Four Color #51 - Bugs Bunny Finds the Lost Treasure
([September] 1944)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1944-08-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Book
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY FINDS THE LOST TREASURE, No. 51." No code number. Copyright 1944 by Leon Schlesinger Productions. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Pamphlets, page 509.

Bugs Bunny Finds the Lost Treasure (Table of Contents)

Bugs Bunny / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Buettner
Inks
Carl Buettner
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny
Keywords
treasure

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

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

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom McKimson
Inks
Tom McKimson
Colors
?
Letters
Tom McKimson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hm-m-m-m- fresh cement!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny
Synopsis
Bugs gets stuck when he tromps through a freshly-laid cement sidewalk.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

Bugs Bunny Finds the Lost Treasure (Table of Contents: 2)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Buettner
Inks
Carl Buettner
Colors
?
Letters
Carl Buettner

Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Professor Diggemup
Synopsis
Bugs buys an old sea chest at an auction. In it is a sailor's diary is which he tells of the Zazztec treasure on Happy Pappy Island. The two go to the island, where they are captured by the Zazztec Indians. Bugs and Porky escape and find the hidden treasure, but Bugs is captured again and is to be sacrificed to appease a rumbling volcano.

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

A Statue Comes to Life (Table of Contents: 3)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Buettner
Inks
Carl Buettner
Colors
?
Letters
Carl Buettner

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
Synopsis
Bugs buys some powerful perfume. While visiting the museum he sprays a statue of Hercules, not knowing that a crook is impersonating the statue. The crook hits his head when he passes out from the fumes and when he comes to, Bugs and Porky convince him he is a statue come to life.

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

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

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom McKimson
Inks
Tom McKimson
Colors
?
Letters
Tom McKimson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your hedge need trimmin', lady!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Synopsis
Bugs gets revenge after he and Porky are only paid a dime for trimming a large hedge.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom McKimson
Inks
Tom McKimson
Colors
?
Letters
Tom McKimson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, bud! Wanta sell that jalopy?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny
Synopsis
Bugs is offended when the used car dealer offers him only five dollars for his car.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Bugs Bunny Finds the Lost Treasure
    Bugs Bunny
  2. 1. ["Hm-m-m-m- fresh cement!"]
    Bugs Bunny
  3. 2. Bugs Bunny Finds the Lost Treasure
    Bugs Bunny
  4. 3. A Statue Comes to Life
    Bugs Bunny
  5. 4. ["Your hedge need trimmin', lady!"]
    Bugs Bunny
  6. 5. ["Hey, bud! Wanta sell that jalopy?"]
    Bugs Bunny
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Pat Conolly
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose