Issue Details

Issue	#140
Published	June 1953
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	[Bugs dressed as an Indian and sending carrot shaped smoke signals]

Cover Details

Characters	Bugs Bunny
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	[Bugs dressed as an Indian and sending carrot shaped smoke signals]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Everybody loves Tell-a-Tale books"

Characters	none
Synopsis	Ad for Tell-a-Tale books from Whitman Publishing Company
Genre	Children
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Front Cover

10 page Bugs Bunny story "Bugs gets electrified"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Sylvester Pussycat
Synopsis	First line: "Hi ya, Porky, ol' pal! Working late tonight, I see!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

7 page Porky Pig and Petunia story "The bathing beauty contest"

Characters	Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis	First line: "P-Petunia! Get ready to be a queen! I entered you in the big b-bathing beauty contest!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

6 page Mary Jane and Sniffles story "The little moth girl"

Characters	Mary Jane; Sniffles
Synopsis	First line: "I hear someone crying in your closet, Mary Jane!"
Genre	Children; Fantasy; Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

6 page Henery Hawk story "A chicken baseball game"

Characters	Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl; Miss Prissy Hen
Synopsis	First line: "No, Henery, I haven't the time to indulge in a game of baseball today!"
Genre	Children; Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

2 page text story "Cicero's wonderful surprise"

Characters	Cicero Pig; Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Hyacinth (aunt of Petunia Pig); Bugs Bunny
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

6 page Elmer Fudd and Daffy story "The annual yo-yo contest"

Characters	Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck
Synopsis	First line: "Gracious! I almost forgot... Today is the day!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

5 page Tweety and Sylvester story "Tweety's strong onion drink"

Characters	Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny
Synopsis	First line: "I'm tired of eating plain ol' birdseed! Maybe an onion will give it some flavor!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

5 page Little Pancho Vanilla story "Papacito's special padding"

Characters	Little Pancho Vanilla; Angelina (daughter of the Rich Ranchero); el señor Pancho Vanilla
Synopsis	First line: "Isn't this fun, Pancho?"
Genre	Children
Letters	Typeset

1 page Cicero story "The baseball playing scarecrow"

Characters	Cicero Pig; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	First line: "Who did that?"
Genre	Children; Funny animal; Gags
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Bugs Bunny's free gift for you!"

Characters	Bugs Bunny
Synopsis	Subscription ad for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and the Dell Comics Club; U.S.: 12 issues for $1.00; 24 issues for $1.85; 36 issues for $2.70; Canada: $1.20, $2.00, and $3.00; Free with each subscription is a full-color group picture of Dell Comic characters
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Back Cover

1 page advertisement "Scooter" Phil Rizzuto sparks Yankees

Characters	"Scooter" Phil Rizzuto; the New York Yankees
Synopsis	Ad for Wheaties cereal from General Mills
Genre	Sports
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back Cover