The Best of DC
#43
[Newsstand]
(December 1983)
DC,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-09-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Barcode
- 0709893173012
- Editing
- Nicola Cuti
Issue Notes
Index updated with information from Mike Tiefenbacher in The Comic Reader #214.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #43 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #43 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
Funny Stuff
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-500
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- J. Rufus Lion; Nutsy Squirrel; Three Mouseketeers [Fatsy; Patsy; Minus]; Doodles Duck; Dunbar Dodo; Fenimore Frog
- Keywords
- cooking; fire engines; firefighters
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Roman Around
Peter Porkchops / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
- Synopsis
- Wolfie has an accident while mixing chemicals and causes an explosion which blasts him and Peter back to ancient Rome, where they narrowly escape being sent to the lions.
- Reprints
-
from Peter Porkchops (DC, 1949 series) #15 (April-May 1952)
-
- Keywords
- Roma; time travel
Well, Well
Flippity and Flop / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series) #3 (April-May 1952)
-
Ship A-Hooey!
The Three Mouseketeers / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from The Three Mouseketeers (DC, 1956 series) #20 (November 1958)
-
I Get a Kick
Doodles Duck / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from Funny Stuff (DC, 1944 series) #72 (May-June 1953)
-
Magic Show
Goofy Goose / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy Goose; Julius Junebug; Calvin Cow; Homer Pig; Henrietta Hen; Andy Junebug
- Synopsis
- Goofy amazes his friends with his magic act (secretly assisted by Julius). But when the others catch Julius, the magic tricks still work somehow.
- Reprints
- from Peter Porkchops (DC, 1949 series) #15 (April-May 1952)
-
Bird Brain
J. Rufus Lion / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from Funny Stuff (DC, 1944 series) #65 (March-April 1952)
-
U. F. Foes
Nutsy Squirrel / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #61 (February-March 1954)
-
Hippo My Dreams
Doodles Duck / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #61 (February-March 1954)
-
All at Sea!
Peter Panda / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Peter Panda; Jimmy Jones; Janie Jones; King Neptune; Willie the Whale
- Synopsis
- King Neptune helps Jimmy find his lost toy sailboat.
- Reprints
- from Peter Panda (DC, 1953 series) #7 (August-September 1954)
-
- Keywords
- underwater
Ketchup Genie
Dizzy Dog / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dizzy Dog; McSnurtle the Turtle (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Dizzy's bottle of ketchup contains a genie, but it turns out to be so annoying to deal with the genie that he can't get any wishes from him.
- Reprints
- from The Dodo and the Frog (DC, 1954 series) #84 (May-June 1955)
-
Fenimore's Travels
The Dodo and the Frog / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #47 (October-November 1951)
-
Bully Bear
Bo Bunny / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bo Bunny; Skinny Fox; Bully Bear
- Synopsis
- Bo and Skinny meet Bully Bear and can't get rid of him.
- Reprints
- from The Raccoon Kids (DC, 1954 series) #53 (November-December 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Originally untitled.
Tossing the Bull
The Raccoon Kids / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Rudy Raccoon; Rollo Raccoon; Muggsy Mole
- Synopsis
- Muggsy tries to trick the boys into paying for everything at the county fair, but they eventually get their money back.
- Reprints
- from The Raccoon Kids (DC, 1954 series) #60 (January-February 1956)
-
Switch-a-Roo
Dizzy Dog / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #61 (February-March 1954)
-
Patsy the Space Mouse
The Three Mouseketeers / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- from The Three Mouseketeers (DC, 1956 series) #22 (March-April 1959)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Funny Stuff
-
1.
Funny Stuff
-
2.
Roman Around
Peter Porkchops -
3.
Well, Well
Flippity and Flop -
4.
Ship A-Hooey!
The Three Mouseketeers -
5.
I Get a Kick
Doodles Duck -
6.
Magic Show
Goofy Goose -
7.
Bird Brain
J. Rufus Lion -
8.
U. F. Foes
Nutsy Squirrel -
9.
Hippo My Dreams
Doodles Duck -
10.
All at Sea!
Peter Panda -
11.
Ketchup Genie
Dizzy Dog -
12.
Fenimore's Travels
The Dodo and the Frog -
13.
Bully Bear
Bo Bunny -
14.
Tossing the Bull
The Raccoon Kids -
15.
Switch-a-Roo
Dizzy Dog -
16.
Patsy the Space Mouse
The Three Mouseketeers -
17.
["Relax, Dodo! I cut a patch out of your chute..."]
The Dodo and the Frog -
18.
Fun and Frolic with:
This issue was modified by
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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