Issue Details

Issue	#179
Published	September 1956
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Genre	funny animal; sports

1 page Porky Pig story "Bowling is easy, Petunia!"

Characters	Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
Synopsis	Porky tries to teach Petunia how to bowl.
Genre	funny animal; sports
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white.

10 page Bugs Bunny story "So ye want to be an auto racer, eh..."

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig; Bertram Q. Bunny (Bugs' great-uncle)
Synopsis	Bugs takes his great-uncle's antique race car out for a drive. After being insulted by Elmer in his modern sports car, Bugs challenges him to a race up Piker's Peak.
Genre	funny animal; sports

5 page Porky Pig story "I won't be able to take you to the movie, Petunia!"

Characters	Porky Pig; Petunia Pig (also as Molly O'Doll)
Synopsis	Petunia disguises herself as gang leader Molly O'Doll to play a trick on Porky; but she and Porky get caught up in Molly O'Doll's real gang.
Genre	funny animal

6 page Daffy Duck story "Gadzooks! No customers yet!"

Characters	Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	Daffy is running a hotel on a remote road and nickel-and-dimes guest Elmer to distraction.
Genre	funny animal

1 page text story "The Lion's Share"

Characters	Bugs Bunny: Porky Pig;
Synopsis	Bugs delivers meat to a lion in order to get a free ticket to the circus.
Genre	funny animal
Pencils	? (illo)
Inks	? (illo)
Colors	? (illo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with one 1/4 page illustration.

4 page Mary Jane and Sniffles story "Lose something, Mary Jane?"

Characters	Mary Jane; Sniffles
Synopsis	Mary Jane makes herself small to hunt for four-leaf clovers and helps scare a hawk away from a gopher.
Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Notes	Rare occurance: Mary Jane is shown growing from small size back to normal.

5 page Tweety and Sylvester story "Hunger can drive a cat to most anything!"

Characters	Sylvester; Tweety; Granny
Synopsis	Tweety and Sylvester do a twisted version of the "Little Red Riding Hood" story, complete with a wolf in Granny's clothes.
Genre	funny animal

Half page Petunia Pig story "Bird cage as a hat"

Characters	Petunia Pig; Porky Pig (cameo)
Synopsis	Petunia wears a bird cage for a hat, complete with canary.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Pantomime story.

Half page Elmer Fudd promo (ad from the publisher) "Want some cwazy fun?"

Characters	Elmer Fudd (cameo)
Genre	humor
Letters	typeset
Notes	Promo for Elmer Fudd Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #725 (1956). Repro of cover is depicted.

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

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white; Promo for subscriptions to Looney Tunes comics. Rate is $1.20 for one year plus premium of free "Official Dell Comics Club" ballpoint pen. Ad also includes Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

1 page advertisement "Vacation Time is All Too Short"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover; color; Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum with tips for playing safe during a vacation.