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Issue: The Pink Panther #86

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Publication Date: January 1983

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Issues: #86 of 87 Issues (161 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Western

Brand: Whitman

Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.

On Sale Date: 05/19/1983

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale (print) date from The Comic Reader #211. No cover date appears on cover or in indicia. Cover code: 90266. New stories inside bear a 1982 year of copyright (for a 1983 released issue), while the cover displays a 1983 year of copyright. Reprinted stories bear a 1973 year of copyright, per their original printing.

No interior page ads in this issue. Ads are limited to inside and back covers. All 32 interior pages are comics or comics-related text material.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.; Standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Format Notes:

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (10 total)

Xylo Solo with Added Yo-Yo

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): The Pink Panther; Little Big Nose Guy

Synopsis: Little Big Nose Guy's xylophone solo becomes a duet, thanks to the Pink Panther and his yo-yos.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The 60-cent cover notation is about one-third down the right side of the cover and below the title logo, rather than its usual location at the very top right.

Super Goof

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Super Goof

Character(s): Super Goof

First Line: He’s on the right track in Whitman Comics

Synopsis: Super Goof serves as a temporary railroad trestle to save a passing train.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Whitman house ad for Super Goof. Reproduces the cover illustration for Walt Disney Super Goof (Western, 1965 series) #49 October 1978. Color ad on inside front cover.

Pink Prisoner

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): The Pink Panther; Little Big Nose Guy (as king and twin brother); customs agents; various citizens; various police; judge; guard

First Line: Passport!

Synopsis: Imprisoned Pink Panther ineptly helps an also-imprisoned good king regain the throne from his "wicked, mean, identical twin" brother.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: New story.

Pink Fisherman

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): The Pink Panther; Little Big Nose Guy (as mad scientist/werewolf)

First Line: Ahhh... What a delightful day!

Synopsis: Mad scientist Little Big Nose Guy finally achieves his "boyhood dream of becoming a disgustingly horrible werewolf". Though, try as he might, he simply cannot scare the placidly fishing Pink Panther.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: New story.

Pink Ballet

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): The Pink Panther; Little Big Nose Guy (as "Balonsky the world's most famous ballet dancer"); "Big Boss" (of Majestic Insurance Co.); doctor

First Line: The boss wants to see me!

Synopsis: The Pink Panther is assigned by his insurance company employer to protect the legs of "Balonsky the world's most famous ballet dancer", which are insured for a million dollars each.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: New story.

Pinkhaüsen

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): The Pink Panther; Little Big Nose Guy; doctor; waiter

First Line: A hospital room somewhere in Switzerland...

Synopsis: In Switzerland, Little Big Nose Guy agrees to drive the Pink Panther up into the mountains to the place of his birth - Pinkhaüsen. The trip is actually uneventful but, once they arrive, unexpected things begin to happen that end up putting Little Big Nose Guy in a Swiss hospital, completely wrapped in bandages.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: New story. This story actually attempts to supply an origin for the Pink Panther, and why he is pink, having nothing to do with a movie about a bumbling detective and some diamond.

Pink Along With Me

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Pink Panther; Little Big Nose Guy; captain of the S.S. Sea Joy; Klutz (officer of the S.S. Sea Joy); Tarpit of the Apes; Jeeter (Tarpit's pet); natives

First Line: It's a stowaway masquerading as the captain! Grab him! I'll go for help!

Synopsis: Stowaway Pink Panther escapes from the captain of cruise ship, only to find himself on an island full of challenges, such as Little Big Nose Guy as a big game hunter; the wacky Tarpit of the Apes and his pet Jeeter, and some natives who demand that the "Pink Spirit" make it rain. All these elements come nicely together in resolution to leave the Panther headed back toward the ship he jumped.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Dialogue and situations are "Maltese-ian"! Michael Maltese writes the Pink Panther as if he were Snagglepuss, a Hanna-Barbera TV character he wrote in the early 1960s.

Pinky Bank

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): The Pink Panther; Driller (bank robber); Dimsy (bank robber); pedestrian; two cops

First Line: Bank teller wanted! Opportunity knocks!

Synopsis: Two bank robbers are in the midst of pulling a before-hours heist, when in walks the Pink Panther seeking a job as a bank teller. Complications and mix-ups ensue.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Daffy Duck

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Daffy Duck

Character(s): Daffy Duck

First Line: He’ll quack you up in Whitman Comics

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Whitman house ad for Daffy Duck. Reproduces the cover illustration for Daffy Duck (Western, 1962 series) #114 April 1978. Color ad on inside back cover.

Meet your favorite comic characters and enjoy exciting adventure in... Whitman Comics.

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Whitman Comics

First Line: Fun for everyone!!

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for Whitman Comics. No characters or properties are pictured. Color ad on back cover.