([late ?] 1950)
Wilson Publishing,
1950 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.15 CAD
- Pages
- 64
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Wilson Publishing Company of Toronto, Limited
- Brand
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A Dell Comic
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Saddle-stitched (stapled cover), 64 pages with a 15-cent cover price. The American version is squarebound, 128 pages with a stiffer cover. Canadian version excises approximately 50 percent of the material found in the American version, mostly removing material that did not feature Bugs Bunny as well as activity or song pages; but it is not identified which sequences are removed. Publication date is copyright date, American comic published in November 1950.
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In the Days before Christmas
comic story / 32 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ahh... just think of it!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Porky Pig; Santa Claus; Sylvester; Chimney Sweep Sheepherder Robots
- Synopsis
- While daydreaming of the arrival of Christmas, Bugs intercepts a letter from Santa to the local chimney sweep to make sure they are all swept before Christmas Eve. The chimney sweep asks Bugs to help. Bugs winds up getting "fired" after ruining Elmer Fudd's tree. The sweep suggests Bugs find a replacement. Bugs winds up in the North Pole looking for a tree and meets Santa and a sheepherder who has constructed robot helpers for him. Bugs accidently causes havoc with a large robot but makes everything all right. Santa helps Bugs get a tree for Elmer just in time for his Christmas party.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas Funnies; robots
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Game for 2 Players
activity / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So that you can use the game for a long time, cut out the game and the two strips of squares, and mount them on heavy cardboard or stiff paper.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
- Keywords
- activity game
Indexer Notes
An activity game in the center of the issue composed of 113 squares, and also a series of numbers (1-5) as well as avatars of Bugs and Elmer. The instructions suggested cutting the trail out and affixing it to cardboard. Each player would randomly select a number (face down) and move across the board. The first player to reach the end wins.
Porky Pig
comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whew! This sure is hard work!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny; Cicero Pig; Porky Pig; cartoonist; King of Doughrania; Doughranian guards; King's bird
- Synopsis
- Cicero Pig asks Porky for a dime, but Porky tells him "money doesn't grow on trees." Bugs shows up and says he found a newspaper cartoon about Doughrania, which has a money tree. They visit the cartoonist to find out where it is. The cartoonist doesn't know and leaves, and then one of his magic pens draws Porky and Bugs into the land of Doughrania, where money is used as food and fuel. They break into the King's castle to get to the tree, but their greed causes them to shrink and chased by the guards. Cicero arrives at the cartoonist's office and wishes them back. Cicero gets his dime.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas Funnies
Sylvester
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The clock in the steeple strikes nine... time for all good people to wind up the clock and put out the cat!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Sylvester Pussycat; Santa Claus; Angus Macrory
- Synopsis
- On Christmas Eve Sylvester is put out of the house. He decides to leave his owner and encounters Mr. Angus Macrory, who takes him in as a watch-cat (after thinking it would be cheaper than getting a watchdog). He tells Sylvester to not let anyone in his house, and Sylvester encounters Santa arriving with all the expensive things Angus wanted (a yacht, diamond-studded watch, etc.). But Sylvester makes Santa leave, just as Angus comes downstairs. Furious, Angus kicks Sylvester outside, leaving him right back where he started.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas Funnies
Party Pastime
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At Porky's Christmas party, everyone had fun playing these games.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Porky Pig
Indexer Notes
One-page text story about Porky's Christmas party describing games the readers can try at their own parties. There are spot illustrations above and below the text.
Henery Hawk in Bully Trouble
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, here comes that mean ol' bully, Finch!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl; Henery Hawk's mother; Bully Finch; Aunt Clara; Cousin Stevie
- Synopsis
- Henery Hawk tries to get the upper hand in life in an underhanded way, but things always turn around on him.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Bugs Bunny -
1.
In the Days before Christmas
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2.
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Game for 2 Players
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3.
Porky Pig
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4.
Sylvester
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5.
Party Pastime
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6.
Henery Hawk in Bully Trouble
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