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Issue: Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #3
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #3 of 107 Issues (111 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/29/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Eleanor Packer
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Sniffles; Petunia Pig; Porky Pig; Kandi; Kandi's pet dinosaur
First Line: Hi Elmer, what's cookin'?
Synopsis: Introducing Kandi
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover, printed in black and red. Art identification by historian David Gerstein.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roger Armstrong
Inker(s): Roger Armstrong
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Petunia Pig; "Butch" Hound, a car thief
First Line: W-won't Petunia be surprised when I show her how g-good I can h-hypnotize!
Synopsis: Porky thinks he can hypnotize, and Petunia saves the day with her homebaked cake.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art identification by historian David Gerstein.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chase Craig
Inker(s): Chase Craig
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Elmer and 'Bugs' Bunny
Character(s): Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny
First Line: Oh boy! Pay day! I sure have to work hard for my money, but it's worth it!
Synopsis: Disguised as a swami, Bugs tricks Elmer into wasting all of his pay
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art identification by historian David Gerstein.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly ?
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kandi the Cave Kid
Character(s): Kandi; Kandi's mother; Katchoo, Kandi's brother; Kurli, Kandi's other brother; a flying lizard; a dinosaur; a sabre tooth tiger; an elephant; a mouse; Kandi's father; a flock of tree men
First Line: The scene is back in the stone-age
Synopsis: Kandi makes friends with the savage animals, and together they scare fierce tree men away from attacking Kandi's family
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Racial stereotypes: the tree men look like monkeys
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roger Armstrong
Inker(s): Roger Armstrong
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, fantasy
Feature(s): Sniffles and Mary Jane
Character(s): Mary Jane; Mary Jane's school teacher; Sniffles; Bugs Bunny; Tommy Turtle; a flying fish
First Line: You may now put away your arithmetic books, children!
Synopsis: Mary Jane and Sniffles seek information on Columbus, and end up beneath the sea with a school of fish
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Art identification by historian David Gerstein.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Storm
Inker(s): George Storm
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Bugs Bunny
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Admiral Pupp; enemy naval officers
First Line: Serve him another side dish of carrots, stewart!
Synopsis: Bugs singlehandedly captures the officers of an enemy vessel
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Heavy war reference; art identification by historian David Gerstein.
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Petunia Plays Detective

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Petunia Pig
Character(s): Petunia Pig; Porky Pig
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Inky and the Lion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inky
Character(s): Inky; a black crow; a lion
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Comic story with heavy use of explanatory text
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Smith ?
Inker(s): Win Smith ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Pat, Patsy and Pete
Character(s): Pat; Patsy; Pete [a penguin]; Davy Jones; Neptune's daughter; Neptune
First Line: C'mon Pete!! While the ship is waiting for the tide, we're going to try out a new type diving helmet!!
Synopsis: The protagonists go searching for treasure at the bottom of the sea
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Elmer and Bugs Bunny
Character(s): Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny; two fieldmice
First Line: How do you like my new house? I designed it an' built it myself, and it's positively mouse pwoof!
Synopsis: Bugs leads Elmer to think that rabbits are the best mouse catchers in the world
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Pages: 6
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Porky's Hollywood Sketch Book
Character(s): Porky Pig; Gloria Jean; Basil Rathbone; Baby Sandy; Richard Nichols; Betty Jean; Darla Hood; Mickey Rooney; Jane Withers; Darryl Hickman; Ann Todd; Dickey Hall; Asta, dog actor in the "Thin Man" movie series; Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy; Petunia Pig
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Pages: 2
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly ?
Inker(s): Walt Kelly ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Sniffles
First Line: In this picture the artist has made 14 mistakes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Printed in black and red. Walt Kelly credits very uncertain
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Special Announcement!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Advertisement and return slip for one year subscriptions to "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" comic book at $1.00

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