Beep Beep
#8
(February-April 1961)
Dell,
1960 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-11-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
The cover does NOT list a price at all [but it sold for 10 cents]. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[untitled]
Beep Beep the Road Runner / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote
- Reprints
-
in Beep Beep the Road Runner (Western, 1966 series) #7 (April 1968)
-
Seeing Isn't Believing
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's sons; Wile E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- Wile E. tries to make the Beeps think a recently-formed lake is a mirage.
- Keywords
- mirage
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Story title is "Mirage Lake" in Fallberg's notes.
Smarty Party
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- BEEP BEEP #8-612
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's sons; Wile E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- After failing to capture the Beeps with a mole machine, Wile E. pretends to have inherited a fortune and invites the Beeps to a farewell dinner.
- Reprints
- in Beep Beep the Road Runner (Western, 1966 series) #7 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- feast; mole machine; prairie dog
To Beep or Not to Beep
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's sons; Wile E. Coyote; Craft E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- Another coyote comes to the desert and joins forces with Wile E. to try to capture the Beeps.
- Reprints
- in Beep Beep the Road Runner (Western, 1966 series) #7 (April 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is "Rival Coyote" in Fallberg's notes.
Space Chase
Daffy Duck / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
- Synopsis
- After reading a science fiction story, Daffy is spooked when he sees Elmer in a spray-painting outfit. Daffy then pretends to be a spaceman to fool Elmer into giving him all his food.
- Reprints
- in Daffy Duck (Western, 1962 series) #65 (September 1970)
-
- Keywords
- disguise; refrigerator; science fiction; spaceman
Dinner Dilemma
Porky & Petunia Pig / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
- Synopsis
- Porky makes a shambles of Petunia's house while trying to do simple fix-it jobs.
- Reprints
- in Beep Beep the Road Runner (Western, 1966 series) #8 (July 1968)
-
The Seedy Speeder
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's sons; Wile E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- Wile E. finds that the source of the Beeps' speed comes from some rare seeds. But when Wile E. eats the "speed seeds" he loses his appetite for road runners.
- Reprints
- in Beep Beep the Road Runner (Western, 1966 series) #7 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- mountain lion; seeds
Indexer Notes
Apparently a one-time explanation for the Beeps' speed.
Stuck in the Muck
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's sons; Wile E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- Wile E. tries to slow the Beeps down by making it rain and turning the desert to mud.
- Reprints
- in Beep Beep the Road Runner (Western, 1966 series) #7 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- mud; rain-making; rocket
Too Curious
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- Wile E. paints a portrait of a vulture in hopes that Beep Beep will be curious enough to come close.
- Reprints
- in Beep Beep the Road Runner (Western, 1966 series) #8 (July 1968)
-
- Keywords
- portrait painting
Stuck Cluck
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's sons; Wile E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- Wile E. dumps glue on the top of a natural bridge, but he's the one who ends up stuck in it.
- Keywords
- bear; glue; natural bridge
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; pantomime story.
The Big Push
Beep Beep the Road Runner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's sons; Wile E. Coyote
- Synopsis
- Wile E. tries to push a boulder up a hill to drop it on the Beeps, but he ends up being chased by it.
- Keywords
- boulder
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[untitled]
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
1.
Seeing Isn't Believing
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
2.
Smarty Party
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
3.
To Beep or Not to Beep
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
4.
Space Chase
Daffy Duck -
5.
Dinner Dilemma
Porky & Petunia Pig -
6.
The Seedy Speeder
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
7.
Stuck in the Muck
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
8.
Too Curious
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
9.
Stuck Cluck
Beep Beep the Road Runner -
10.
The Big Push
Beep Beep the Road Runner
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- Alberto Becattini
- Steve Coates
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- Michael Vance
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