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Washday Moose-Magic

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Synopsis: Bullwinkle hangs his wet wash to dry on a clothesline supported by his antlers.

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Bullwinkle and Rocky #25 [Gold Key] published February 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

Job Number: 01-090-209

Bullwinkle Contents

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): bull; Tony the barber; Archie (shoemaker); Archie's wife; two elves

First Line: The purchase of a beat-up guitar by Bullwinkle...

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Pages: 1

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

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Character(s): Doc (hock shop owner); heavy senorita; bullring manager; bullring hands; bullring crowd

First Line: I beg your pardon, Mister, but --

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

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Bullwinkle #6 [unnamed variant] published January 1973
as Matador Moose [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 9

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...?

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Archie (shoemaker); Archie's wife; two elves; angry customer; jockey; beatnik clarinetist

First Line: Ouch! Who stepped on my tail, Bullwinkle?

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

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Bullwinkle #6 [unnamed variant] published January 1973
as The Shoemaker and the Elves...? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 4

In Dutch

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Character(s): Rembrandt; Hans Clinker

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

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

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Pages: 4

Ridiculous, Isn't It?

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Water-skiing elephant (in spot illustration)

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

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.

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Poor Man's Policeman

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): bank bandit; banker; townspeople; other Mounties; train engineer

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

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.

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Pages: 6

Mono Rail Moose

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Character(s): Tony the barber; Tim (subway token clerk); transit cop; two subway workers

First Line: How do I look, Rock?

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.

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Pages: 8

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

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Red Ball Jets

First Line: You're Jet propelled in Red Ball Jets.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad for Red Ball Jets sneakers. Appears in ad variant issues only. Runs vertically down the left side of the page. On final interior page of the comic.

Straight Shooter

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): other Mounties; King of Softsoapia; King's coachman; King's horses

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

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

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Notes: Black and white on inside back cover.

Musically Reclined

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): boy playing xylophone

First Line: Clinka Clink! (sound effect)

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

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Pages: 1

Notes: Color on back cover.