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Cover: Dan Gormley

New Funnies #86

Apr 1944 · Dell · 0.10 USD
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“Unhappy Campers”

In "Unhappy Campers," young Bonny Bee ventures to The Big City to reunite with her brother Billy, only to face a perilous journey marked by a bird attack and a lost map. Stranded and bewildered in the urban sprawl, she stumbles into a city apartment, ensnared on flypaper alongside a pesky mosquito—until a surprisingly strong city beetle comes to their rescue. Cover by Dan Gormley, this 1944 Dell comic captures the whimsical chaos of small creatures navigating a world far too large, ending with a chaotic party and a trash-can feast.

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Bonny Bee travels to The Big City to join her brother Billy. On the way, she is attacked by a predatory bird, losing her map in the getaway. She eventually reaches the city, but is lost amid its sheer size and scope. Flying through an apartment window, Bonny gets caught on a roll of flypaper, along with a city mosquito. Both are rescued by a strong city beetle. The mosquito takes Bonny to her brother. They, and their "last-issue-friends" the fly and cockroach, "attend" a party with cake and goodies, where they are swatted by humans. They end up dining cockroach-style in the human's trash can.

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