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Issue Details

Issue #1275
Published December 1961 - February 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Creator credits from Keith Scott in his book "The Moose that Roared."

Cover Details

Characters Rocky; Bulwinkle
Genre funny animal; satire
Pencils Al Kilgore
Inks Al Kilgore
Notes Creator credits from Keith Scott in his book "The Moose that Roared."

1 page Rocky and His Friends story "Contents page"

Script Jerry Robinson?
Pencils Al Kilgore
Inks Al Kilgore
Notes inside front cover

8 page Rocky and His Friends story "Underwater Moose"

Characters Bullwinkle; Rocky; Boris Badenov (villain); Natasha Fatale (villain)
Genre funny animal; satire
Script Jerry Robinson?
Pencils Al Kilgore ?
Inks Al Kilgore ?
Reprinted in Bullwinkle (Gold Key, 1962 Series) #5 (October 1972)

6 page Peabody's Improbable History story "Busy Signal"

Characters Peabody; Sherman; Sam Morse
Genre funny animal; satire
Script Jerry Robinson?
Pencils Al Kilgore
Inks Al Kilgore
Notes I: Samuel Morse

1 page text article "Frivolous Facts"

Letters typeset

2 page Boris and Natasha story "The Interview"

Characters Boris; Natasha
Genre satire; sitcom
Script Jerry Robinson?
Pencils Al Kilgore
Inks Al Kilgore
Notes I: Mark Spot; O: Boris and Natasha (details)

4 page Fractured Fairy Tale story "Gingerbread Kid"

Genre satire
Script Jerry Robinson?
Pencils Al Kilgore
Inks Al Kilgore

3 page Peabody's Improbable History story "Tea Men"

Characters Peabody; Sherman
Genre funny animal; satire
Script Jerry Robinson?
Pencils Al Kilgore
Inks Al Kilgore
Notes Boston Tea Party

8 page Rocky and His Friends story "Noose for a Moose"

Characters Bullwinkle; Rocky; Boris (introduction); Natasha (introduction); Fearless Leader (introduction, villain)
Genre funny animal; satire
Script Jerry Robinson ?
Pencils Fred Fredericks
Inks Fred Fredericks
Notes Original creator credits from Keith Scott in his book "The Moose that Roared." Karl Wilcox noted, February 2008, that only the script is by Al Kilgore; the art is by Fred Fredericks.
Reprinted in Bullwinkle (Gold Key, 1962 Series) #5 (October 1972)

1 page Peabody's Improbable History story "Food For Thought"

Genre funny animal; satire
Script Jerry Robinson?
Pencils Al Kilgore
Inks Al Kilgore
Notes I: Marco Polo; inside back cover

1 page Rocky and His Friends story "Out On a Limb"

Characters Bullwinkle; Rocky
Genre funny animal
Script Jerry Robinson?
Pencils Al Kilgore
Inks Al Kilgore
Notes back cover