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Issue: Bugs Bunny #144
Publication Date: September 1972
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Issues: #144 of 160 Issues (225 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/1972
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig; Del Connell
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 90070-209
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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
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as 5 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagBugs Bunny #25178 published January 1975 as Untitled [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagBugs Bunny #25178 published January 1975 as Time for a Change [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBugs Bunny #25178 published January 1975 as Music to Grow Gardens By [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBugs Bunny #25178 published January 1975 as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBugs Bunny #25178 published January 1975 as What Elephant? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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2 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagLooney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #165 published July 1955 was The Great Rainmaker [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLooney Tunes #167 published September 1955 was Old Split-Tail the Trout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Leap Fwog

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Bugs leapfrogging over Elmer as Elmer ties his shoe.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mark Jewelers
First Line: 25 Years Service to Military Personnel
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for military emblem rings and other products from Mark Jewelers. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Time for a Change

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Lady Winderfan; Quick-Change Chester; Harold the house detective;
First Line: I need you to guard Lady Winderfan’s pwiceless diamond tiara!
Synopsis: At Elmer Fudd’s hotel, private eye Bugs guards a “pwiceless diamond tiara” from Quick-Change Chester – a thief who, by spinning himself around, can appear as anyone or anything he chooses.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Michael Maltese wrote a Snooper and Blabber cartoon for Hanna-Barbera (“Masquerader Raider”) as part of the Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959-1962) with a villain called “Quick-Change Quentin”, who performed in exactly the same way. Spinning in a circle to change his appearance. That the story appeared during the period when Maltese returned to Western Publishing from animation writing, makes a very strong case for Maltese as the author of this story.
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Wanted by Everyone Touch-Ems

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: 3 Dimensional
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for 3-D (puffy) stickers of various cartoon characters from Disney, Warner Brothers, and Walter Lantz – also Smokey the Bear. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Music to Grow Gardens By

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Cicero Pig; cat kid (friend of Cicero); Marty (music store proprietor); night-working neighbor
First Line: Gwow, little radishes, gwow!
Synopsis: As Elmer feels that violin music can help his garden to grow, Bugs offers his services of a tuba, clarinet, and bass fiddle to accelerate the process. A burly neighbor, a night worker who needs daytime sleep, disagrees.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Massimo Fecchi art credit for this story is from the book “American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century Volume One” by Alberto Becattini, page 223.
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Collect 'em! Race 'em!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kenner
First Line: All new for '72 with sonic sound!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Kenner's SSP racing model cars. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: Get these dynamite embroidered cloth patches that tell it like it is!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as embroidered cloth patches.
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Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as iron-on transfers.
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It's All About Trout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Elmer Fudd (game warden); Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Ol' Split-Tail (prized trout)
First Line: Oooh! There's the puddy tat! If he sees me he'll twy to catch me!
Synopsis: Sylvester shuns chasing Tweety in favor of fishing. When a spurned Tweety continues to pester him, the cat uses Tweey as “live bait” to catch “Ol’ Split-Tail, the most famous trout in these parts”.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Collectors Series New Snoopy's Pin Pals

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
Character(s): Snoopy; Charlie Brown; Lucy; Linus (as pins)
First Line: Hand painted plastic pin-ons.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 14 different Peanuts "hand painted plastic pin-ons" are advertised. One illustration of Snoopy (probably not by Charles Schulz) and photos of the 14 pins. Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Linus are seen as pins. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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The Great Rainmaker

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Bugs Bunny
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck; Sylvester Pussycat; Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: Bugs tries to end a drought by making rain.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What Elephant?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; “Peanuts” the Elephant; head zoo-keeper; Sam (assistant zoo-keeper); jail guard
First Line: They’ve got one of just about everything in this zoo!
Synopsis: A zoo elephant takes a liking to Bugs (and carrots), and follows him home.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story Credit: Michael Maltese wrote a Quick Draw McGraw cartoon for Hanna-Barbera (“Elephant Boy Oh Boy”) in which a "travelin' show elephant" took a similar misplaced-liking to Quick Draw, causing the expected complications. The story's dialogue also has a "Maltese-feel" to it, similar to his cartoons. Along with this story appearing during the period when Maltese returned to Western Publishing from animation writing, a good case is made for Maltese as the author of this story.
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 this very issue of Bugs Bunny. The art style there is the same as in this story.
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Order by Mail Specials

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dollar Bargains
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items from Dollar Bargains. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story. Top half of page.
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Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Melton Co.
First Line: Obeys Your Commands!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for 7 foot polyethylene ghost for $1.00, with free "Peeping Skeleton Hands"for each order. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story. Lower half of page.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic toy soldiers. 204 pieces for $1.98.
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Famous Name Prizes or Cash...The Easy Olympic Way

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc., offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized Christmas and "all-occasion" cards. Color ad on inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sales Leadership Club
First Line: Winners Everywhere!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Sales Leadership Club, offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized Christmas cards. Color ad on back cover.

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