Beep Beep the Road Runner #1

Dates

Cover date

October 1966

On sale

July 1966

Pages

36

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Chasm Crossing Crisis · 1 pages

  Wile E. uses a boulder and a plank of wood over a fulcrum to propel himself across a chasm to reach Beep Beep on the other side. ...He fails.

• Gee Whizz-z-z · 7 pages

  When Wile E. goes after the Beep kids, Beep Beep gives him the... run around.

• Hasty Pudding · 7 pages

  Wile E. almost roasts the three Beep boys found hiding in his metal mailbox. He then tries to catch the family with an Instant Boulder (Just add water), a guided Road Runner Rocket, an electric storm maker, and a harpoon gun... to no avail.

• Go-Go-Go · 7 pages

  Spitting out his homemade "mud chicken", Wile E. tries yet again to catch the Road Runners with four spiked maces to be set into motion with a pull rope, adding buckshot to "Free Birdseed" and lying in wait with a powerful magnet, and dropping an anvil on the unsuspecting family from a hot air balloon - which careens up and away without the stabilizing weight of the anvil.

• School Daze · 2 pages

  After sending the teacher on a wild goose chase and dismissing the other kids, Wile E. poses as a substitute teacher in order to nab the Beep Boys. But the Beep Boys prove to be too smart for our favorite hungry "genius". Wile E. quote: "If my plan works... (and it will, because I'm a GENIUS)... they'll have a new schoolteacher today!"

• Stop, Look, and Hasten · 8 pages

  When the Beep Boys are in a shopping mood, it's time for Wile E. to pose as a friendly merchant.

• Springing Into Action · 1 pages

  To reach Beep Beep across a chasm, Wile E. attaches bedsprings to his feet that will allow him to spring-bounce over the gap. He springs a little higher than intended.

• Wheel of Misfortune · 1 pages

  Wile E. attaches firecrackers (or sticks of dynamite?) to the spokes of a wagon wheel and sends it rolling down an incline toward Beep Beep. His fatal flaw? When rolling an object down an incline, another incline can always cause it to roll back.

• Nap in a Net · 1 pages

  Exhausted from chasing Beep Beep with a large net, Wile E. uses the net for some needed rest.