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Issue Details

Issue #990
Published May-July 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, No. 990". Code number is H.H.O.S. #990-595. Art credits from Karl Wilcox, April 2008.

Cover Details - "Huckleberrry Hound"

Characters Huckleberry Hound; Yogi Bear; Mr. Jinks; Pixie; Dixie.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Indicia title is "HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, No. 990". Code number is H.H.O.S. #990-595. Art credits from Karl Wilcox, April 2008.

1 page [Huckleberry Hound] activity "More Fun Than a 3-Ring Circus"

Characters Huckleberry Hound; Yogi Bear; Mr. Jinks; Pixie
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Three illustrated word puzzles with typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

5 page Huckleberry Hound story "Badge 13 3/4"

Characters Huckleberry Hound; Wee Willie
Synopsis Huck is a policeman and must capture Wee Willie, the escaped gorilla.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes End of story segues into next story. This story is based on the Huckleberry Hound TV cartoon "Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie." (Karl Wilcox via e-mail, January 15, 2008). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

5 page Huckleberry Hound story "Big Game Hunter"

Characters Huckleberry Hound
Synopsis Huck is a lion hunter in Africa.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes This story is based on the Huckleberry Hound TV cartoon "Lion-Hearted Huck." (Karl Wilcox, via e-mail January 15, 2008.) Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

8 page Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks story "Lone Star Hero"

Characters Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks; LeRoy Longhorn (Pixie and Dixie's cousin)
Synopsis Pixie and Dixie's cousin from Texas, LeRoy Longhorn, comes to visit.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes This story is based on the Pixie & Dixie & Mr. Jinx TV cartoon "Cousin Tex." (Karl Wilcox, via e-mail January 15, 2008.) Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

8 page Yogi Bear story Yogi Bear and The Awful "It"

Characters Yogi Bear; Boo Boo
Synopsis A hunter in a mixed-up animal disguise is terrorizing the forest animals, who take refuge in Yogi's cave.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

5 page Huckleberry Hound story "Huckleberry Hound and the Wee Whistler"

Characters Huckleberry Hound
Synopsis A little bird warns Huck about a bear and in gratitude Huck tells him that if he's ever in trouble, just to whistle. A fox spends the rest of the story stalking the little bird, who has to keep calling on Huck for help.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

1 page Huckleberry Hound story "Short fire hose"

Characters Huckleberry Hound
Synopsis Huck has to result to an alternate plan when his water hose is too short to reach a burning doghouse.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

1 page [Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks] activity "Mr. Jinks is Jinxed!"

Characters Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Five riddles. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

1 page Huckleberry Hound activity "Huckleberry Hound's Mystery Board"

Characters Huckleberry Hound; Yogi Bear; Boo Boo; Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks; Yakky Doodle?
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Back cover. A number guessing game. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)