The Hair Bear Bunch 8

The Hair Bear Bunch 8 is the eighth issue of The Hair Bear Bunch series from Gold Key Comics. The issue date is November 1973 and the cover price is twenty cents.

The Weirdo Map
Starring: The Hair Bear Bunch Summary: Tired of preventing bear escapes, the zookeepers issue the bunch a weekend pass, knowing they'll return later. The bears knock a man over, bumping his head and giving him amnesia. They find a key in his pocket and help him to his hotel room. They search his stuff for clues but he still doesn't remember who he is. They put him in bed to rest and continue their search. They find a map and some tools. They think they'll find his home, but actually break into a bank vault and set off the alarm. Meanwhile, the man starts to regain his memory and makes his way to the bank. Thinking they're trying to muscle in on his action, he chases them down through a skylight into a health spa, but the bears quickly move the swimming pool's diving board, bouncing the man back up to the police.

Peevly and Botch hear the bears returning and think they're tired of the night life already, but they're just stashing their reward money and going back out.

The Hibernation Bit
Starring: The Hair Bear Bunch Summary: The zoo's newest resident, Hustle Bear, can't stand being idle. The Hair Bear Bunch eagerly let him do their chores for them. However, Peevly realizes just how lazy the bears have been and makes them work as hard as Hustle does. They sabotage all the cleaning equipment to slow hustle down, but he quickly improvises new tools and does the work even faster.

The Bunch prepares Hustle a comfy bed and convinces him to go to sleep, then tie a hot air balloon to it and float him out of the zoo. The zoo superintendent pole vaults the wall to make a surprise inspection, but lands in Hustle's bed. Peevly spots the balloon and commands Jumbo to shoot it down with a peanut. The bed lands on Peebly and Botch. Hustle makes the bed and begins cleaning the zoo again. Impressed with his work ethic, the superintendent transfers him to the administrative level. Peevly sends the Hair Bear Bunch back to work, but they enlist Jumbo to pull them around so they can work from bed.