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Issue: Daffy Duck #55
Publication Date: December 1968
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Issues: #55 of 113 Issues (159 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/05/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig; Del Connell
Disclose Notes: 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: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Towel-Dry On the Sly

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Daffy Duck
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Daffy avails himself of Elmer's birdbath, using Fudd's window curtain to dry himself off.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Matchbox
First Line: Now you're old enough for "Matchbox". Here’s your driver’s license.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Matchbox model cars, with "Official 'Matchbox' Driver's License" (with an expiration date of 7/31/69) that you can cut out and carry. Color ad on inside front cover.
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The Quack Shot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vic Lockman
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Rome Siemen
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Daffy Duck
Character(s): Daffy Duck; other flying ducks; Elmer Fudd; swan; Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny
First Line: Little did I realize when I became “flight leader” that the glory would soon fade away like a bald eagle’s topknot!
Synopsis: Daffy wearies of his responsibilities as “flight leader” for a flock of ducks. Tweety becomes bored with caged domestic life. The two trade places, with neither getting quite what they hoped for.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Bell Hoppin' Mad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Maltese
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Rome Siemen
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Daffy
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; hotel manager; female guest in swimming pool; various background hotel guests and personnel; hotel chef
First Line: Out! No cwazy ducks are allowed in this hotel!
Synopsis: Elmer becomes the head bellboy at a swanky desert hotel. Daffy follows and wreaks the expected havoc.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson ? (Mickey Mouse figure)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Mickey Mouse
First Line: Gold Key to Hold Surprise Party for Mickey Mouse
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A look at many of the Gold Key Comics on sale in October 1968, highlighting the 25-cent giant Mickey Mouse Surprise Party. Also focus blurbs on Doctor Solar Man of the Atom, Daniel Boone, Tarzan of the Apes, Turok Son of Stone, The Lone Ranger, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes, Huckleberry Hound, and Walt Disney Comics Digest. No issue numbers are given. The image of Mickey Mouse used in this promo does not look as if it originated with Western Publishing. It is more likely that it was supplied by the Walt Disney Studios - and appears to have been drawn by Floyd Gottfredson, who was still drawing the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper strip, as he had since 1930. Gottfredson was also known for character publicity artwork such as this. The figure of Mickey is drawn in the style with which Gottfredson drew the character in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Reader's Page Airplanes

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of various airplanes submitted by readers.
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World's Fastest Train

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): General Mills; Cheerios; Cheerios Kid
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the “New Tokaido” train running between Tokyo and Osaka, Japan - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal.
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: Where are the largest diamonds in the world kept?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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The Trombone Boo Boo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Alvarado
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Beep Beep the Road Runner
Character(s): Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's three sons; Wile E. Coyote; four eagles
First Line: Beep! Why look who’s practicing on a trombone!
Synopsis: Wile E. rigs up a dummy of himself playing the trombone to try to catch the Beeps off-guard for his flypaper trap.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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The Mighty Midget

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): John Liggera
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Pancho Vanilla
Character(s): Little Pancho Vanilla; Señor Vanilla; Ramon; The Rich Ranchero; The Mighty Midget (powerful little bull)
First Line: “Poor Papacito,” Pancho Vanilla sighed to his friend, Ramon, as they watched the unloading of the Rich Ranchero’s new bull.
Synopsis: The Rich Ranchero sets Señor Vanilla up to fight the world's smallest bull. Unbeknownst to the overconfident Señor Vanilla, his opponent is “The Mighty Midget”, a diminutive powerhouse with the might of ten.
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Pages: 1
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Daffy Duck and the Outfoxed Fox

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Maltese
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Rome Siemen
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Daffy Duck
Character(s): Daffy Duck; fox; pack of foxhounds
First Line: Say, it sounds like some of the boys are getting up a little checker game over there in the weeds!
Synopsis: A captured Daffy fast-talks a hungry fox into a game of who-can-outfox-who.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Sky-Artist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Abranz
Inker(s): Fred Abranz
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ? (logo and title only)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Daffy
Character(s): Daffy Duck
Synopsis: A passing airplane completes Daffy’s “cloud-art”.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime.
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Cat on Canvas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
Character(s): yowling cat
First Line: Meoow!
Synopsis: A night-yowling cat on a fence shields himself from thrown shoes, books, and alarm clocks by safely hiding behind a canvas painting of a yowling cat.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Top half of page.
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Sure Shot Fish Lure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
Character(s): fisherman
Synopsis: An impatient fisherman drops a whole bottle of a miracle fish lure into the water, when only one drop is recommended.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Lower half of page.
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Dinosauria Pteranodon

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rex Maxon
Inker(s): Rex Maxon
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
First Line: Before the evolution of birds, reptiles flew in the sky.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated text article on the pteranodon. Copyright 1968 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
First Line: Or other grand prize awards
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards". Color ad on inside back cover.
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Make Money Get Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Company
First Line: with fast selling 75-cent Christmas Packs
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for American Specialty Company, offering prizes or money for the sales of Christmas card packs. Six kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise are seen in black and white photos. Color ad on back cover.

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