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Issue: Bugs Bunny #221
Publication Date: September 1980
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Issues: #221 of 160 Issues (227 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: WhitmanView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/1980
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 3350090070
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: One of several scarce Whitman bagged issues of later 1980.

No American reprints of the cover and interior comic stories exist. This scarce issue is the only place this content appears in the USA.

Publication date is derived from the cover code. On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one.
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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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Jiffy Popped-Corn

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny
Synopsis: Bugs pops corn directly off the stalk, using focused sunrays through a magnifying glass.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A reworking of the cover gag for Bugs Bunny (Western, 1962 Series) #166 (September 1975).
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The Winning Combination

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hostess Fruit Pies; Richie Rich
Character(s): Richie Rich; Cadbury; Gloria; Richie's basketball team
First Line: I must say, Master Richie, our team is moving verry verry slowly
Synopsis: Richie's basketball team is moving lethargically, until he motivates them with Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color ad on inside front cover.
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Westward Whoa!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Cicero Pig; tomato vendor; inventor; The Beard Boys Gang (western bad guys); Clem (sheriff); various western townspeople
First Line: Scenes like this are hard to fathom... Bugs with a bare umbrella on a horseless covered wagon!
Synopsis: Bugs agrees to test an inventor's solar power catcher (in the form of a coverless umbrella with outstretched spokes) by driving a solar-powered covered wagon over an old western trail as a publicity stunt.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: There are three members of "The Beard Boys" bandit gang, two of whom are full-bearded and one of whom has a long Yosemite Sam-like mustache... but no beard!
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Super Gifts & Gimmicks

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fun Factory
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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We are Looking for a few Good Boys and Girls Who would like to -

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Earn their own spending money
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad inviting boys and girls to sell Grit family newspapers for prizes and cash. Top half of page.
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Mystery, Adventure, Science Fiction Much, Much More

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Original Radio Broadcasts
Character(s): Popeye; Superman; The Lone Ranger; Flash Gordon (sets pictured in ad)
First Line: Shudder, thrill, explore with the great heroes of fact and fiction.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad offering records or cassette tapes of old-time radio program broadcasts for $4.98 each. Lower half of page.
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Denim Embroidered Iron-On Sta-Ons

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sta-Ons
First Line: Get these groovy embroidered iron ons
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering various pop-art designs as iron on decorations from Unique Products Co.
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Flying Low

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd (as "The Fudd Baron")
First Line: Halp! Aircwaft in distwess!
Synopsis: Bugs kick-starts Elmer's disabled small plane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Exciting New! Flipit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flipit
First Line: Collect them all
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering Flipit balloon-toys-with-weighted-feet of Frankenstein, Spider-Man, Hulk, Super Chick, Underdog, and Woody Woodpecker. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Middle left page of centerfold.
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Woody Woodpecker

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Woody Woodpecker
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter
First Line: Woody is always good for a laugh!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Whitman house ad for Woody Woodpecker. Unlike other such Whitman ads, this ad does not reproduce the cover illustration of a prior issue. It is either an illustration produced especially for this ad, or repurposed existing interior story art.

There is no mention of a publisher's brand in this ad - neither "Gold Key" nor "Whitman" - indicating it may have been produced during a period of uncertainty over the discontinuance of the "Gold Key" brand, which occurred in early 1980.

Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Middle right page of centerfold.
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Super Pocket Toy Values

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Toy Values
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering toy paratroopers, race cars, dinosaurs, bubble-makers, gliders, and wriggling insects, as well as toy science kits.
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Authentic Stone - Perfect Condition Apache Arrowheads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Arrowheads
First Line: Rare-Authentic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for arrowheads and "catalog of other Indian Heritage collector items".
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Bellhop Detective

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; hotel manager; large guest; Mr. Wheat (dull guest); bank manager; various angry hotel guests
First Line: What does a bellhop do when he isn't hopping to help hotel guests?
Synopsis: Bellhop Bugs suspects a hotel guest of being a bank robber.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Snippys

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Snippys
First Line: Be The Very First To Own...Fabulous Cartoon Scissors
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for children's scissors with comic character designs of Tweety, Woody Woodpecker, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, and Daffy Duck, from Unique Products Co. Between pages 6 and 7 of previous story.
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Little Lulu

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Little Lulu
Character(s): Little Lulu; Tubby; Annie; Iggy; Rollo; Gloria; Alvin; Witch Hazel
First Line: Hail Hail the Gang's all Here! A Whitman Fun Comic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Whitman house ad for Little Lulu. Illustration is not a cover reproduction, as is usually the case in such ads. Original illustration created for this ad? Between pages 6 and 7 of previous story.
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204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set Only 2.98

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: 2 complete armies
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering Revolutionary War plastic toy soldiers. 204 pieces for $2.98. "The British in solid red and the Americans in solid blue." On final interior page of the comic.
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Earn Famous Name Prizes or Earn $1.00 a Box Cash

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Sell cards & gifts from free sample book!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc., offering prizes or money for the sales of Christmas cards, "all-occasion" cards, personalized stationery, and gifts. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The real live fun-pets you grow yourself.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Sea-Monkeys. Ad runs vertically on full page. Color ad on back cover.

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