Kite Fun Book

    (Dell, 1954-1956)
™ and © Dell Publishing Co.

This comic book series was given away at local power and light companies across the country for over 30 years, each year featuring a popular comic book or TV show character such as Bugs Bunny, Secret Squirrel, or the Pink Panther telling children how to build and fly kites and also safe kite flying rules such as: “Don’t fly a kite in the rain,” and, “Never put metal or tinsel in your kite.” Some editions featured Reddy Kilowatt, the electricity mascot, who also starred in his own comic book series. The most sought-after issue is the Donald Duck one from 1954 by Carl Barks.

— Mark Arnold
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  • 1
    #1
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    A: Carl Barks
    Donald Duck; ca. 1954
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  • 3
    #3
    A: Carl Barks
    Donald Duck; ca. 1954
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  • 3/A
    #3 Variation A
    A: Carl Barks
    Pacific Gas and Electric Company sponsered; B&W; ca. 1954
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  • 4
    #4
    Southern California Edison Company
    Jan 1955
    Brer Rabbit In “A Kite Tail”
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  • 5
    #5
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  • 6
    #6
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  • 7
    #7
    Jan 1958
    Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Tom and Jerry
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    #8
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  • 9
    #9
    Jan 1960
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  • 10
    #10
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  • 11
    #11
    Jan 1961
    Huckleberry Hound; Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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  • 12
    #12
    Jan 1962
    Southern California Edison Company; Yogi Bear
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  • 12/A
    #12 Variation A
    Pacific Gas And Electric Company Edition with cover A
    Jan 1962
    No copies available
  • 13
    #13
    Jan 1963
    Pennsylvania Electric Company; Rocky and Bullwinkle
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  • 14
    #14
    Jan 1963
    Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Top Cat
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  • 15
    #15
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    #16
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    #17
    Jan 1965
    San Diego Gas & Electric; Tweety and Sylvester
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  • 18
    #18
    Jan 1966
    Secret Squirrel; Southern California Edison
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  • 19
    #19
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  • 20
    #20
    Jan 1968
    Bugs Bunny; Southern California Edison
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  • 20/A
    #20 Variation A
    Jan 1968
    Bugs Bunny; Pacific Gas And Electric Company
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  • 21
    #21
    Jan 1969
    Dastardly and Muttley; Florida Power & Light
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  • 21/A
    #21 Variation A
    Jan 1969
    Dastardly and Muttley; Southern California Edison
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  • 22
    #22
    Jan 1970
    Pacific Gas and Electric; Rocky and Bullwinkle
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  • 22/A
    #22 Variation A
    Jan 1970
    Rocky and Bullwinkle; Southern California Edison
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  • 23
    #23
    Beep Beep the Road Runner; Pacific Gas and Electric
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  • 23/A
    #23 Variation A
    Jan 1971
    Beep Beep the Road Runner; Pacific Gas and Electric; Southern California Edison
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  • 24
    #24
    Jan 1972
    Florida Power & Light; The Pink Panther
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  • 24/A
    #24 Variation A
    Jan 1972
    Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Southern Californiaa Edison; The Pink Panther
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  • 24/B
    #24 Variation B
    Jan 1972
    Southern California Edison; The Pink Panther
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  • 25
    #25
    Jan 1973
    Lassie
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  • 26
    #26
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  • 27
    #27
    Jan 1975
    Ben Franklin; Florida Power & Light Company
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  • 28
    #28
    Jan 1976
    Pacific Gas And Electric Company; The Brady Bunch
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  • 29
    #29
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  • 30
    #30
    Jan 1977
    Popeye; Southern California Edison
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  • 31
    #31
    Jan 1978
    Happy Days; Southern Callifornia Edison
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  • 32
    #32
    Jan 1979
    Eight Is Enough; Southern California Edison
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  • 33
    #33
    Jan 1980
    The Waltons
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  • 34
    #34
    Jan 1982
    Southern California Edison; Tweety and Sylvester
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  • 35
    #35
    Jan 1984
    English and Spanish text; Smoky Bear; Southern California Edison
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  • 36
    #36
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  • 36/D
    #36 Variation D
    Jan 1990
    English and Spanish text; Road Runner; Southern California Edison
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  • 36/E
    #36 Variation E
    Jan 1991
    English and Spanish text; Southern California Edison; Tom Edison’s Great Train Robbery
    No copies available
  • 36/F
    #36 Variation F
    Jan 1992
    Conserva-cat Kite Safety Book; English and Spanish text; Southern California Edison
    No copies available
  • 37
    #37
    Jan 1996
    Southern California Edison; The Official Kite Safety Book; The Puzzle Place
    No copies available