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Issue: Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat #20
Publication Date: May 1951
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Issues: #20 of 42 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagToby
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Indicia Publisher: Toby Press Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: First Toby Press issue. Continues numbering from Dell. Despite the change in publisher, this issue is identical in style and content to the Dell issues that preceded it.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Candy Trapper

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Skidoo the Mouse
Synopsis: Skidoo replaces Felix's box of candy with a mousetrap.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Shutter Bug

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Skidoo the Mouse; rabbit; snowman-making kid; peanut vendor; Felix's fishing buddies
First Line: I sure hit the jackpot in toys!
Synopsis: Felix has misadventures as a photographer, additionally hampered by the antics of Skidoo the Mouse.
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In Content Item: FlagFelix the Cat #4 [Direct] published March 1992
as The Shutter Bug [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story is a mix of four-tier and three-tier pages.
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Felix Drives a Bargain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; car dealer; motorist with broken-down car; two bank guards; farmer; Slippy Joe (escaped prisoner); prison warden; prison guards; husband and wife listening to radio
First Line: Fine day for a spin!
Synopsis: Felix swaps his scooter for a broken-down car, which he repairs and drives into a massive cavern.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Story is a mix of four-tier and three-tier pages.
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Miragia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; ice-cold drink vendor (mirage); desert ranger; mirage maker; two airplane pilots; airline passengers
First Line: Shucks!! Winter is dull!
Synopsis: Fed up with winter, Felix has his Magic Carpet take him to where it's warm. He ends up in a vast Middle Eastern desert, where he assists a desert ranger in capturing a bandit who is victimizing people with mirages.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part of the "Felix Magic Carpet Fantasy" series.

Story is a mix of four-tier and three-tier pages.
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A Curious Tale

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Elmer Jones (express delivery man); bulldog
First Line: Felix the Cat was in his kitchen - complete with apron and chef's hat preparing his supper.
Synopsis: After preparing a sumptuous dinner, Felix lets his curiosity get the best of him and opens a crate intended for his neighbor. He never gets to eat that sumptuous dinner.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This is NOT the text story "A Curious Tale" that later appeared in Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (Harvey, 1955 Series) #62 - and subsequently reprinted in other Harvey titles. This is a text story that originated with Toby Press featuring Felix the Cat, where the Harvey version features a more generic character named "Pokey Pig". Previous indexers had confused the two. That reprint link has been removed.

However, the later Harvey version *is* an almost word-for-exact-word remake of this story. Below are the first and last paragraphs of the Toby and Harvey versions for comparison purposes:

TOBY (First Paragraph): "Felix the Cat was in his kitchen - complete with apron and chef's hat preparing his supper. He was whistling merrily as the shiny pots bubbled on top of the stove, and from the oven, the tempting smell of roast beef wafted toward his nose."

HARVEY (First Paragraph): "Pokey Pig was in his kitchen - complete with chef's hat and apron, whistling merrily as the shiny pots bubbled and hissed on the top of the stove. From the oven came the tempting smell of roast beef wafting through the kitchen. Pokey was preparing his supper."

TOBY (Last Paragraph): "'Oooh!' Felix wailed. 'I'll never let my curiosity get the best of me again!'"

HARVEY (Last Paragraph): "'Oooh!' wailed Pokey. 'I'll never let my curiosity get the better of me again!'"

No reason is known for this unusual reworking of such a minor text story but (perhaps coincidently, perhaps not) both versions appeared respectively in the first issue of Felix the Cat from Toby Press (#20), and the first issue of Felix the Cat from Harvey (#62).
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Jungle Toymaker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Jolly Jungle
Character(s): Monty Monk; native father; native toddler; zebra; gray elephant; leopard; giraffe; monkey; hippo; white elephant
First Line: Now is the time!
Synopsis: Monty Monk opens a toymaker's shop and uses various jungle animals for design inspirations.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: A continuation of the "Monty Monk" backup feature from the Dell Comics run of Felix the Cat, but retitled as "Jolly Jungle".

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