The Pink Panther (Gold Key)

The Pink Panther is about cool style, swing, swank, sophistication, sixties, attitude and color. Especially pink. It’s the color of cool. Do you have a sense of cool? Take it from someone who knows. At the time, the Pink Panther was the most hip cartoon star in Hollywood. Film audiences of all ages, sophisticated cinema patrons and drive-in denizens alike loved the high style, clever humor and colorful adventures of this pink-inked feline. The cool contemporary style of the design and graphics connected with Henry Mancini’s distinctive theme music and pantomime comedy were a complete departure from typical theatrical cartoons. Friz Freleng created the cartoon character for the opening title sequence of Blake Edward’s 1964 comedy The Pink Panther and received reviews that were as good or better than the film itself! Created for the theaters and adults, the Pink Panther has made a successful transition to television and comics.

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#4

Cover code 90266-201

Jan 1972

Cover: $0.15

1 copy for $11.50
#11 Variation A

Whitman

Mar 1973

Cover: $0.15

Has uncommon Pink Panther story without “Pink”in title

1 copy for $3.00
#13

Cover code 90266-307

Jul 1973

Cover: $0.20

1 copy for $2.06
#14

Cover code 90266-309

Sep 1973

Cover: $0.20

Has uncommon Pink Panther stories without “Pink”in title

1 copy for $0.76
#20 Variation A

Whitman

Jul 1974

Cover: $0.25

Rare Panther/Inspector crossover

1 copy for $1.25
#21

Cover code 90266-409

Sep 1974

Cover: $0.25

1 copy for $18.00
#30 Variation A

Whitman

Nov 1975

Cover: $0.25

1 copy for $2.00
#31

Cover code 90266-601

Jan 1976

Cover: $0.25

1 copy for $4.00
#36 Variation A

Whitman

Jul 1976

Cover: $0.25

1 copy for $1.25
#37

Cover code 90266-609

Sep 1976

Cover: $0.30

1 copy for $0.99
#37 Variation A

Whitman

Sep 1976

Cover: $0.30

1 copy for $2.00
#42

Cover code 90266-704

Apr 1977

Cover: $0.30

2 copies from $0.99
#47

Cover code 90266-710

Oct 1977

Cover: $0.30

1 copy for $2.00
#56

Cover code 90266-809

Sep 1978

Cover: $0.35

3 copies from $3.27
#58

Cover code 90266-811

Nov 1978

Cover: $0.35

2 copies from $8.00
#58 Variation A

Whitman

Nov 1978

Cover: $0.35

1 copy for $1.75
#59

Cover code 90266-812

Dec 1978

Cover: $0.35

2 copies from $8.00
#60 Variation A

Whitman

Jan 1979

Cover: $0.35

W: John W. Dunn, Friz Freleng, Pete Hansen · A: Warren Tufts

Story directly adapts holiday cartoon special; Thor in Hostess ad ("The Storm Meets its Master")

2 copies from $4.00
#61

Cover code 90266-902

Feb 1979

Cover: $0.35

2 copies from $2.50
#64

Cover code 90266-905

May 1979

Cover: $0.40

No Inspector story

2 copies from $0.90
#65

Cover code 90266-906

Jun 1979

Cover: $0.40

No Inspector story; Thor in Hostess ad“Good Overcomes Evil”

2 copies from $8.00
#70

Cover code 90266-911

Nov 1979

Cover: $0.40

1 copy for $8.00
#78

Cover code 90266-101

Jan 1981

Cover: $0.50

No Inspector Story

1 copy for $2.75
#81

Cover code 90266-202

Feb 1982

Cover: $0.60

No Inspector story; “Pink in the Drink”reprinted from #1; “Pink on the Range”reprinted, probably from #4

1 copy for $14.00
#82

Cover code 90266-203

Mar 1982

Cover: $0.60

Reprints from The Pink Panther (Gold Key) #6, 7

1 copy for $9.50
#85

Aug 1983

Cover: $0.60

2 copies from $8.00
#86 Variation A

Apr 1984

Cover: $0.60

1 copy for $5.00