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Issue Details

Issue #361
Published [May 1987]
Cover Price 0 FREE
Pages 16
Editing ?
Notes No price value shown.

Cover Details - "And Anybody Got A...Ladder?"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman
Notes Illustration is an excerpt from the main story in the issue.

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

Characters Jenny Georgin
Synopsis Letters from Jill, Susan San Juan, Velda Turner, Brian Terry, Heather Emmonds, David Ogden, Karen Wright, Rose foster, Patricia Repp, David Kalb, and Jenny Georgin, with a photo of Jenny Georgin.
Script ? [as Big Boy]
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset

6 page Big Boy story "That's For The Birds!"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Sara
Synopsis Big Boy and his friends build a tree house, which ends up being a giant bird nest.
Script Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman
Notes Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

1 page Big Boy & Coke advertisement "Oh Boy! This Is Great!"

Synopsis Ad for Big Boy and Coke.
Letters typeset

4 page Big Boy Club Pages activity "Big Boy Secret Code Page"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly
Synopsis Riddles with answers in code, reader art and stories, a membership form, puzzles including a Wacky Word puzzle, and a game.
Letters ?; typeset

1 page Kids' Talk letters page "Kids' Talk"

Synopsis Letters from Jamil Grafton, Rachel Crandall and anonymous other readers, with advice from Dolly.
Script ? [as Dolly]
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a disclaimer to parents that "...these readers' letters are answered in good faith by the editorial staff, and are not to be understood as representing professional advice."

1 page Leaves of America's Trees activity "Leaves of America's Trees"

Synopsis Pictures of tree leaves and a word game.
Letters ?; typeset
Notes No. 2 of a series.

Half page activity "School-Day Word Search"

Synopsis word puzzle
Notes back cover

Half page Frisch's Big Boy Family Restaurants advertisement "Order By Phone And Take 'Em Home!"

Letters typeset
Notes back cover