Issue Details

Issue	#165
Published	July 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Notes	[At the beach, Bugs cooking a hot dog over Elmer's extremely sunburned body]

Cover Details

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	[At the beach, Bugs cooking a hot dog over Elmer's extremely sunburned body]

1 page Bugs Bunny story "Real mashed potatoes"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Synopsis	First line: "Waiter, these mashed potatoes are too lumpy! Take them away!"
Genre	Funny animal; Gags
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Front Cover; black and white

11 page Bugs Bunny story "The Kookoomonga Islands"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig
Synopsis	First line: "Golly, Bugs... I never thought these South Sea breezes would turn out to be so cold!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

4 page Porky Pig story "Porky under glass"

Characters	Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis	First line: "Hey, Porky! Why are you burning that 'Home Sweet Home' sign?"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

5 page Daffy and Elmer Fudd story "Elmer Fudd, buoy tender"

Characters	Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	First line: "You keep away fwom me, duck! I've got vewy important duties to perform...now that I'm a buoy tender!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

1 page text story "The great rainmaker"

Characters	Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck; Sylvester Pussycat; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	in Bugs Bunny (Gold Key, 1962 series) #144 (September 1972)

5 page Tweety and Sylvester story "Sylvester's new wristwatch"

Characters	Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
Synopsis	First line: "Oh, boy! Look at that wrist watch in this pawnshop window, Tweety! Just the kind I've always wanted!"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

5 page Mary Jane and Sniffles story "The bear and the blackberries"

Characters	Mary Jane; Sniffles
Synopsis	First line: "Oh, dear! I forgot to pack a dessert for our picnic, Sniffles!"
Genre	Children; Fantasy; Funny animal
Letters	Typeset

Half page Bugs Bunny story "The second best jumping frog"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis	First line: "How do you like my pet jumping fwogs, Bugs?"
Genre	Funny animal; Gags
Letters	Typeset

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't miss these laugh-filled Dell comics!"

Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Shown are Front Covers of Porky Pig (1952 Series), #41 (July-August 1955) and Bugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies (1951 Series), #5 (1955)

Half page activity "Bugs Bunny baffler and banter"

Characters	Bugs Bunny
Synopsis	First line: "Bugs Bunny is setting a very fast pace,"
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Back Cover; black and white
Reprinted	In Looney Tunes (1975 Series), #3 (August 1975)

Half page activity "Daffy questions"

Characters	Daffy Duck
Synopsis	First line: "What always walks around with its head down?"
Genre	Funny animal; Gags
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Back Cover; black and white
Reprinted	In Looney Tunes (1975 Series), #3 (August 1975)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free pin-ups!"

Characters	Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Cecelia Goose; Porky Pig
Synopsis	Subscription ad for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics and the Dell Comics Club; U.S.: 12 issues for $1.00; 24 issues for $1.85; 36 issues for $2.70; Canada: $1.20, $2.00, and $3.00; Free with each subscription are five full color pin-up pictures
Genre	Funny animal
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back Cover

Half page text article "A pledge to parents"

Characters	none
Genre	Fact
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back Cover