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Issue Details

Issue #281
Published June 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY in THE GREAT CIRCUS MYSTERY, No. 281." Code number is B.B.O.S. #281-506. Copyright 1950 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

Cover Details - "The Great Circus Mystery"

Characters Bugs Bunny
Genre funny animals
Pencils Ralph Heimdahl
Inks Ralph Heimdahl
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Bully vs. Kangaroo"

Characters Bugs Bunny
Synopsis When a bully challenges him to a fight, Bugs takes refuge in the pouch of a boxing kangaroo.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl ?
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Story title and pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

24 page Bugs Bunny story "The Great Circus Mystery"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Synopsis When animals turn up missing at the circus, Bugs and Porky are hired as detectives to find out who is trying to ruin the show.
Genre funny animals
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

16 page Bugs Bunny story Bugs Bunny and the "Giant Rabbit"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Beaky Buzzard; Sylvester; Uncle Jack Rabbit
Synopsis Bugs has played so many practical jokes that no one will take his word on anything. So when a giant rabbit really does come into the forest, no one will believe him.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

8 page Bugs Bunny story "Make-Believe Millyunaires"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Slyvester
Synopsis Bugs goes into the lending library business. He reads a book on hypnotism and hypnotizes Sylvester into believing he's a millionaire. Bugs repeats the process with a mirror and hypnotizes himself into believing he's a millionaire, too.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Roger Armstrong
Notes Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Elmer's Doughnuts"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Bugs says he has a weakness which leads to stealing doughnuts from Elmer's stand.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl ?
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Story title and pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Bugs' Water Pistol"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig
Synopsis Bugs squirts Elmer with a water pistol and squirts Porky with a novelty flower. The tables are turned when a street cleaning machine drenches Bugs.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl ?
Notes Back cover; pantomime story. Story title and pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).