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Issue: Looney Tunes #242
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #242 of 81 Issues (95 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/26/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Foot Charmer

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny
Synopsis: Dressed as an Indian fakir, Bugs "snake-charms" his own foot.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Trampoline Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: Cicero bounces all over the couch, but lies placid and still on his trampoline.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.
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Peekaboo Bunny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Professor Phineas Putney; museum work crew; museum camera crew; curious kids and family; museum receptionist; Mr. Toofus; museum security guards; jewel thief
First Line: Amazing! Simply incredible! No authority has ever reported anything like this!
Synopsis: A naturalist becomes fascinated with the complexity, furnishings, and amenities of Bugs’ rabbit hole, vs. that of ordinary rabbits, and installs a one-way glass through which he and his colleagues can observe the bunny in his (un)natural habitat. Bugs agrees at first, but quickly tires of the intrusions and decides to take action.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Carpenter Cut-Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Yosemite Sam; Petunia Pig
First Line: Isn't it a beauty, Cicreo?
Synopsis: Competing do-it-yourself carpenters Porky and Sam have an enthusiastic but good-natured rivalry… until Porky accidently saws Sam’s newly-made, shiny-finished wooden table in half! …Unless fiery short-attention-span-driven Sam is quickly distracted, the sawdust will fly! Porky’s method of distraction only makes things worse.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Foiled in Oil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
First Line: Bugs Bunny sleepily climbed to the entrance of his rabbit hole to answer the loud call of an irate Elmer Fudd.
Synopsis: Bugs becomes suspicious when Elmer suddenly strikes oil in his backyard, digging only with a pick and shovel.
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In Issue: FlagBugs Bunny #140 [Gold Key] published January 1972
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dell Trading Post

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Prizes available for cash and cutoff top portions of Dell comics front covers
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Pages: 2
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Dell Trading Post

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell Comics; Dell Trading Post
First Line: Only Dell Comics offer these outstanding premium values!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dell Comics promotion for various prizes in exchange for a combination of money and the top cover strips from Dell Comics. The combinations vary by the nature and value of the prizes. Quote: "Cut off the top strip of each Dell Comic cover. Be sure the strip includes the name of the comic and the new Dell Comics seal. When you have enough cover strips for the item(s) you want, put them in an envelope together with the required amount of money and the coupon at the right."

Prizes displayed in the ad are: “Regulation Football”, Sensational Gum Bank”, "Three Way Desk Set", "Magic Puzzle Kit”, “Giant Space Map", "Kodak Brownie Bullet Camera”, “Shaggy Dog" (stuffed animal - not the Disney film version), "Secret Seal Ring", and "Initialed Slave Bracelet".

Example illustrations of the "Dell Comics top cover strips" for issues of Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories and Huckleberry Hound are pictured. The ad covers both middle pages of the centerfold.
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Into the Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny
First Line: Gwanny's gone, and soon the fire will go out! Then I'll have a fwigid Puddy Tat to contend with!
Synopsis: Despite his best efforts to keep Sylvester warm on a very cold night, Tweety only succeeds in making the cat colder.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Backward Beeps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's three sons; Wile E. Coyote; tunnel construction crew
First Line: Pop, we have an idea! If you don't think it's strange, instead of him chasing us, let's chase him for a change!
Synopsis: Beep Beep and the boys turn the tables on Wile E. Coyote, by arranging things so that they wind up chasing him.
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In Issue: FlagBugs Bunny #140 [Gold Key] published January 1972
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Roaming Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; angry motorists; motorcycle traffic cop; angry fisherman; other annoying ducks
First Line: Woo Woo! Woo Woo! Heh! I'm gonna bother old Fuddsy today!
Synopsis: To get away from Daffy, Elmer decides to move his house to a remote lot in the country - on a trailer, towed by a truck. What could possibly go wrong?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Dialogue is "Maltese-ian"!
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Quick Mix

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Bugs Bunny
First Line: SCREECH! Splish! Splash!
Synopsis: A sudden stop at a traffic light causes Bugs to mix house paint colors in a most unconventional way.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.38
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Shares top half of page with the "Dell Comics Pledge to Parents".
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A Pledge to Parents

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Dell Comics
First Line: See "Notes" below.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.12
Disclose Notes: Dell Comics' own version of "The Comics Code", in response to the politically motivated attacks upon comic books in the 1950s. (Text follows)

"The Dell trademark is, and always has been, a positive guarantee that the comic magazine bearing it contains only clean and wholesome entertainment. The Dell Code eliminates entirely, rather than regulates, objectionable material. That's why when your child buys a Dell Comic you can be sure it contains only good fun. 'DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS' is our only credo and constant goal."

Shares top half of page with Bugs Bunny "Quick Mix".
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Meet Tubby, the Whale

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Tubble Bubble Soap
Character(s): Tubby the Whale, little kid in a bathtub full of bubbles
First Line: Let me spout you a question - Have you tried Tubble - the new fun bubble soap?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tubble Bubble Bath Soap that makes bath bubbles in three colors - blue, red, and green. Comes in powder or liquid form, in 6-packs or 9-packs. Lower half of page.
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Good Riddance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck
First Line: Idea! (thought balloon)
Synopsis: Elmer extends the staircase banister Daffy repeatedly slides down, depositing the duck into the deep dark basement.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Black and white on inside back cover.
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Brand New! Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
First Line: The most thrilling new bike you've ever seen!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette bicycle from Arnold, Schwinn & Company with "Norman Rockwell-like" illustrations of four boys and the Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette bicycle outside on a winter's day. A free bike catalog is offered by mail. Color ad on back cover.

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