Issue Details

Issue	#197
Published	March 1958
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Genre	funny animal

1 page Bugs Bunny story "High Electric Bill"

Characters	Bugs Bunny
Synopsis	Outraged by a high ($15) electric bill, Bugs has his power disconnected and uses a miner's cap for light.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white.

10 page Bugs Bunny story "The Dancing Doodlebugs"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	Elmer has a job caring for the "Dancing Doodlebugs" of entertainer Prof. Beetle.
Genre	funny animal

6 page Porky Pig story "The Tom Sawyer trick"

Characters	Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Beaky Buzzard; Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny; Petunia Pig
Synopsis	Porky uses a variation of the "Tom Sawyer white-washing a fence" trick to get his yard cleaned up; but things get out of hand.
Genre	funny animal

5 page Tweety and Sylvester story "Sylvester has insomnia"

Characters	Tweety; Sylvester
Synopsis	Sylvester comes to the park to try to cure his insomnia.
Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Harvey Eisenberg
Inks	Harvey Eisenberg?

1 page [Daffy Duck] text story "Cookbook Calamity"

Characters	Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	Elmer hires Daffy to cook a dinner for ten guests; but Daffy can't resist eating the food he prepares.
Genre	funny animal
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with one 1/4 page illustration.

4 page Mary Jane and Sniffles story "The Dizzy Prairie Dogs"

Characters	Mary Jane; Sniffles; Mary Jane's mother; Mary Jane's father
Synopsis	While on a trip to her Aunt Betty's ranch, Mary Jane and Sniffles have to solve the mystery of the dizzy prairie dog children.
Genre	fantasy; funny animal; children
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard

5 page Daffy Duck story "The Butterfly Suit"

Characters	Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	Elmer is wearing a butterfly suit in order to win a costume contest. Daffy comes up with the idea of making a giant loaf of bread for Elmer to wear. Daffy wears the butterfly suit to the contest and you can guess what happens.
Genre	funny animal

Half page Bugs Bunny Baffler and Banter activity Instead of bullets, Elmer's gun is shooting..."

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Genre	funny animal
Notes	A one-panel drawing which requires solving a rebus to get the dialogue.

Half page Daffy Questions activity "When you lose something"

Characters	Daffy Duck
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Five one-panel riddles with the answers printed upside-down at the bottom of each panel.

1 page Petunia story "Masquerade Party"

Characters	Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny (cameo); Yosemite Sam (cameo)
Synopsis	Petunia gets a shock when her dancing partner at a costume party unmasks.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "An amazing plant...Jack and the Beanstalk!"

Characters	Bugs Bunny
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover, color. Promo for subscriptions to Looney Tunes comics. Rate is $1.50 for 12 issues with premium of "Jack and the Beanstalk Plant". Promo includes Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."