pig; wolf

Synopsis

Daffy and Porky's plans to go to a masquerade party as Little Red Riding Hood and a wolf are complicated by a real - and hungry - wolf.

Reprints

• from Daffy (Dell, 1956 series) #9 (April-June 1957)

Keywords

costumes; forest setting; Little Red Riding Hood; masquerade party; mix-up; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; wolf

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

[Let a Smile (and a Duck) be Your Umbrella] (Table of Contents: 10)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

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Lovely!

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Daffy ["Daffy" Only Dell Interior 2]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd

Synopsis

During a downpour, Elmer grabs a smugly waterproof Daffy to use as an umbrella.

Reprints

• from Daffy (Dell, 1956 series) #9 (April-June 1957)

Keywords

alternative uses; rain; umbrella

The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up! (Table of Contents: 11)

Cocoa Puffs; Cuckoo Bird / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hi, Gramps! What did the bald man say when he received a comb for a present?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

The Cuckoo Bird; Gramps

Synopsis

The Cuckoo Bird tells a joke to Gramps, then goes “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs”.

Keywords

cereal; General Mills

Indexer Notes

On final interior page of the comic. Top half of page.

Gold Key Comics (Table of Contents: 12)

Gold Key Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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typeset

Keywords

comic book house ads; Gold Key Comics

Indexer Notes

24 different Gold Key Comics titles are listed, with the Gold Key Comics logo at the upper left. Yellow background. No characters or comic book covers are pictured. Lower half of page. On final interior page of the comic.

[To Each His Own Clock] (Table of Contents: 13)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Letters

Rome Siemon

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Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

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Daffy Duck [Western (Gold Key) Interior 1 Lower Case]

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd

Synopsis

Daffy is driven "daffy" by Elmer's cuckoo clock but is perfectly comfortable with his own "quack-quack" clock.

Reprints

• in Schweinchen Dick (Condor, 1975 series) #114
• in Speedy Gonzales und Daffy Duck Fernseh-Comic-Sonderband (Condor, 1986 series) #2

Keywords

clocks; comic book; doing-something-their-own-way; personal preference

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside back cover. In the final panel, Daffy reads a comic book that looks to be in the Gold Key and Dell format with a four-tier-panel story on its back cover. The comic book is not a meta reference gag.

Do You Need Extra Money? (Table of Contents: 14)

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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It costs you nothing to try

Keywords

Christmas cards; sales; stationery

Indexer Notes

Ad for selling Christmas cards and stationery for the Cheerful Card Company. Color ad on back cover.