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Issue Details

Issue #222
Published October 1975
Cover Price 0 FREE
Pages 16
Editing ?
Notes Free to customers; price to non-customers shown as 0.25 USD.

Cover Details - "Dolly, I Think We're Wasting Our Time Here!"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget
Synopsis Big Boy doesn't notice the shark under his boat.
Genre humor

1 page Dear Big Boy letters page "Dear Big Boy"

Characters Big Boy
Script ? [as Big Boy]
Pencils Edmond Baker
Inks Edmond Baker
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from: Juana Pitts, Gerri Nicosia, Helen Shepherd, Edmond Baker, Katie Kwart, Annette Jackson, Leslie Sikos, Sherry Jarvis, Haty Kiefer, Mark Adams, Jeff Kaatz. Art is from a reader.

5 page Big Boy story If "Jaws" Scared You...Don't Read This Story In The Dark!

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; ship captain; shark
Synopsis Big Boy captures a shark that's been terrorizing a harbor.
Genre humor
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Notes Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

1 page State Of The Union text article "South Carolina"

Characters Big Boy; Nugget
Synopsis Information on South Carolina with a map of the Shoney's Big Boy restaurants in the state.
Genre fact
Letters typeset

1 page Big Boy & Coke advertisement "When Out For Relaxation This Is The Combination"

Characters Big Boy
Synopsis Ad for Big Boy & Coke.
Letters typeset

2 page Big Boy Club Pages activity "Big Boy Club"

Synopsis Riddles, membership application, puzzles, and a paperdoll.
Letters typeset

3 page Big Boy story "Big Boy Tries Space Travel"

Characters Big Boy
Synopsis Big Boy dreams of space travel and his near-demise.
Genre humor
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Notes Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

1 page Big Boy Club text article "Merigcin An Megadl!"

Synopsis News from Club members.
Script ? [as Big Boy]
Letters typeset
Notes Title is in the Big Boy secret code.

Half page Big Boy story "I Thought You Said We'd Practice Scuba Diving!?!"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly
Synopsis Big Boy can't move due to his scuba gear.
Genre humor
Notes back cover

Half page Elias Brothers Restaurants advertisement "Michigan's Family Restaurants"

Synopsis List of Elias Brothers restaurants in Michigan.
Letters typeset
Notes List of restaurants varies depending on the regional location and franchise involved for Big Boy. Back cover.