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Issue Details

Issue #384
Published April 1989 ?
Cover Price 0 FREE
Pages 16
Editing ?
Notes Free to customers; price to non-customers shown as 0.50 USD.

Cover Details - "We Came As Soon As We Found Out!"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Gus
Synopsis Big Boy and Dolly visit Gus in the hospital.
Pencils McLeod
Inks McLeod
Notes Art ID made as cover art appears to match signed interior art of later issues.

1 page Dear Big Boy letters page "Just Look At All These Letters From Our Nice Readers!"

Synopsis Letters from Angela, Brad, Becky Arbino, Emily Arbino, Jason Crutchfield, Danielle B., Cassandra Bohne, Mitchell Alcrim, Diane Witte, Briana O'Connor, Nicola Zappella, and Taytee Contreras.
Script ? [as Big Boy]
Letters typeset

4 page Big Boy story "Better Safe Than Sorry"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Peewee; Gus
Synopsis Big Boy shows Peewee how to cross streets, wear a seatbelt, avoid strangers, ride a bike safely and not to litter.
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils McLeod
Inks McLeod
Notes Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street. Art ID made as art appears to match signed interior art of later issues.

1 page Big Boy activity "Practice Coloring With Crayons"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget
Synopsis An uncolored illustration for readers to color in.
Pencils Manny Stallman ?
Inks Manny Stallman ?

1 page activity "Red Cross Word Puzzles"

Synopsis crossword puzzles

1 page Coca-Cola advertisement "Coke Is It!"

Characters clown
Letters typeset
Notes Ad is mostly uncolored for readers to color in.

2 page Nugget story "Only Human"

Characters Nugget; Big Boy
Synopsis Nugget finds that some days, there's no place like home.
Genre humor
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman
Notes Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

4 page Big Boy story "Big Boy's Place In History"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; George Washington; Seth; soldiers
Synopsis Big Boy is knocked out when a painting falls on him and he dreams of helping General Washington win the Revolutionary War.
Genre humor; adventure
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks Dan DeCarlo ?
Notes Some of the characters look like Archie Comics character style. Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.
Reprinted from Adventures of the Big Boy (Webs Adventure Corporation, 1957 series) #233

Half page activity "Everybody's Favorite Word Builder"

Synopsis word puzzle
Notes back cover

Half page Azar's advertisement "Home of The Big Boy Hambuger"

Letters ?; typeset
Notes back cover