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Issue Details

Issue #289
Published August 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY in "INDIAN TROUBLE", No. 289." Code number is B.B.O.S. #289-508. Copyright 1950 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

Cover Details - "Indian Trouble"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Genre funny animals; western
Pencils Ralph Heimdahl
Inks Ralph Heimdahl
Notes Part of "Animated Cover" series. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Blindfolded"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Bugs' boss blindfolds him so he can't be a "clock-watcher."
Genre funny animals
Pencils Fred Abranz
Inks Fred Abranz
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Story title and pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

24 page Bugs Bunny story "Indian Trouble"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Chief Thunderbolt; Uncle Snazzy Bunny; Elviry Bunny
Synopsis Bugs inherits his Uncle Snazzy's collection of feather dusters. He tricks Porky into driving him to the Indian reservation so he can sell the feathers to the Indians. However the Indians are annoyed because of all the peddlers who have been coming to the reservation since the tribe struck oil and they decide to scare Bugs and Porky by pretending to be on the warpath. Later they find Uncle Snazzy and his wife living in a ghost town called "Ghost Town."
Genre funny animals; western
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Bugs is said to live at "13 Rustic Lane." Story is self-contained, but premise at end continues in next sequence. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

12 page Bugs Bunny story Chapter Two "The Sagebrush Kid"

Characters Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Uncle Snazzy Bunny; Sagebrush Kid
Synopsis Bugs pretends to be the Sagebrush Kid as a publicity stunt to draw people into the town of Ghost Town. The stunt works, but it also attracts the real Sagebrush Kid, who isn't very happy.
Genre funny animals; western
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Continues from previous story. "Chapter Two" is in the title panel. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

12 page Bugs Bunny story "Flivver Foolery"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Elmer is trying to clean his car, but Bugs keeps getting it dirty.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Fred Abranz
Inks Fred Abranz
Notes Pencil and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Bugs, the Painter"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Bugs agrees to paint Elmer's portrait for $50.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Fred Abranz
Inks Fred Abranz
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Story title and pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page activity "Directions For Making the Front Cover Move"

Synopsis Directions for making the front cover move.
Pencils Ralph Heimdahl
Inks Ralph Heimdahl
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).