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Issue Details

Issue #549
Published April 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 549." Code number is OSWALD O.S. #548-544 (Code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1954 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. 12th of 17 Oswald the Rabbit Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Scouts Floyd and Lloyd tying knots in the garden hose.
Genre Funny animal
Pencils Lynn Karp
Inks Lynn Karp
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Oswald the Rabbit story "How to Untie a Rope"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Oswald tries to nap in a hammock, but Floyd and Lloyd disrupt things with a magnifying glass.
Genre Funny animal; Gags
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Choosing an Unusual Hobby"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Floyd and Lloyd decide that Oswald needs to take up an unusual hobby.
Genre Funny animal
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)

8 page Oswald the Rabbit story "The Giant Tar Pit Bird"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Floyd and Lloyd have a new bird whistle. When they use it near a tar pit they attract a huge, but playful, prehistoric bird out of the tar pit and it follows them home.
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)

4 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Making Chores Fun"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Oswald's attempts to make chores into fun for Floyd and Lloyd backfire.
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)

8 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Oswald the Strong"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis Floyd and Lloyd rig a carnival test of strength so that Oswald appears to be much stronger than he really is. The boys are then forced to keep up the charade when Oswald keeps trying to show off his new-found strength.
Genre Funny animal
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)

4 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Diving For Pearls"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Reddy Fox (villain)
Synopsis Floyd and Lloyd plant some store-bought fake pearls in a lagoon for Oswald to find while diving. While Oswald is diving, Reddy Fox pounces on the boys, prepared to make a meal of them.
Genre Funny animal
Script Don R. Christensen
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)