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Issue Details

Issue #274
Published April 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY, HAREBRAINED REPORTER, No. 274." Code number is B.B.O.S. #274-504. Copyright 1950 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

Cover Details - "Hare-Brained Reporter"

Characters Bugs Bunny
Genre funny animals; adventure
Pencils Ralph Heimdahl ?
Inks Ralph Heimdahl ?
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Bugs the Dishwasher"

Characters Bugs Bunny
Synopsis Bugs is an incompetent dishwasher at a café.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

30 page Bugs Bunny story "Harebrained Reporter"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Elmer Fudd (cameo)
Synopsis A newspaper editor gives Bugs the assignment of finding out what happened to the town of Bleak Point, which has vanished. It turns out that the town never existed and the assignment was just a ploy to get Bugs out of the editor's sight. Bugs and Porky go to the remote mountain location, which is just a random spot selected by the editor. By coincidence it is close to an underground hideout for a pair of counterfeiters, who try to scare Bugs and Porky away.
Genre funny animals; adventure
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

18 page Bugs Bunny story "Bugs Bunny and The Mortals of the Sea"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Elmer Fudd (cameo)
Synopsis Thinking they will bring good luck, the leader of an ocean expedition takes Bugs and Porky along. The ship is plagued with bad luck and when the ship reaches its destination, Bugs and Porky, who are now considered "unlucky" are sent down in the ship's diving bell. They find a city of ocean dwellers, the "Sea Mortals," who are planning on attacking the surface dwellers. After seeing Bugs' appetite for carrots, they call off the invasion, figuring they'd never be able to feed the surface people if they all ate as much as Bugs.
Genre funny animals; adventure
Pencils Roger Armstrong
Notes Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bugs Bunny story "A Lamp for Reading"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Cicero Pig (cameo)
Synopsis Bugs visits Porky's house to do some reading but finds that all the spots under reading lamps are occupied.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Umbrella Shower"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Synopsis Bugs balks when Porky makes him take a cold shower.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Back cover. Story title and pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).