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Issue: Daffy Duck #53
Publication Date: June 1968
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Issues: #53 of 113 Issues (159 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/07/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig; Del Connell
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10029-806. A 15-cent variant exists. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S. (#31-60); Standard Modern Age U. S. (#61-145)
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From3
reprinted 2 times from Content Items in other Issues.
1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagDaffy Duck #20 published January 1960 was All Steamed Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Original Artwork
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Ear, Nose-Biting, and Throat Examination

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd (as doctor)
Synopsis: Daffy has bitten the nose of Doctor Fudd during a medical exam.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDaffy Duck #23 published October 1960
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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All Steamed Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Daffy presses Elmer’s pants – too well.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.
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Injun Scout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; wagon train homesteaders; Chief Blackhorse; various Native Americans; buzzard; prairie dog
First Line: Daffy is the official Indian scout for a westbound wagon train of homesteaders…
Synopsis: Wagon train scout Daffy is captured by Chief Blackhorse, who prizes the duck’s black feathers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Togetherness Mess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Yosemite Sam; bulldog; squirrel; skunk; Leonard the Lion; lion tamer; circus boss
First Line: I can’t stand living here at the pond alone! It’s driving me Daffy!
Synopsis: Lonely Daffy tries to find a suitable roommate, ending up with a circus lion.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDaffy Duck #22 published July 1960
was Togetherness Mess [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
First Line: Inventor Creates OP Art Machine
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Requests for reader-submitted jokes and drawings. There are four consecutive Gold Key Comics Club pages, comprising the centerfold.
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Reader's Page

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First of two pages featuring drawings of various monsters submitted by readers.
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Reader's Page

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Second of two pages featuring drawings of various monsters submitted by readers.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: What has eighteen legs and catches flies?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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Bounty Bait

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Beep Beep the Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote; Beep Beep's three sons
First Line: Here’s where I catch those racy robins flat-footed!
Synopsis: To falsely convince the Road Runners that he is leaving the desert for safer-pastures, Wile E. Coyote posts signs declaring a $50.00 bounty on all coyotes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand". After taking a beating, Wile E. Coyote says “Oooooh! That smarts!”, which was one of Michael Maltese’s oft-used catch phrases for the Hanna-Barbera Quick Draw McGraw cartoons that he wrote, at or around the same time this story originally appeared. Maltese gets the call as writer of this story.
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The Witching Apple

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Beaky Buzzard; “magic apple” vendor; Madame Lola (fortune teller); Tom the Toyman; two police officers
First Line: Daffy Duck and Beaky Buzzard wandered through the noisy street carnival, looking at the bright lights, listening to the blaring music, and wishing they had some money to spend.
Synopsis: At a carnival, Beaky buys a “magic apple” that is said to grant him three wishes. Daffy is skeptical but circumstances manage to work out so that Beaky’s wishes end up granted.
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Pages: 1
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The Nickel Pickle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; Dolores Duck (actress, in newspaper ad and on movie screen only); box office clerk; box office robber; two police officers
First Line: This is the most valuable coin in my collection!
Synopsis: Daffy accidently spends Elmer’s ultra-rare “sitting-down-buffalo nickel”. The pair go through misadventures to get it back.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Umbrella Fella

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
Character(s): boy in a "Charlie Brown shirt"; birthday party kids
Synopsis: A boy on his way to a birthday party makes the most of an intended gift, when caught in a sudden wind-and-rain-storm.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Top half of page.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H.L. Anderson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for September 28, 1967. Prepared by H.L. Anderson. Reported total distribution: 212,806 (12 month average), 218,398 (nearest issue). Lower half of page.
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Dinosauria Brachiosaurus

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
First Line: Some hundred million years ago, this huge fifty-ton dinosaur lived in and by the swamps of the prehistoric world.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated text article on the brachiosaurus. Copyright 1968 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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Hi, Kids! I’m “Cracky” Official Mascot of Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Western Publishing Company, Inc.; Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls
Character(s): Cracky (in rock musician's wig, strumming a guitar)
First Line: Come on and join my Golden Magazine "sing along" – you can play this tune on your piano.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color ad on inside back cover, with piano sheet music and lyrics. 1968 publisher’s ad promoting Western Publishing's Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls, with a subscription offer.
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3 Complete Fishing Outfits

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Niresk Discount Sales
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fishing equipment offered via mail order (1968 models). Color ad on back cover.

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