Publishers / Dell / Bugs Bunny's County Fair (1957) / #1
1September 1957
$0.25

Bugs Bunny's County Fair #1

Dell · September 1957

First appearance: Speedy Gonzales1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Bugs Bunny's County Fair (Dell, 1957 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1957
Key date
1957-09-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
100

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Speedy Gonzales - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Bugs Bunny, Petunia Pig, Sylvester, Tweety
1Bugs Bunny's Mystery Cutupactivity1letters: typesetBugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Petunia Pig, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Tweety
2Bugs Bunny at the County Faircomic story18Bugs Bunny, Cicero Pig, Petunia Pig, Porky Pig, Sylvester
3Nose for Newscomic story10Bugs Bunny, Cicero Pig, Porky Pig, Sylvester
4Bagged Beanscomic story8Bugs Bunny, Speedy Gonzales First, Little Pancho Vanilla
5A Peach of a Beachcomic story8Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck
6Mary Jane and Sniffles and the Un-trained Banditscomic story6pencils: Al Hubbard; inks: Al HubbardBugs Bunny, Mary Jane, Sniffles
7Rooster Routingcomic story6pencils: Vivie Risto; inks: Vivie Risto; letters: Vivie RistoBugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk
8Fiddle Foulerycomic story8pencils: Harvey Eisenberg; inks: Harvey EisenbergBugs Bunny, Sylvester, Tweety
9A Fair Fibcomic story6pencils: Al Hubbard; inks: Al HubbardBugs Bunny
10Fearless Fuddycomic story8Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam
11Fun Timeforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1Bugs Bunny, Cicero Pig
12Bugs's Barrel Bingoactivity1letters: typesetBugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd
13County Fair Crosswordactivity1letters: typesetElmer Fudd
14Daffy's Baking Befuddleractivity1letters: ?; typesetDaffy Duck
15Porky Packs a Picnic Lunchactivity1letters: typesetPorky Pig
16Shoot Bugs from a Cannonactivity1letters: typesetBugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd
17Sniffles is Lost at the Fairactivity1Mary Jane, Sniffles
18Bugs Bunny's Balloon Blowoutactivity1letters: typesetDaffy Duck
19A Hare-Raising Experiencecomic story10Bugs Bunny
20Bugs Bunny's Dress Paradeactivity0.75letters: typesetBugs Bunny
21Answers to Puzzlesactivity0.25letters: typeset
22Bugs Bunny's Merry-Go-Roundactivity1letters: typesetBugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Sylvester

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
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Where to read it

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Golden Comics Digest #81970On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q912984 (Speedy Gonzales), first-appearance property (CC0)

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