Issue Details

Issue	#147
Published	January 1954
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Helen Meyer
Notes	[Bugs playing basketball on stilts]

Cover Details

Characters	Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny
Genre	Funny animal; Sports
Letters	Typeset
Notes	[Bugs playing basketball on stilts]

1 page advertisement The same to you...and many of 'em!"

Characters	none
Synopsis	Ad for Milky Way candy bars from the Mars Company
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Front Cover

10 page Bugs Bunny story "Lots of peace and quiet"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	First line: "You'll work for the cawwots you took fwom my hotel kitchen, or I'll blast you, wabbit!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

6 page Porky Pig story "Porky's interrupted sleep"

Characters	Porky Pig
Synopsis	First line: "Golly, I'm tired! It's been a rough week! I'm going to take a hot bath and sleep for two days!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

6 page Elmer Fudd and Daffy story "Duckhunting at Lake Mallard"

Characters	Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck
Synopsis	First line: "Goin' away, Fuddsy?"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

2 page text story "Santa Claus Junior"

Characters	Cicero Pig; Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

5 page Mary Jane and Sniffles story "Pack rat trouble"

Characters	Mary Jane; Sniffles
Synopsis	First line: "This you've gotta see!"
Genre	Children; Fantasy; Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

6 page Henery Hawk story "Lifesaving merit badges"

Characters	Henery Hawk; Mr. Oliver Owl, Sr.; Ollie Owl; Ozzie Ostrich; Mabel (a hen); Foghorn J. Leghorn
Synopsis	First line: "Whee! This Scout hat sails just like a boomerang!"
Genre	Children; Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

5 page Tweety and Sylvester story "Come in out of the cold"

Characters	Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
Synopsis	First line: "Ooh! I'm fweezing! I better find me a nice, warm home before it too late!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	In Porky Pig (1965 Series), #34 (February 1971)

5 page Little Pancho Vanilla story "The end of the rainbow"

Characters	Little Pancho Vanilla; el señor Pancho Vanilla; la señora Vanilla; Chavez Ravine (villain)
Synopsis	First line: "Bah! How you like thees? My son calmly reads fairy tales while I am shaking een my boots!"
Genre	Children
Letters	Typeset

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Parents! Give Dell comic gift subscriptions!"

Characters	Santa Claus
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad and subscription blank for various Dell comics; Shown (Walter Lantz New Funnies completely, others partially) are Front Covers of Walter Lantz New Funnies (1946 Series), Vol. 1, No. 203 (January 1954), Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1950 Series), #147 (January 1954), Tom and Jerry Comics (1949 Series) Vol. 1, No. 114 (January 1954), Roy Rogers Comics, Tarzan, Gene Autry Comic, The Lone Ranger, and Marge's Little Lulu; Free with each subscription is a lucky penny pocket piece.

Half page Petunia story "The auto accident"

Characters	Petunia Pig; Porky Pig
Synopsis	First line: "Porky, may I borrow your car? I have some shopping to do!"
Genre	Funny animal; Gags
Letters	Typeset

Half page text article "Statement...showing the ownership, management, and circulation of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies...for October 1, 1953."

Characters	George T, Delacorte Jr,; Helen Meyer; Margarita Delacorte; John C, Weber
Synopsis	No circulation figures given
Genre	Fact
Letters	Typeset

1 page Cicero story "Putting on the brakes"

Characters	Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig
Synopsis	First line: "Ready for your first piano lesson, Cicero?"
Genre	Children; Funny animal; Gags
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Back Cover

1 page advertisement "Spark up! fake out that pass defender!" said Tom Fears, star end, Los Angeles Rams

Characters	Tom Fears
Synopsis	Ad for Wheaties cereal from General Mills
Genre	Sports
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back Cover