The Hair Bear Bunch 1

The Hair Bear Bunch 1 is the second issue of The Hair Bear Bunch series from Gold Key Comics. The issue date is February 1972 and the cover price is fifteen cents.

Who's Zoo Part I
Starring: The Hair Bear Bunch Summary: The Hair Bear Bunch run back to the zoo just as the gates are closing. Botch springs a lawnmower net trap to catch them, but catches Peevly instead. The trio return to their cave through the secret entrance. Peevly finds them there pretending to sleep, and says if they leave the zoo again, he'll send them back to live in the forest. Hair Bear conspires with the other animals to convince Peevly that he's sick. When Peevly goes to lie down, Hair Bear paints spots on his face and pretends to be a doctor, prescribing a six-month vacation. The ruse works, but Peevly's replacement Grunch seems tougher than Peevly was.

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Who's Zoo Part II
(continued) Summary: Exhausted after Grunch puts them on work detail, The Hair Bear Bunch escape on their Cloudburst Balloon Bike and go search for Peevly. They find him relaxing on a beach vacation and plead with him to return, but he refuses. Grunch and Botch catch up and chase the bears around the beach. The Bunch evades them and hides at Peevly's hotel. They disguise themselves as employees, guests, and even fish so Peevly thinks he sees them everywhere. He consults a doctor, again Hair in disguise, who tells him to take a quick nap and then return to the zoo. While he's asleep, Hair dresses him in a bear costume. Grunch and Botch capture him in a net, so when they all return to the zoo, Peevly puts them on work detail while the bears relax.

Trivia

 * The Hair Bear Bunch story was reprinted in French in Les 3 Ours en Ballon.