Dell was the first publisher of the Looney Tunes comic books, starting in 1941 and lasting until 1962, with a total of 246 issues published. Dell also made other comics based on the Looney Tunes characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Sylvester, etc. All Looney Tunes publications stopped in 1962, moving over to Gold Key Comics instead. The Looney Tunes title itself took a hiatus till 1975, but the character-based titles continued.

