Yogi Bear #23

(January 1966)

Get Fun Adventure Get Gold Key Comics (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Mysterious Intruder (Table of Contents: 2)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Ralph Heimdahl

Inks

Steve Steere

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since Yogi became addicted to detective stories, he no longer sleeps at night!

Feature Logo

Yogi Bear [Western Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear; Bruno Bear; Larry Bear; Professor Algae N. Puddle

Synopsis

Yogi Bear and Boo Boo solve the mystery of who has been skulking around and inside various bears’ caves.

Reprints

• in Yogi Bear Picture Book (P.B.S. Limited, 1973 series) #1973 (1973)

Keywords

bats; bears; begging for food; caves; detective; detective stories; footprints; stalactites

Indexer Notes

Ralph Heimdahl and Steve Steere credits from Alberto Becattini (2020).

Taming the Tabby (Table of Contents: 3)

Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What gives with you meece? Have you flipped your lids?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks

Synopsis

Pixie and Dixie pull a snake-charming hoax on Mr. Jinks.

Keywords

battle of wits; bed-of-nails; hoax; hobbies; skateboarding; snake-charming; turban; yoga

The Haunted Quarry (Table of Contents: 4)

Perry Gunnite / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon (title only); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

“So many of the cases I’ve solved are just routine,” sighed Perry Gunnite, as he sat in his office.

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Perry Gunnite; Mr Rockhead (quarry owner), Betty Rubble; Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Synopsis

Stone Age detective Perry Gunnite (from The Flintstones) investigates a “haunted quarry”, where stones are mysteriously plummeting from the sky.

Keywords

detective; puzzlement; quarry; Stone Age; stones

Yogi Bear by Hanna-Barbera (Table of Contents: 5)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Hazelton ?; Don R. Christensen ?

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Joe Messerli

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Joe Messerli

Editing

Gene Hazelton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why don't you give up, Yogi...

Feature Logo

Yogi Bear [Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear

Synopsis

Two gags: Yogi vs. an echo. Boo Boo's toothpaste trail.

Reprints

• From Yogi Bear daily (McNaught Syndicate) 1962-1963

Keywords

cliff; echo; forest; hiking; newspaper strip reprints; panel cartoons; toothpaste

Indexer Notes

One page containing two Yogi Bear weekday syndicated newspaper comic strip reprints, which were done in magazine cartoon style - single-panel gags with dialogue captions below the art. Formatted for this comic book as two individual gag-panels to a page. Middle left page of centerfold. All credits revised per Alberto Becattini (2020).

Yogi Bear by Hanna-Barbera (Table of Contents: 6)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Hazelton ?; Don R. Christensen ?

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Joe Messerli

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Joe Messerli

Editing

Gene Hazelton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who's there?

Feature Logo

Yogi Bear [Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear; woodpecker; turtles

Synopsis

Two gags: A knock at Yogi's door. Hide-and-seek turtle-style.

Reprints

• From Yogi Bear daily (McNaught Syndicate) 1962-1963

Keywords

hide-and-seek; knock-at-the-door; newspaper strip reprints; panel cartoons; turtles; woodpecker

Indexer Notes

One page containing two Yogi Bear weekday syndicated newspaper comic strip reprints, which were done in magazine cartoon style - single-panel gags with dialogue captions below the art. Formatted for this comic book as two individual gag-panels to a page. Middle right page of centerfold. All credits revised per Alberto Becattini (2020).

The Creeps of Jellystone (Table of Contents: 7)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Maltese

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, Boo Boo Boy, I don’t recall being in this section of Jellystone Park before, do you?

Feature Logo

Yogi Bear [Western Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear; Ranger Smith; Boris Groozily (monster-bear husband); Groana Groozily (monster-bear wife); Gruntly Groozily (monster-bear son)

Synopsis

Yogi and Boo Boo inadvertently wander into a barren, creepy section of Jellystone Park, which Yogi assumes was probably destroyed by a forest fire. There, they meet “The Groozilys”, a monster-bear family (not unlike the then-popular TV “monster-families” The Addams Family and The Munsters). The Groozilys consist of a husband, wife, and son - the latter of whom is so huge and, presumably, hideous that he is never seen above chest-high, except in complete silhouette at story’s end. The Groozilys show their guests some monster-bear hospitality, until Yogi and Boo Boo flee back to Ranger Smith.

Reprints

• in Yogi Bear Picture Book (P.B.S. Limited, 1973 series) #1973 (1973)

Keywords

abounding oddities; creepy setting; family of monsters; forest; lost; night; there’s-no-place-like-home

Indexer Notes

This story reads in a similar fashion to the various Hanna-Barbera cartoons with the “J. Evil Scientist Family”, which were written by Michael Maltese. In addition to his body of animation writing, Maltese also wrote scripts for Western Publishing, making him a good bet as this story’s author.

The Surfboarding Bear (Table of Contents: 8)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ralph Heimdahl

Inks

Steve Steere

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Woops!

Feature Logo

Yogi Bear [Western Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear; Ranger Smith; various surfers; surfing judges

Synopsis

To get new furniture for his cave, Yogi enters a surfing contest.

Reprints

• in Yogi Bear Picture Book (P.B.S. Limited, 1973 series) #1973 (1973)

Keywords

beach; chair; party; surfers; surfing; surfing contest

Indexer Notes

Ralph Heimdahl and Steve Steere credits from Alberto Becattini (2020).

[Which Left First, the Chicken or the Egg?] (Table of Contents: 9)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; hatched chick

Synopsis

Yogi takes so long to start a campfire, for cooking an egg, a chick hatches from the egg and runs off.

Reprints

• in Yogi Bear Picture Book (P.B.S. Limited, 1973 series) #1973 (1973)

Keywords

campfire; chick; egg; outdoor cooking; wood

Indexer Notes

A Jellystone Jolly. Pantomime.

[To the Bottomless Pit] (Table of Contents: 10)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ralph Heimdahl

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; camera-toting tourist

Synopsis

A tourist eagerly follows the posted signs to photograph all the sights of Jellystone Park, and discovers the truest, most accurate guide-sign of them all.

Keywords

park; photography; sights and attractions; signage; tourist

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Ralph Heimdahl credit from Alberto Becattini (2020).

100 pc Toy Soldiers Set $1.25 (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)