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Issue Details

Issue #214
Published February 1975
Cover Price 0 FREE
Pages 16
Editing ?
Notes Free to customers; price to non-customers shown as 0.25 USD.

Cover Details - "Just Look At These Ants!"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget
Synopsis Big Boy is fascinated at the ants carrying away his picnic.
Genre humor

1 page Dear Big Boy letters page "Dear Big Boy"

Script ? [as Big Boy]
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from: David DeKoch, Linda Kyd, Patricia Kuner, Serena Richardson, Robin Ann Williams, Angies Humphery, Jo Ann Meerschaert, Amy Miller, Kathy Kimmel, Shawna Mitchell, Don Hodgins, Cynthia Fielder, Yumi Nosaka

5 page Big Boy story "Gold Reserves Saved!"

Characters Big Boy; Fort Knox officials; Nugget; thieves
Synopsis The government calls in Big Boy to find how gold is disappearing. He does, using some ants and an anteater to capture the thieves.
Genre humor
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Notes Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

1 page State Of The Union text article "Colorado"

Characters Big Boy; Nugget
Synopsis Information on Colorado with a map of the Azar's Big Boy restaurants in the state.
Genre fact
Letters typeset

1 page Big Boy & Coke advertisement "For After Dancing Class Appetites Nothing Beats This Combination"

Synopsis Ad for Big Boy & Coke.
Letters typeset

2 page Big Boy Club Pages activity "Big Boy Club Stuff"

Synopsis Puzzles, stories, membership application, and Flags of The United Nations feature.
Letters typeset

3 page Big Boy story "Bronco Buster"

Characters Big Boy; Nugget; Dolly
Synopsis Big Boy tries a rodeo lasso contest and ropes everything in sight.
Genre humor
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Notes Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street. One page is in black-and-white as a coloring page.

1 page Big Boy Club text article "Jottu Ocy-Lyehly-Borydpady'n Vou!"

Synopsis News from Club members.
Script ? [as Big Boy]
Pencils Anita Arslanian
Inks Anita Arslanian
Letters typeset
Notes Art is by a club member. Title is in the Big Boy secret code.

Half page Big Boy story "I Sure Thought The Ants Would Recognize Me As A Friend..."

Characters Big Boy; Dolly
Synopsis Big Boy get bitten by ants.
Genre humor
Notes back cover

Half page Elias Brothers Restaurants advertisement "Michigan's Family Restaurants"

Synopsis List of Elias Brothers restaurants in Michigan.
Letters typeset
Notes List of restaurants varies depending on the regional location and franchise involved for Big Boy. Back cover.