Issue Details

Issue	#151
Published	May 1954
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	52
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Genre	funny animal

1 page advertisement "Smart Egg..."

Pencils	Ludwig Bemelmans (signed)
Inks	Ludwig Bemelmans (signed)
Colors	Ludwg Bemelmans (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; color; illustrated ad by Ludwig Bemelmans (of the "Madeline" children's books) for Milky Way candy bars.

10 page Bugs Bunny story "Eh---what's this? Anty-kwees?"

Characters	Bugs Bunny
Synopsis	Bugs goes to the hills to find out where a hillbilly is getting the wormwood that an antique shop is using in its furniture.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Some of the gags used are the same as those in the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Hillbilly Hare."

6 page Porky Pig story ["Now, Porky, I want to be sure and keep..."

Characters	Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
Synopsis	Porky tries to keep Petunia's playful dog Bouncer out of trouble.
Genre	funny animal

6 page Elmer Fudd and Daffy story "Meteorlogical Survey. It is possible to cause rain..."

Characters	Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck
Synopsis	Elmer discovers a way to make it rain by shooting ice into a cloud with a shotgun.
Genre	funny animal

2 page [Bugs Bunny] text story "The Hundred-Dollar Egg"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	Bugs and Elmer try to hatch a "globin" bird from a red egg.
Genre	funny animal
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with two illustrations.

6 page Mary Jane and Sniffles story "Look, Mary Jane! The gophers are just ruining..."

Characters	Mary Jane; Sniffles; Mary Jane's mother (cameo)
Synopsis	Mary Jane and Sniffles explore a gopher's tunnels and meet Gus Gopher and his family.
Genre	fantasy

6 page Henery Hawk story "Gracious! That sounds like a bear!"

Characters	Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl
Synopsis	A bear helps Henery and Ollie scare off Chester and Claude, bullies from the chicken yard.
Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Veve Risto
Inks	Veve Risto

5 page Tweety and Sylvester story "Hmm---You're still a little too heavy..."

Characters	Tweety; Sylvester
Synopsis	Sylvester is on a diet to lose weight before a cat show.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Some gags from the Warner Bros. cartoons are used in the story.

6 page Little Pancho Vanilla story "Eh? What ees this?"

Characters	Pancho Vanilla; Papacito
Synopsis	Pancho and his father contend with a swarm of bees that have their nest over their doorway.
Genre	humor

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "It's Free!"

Characters	Bugs Bunny
Letters	typeset
Notes	Promo for subscriptions to Looney Tunes and Merries Melodies comics. Rate is one year for $1.00 plus premium of wood-grained plastic picture frame.

1 page advertisement "So Many Kinds!"

Characters	Desi Arnaz (cameo); Lucille Ball (cameo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; color; Ad for Whitman stand-up dolls with cutout clothes. Seven different titles are illustrated, including "I Love Lucy". Prices range from 19 cents to 98 cents.

1 page advertisement "Spark up...to pick-off a base-runner!"

Characters	Roy Campanella
Synopsis	Brooklyn Dodgers' catche Roy Campanella gives tips on picking off a base runner.
Genre	sports
Notes	Back cover. Ad in comics form for Wheaties breakfast cereal. Part of "Spark Up with Wheaties" series.