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| Publication | July-September 1962 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Cover is drawn by Al Kilgore, while the interior stories are not. Art comparisons made with the 2022-released books "Rocky & Bullwinkle Complete Newspaper Comic Strip Collection" Volumes 1 and 2, in which strips written and drawn by Kilgore are collected, will give readers a better identification of Kilgore's writing style, and especially his drawing style.
This issue's front cover art reflects the more "cleaner" style of Al Kilgore, while the interior art is noticeably "sketchier" than Kilgore's art in the books directly attributed to him, leaving the distinct impression that all but the front cover art is the product of a different artist.
The fact that Kilgore's daily strip was produced for 1962-1963 may also have limited his participation in the creation of comic books produced for the same period. |
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| Cover | Washday Moose-Magic |
| Synopsis | Bullwinkle hangs his wet wash to dry on a clothesline supported by his antlers. |
| Credits | Job #: 01-090-209 |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Satire-parody | Characters: Bullwinkle J. Moose |
| Notes | Cover is drawn by Al Kilgore, while the interior stories are not. Art comparisons made with the 2022-released books "Rocky & Bullwinkle Complete Newspaper Comic Strip Collection" Volumes 1 and 2, in which strips written and drawn by Kilgore are collected, will give readers a better identification of Kilgore's writing style, and especially his drawing style.
This issue's front cover art reflects the more "cleaner" style of Al Kilgore, while the interior art is noticeably "sketchier" than Kilgore's art in the books directly attributed to him, leaving the distinct impression that all but the front cover art is the product of a different artist.
The fact that Kilgore's daily strip was produced for 1962-1963 may also have limited his participation in the creation of comic books produced for the same period. |
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| Illustration | Bullwinkle Contents (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; bull; Tony the barber; Dudley Do-Right; Snidely Whiplash; Archie (shoemaker); Archie's wife; two elves |
| Notes | An illustrated table of contents to the stories in this issue, using original panels - not used in the actual stories - to represent the stories.
Two panels representing Bullwinkle "Matador Moose". One panel representing Dudley Do-Right "Poor Man's Policeman". One panel representing Fractured Fairy Tales "The Shoemaker and the Elves...?". Two panels representing Bullwinkle "Mono Rail Moose". |
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| Comic Story | Matador Moose (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | In order to rid himself of the Moose, Boris maneuvers a guitar-playing Bullwinkle into a Mexican bullring. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Satire-parody | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Fearless Leader; Doc (hock shop owner); heavy senorita; bullring manager; bullring hands; bullring crowd |
| Notes | Meta-moments abound:
Natasha questions Boris' intent to kill Bullwinkle as an aside to his primary mission:
NATASHA: "But, we don't have orders to get rid of the moose!"
BORIS: "What's the matter? Don't you read these books? Every time we get orders, the moose gets in the way!"
Natasha comments on Boris' scheme to have Bullwinkle meet his demise in the bullring:
NATASHA: "Boris! This may be too bloody for the Comics Code!"
Upon learning that Bullwinkle is coincidently headed for the same Mexican city where Boris and Natasha are being sent for their secret mission:
BORIS: "It's just the stupid coincidence that bothers me!"
NATASHA: "Let's face it, Darling, without those coincidences we wouldn't have a story!"
The spies watch as Bullwinkle is about to be gored by a fierce bull:
BORIS: "Natasha! This is Zero Hour! No moose is good moose!!"
NATASHA: "I've waited through SIX BOOKS for you to use that line!" |
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| Comic Story | The Shoemaker and the Elves...? (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two elves help a shoemaker and his wife, not only with making shoes but advertising as well. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Satire-parody | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Archie (shoemaker); Archie's wife; two elves; angry customer; jockey; beatnik clarinetist |
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| Comic Story | In Dutch (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Peabody and Sherman get caught up in a rivalry between the great artist Rembrandt and his assistant Hans Clinker. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Satire-parody | Characters: Mr. Peabody; Sherman; Rembrandt; Hans Clinker |
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| Text Story | Ridiculous, Isn't It? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Fifteen humorous single-paragraph stories of odd occurrences, which may be true or may be jokes, accompanied by a single spot illustration of a water-skiing elephant. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Water-skiing elephant (in spot illustration) |
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| Comic Story | Poor Man's Policeman (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Unable to cash his paycheck before the bank closes, Do-Right is forced to stay behind while the rest of the post goes on weekend liberty. Disguised as a little old lady in need of firewood Snidely Whiplash takes this opportunity to destroy the Mountie station by felling a giant tree on top of it - with Do-Right as the unwitting woodchopper. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Satire-parody | Characters: Dudley Do-Right; Inspector Fenwick; Horse; Nell Fenwick; Snidely Whiplash; bank bandit; banker; townspeople; other Mounties; train engineer |
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| Comic Story | Mono Rail Moose (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boris is under orders to obtain a sample of high-strength moose-hair for Fearless Leader. When Bullwinkle goes for a haircut, Boris takes the place of the barber, snatches up a falling moose-hair, and sends Bullwinkle careening toward certain doom in the form of an oncoming subway train. When Fearless Leader orders that Bullwinkle be kept alive as a future source of moose-hair, Boris stirs up an impromptu subway strike to spare the moose. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Satire-parody | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Fearless Leader (on radio); Tony the barber; Tim (subway token clerk); transit cop; two subway workers |
| Notes | In order to call an abrupt and immediate subway strike, Boris poses as "Mackerel J. Quale, union boss". This is a parody reference to Michael J. Quill, a founder of the Transport Workers Union of America, who called a disastrous twelve-day New York City transit strike in 1966. Oddly, Kilgore's script had Boris preceding Quill's actions in a story published in 1962.
Ad and non-ad variants exist for this issue. For the non-ad variant, the final interior page is a conventional four-tiered story page. For the ad variant, an ad for Red Ball Jets shoes runs vertically down the left side of the page. The story panels are edited down to four vertical panels on the right side of the page and are rewritten to cover the dialogue of the deleted panels. |
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| Advertisement | The Central Fast Starts Sure Stops |
| Featuring | Red Ball Jets |
| Notes | Ad for Red Ball Jets sneakers. Appears in ad variant issues only. Runs vertically down the left side of the page. On final interior page of the comic. |
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| Comic Story | Straight Shooter (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Inspector Fenwick tasks Do-Right with giving the visiting King of Softsoapia a twenty-one-gun salute. He should have known better. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Satire-parody | Characters: Dudley Do-Right; Inspector Fenwick; Horse; other Mounties; King of Softsoapia; King's coachman; King's horses |
| Notes | Black and white on inside back cover. |
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| Comic Story | Musically Reclined (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bullwinkle stumbles over and breaks a little boy's toy xylophone, and offers his antlers as a "clinka clink-ing" substitute. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Bullwinkle J. Moose; boy playing xylophone |
| Notes | Color on back cover. |
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