Yosemite Sam #48

Yosemite Sam #48 was published by Gold Key Comics during the 1970s, a period when the publisher held the license to adapt various classic Looney Tunes characters into standalone comic book titles. These issues were intended to capitalize on the enduring popularity of the character, who had been created by Friz Freleng for Warner Bros. animation in 1945. The comic served as a low-cost, accessible form of entertainment for children, focusing on the character's signature bombastic personality and his perpetual, often disastrous, attempts to outsmart Bugs Bunny.

The creative direction for these Gold Key titles typically relied on a rotating team of house writers and artists who were tasked with maintaining the established visual language of the Warner Bros. animation department. While these comics were rarely treated as high-concept art, they are valued today as quintessential examples of mid-century mass-market children's publishing. They were received primarily as disposable light reading, yet they have maintained a steady following among collectors who seek to preserve the wider history of the Looney Tunes legacy in print format.