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Issue: Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat #37
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #37 of 42 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagToby
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Toby Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia reads published January 15, 1953.

No ads in this issue. All 100 pages are comics or comics-related text material.
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Snazzy Snowman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Skidoo the Mouse; Pokey Pig; rabbit
First Line: Big 100 Page Special!
Synopsis: Felix and his pals build a snowman.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New cover for an issue of reprints.

The cover copy states: All NEW Stories", but the issue's story content consists of Felix newspaper strip continuity and individual gag strip reprints, as well as previously published text stories that originated with Toby Press.
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They Can't Duck This One!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; flock of wild ducks
First Line: If I'm lucky I'll eat today!
Synopsis: Unsuccessful at duck hunting with a gun, Felix takes out a flock of four with a rocket.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Felix the Cat Sunday (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.
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Freeze-Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Hope I can make that house before freeze!
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Reprint Notes: Newspaper strip reprints? Plot involves several sequences.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 35
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Room and Board

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: Newspaper strip reprints? Story involves several plots.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 41
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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 originally 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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Animal Olympics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; many different animal contestants; Phyllis (Felix's cat girlfriend)
First Line: Enter for Olympic games here!
Synopsis: Felix organizes Olympic games for animals of all nations. Before the continuity ends, Felix also opens a school for animals, where the first math lesson has complications.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Felix the Cat Sunday strips (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Lights Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; two dogs; Hank (rooster); hen; bank robber; moose; Si (bearded man); club committee members; bear; game warden; crowd of hunters; squirrel; owl; sawfish; rabbits; turkeys; duck; group of kids
First Line: Drat that snoring
Synopsis: Felix needs a warm place to sleep. Various animals help him out, and he returns the courtesy by misdirecting a crowd of hunters. He also tries to read a book in the dark, hunt an agile ducking-duck, and (with his errant shooting) blows holes in a fence that allows a group of kids to see a football game for free.
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Reprint Notes: from Felix the Cat dailies (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Wood-Sawing Symphony

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; musician; employment agent; foreman
First Line: Bah! Ah! A black cat!
Synopsis: Felix helps a cellist get a job - just not the job he wanted.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Felix the Cat Sunday (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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School Daze

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Henny the Hound; Pete the Pig; Jack the Rabbit;
First Line: In the hall of the little red house in the valley, the old grandfather clock ticked lazily, almost as if it were keeping time to the steps of Felix as he paced nervously back and forth, head bowed and his tail dragging along the carpeted room.
Synopsis: On a snow-day, schoolboy Felix is faced with a dread decision... go out and play in the snow with his pals, or stay inside and study geography.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two illustrations by Messmer.
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Felix is Black, White, and Red-Faced All Over

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Native American family
First Line: Something must be done!!
Synopsis: At the beach, Felix thinks a family has gotten a bad case of sunburn.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Felix the Cat Sunday (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Stalling a Moveable Feast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; lifeguard; girl at beach; food delivery man; pack of dogs
First Line: Now if I can only pick up a stray bit o' lunch!
Synopsis: Hoping to score a meal, Felix waylays a food delivery man - but misses out anyway.
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Reprint Notes: from Felix the Cat Sunday (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tripping the Lights is Not Fantastic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Kitty; Scottie MacPurp
First Line: I promised to pay Scottie a visit --- Let's go over to his house this evening...
Synopsis: At Scottie MacPurp's house, the lights go on and off with annoying regularity.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Felix the Cat Sunday (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside back cover.
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Undoing the Dishes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Kitty; unnamed rival cat
First Line: How about takin' in a show with us, Kitty?
Synopsis: Felix and his romantic rival must finish washing Kitty's large stack of dishes before she'll go to a movie with them.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Felix the Cat Sunday (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black, white, and red-tones on back cover.

Very much like a situation for Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto, with the romantic rival cat even drawn to resemble Bluto.

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