(April 1953)

Dell, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Editing
Chase Craig (editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

[Odd Golf Ball] (Table of Contents)

Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ralph Heimdahl
Inks
Ralph Heimdahl
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Synopsis
Porky teeing off using a basketball instead of a golf ball.
Reprints
Keywords
golf

I'm Takin' It Easy this Easter! (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
The Easter Bunny

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; ad for Milky Way candy bars from the Mars Company.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Don R. Christensen
Pencils
Fred Abranz
Inks
Fred Abranz
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There you are, sonny... That'll be fifteen cents!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Herbie; B. B. Babbit
Synopsis
A con artist sells a carnival to the unwitting Bugs Bunny.
Keywords
carnival; con artist; ferris wheel; fire eating; knife throwing; roller coaster; tattooed man

Indexer Notes

Story title is The Karnival King in Christensen's notes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Porky Pig / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cicero! Shut that thing off! All the n-neighbors are complaining!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Sylvester Pussycat; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Professor I.O. Hammerhead
Synopsis
Porky and Cicero are captured by Professor Hammerhead who shrinks them down to the size of mice.

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

Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Phil De Lara
Inks
Phil De Lara
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm an awful flop at this party! I can't play or sing womantic songs!
Feature Logo
Daffy
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck
Synopsis
Daffy tries to teach Elmer how to sing and play the piano.
Keywords
piano

The March Lion (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Cicero Pig

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mary Jane and Sniffles / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hubbard
Inks
Al Hubbard
Colors
?
Letters
Melvin Millar

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mommy! Please put on the light so the shadows won't show!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; fantasy-supernatural; humor
Characters
Mary Jane; Sniffles; Big Blue Boo; Mary Jane's mother
Synopsis
Sniffles helps Mary Jane learn to not be afraid of shadows.
Keywords
shadow; shadow puppets

Indexer Notes

Big Blue Boo, who lives in the Land of the Blue-gray Shadows, appears to be the source of Mary Jane's magic words

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Henery Hawk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Veve Risto
Inks
Veve Risto
Colors
?
Letters
Veve Risto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
..And now for the questions on last night's homework! Henery...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; humor
Characters
Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl; Fingers Crow; Curly
Synopsis
Henery and Ollie help the police catch two jewel thieves.
Keywords
paperboy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Abranz
Inks
Fred Abranz
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm going out shopping, Tweety! You be a good little birdie, and I'll have a surprise for you when I get back!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny
Synopsis
Tweety goes to a museum while Granny is away and is chased by Sylvester.
Reprints
Keywords
museum; stagecoach

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Pancho Vanilla / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gil Turner ?
Pencils
Gil Turner
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah... A seenging minstrel man!
Genre
children
Characters
Little Pancho Vanilla; el señor Pancho Vanilla; la señora Vanilla; the Rich Ranchero
Synopsis
Little Pancho Vanilla convinces his father to become a minstrel.
Keywords
bull; bullfighter; minstrel

Hurry! Hurry! Be the First to Own the Official Dell Comics Club Ball Point Pen (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ralph Heimdahl
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bugs Bunny

Indexer Notes

Subscription ad for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and the Dell Comics Club; U.S.: 12 issues for $1.00; 24 issues for $1.85; 36 issues for $2.70; Canada: $1.20, $2.00, and $3.00; Free with each subscription is a ball point pen.

Go Ahead... You Can Really Pet the Fuzzy Yellow Cat! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; ad for Whitman Fuzzy Wuzzy Tell-a-Tales books from Whitman Publishing Company.

Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race (Table of Contents: 12)

comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Fine
Inks
Don Komisarow
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Characters
Gretchen Fraser
Keywords
skiing

Indexer Notes

Comic style ad for Wheaties cereal from General Mills.