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Issue Details

Issue #182
Published December 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Bugs is reading a Bugs Bunny comic book, complete with Dell logo in the corner.

Cover Details

Characters Bugs Bunny; Petunia Pig
Genre funny animal
Notes Bugs is reading a Bugs Bunny comic book, complete with Dell logo in the corner.

1 page advertisement "Treat the Team to Kool-Aid"

Characters Kool-Aid Smiling Pitcher
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Notes Inside front cover, color. Illustrated ad for Kool-Aid soft drink mix.

10 page Bugs Bunny story "No laughing on Happy Island"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd (cameo)
Synopsis Bugs goes to "Happy Island" in the South Seas to sell novelties and joke items. Only problem is that "Laughing, giggling, chuckling, snickering, grinning, smirking, or smiling" are banned by order of Chief Deadpan.
Genre funny animal

5 page Porky Pig story "Porky the ice-fisherman"

Characters Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis Porky takes Cicero ice-fishing, but needs some help from a bear and her cub to catch a huge fish.
Genre funny animal

6 page Daffy Duck story "The Three-legged Race"

Characters Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Daffy tricks Elmer into entering a three-legged race with him. Disaster ensues, as usual.
Genre funny animal

1 page Bugs Bunny text story "The Skittish Skater"

Characters Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis Bugs teaches Elmer how to ice skate.
Genre funny animal
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Notes Text story with one 1/4 page illustration.

4 page Mary Jane and Sniffles story "Mary Jane shrinks the boy next door"

Characters Mary Jane; Sniffles
Synopsis The new boy next door is abusing his toys. To teach him a lesson, Mary Jane recites her rhyme, but uses his name instead of hers to shrink him. He eventually learns his lesson and repairs his broken toys when he is returned to normal size.
Genre fantasy; funny animal; children
Notes Oddly, the new boy doesn't bother to question how or why he is suddenly made small and why his toys can now talk to him. This may be the only time that anyone other than Mary Jane is affected by the rhyme.

5 page Tweety and Sylvester story "The Indian Buffalo Elixir"

Characters Tweety; Sylvester; Elmer Fudd, Cicero Pig (cameo)
Synopsis Sylvester mixes up a recipe he bought from an old Indian medicine man that promises to evaporate snow. It seems to work and puts Tweety out of his snow-shoveling business. But as always, there are unexpected side-effects.
Genre funny animal

1 page advertisement "I'm sure glad I chose a Gilbert American Flyer Train!"

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Notes Illustrated ad for Gilbert American Flyer model railroad trains. America Flyer No. 5615T Black Diamond Freight model is depicted. A. C. Gilbert Co., New Haven, Conn.

1 page advertisement "Time to get a Daisy and get in on the fun!"

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Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Daisy air rifles. Models 98, 25 and 94, and the 1094 Red Ryder Cowboy outfit are depicted. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Plymouth, Mich.

1 page advertisement "Hey Kids! It's new..all new Schwinn Mark II Jaguar"

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Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Schwinn Mark II Jaguar model bicycle. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill.