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Issue Details

Issue #969
Published February 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Chase Craig
Notes Indicia title is "PEANUTS, No. 969". Code number is PEANUTS O.S. #969-592. Copyright 1958 by United Features Syndicate. Cover is signed "Schulz" but is probably not by him.

Cover Details

Characters Charlie Brown; Snoopy
Genre children
Pencils Dale Hale
Inks Dale Hale
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "PEANUTS, No. 969". Code number is PEANUTS O.S. #969-592. Copyright 1958 by United Features Syndicate. Cover is signed "Schulz" but is probably not by him.
Reprinted in Peanuts (Gold Key, 1963 series) #2 (August 1963)

1 page "Peanuts" story "Snoopy's Run For the Blanket"

Characters Linus; Snoopy
Synopsis Snoopy runs off with Linus' blanket, taking him with it.
Genre children
Script Dale Hale
Pencils Dale Hale
Inks Dale Hale
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.
Reprinted in Peanuts (Gold Key, 1963 series) #2 (August 1963)

8 page Peanuts story "Linus's Blanket Addiction"

Characters Linus; Lucy; Snoopy
Synopsis Linus goes into withdrawal symptoms when Lucy hides his blanket.
Genre Children
Script Dale Hale
Pencils Dale Hale
Inks Dale Hale
Letters Dale Hale
Reprinted in Peanuts (Gold Key, 1963 series) #2 (August 1963)

8 page Snoopy story "The Ball-Chasing Gig"

Characters Linus; Snoopy; Charlie Brown; Lucy
Synopsis Snoopy is fooled when Linus pretends to throw a ball and tells him to fetch it.
Genre children
Script Dale Hale
Pencils Dale Hale
Inks Dale Hale
Letters Dale Hale
Reprinted in Peanuts (Gold Key, 1963 series) #2 (August 1963)

8 page Peanuts story "The Kite Calamity"

Characters Charlie Brown; Lucy
Synopsis Lucy tries to help Charlie Brown get his kite into the air.
Genre children
Script Dale Hale
Pencils Dale Hale
Inks Dale Hale
Letters Dale Hale
Reprinted in Peanuts (Gold Key, 1963 series) #2 (August 1963)

8 page Peanuts story "Linus the Liar"

Characters Charlie Brown; Schroeder; Linus; Violet; Patty; Shermy; Pig-Pen; Lucy
Synopsis Linus is causing problems for the group with a series of lies. Disgusted, they tell him "You're a liar, and your tongue is going to turn black!"
Genre children
Script Dale Hale
Pencils Dale Hale
Inks Dale Hale
Letters Dale Hale
Reprinted in Peanuts (Gold Key, 1963 series) #2 (August 1963)

1 page "Peanuts" story "The Gallantry of Pig-Pen"

Characters Lucy; Pig-Pen
Synopsis Pig-Pen's gallantry is lost on Lucy.
Genre children
Script Dale Hale
Pencils Dale Hale
Inks Dale Hale
Letters Dale Hale
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.
Reprinted in Peanuts (Gold Key, 1963 series) #2 (August 1963)

1 page "Peanuts" story "Beauty and the Beast"

Characters Charlie Brown; Schroeder; Lucy
Synopsis Lucy wants Schroeder and Charlie Brown to act in her play of "Beauty and the Beast".
Genre children
Script Dale Hale
Pencils Dale Hale
Inks Dale Hale
Letters Dale Hale
Notes Back cover.