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Issue Details

Issue #271
Published November 1979
Cover Price 0 FREE
Pages 16
Editing ?
Notes Free to customers; price to non-customers shown as 0.25 USD.

Cover Details - "Big Boy, Dolly & Nugget Visit NBC's Little House On The Prairie"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Laura Ingalls; Albert
Synopsis Big Boy and friends visit the Little House On The Prairie.
Pencils Manny Stallman (signed)
Inks Manny Stallman (signed)

1 page Dear Big Boy letters page "All These Letters To Dear Big Boy..."

Synopsis Letters from: Susan Woodriff, Julie Phillips, Patti Stein, Veronique Stanton, Tracy Lynn Burton, Lisa Starratt, Lisa Lapham, and Amy Manore.
Script ? [as Big Boy]
Letters typeset
Notes Illustration of mailman is in a style that does not match anything I've seen in a Big Boy comic. May be clip art?

4 page Big Boy story "Thanksgiving Party"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Chief Crowdog
Synopsis Big Boy hosts a party for some kids and daydreams while Chief Crowdog tells some stories.
Genre humor
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman
Notes Big Boy's hair color alternates between brown and red. Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

1 page Big Boy story "Big Boy's Visit To An Angry Man"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Dr. Scrooge
Synopsis Big Boy visits Dr. Scrooge on the advice of his druggist.
Genre humor
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Marvin Mann
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 "Texas"

Characters Big Boy; Nugget
Synopsis Information on Texas with a list of the Kip's Big Boy restaurants in the state.
Genre fact
Letters typeset

1 page Big Boy & Coke advertisement "Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief Everybody Goes For"

Synopsis Ad for Big Boy & Coke.
Letters typeset

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

Characters Big Boy
Synopsis Word puzzles, poems, riddles, reader art, and a picture for coloring.
Pencils Manny Stallman; Lisa Polite
Inks Manny Stallman; Lisa Polite
Letters typeset

3 page text article Your 3 Pals Go Down Memory Lane With NBC's "Little House On The Prairie"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Lindsay Greenbush; Sidney Greenbush; Melissa Gilbert; Melissa Sue Anderson; William Claxton; Matthew Laborteaux; Michael Landon; Karen Grassle
Synopsis Information about the TV series and the actors, along with some historical info.
Genre fact
Script Mari Foster
Pencils Manny Stallman; ? (photos)
Inks Manny Stallman; ? (photos)
Colors ?; ? (photo)

1 page Helpful Hints And Good Deeds activity "Helpful Hints And Good Deeds"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly
Synopsis Plans for a weather wheel, earmuffs, and ideas for doing good deeds.
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman

Half page activity "Match Figure Puzzle"

Synopsis Instructions for a matchstick puzzle and the answer to last month's puzzle.
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman
Notes back cover

Half page Frisch's Big Boy Family Restaurants advertisement "Order By Phone And Take 'Em Home!"

Letters typeset
Notes back cover