Pink Panther 45 Gold Key

Pink Panther vol 1 #45 - Gold Key July 1977 - (Western Publishing)

Characters

• Pink Panther (1,2,4)
• Big Nose (4)
• The Inspector (3)
• The Commissioner (3)

Contents

1. Pink Panther - Pink Trinket-Tracker - 7 pages
2. Pink Panther - Pink Panic - 5 pages
3. The Inspector - Case of: The Cave Crime - 5 pages
4. Pink Panther - Pink Thinker - 6 pages

Notable ads

• Iron Man - A Dull Pain! - 1 page Hostess Cup Cakes ad

Stories

1. Pink Trinket-Tracker - This is the Pink Panther's Roller Derby adventure.
2. Pink Panic - Like in Pink Slip Panther, the Pink Panther get's duped into robbing a bank for a crook disguised as a little old lady.
3. Case of: The Cave Crime - The Inspector goes spelunking to find a crook and his loot.
4. Pink Thinker - Big Nose imprisons the Pink Panther to get him to write a newspaper comic strip.

Reprints

• Pink Panter #1/1982 Norway (1)
• Pink Panter #9/1988 Norway (1)

Notes

• Available in both Gold Key and Whitman editions.
• The Whitman version of this comic came bagged with issues Mickey Mouse #182 and Donald Duck #194.
• This Pink Panic story is a different story from the 5 page Pink Panic story in Pink Panther #2, The Inspector #17, The Inspector #18.
• This Pink Panic story is a different story from the 6 page Pink Panic story in Pink Panther #15.
• This Pink Panic story is unrelated to the 1967 Pink Panic animated short.
• The Hostess ad in this comic is much deeper into the comic than normal. Normally the Hostess ads are on the inside front cover or on page 5. This Hostess ad is on page 21.
• The cover to this comic was most likely inspired by the Bumper Sailboat Painting from the 9th episode of the first season of The Pink Panther Show.

Gallery

Hostess

Hostess

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