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Issue Details

Issue	#87
Published	January 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Helen Meyer
Notes	[Bugs showing Santa Claus his long Christmas list]

Cover Details

Characters	Santa Claus; Bugs Bunny
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	[Bugs showing Santa Claus his long Christmas list]

1 page text story "Cicero's deception"

Characters	Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Porky Pig
Synopsis	Cicero Pig says that he is Petunia Pig's cousin
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Front Cover and Inside Back Cover

12 page Bugs Bunny story "The amazing money serum"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Sylvester Pussycat; Porky Pig; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	First line: "No more of them horror movies for me!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

8 page Sniffles and Mary Jane story "Snow-bunnies"

Characters	Sniffles; Mary Jane
Synopsis	First line: "I wonder where Sniffles is! He promised to ski with me today!"
Genre	Children; Fantasy; Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Mary Jane sprinkles magic sand to make herself smaller

12 page Porky Pig story "Porky Pig, Daily Breeze editor"

Characters	Porky Pig; Beaky Buzzard; Cicero Pig; Bugs Bunny; Petunia Pig
Synopsis	First line: "Th-this sure is a keen b-book!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

7 page Henery Hawk story "Ollie Owl's lie detector"

Characters	Henery Hawk; Mrs. Henery K. Hawk, Sr.; Ollie Owl
Synopsis	First line: "There's that dratted alarm clock! Seems like I just got to bed!"
Genre	Children; Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

Half page text article "Statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc.,...of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics...for October 1, 1948,..."

Characters	Helen Meyer; George T. Delacorte, Jr.; Margarita Delacorte; Jeannette Smith (Green)
Genre	Fact
Letters	Typeset
Notes	No circulation figures given

8 page Elmer Fudd story "Elmer and Sylvester, dogcatchers"

Characters	Elmer Fudd; Sylvester Pussycat
Synopsis	First line: "Guess I'll go see if my paper has been delivered yet!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Mail to: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 261 Fifth Ave., N.Y. 16, N.Y."

Characters	none
Synopsis	Subscription form for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics; 1 year for $1.00; 2 years for $1.75; 3 years for $2.50
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Back Cover; black and white

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Best gift in your bag, doc!"

Characters	Santa Claus; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis	Subscription ad for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics; Free with each subscription is an 8" x 10" color picture of Bugs Bunny; Shown is Front Cover of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics (1941 Series), #86 (December 1948)
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back Cover