Bugs Bunny #109

(January 1967)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Bugs Bunny Saves Christmas] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Maltese

Pencils

Ken Champin

Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've got you covered, so march, hare!!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; reluctant hunter; hunter's three children; two crocodiles; The Old Man of the Mountain; Crestview (gorilla); Santa Claus

Synopsis

A father and reluctant hunter marches Bugs, at rifle-point, to the cabin the hunter shares with his three small children. He doesn’t really want to make rabbit stew out of Bugs but, since he believes that Santa Claus will not be coming with gifts for the young ones this Christmas, he feels that rabbit stew is the best he can do for the kids as a consolation. When Bugs learns from the family that the black-hearted Old Man of the Mountain is going to stop Santa, the rabbit vows to stop the Old Man of the Mountain – as only Bugs Bunny can!

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies (Dell, 1950 series) #5 (November 1954)

Keywords

Christmas; crocodiles; gorilla; heckling; little kids; mean old man; Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Bugs speaks and acts more like his cartoon persona, pointing to Maltese as the story’s author.

The hunter opens the story with: “I've got you covered, so march, hare!!” Maltese titled his 1953 Bugs Bunny cartoon, where Bugs was drafted into the Army, “Forward March Hare”.

The gorilla has a one-word vocabulary of "Omsk!", a monster's cry from one of Maltese's later TV cartoons.

After Bugs makes short work of the gorilla, the Old Man of the Mountain says: “Never send a gorilla to do the work of an evil old man!” In the Maltese-written Bugs Bunny cartoon “Water, Water, Every Hare” (1950), Bugs makes short work of a mad scientist’s monster, leaving the villain to say: “Never send a monster to do the work of a mad scientist!”

The Stunt Man (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

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Pencils

John Carey

Inks

John Carey

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bugs Bunny raced down the street so fast he almost bumped into Elmer Fudd.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; movie director

Synopsis

In exchange for Bugs preforming a list of chores, Elmer promises he can get the star-struck rabbit a part in a new western movie. He does – not as a star, but as a stunt man.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #45 (October-November 1955)

Keywords

be-careful-what-you-wish-for; living-up-to-one’s-word; movie; stunt man; western

[The Missing Money] (Table of Contents: 4)

Porky Pig / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I didn't know having a school festival could be so much hard work!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; Sylvester Pussycat; robber; postman; school official (male); school official (female); angry dog

Synopsis

Porky loses the school festival money and goes through an ordeal trying to find it, meanwhile it's been recovered and turned-in by Sylvester.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #45 (October-November 1955)

Keywords

desperate search; mailbox; money; school; trash can; wild goose chase

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

[Handy Hole Golf] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

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Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

Tony Strobl

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Tony Strobl

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hooray! A hole in one!

Feature Logo

Bugs Bunny

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; sewer worker

Synopsis

Bugs plays a game of "Handy Hole Golf", improvising a course with whatever hole is available to him. He plays one hole too many.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies (Dell, 1950 series) #5 (November 1954)

Keywords

alternative uses; doing-something-their-own-way; golf; improvisation; unintended slapstick consequences

It's Mr. Kandy Man! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Transogram's Kandy Kitchen / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Girl from B.U.N.N.Y. (Table of Contents: 7)

Bugs Bunny and Honey Bunny / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But, I’m not Mr. Smith… I’m Mr. Brown… and that peanut butter sandwich was not a clue in my case!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Honey Bunny; Mr. Brown; Mr. Smith; Mrs. Van Gargle; watchdog; maid

Synopsis

Private eye Bugs can’t keep his cases and his clients straight and is about to give up when Honey Bunny decides to become his indispensable secretary, like all the good TV detectives have. Together, they solve a case with uncharacteristic success.

Keywords

acronym; detective; ingenuity; mystery; secretary

Indexer Notes

New story. The title, “The Girl from B.U.N.N.Y.” is a misnomer, as this is not a “secret agent” story a la “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”, but a detective tale, and is more reflective of the tropes of TV private eyes. The acronym “B.U.N.N.Y.” is not used anywhere in the story beyond the title, and is most likely just a reflection of a then-prevalent fad.

[An Unworthy Claus] (Table of Contents: 8)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

Fred Abranz

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The job is yours, Sylvester...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; department store manager

Synopsis

Department store Santa Sylvester is driven to distraction by Tweety… who spends four complete pages reciting his massive Christmas wish list. Tweety’s final request is for “a sweet little puddy tat”. Santa Sylvester is happy to oblige, paying a visit to Tweety in costume on Christmas eve, with a meal on his mind.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies (Dell, 1950 series) #5 (November 1954)

Keywords

Christmas; department store; disguise; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; Santa suit

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Polaris Nuclear Sub / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

David McCallum Illya (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Man from U.N.C.L.E. Fan Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

200 pc. set World War II Soldiers only $1.98 (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

200 World War II Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)