Issue Details

Issue	#159
Published	January 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Helen Meyer

Cover Details

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	[Elmer tangled up in a string of Christmas tree lights]
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Attention all children and moms and dads too!"

Characters	Santa Claus
Synopsis	Gift subscription ad for various Dell comic books; 12 issues for $1.00; 24 issues for $1.85; 36 issues for $2.70; Free with each subscription is a magic window set
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Front Cover

10 page Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd story "Bugs Bunny, stunt man"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	First line: "Hi, Elmer!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

4 page Porky Pig story "The private skating club"

Characters	Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Yosemite Sam; Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis	First line: "Hiya, Porky! Here we are!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

5 page Daffy Duck story "Gertie the swamp witch"

Characters	Daffy Duck
Synopsis	First line: "Alla kazeebo! Alla kazoo! Mikkety muk and a boop boop pa do!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

2 page text story "The newspapermen"

Characters	Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

5 page Mary Jane and Sniffles story "A dinosaur adventure"

Characters	Mary Jane; Sniffles
Synopsis	First line: "Oh, goodie! This is wonderful!"
Genre	Children; Fantasy; Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Mentioned is Mary Jane's aunt, Elsie

4 page Tweety and Sylvester story "The art of falconry"

Characters	Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
Synopsis	First line: "I'll catch you yet, Tweety!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

Half page text article "Statement...showing the ownership, management, and circulation of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics...for October 1, 1954."

Genre	Fact
Letters	Typeset
Notes	No circulation figures given

Half page Elmer Fudd story "Please sit down"

Characters	Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	No dialogue
Genre	Funny animal; Gags
Letters	Typeset

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't miss this great Indian story Drum Beat"

Genre	Western
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Shown is Front Cover of Four Color (1942 Series), #610 (January 1955) (Drum Beat)

1 page advertisement "New Daisy Lightning Loader Red Ryder Carbine ready for Christmas!"

Characters	Red Ryder; Little Beaver
Synopsis	Ad for the Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine from the Daisy Manufacturing Company; Shown are Models 25 and 94
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Back Cover

1 page advertisement "Hey kids! We're super and you can have a circus with us"

Characters	Mary Hartline; Cliffy the Clown
Synopsis	Puppets based on characters from the TV show "Super Circus"
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back Cover