Bullwinkle #01-090-209

(July-September 1962)

Bullwinkle Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

Bullwinkle / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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The purchase of a beat-up guitar by Bullwinkle...

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Bullwinkle [Dell/Western Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; bull; Tony the barber; Dudley Do-Right; Snidely Whiplash; Archie (shoemaker); Archie's wife; two elves

Keywords

story previews; table of contents

Indexer Notes

An illustrated table of contents to the stories in this issue, using original panels - not used in the actual stories - to represent the stories.

Two panels representing Bullwinkle "Matador Moose". One panel representing Dudley Do-Right "Poor Man's Policeman". One panel representing Fractured Fairy Tales "The Shoemaker and the Elves...?". Two panels representing Bullwinkle "Mono Rail Moose".

Matador Moose (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullwinkle / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Al Kilgore

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I beg your pardon, Mister, but --

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Bullwinkle [Dell/Western Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Characters

Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Fearless Leader; Doc (hock shop owner); heavy senorita; bullring manager; bullring hands; bullring crowd

Synopsis

In order to rid himself of the Moose, Boris maneuvers a guitar-playing Bullwinkle into a Mexican bullring.

Reprints

• in Bullwinkle (Western, 1962 series) #6 (January 1973)
which is reprinted
• in Rocky & Bullwinkle Classics (IDW, 2014 series) #2 - Vacational Therapy (July 2014)

Keywords

bull; bullfighting; bullring; disguise; guitar; meta humor; Mexico; spies; trickery

Indexer Notes

Meta-moments abound:

Natasha questions Boris' intent to kill Bullwinkle as an aside to his primary mission:
NATASHA: "But, we don't have orders to get rid of the moose!"
BORIS: "What's the matter? Don't you read these books? Every time we get orders, the moose gets in the way!"

Natasha comments on Boris' scheme to have Bullwinkle meet his demise in the bullring:
NATASHA: "Boris! This may be too bloody for the Comics Code!"

Upon learning that Bullwinkle is coincidently headed for the same Mexican city where Boris and Natasha are being sent for their secret mission:
BORIS: "It's just the stupid coincidence that bothers me!"
NATASHA: "Let's face it, Darling, without those coincidences we wouldn't have a story!"

The spies watch as Bullwinkle is about to be gored by a fierce bull:
BORIS: "Natasha! This is Zero Hour! No moose is good moose!!"
NATASHA: "I've waited through SIX BOOKS for you to use that line!"

The Shoemaker and the Elves...? (Table of Contents: 3)

Fractured Fairy Tales / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Kilgore

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Ouch! Who stepped on my tail, Bullwinkle?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Archie (shoemaker); Archie's wife; two elves; angry customer; jockey; beatnik clarinetist

Synopsis

Two elves help a shoemaker and his wife, not only with making shoes but advertising as well.

Reprints

• in Bullwinkle (Western, 1962 series) #6 (January 1973)
which is reprinted
• in Rocky & Bullwinkle Classics (IDW, 2014 series) #2 - Vacational Therapy (July 2014)

Keywords

advertising; elves; fairy tale parody; shoemaker; shoes

In Dutch (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Peabody's Improbable History / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Kilgore

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How do you like the picture I'm painting, Mr. Peabody?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; humor

Characters

Mr. Peabody; Sherman; Rembrandt; Hans Clinker

Synopsis

Mr. Peabody and Sherman get caught up in a rivalry between the great artist Rembrandt and his assistant Hans Clinker.

Keywords

1640; artists; historical setting; painting; Rembrandt; rivalry; The Netherlands; time travel

Ridiculous, Isn't It? (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Somebody's gone and figured out how much power you'd need to take an elephant water-skiing.

Genre

humor

Characters

Water-skiing elephant (in spot illustration)

Synopsis

Fifteen humorous single-paragraph stories of odd occurrences, which may be true or may be jokes, accompanied by a single spot illustration of a water-skiing elephant.

Keywords

anecdotes

Poor Man's Policeman (Table of Contents: 6)

Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Kilgore

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Step along smartly, Horse! It's nearly closing time at the bank and I must cash my paycheck!

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Dudley Do-Right; Inspector Fenwick; Horse; Nell Fenwick; Snidely Whiplash; bank bandit; banker; townspeople; other Mounties; train engineer

Synopsis

Unable to cash his paycheck before the bank closes, Do-Right is forced to stay behind while the rest of the post goes on weekend liberty. Disguised as a little old lady in need of firewood Snidely Whiplash takes this opportunity to destroy the Mountie station by felling a giant tree on top of it - with Do-Right as the unwitting woodchopper.

Keywords

bank robbery; disguise; pay-day; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; woodchopping

Mono Rail Moose (Table of Contents: 7)

Bullwinkle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Kilgore

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How do I look, Rock?

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Bullwinkle [Dell/Western Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Characters

Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Fearless Leader (on radio); Tony the barber; Tim (subway token clerk); transit cop; two subway workers

Synopsis

Boris is under orders to obtain a sample of high-strength moose-hair for Fearless Leader. When Bullwinkle goes for a haircut, Boris takes the place of the barber, snatches up a falling moose-hair, and sends Bullwinkle careening toward certain doom in the form of an oncoming subway train. When Fearless Leader orders that Bullwinkle be kept alive as a future source of moose-hair, Boris stirs up an impromptu subway strike to spare the moose.

Keywords

advertising variance per issue; barber; deleted or edited scenes; haircut; subway

Indexer Notes

In order to call an abrupt and immediate subway strike, Boris poses as "Mackerel J. Quale, union boss". This is a parody reference to Michael J. Quill, a founder of the Transport Workers Union of America, who called a disastrous twelve-day New York City transit strike in 1966. Oddly, Kilgore's script had Boris preceding Quill's actions in a story published in 1962.

Ad and non-ad variants exist for this issue. For the non-ad variant, the final interior page is a conventional four-tiered story page. For the ad variant, an ad for Red Ball Jets shoes runs vertically down the left side of the page. The story panels are edited down to four vertical panels on the right side of the page and are rewritten to cover the dialogue of the deleted panels.

The Central Fast Starts Sure Stops (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Red Ball Jets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Straight Shooter (Table of Contents: 9)

Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Kilgore

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I say, Do-Right! The King of Softsoapia is about to begin his royal tour of Canada!

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Dudley Do-Right; Inspector Fenwick; Horse; other Mounties; King of Softsoapia; King's coachman; King's horses

Synopsis

Inspector Fenwick tasks Do-Right with giving the visiting King of Softsoapia a twenty-one-gun salute. He should have known better.

Keywords

best of intentions; cannon; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; sorry-you-asked; twenty-one-gun salute; visiting royalty

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside back cover.

Musically Reclined (Table of Contents: 10)

Bullwinkle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Kilgore

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Clinka Clink! (sound effect)

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Bullwinkle [Dell/Western Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Bullwinkle J. Moose; boy playing xylophone

Synopsis

Bullwinkle stumbles over and breaks a little boy's toy xylophone, and offers his antlers as a "clinka clink-ing" substitute.

Keywords

alternative uses; antlers; turning-lemons-into-lemonade; xylophone

Indexer Notes

Color on back cover.