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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 1966
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing ?
Notes Gold Key #30000-701. Indicia: THE BEST OF BUGS BUNNY, No. 1. Published by K.K. Publications, Inc., North Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12602. Single copies in U.S.A. and Canada 25¢. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized edition. Designed, produced and printed in the U.S.A. by Western Printing and Lithographing Company. Second printing. Copyright 1954, 1953, 1950, by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. Copyright (c) 1959, 1958, by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters Bugs Bunny
Synopsis Bugs Bunny lounges on a beach chair with a carrot in a hot dog bun and a drink in a hollowed-out carrot.
Genre Funny animals
Colors ? (airbrush)
Notes Gold Key #30000-701. Indicia: THE BEST OF BUGS BUNNY, No. 1. Published by K.K. Publications, Inc., North Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12602. Single copies in U.S.A. and Canada 25¢. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized edition. Designed, produced and printed in the U.S.A. by Western Printing and Lithographing Company. Second printing. Copyright 1954, 1953, 1950, by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. Copyright (c) 1959, 1958, by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Oh, Bugs... will you go to the store for me?"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Petunia Pig
Synopsis Bugs Bunny goes to the store for Petunia Pig, loses the list and ties his ears in a knot to help himself remember.
Genre Funny animals
Notes Inside front cover; black and white
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15 page Bugs Bunny story "Dig That Demon"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig (on telephone)
Synopsis Elmer Fudd plans to become an actor. When Bugs torments him, Elmer declares that a demon from the unknown will get Bugs. The demon, a 50-foot special-effects dragon from a movie, shows up. Bugs tricks Elmer into operating the dragon, and Elmer wins a "Carrot Oscar" for his performance.
Genre Funny animals
Notes Elmer quotes Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of King Richard the third".
Reprinted from ?

10 page Bugs Bunny story "The Champion Chump"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Daffy Duck; Horton Hound
Synopsis Daffy hires Bugs to help him get rid of a dog that's been chasing him. Bugs convinces the dog that he has Duckitus, so the dog switches to chasing Bugs.
Genre Funny animals
Reprinted from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #62 (August-September 1958)

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Bugs Bunny Odd Job Company"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Bugs Bunny gets shocked by a short circuit in Elmer Fudd's doorbell.
Genre Funny animals
Reprinted from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #60 (April-May 1958) [original title: [Knock, don't ring]]

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Slugsy Bugsy Boxing School"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Bugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd, a fast learner, boxing lessons.
Genre Funny animals
Reprinted from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #60 (April-May 1958) [original size: .875 page]

36 page Bugs Bunny story The "Isle of Hercules"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig; Turk, the Terrible; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis When Bugs Bunny accidentally stops in a "haunted house" and chases the ghosts, a promoter tricks him into fighting the boxing champion, Turk, the Terrible. Bugs and Porky travel to the Isle of Hercules and discover the mineral water that gives the natives superstrength, but Cicero breaks the last bottle of it with his slingshot. Bugs accidentally knocks out Turk when Bugs smacks Turk's weak chin while trying to recover his bubble gum.
Genre Funny animals
Reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #266 (February 1950)

10 page Bugs Bunny story "The Smoke Smeller"

Characters Bugs Bunny
Synopsis Bugs Bunny's smoke-sniffing ability gets him in trouble when he joins the Fire Department, but saves the day when he catches robbers breaking into a bank vault with blowtorches.
Genre Funny animals
Reprinted from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #30 (April-May 1953)

7 page Bugs Bunny story "Lighthouse Keeper Capers"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Bugs gets caught in a gale-force wind and carried to a lighthouse by a pelican. The lighthouse-keeper, Elmer Fudd, and Bugs get locked out of the lighthouse as high tide, a storm and a ship approach. Luck gets them back into the lighthouse just in time to save the ship.
Genre Funny animals
Reprinted from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #61 (June-July 1958)

1 page Elmer Fudd story "Oh, oh! It's Bugs! He's gotten a job as motor cop!"

Characters Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis Bugs tricks Elmer into thinking that he's a motorcycle cop.
Genre Funny animals
Notes Inside back cover; black and white
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1 page Bugs Bunny (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis Bugs and the gang are all fishing from Elmer Fudd's small rowboat.
Genre Funny animals
Colors ? (airbrush)
Letters Typeset
Notes Pin-up