Issue Details

Issue	#387
Published	July 1989 ?
Cover Price	0 FREE
Pages	16
Editing	?
Notes	Free to customers; price to non-customers shown as 0.50 USD.

Cover Details - "That Ball Feels Funny!"

Characters	Big Boy; Slugger
Synopsis	Big Boy pitches to Slugger.
Genre	humor; adventure
Pencils	McLeod
Inks	McLeod
Notes	Art ID made as cover art appears to match signed interior art.

1 page Dear Big Boy letters page "Dolly! Come Look At All The Letters We Got!!"

Characters	Big Boy
Synopsis	Letters from Jennifer Parsons, Adrienne Ramage, Joanna Lambert, Jason Marquez, Brikel Cribiann, Samantha Cross, Dornita Monroe, Suzy Raper, Tabitha Courtemanche, Deogracias Figueroa, Leslie Dill, Julie Ryan, and Matt Kennedy.
Script	? [as Big Boy]
Letters	typeset

5 page Big Boy story "The Case of The Bewitched Baseball"

Characters	Big Boy; Dolly; Slugger; villain
Synopsis	An unnamed villain throws a magic baseball into the game to make Big Boy's team lose, but Big Boy outsmarts him with patience and knowledge.
Genre	humor
Script	Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils	McLeod (signed)
Inks	McLeod (signed)
Notes	Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

1 page Big Boy illustration "Scrap Book"

Characters	Big Boy
Synopsis	Page to cut out for a scrap book cover.
Letters	typeset

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

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

2 page Big Boy Club Pages letters page "Big Boy Club Pages"

Characters	Big Boy; Andi Krueger; Doug Tungate; Carrie Geitgey
Synopsis	Riddles, a story by Kristie Sharon, a membership form and photos of readers.
Script	?; Kristie Sharon
Pencils	?; ? (photo)
Inks	?; ? (photo)
Letters	?; typeset

2 page Big Boy story "The Old Fishing Hole"

Characters	Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget
Synopsis	Dolly and Big Boy have a fishing contest.
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 Kids' Talk letters page "Kids' Talk"

Synopsis	Letters from Heidi, Joann, Sofia and other anonymous readers, with advice from Dolly.
Script	? [as Dolly]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes a disclaimer to parents that "...these readers' letters are answered in good faith by the editorial staff, and are not to be understood as representing professional advice."

1 page Card Collectors' Page text article "Birds No. 4"

Synopsis	Information about birds presented on cards the reader can cut out.
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes a word builder puzzle.

Half page activity "For Crossword Fans"

Synopsis	crossword puzzle
Letters	typeset
Notes	back cover

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

Letters	typeset
Notes	back cover