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Issue: Bugs Bunny #141
Publication Date: March 1972
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Issues: #141 of 160 Issues (227 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/1972
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Cover code: 90070-203
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Shotgun Surprise

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Reaching through a hole in Elmer's fence to grab a carrot, Bugs grabs Fudd's shotgun instead.
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From Content Item: FlagLooney Tunes #204 published October 1958
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: $1.00 worth of fast selling flower and vegetable seeds to show you how easy it is to make money and earn prizes!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for selling flower and vegetable seeds for the Youth Opportunity Sales Club, in exchange for prizes or money. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Rabbit Luck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; carnival boss; Girl Scouts and troop leader; native americans; thunderbird
First Line: Give it all you’ve got, Bugs!
Synopsis: Bugs is forced into becoming a rainmaker.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Bugs speaks and acts more like his cartoon persona, suggesting Maltese as the story’s author.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Appears between pages 2 and 3 of the previous sequence.
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[untitled]

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First Line: 25 Years Service to Military Personnel
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for military emblem rings and other products from Mark Jewelers. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Super Citizen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Honey Bunny; citizen (with) cane; Elmer Fudd; judges
First Line: Hey! How did my name get entered in this contest?
Synopsis: Honey Bunny enters Bugs in a good-citizenship contest.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Boys 12 or older sell Grit
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad inviting boys, 12 or older, to sell Grit family newspapers for prizes and cash. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Top half of page.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for September 30, 1971. Prepared by Joseph Connaughton. Reported total paid circulation: 251,523 (12 month average), 245,551 (nearest issue). Report names Chase Craig as Managing Editor. Lower half of page. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
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Prize-Winning Pop-Up

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: To remain in Petunia’s good graces, Porky repeatedly practices for an ice-skating contest, to little success – until he tries for the “novelty competition”.
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Pages: 1
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Kids Get This Official Joe Namath Electric Football Game

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Character(s): Joe Namath (photos)
First Line: with the... Joe Namath passer $11.95
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ad for an electric football game with “magnetic football” passing, sold by Gandalf Products Co. Ad covers the two middle pages of the centerfold.
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Squatter's Rights

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Yosemite Sam; General Beauregard Bunny (portrait); judge
First Line: That must have been an earthquake!
Synopsis: Miner Yosemite Sam blasts his way into Bugs Bunny’s rabbit hole, which Sam claims as his own. After some explosive slapstick antics, the pair end up fighting in court.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writing Credit: Both Bugs and Sam speak and act more like their respective cartoon characterizations, than those generally seen in the Dell and Gold Key comics, suggesting Maltese as the story’s author. Art Credit: Massimo Fecchi art credit from the book “American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century Volume One” by Alberto Becattini, page 223. Becattini cites Fecchi as the artist of “Music to Grow Gardens By” in Bugs Bunny (Western, 1962 Series) #144. The art style there is the same as in this story.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Groovy, colorful cloth patches that tell it like it is!
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Disclose Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as embroidered cloth patches for the "special price" of 69 cents each for 3 or more. Sold by Gandalf Products Co. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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Code of the North Woods

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; Yosemite Sam; porcupine
First Line: Oh, give me a home where the butterflies roam!
Synopsis: Daffy and Sam try to drive each other away from a campsite, while ostensibly acting as “instant buddies” under the “Code of the North Woods”.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Daffy looks like he's drawn by Pete Alavardo, but Sam looks more like Massimo Fecchi (see previous story). Pete Alvarado with a different inker?
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It's For You in '72!

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Feature(s): Western Publishing
First Line: 1972 Golden Mother Goose Calendar
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Disclose Notes: Publisher’s ad for the 1972 Golden Mother Goose Calendar for $1.00, and Golden Books. Between pages 1 and 2 of previous story.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic toy soldiers. 204 pieces for $1.98.
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Pick a Pack of Prizes or Cash at J.S.C.A.

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First Line: Join the winner’s club now! It’s easy! It’s fun!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion greeting cards". Color ad on inside back cover.
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Make Money Get Prizes with Fast Selling American Seeds

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Character(s): Three kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise, seen in black and white photos.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., in exchange for prizes or money.
Color ad on back cover.

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