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The Magic Spell

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat

Synopsis: Felix demonstrates a unique way to sleep on a bed-of-nails.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Credits from Michael Morgan via the GCD Error Tracker.

Cover represents interior scene on story page one of part two.

The Lightning Bolt Was a Live Wire

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; Felix's neighbor

First Line: I'd like to paint something really different today!

Synopsis: Felix hangs his painting of a storm cloud on the wall to a surprising result.

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Pages: 1

Notes: This story is reprinted in Felix the Cat (Harvey, 1955 Series) #116 (July 1961), but with a new cover illustrating the gag.

Out in the Cold

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; lion; flock of migrating ducks; Hundu fakir

First Line: It burns me up to be freezing like this!

Synopsis: In the cold of winter, Felix searches fruitlessly for a warm place to sleep.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part One of Three.

The Summer Blizzard

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Kitty; Inky; Dinky; amused onlookers

First Line: What a lovely day!

Synopsis: Kitty dresses for the weather conditions she sees out her window - and dresses again as conditions change.

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Pages: 2

The Magic Spell

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; Hundu fakir; Professor Ogle; mattress salesman; angry Martian; two Martian Space Patrol officers

First Line: Ah!

Synopsis: Determined to get to sleep, Felix turns to a hypnotist who lulls him to sleep on a cloud. While floating, he's observed by a mattress salesman looking for a good promotion stunt and runs afoul of some Martians who blast him apart into six smaller versions of himself.

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Pages: 5

Notes: This story opens with an image similar to the issue's cover, with Felix sleeping on a bed-of-nails but safely propped-up by his tail. Part Two of Three.

Listening on the Party Line

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Feature(s): Harvey Comics

Character(s): Big H Kid; Casper the Friendly Ghost; Felix the Cat; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Joe Palooka; Little Max; Little Audrey; Sad Sack; Sgt. Circle; Dick Tracy

First Line: Hello friends - can you tell our readers what you are doing in this month's issue?

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Pages: 0.67

Notes: The design of The Big H Kid consists of the Harvey Comics logo, with a boy's head, two arms, and two legs - and would be Harvey's analog to the more well-known, and similarly designed, publisher mascot Johnny DC.

Repurposed art of the various characters in the ad with each holding a telephone, except Sgt. Circle with a walkie-talkie and Dick Tracy with his two-way wrist-radio.

As part of the ad, Felix the Cat "talks into the telephone" (as do all cited characters) and speaks of this issue (#80): "I'm cast under a magic spell that lifts me to the skies! But, OUCH! Do I come down with a bang of thrills!"

Unlike many of the Harvey promo pages, no comic book covers are reproduced.

Sheaffer's Cartridge Pen

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Feature(s): W.A. Sheaffer Pen Company

First Line: Just drop Skrip cartridge into barrel, and write!

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Ad for the Sheaffer Cartridge Pen, "The Fountain Pen that FILLS like a ballpoint!" $2.95 with two Skrip cartridges.

Pot o' Gold

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; man with umbrella; rainbow painting crew; hot dog vendor; prospector; mule; Professor Ogle

First Line: Wow! It's raining CATS!

Synopsis: The six smaller versions of Felix fall to Earth in the midst of a rainstorm, where they "reassemble" into one full-sized Felix. With the end of the rainstorm comes a rainbow, which Felix follows in search of its pot o' gold.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part Three of Three.

The Boast

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Carrie the cow; Tommy Turtle; Harry Hare; Monty the Mole

First Line: A crowd of the barnyard boys were sitting around in a shady grove behind the old red barn.

Synopsis: In a race between Tommy Turtle and Harry Hare, the hare is slowed to a standstill by torrential rain and gale force winds, while the turtle wins the race by ducking the storm and traveling via the underground tunnels of Monty the Mole.

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Per the index listing at GCD, this is the first printing of this text story - and its only reprint is in Felix the Cat (Harvey, 1955 Series) #116 (July 1961). Should additional printings be discovered, this note should be updated.

These characters do not appear intended to be the "Tommy Tortoise" and "Moe Hare" duo of the Paramount/Harvey theatrical shorts, but they might as well be.

Oddly, the hare plays fair, while the turtle cheats - and WINS!

You'll Love Little Dot

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Feature(s): Harvey Comics; Little Dot

Character(s): Little Dot

First Line: She's on the spot with fun and laughs with the cutest stories...

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Harvey Comics house ad for Little Dot. Lower 1/4 of page.

His Number's Up

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Ma Bunny; Pa Bunny; Little Billy Bunny; Billy's ten brothers and sisters

First Line: Each night, just like clockwork, Ma Bunny would stand on the porch of her woodland cabin and bang a frying pan with a spoon.

Synopsis: Finally given the responsibility of counting that all the bunny kids have come safely home, Billy miscounts by failing to count himself and sends Ma and Pa into a frenzy over the "missing" bunny child.

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Pages: 0.75

Wildroot Cream-Oil gives you confidence! (Burning Building)

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Character(s): firefighters; man in nightshirt

First Line: Confidence begins with a smart successful appearance which naturally means well-groomed hair.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Ad copy is accompanied by a magazine-cartooning illustration of a fireman trying to rescue a night-shirted man from an upper floor of a burning building. CAPTION (Fireman): "Says he'll walk down. Wildroot Cream-Oil gives him confidence!" Lower 1/4 of page.

Beware the Blobs!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; The Blobs; Scratch (lion - first appearance)

First Line: Felix has been told to come aboard a mysterious undersea craft, the "Floating Saucer"!

Synopsis: Mistaken for an advance scout for The Blobs (a horde of "potato-like aliens" with antennae), Felix devises a plan to turn back their invasion of Earth. The Blobs can shape-shift into any Earth-animal form they choose and believe Felix to be their "Agent 32" in the form of a cat.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Art and coloring simulate a black-and-white television program. Continued from issue #79 and continued in issue #81.

The Blobs' "Floating Saucer", a craft that can travel through space, air, and sea, anticipates the "Flying Sub" from the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964-1968).

Arctic (Full) Circle

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Inky; Dinky; Kitty; Tag (dog); ladder-moving guy

First Line: Aunt Kitty! We still have one hour before bedtime - may we go out to play?

Synopsis: Resisting sleep, an hour before their bedtime, Inky and Dinky play "arctic explorer" outdoors and, by happenstance, find themselves fast asleep in their bed on time.

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Pages: 3