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Issue Details

Issue #457
Published March 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "DAFFY, No. 457." Code number is DAFFY O.S. #457-535. Copyright 1953 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. Logos for cover and stories just say "Daffy", not "Daffy Duck."

Cover Details

Characters Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Genre funny animal
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Daffy story "Pancakes with bow and arrow"

Characters Daffy Duck; Porky Pig (cameo); Elmer Fudd (cameo)
Synopsis Daffy uses a bow and arrow to steal pancakes from Elmer's lunch wagon.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Story title and pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page Daffy story "Vacation by train"

Characters Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Elmer decides to take a train trip to spend the winter in the South and get away from Daffy. Daffy hides in his luggage and causes havoc when his prank about Elmer having counterfeit money is taken seriously.
Genre funny animal
Script Don R. Christensen
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Story title and script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Daffy story "Six-Gun Gertie"

Characters Daffy Duck
Synopsis Daffy meets up with "Two-Gun Gertie" in a Wild West town. Gertie is better at shooting, roping, and riding than the men, who are scared of her. Daffy accidentally insults Gertie and the two decide their differences in a main street showdown.
Genre funny animal; western
Script Don R. Christensen
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

7 page Daffy story "Deerhead"

Characters Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis Tired of being picked on because he's a duck, Daffy decides to change his identity by wearing a stuffed deer's head. Unfortunately, he forgets it's deer hunting season.
Genre funny animal
Script Don R. Christensen
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Story title and script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

7 page Daffy story "Skywriting for Elmer"

Characters Daffy Duck
Synopsis When Elmer's hot dog stand is threatened by the opening of a modern drive-in restaurant nearby, Daffy tries to help him by doing skywriting advertising with some flour.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Story title and pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Daffy story "Fishing in Tunnel of Love"

Characters Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Daffy fishes from the back of a boat in the Tunnel of Love at an amusement park.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story.

1 page Daffy story "Great Weather for Ducks"

Characters Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Daffy takes refuge from a rainstorm by sitting under the hood of Elmer's car.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Back cover.