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Issue Details

Issue #979
Published April-June 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 979." Code number is OSWALD O.S. #979-594. Copyright 1959 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters Oswald the Rabbit
Genre funny animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

1 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Buying Toys"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis The boys try out all the expensive toys in a shop, but Oswald buys each one a single cheap toy.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

12 page Oswald the Rabbit story "The Witch Pitch"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Everglades Gertie
Synopsis Oswald is sent to cover a baseball team's spring training for a newspaper. After being chased out of the training camp because a series of mishaps, Oswald and the boys find a witch, who teaches Oswald an un-hittable "witch-pitch." Oswald gets to pitch for the team, but later the boys discover it's all a plot by the witch to get all the teams to throw the witch-pitch and ruin baseball.
Genre funny animal; sports
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

6 page Oswald the Rabbit story "The Trembling Trestle"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Beavers are gnawing timbers out of a railroad trestle, leaving it likely to collapse when the next train passes. Oswald tries to drive to the railroad station to warn the stationmaster, but a pair of hillbillies steal Oswald's car, leaving him with their old jalopy.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

6 page Oswald the Rabbit story "The Horrible House Hassle"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Reddy Fox
Synopsis Oswald wins the "Home-Hope Contest" and has his home redecorated into an ultra-modern, but uncomfortable, residence.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

7 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Supercharged"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis The boys get new pants, made of a new synthetic material, and the friction of the pant legs generates static electricity which becomes stored in their fluffy tails like a battery. The static charge causes all sorts of problems for the boys.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

1 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Riding Outfit"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit
Synopsis Oswald gets dressed in formal riding clothes to ride the wooden horse on a merry-go-round.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

1 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Road Signs"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit
Synopsis Oswald is confused by the road signs at a complex intersection.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomine story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

1 page Floyd and Lloyd story "The Bird-Watchers"

Characters Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Floyd and Lloyd disguise themselves as birds in order to do bird-watching.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Back cover; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).