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Issue: Terry-Toons Comics #56
Publication Date: May 1947
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Issues: #56 of 59 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/04/1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee is believed to have written stories for this series.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, No. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-47, p. 380, Copyright number: B72117.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Ten Tons of Fun

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Oscar Pig; Grunty
Synopsis: Mighty Mouse lifts a 20,000 pound barbell with Gandy Goose, Sourpuss, Oscar Pig, and Grunty hanging on.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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This Easy Way Teaches Piano Without Sheet Music

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dave Minor
First Line: New Short-Cut Piano Method.. Has No Scales.. No Conventional Notes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering the Dave Minor Short-Cut Piano Method. "25 lessons at less than 6¢ per lesson", with a ten-day free trial. Black and white ad on inside front cover.
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The Great Flood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Polecat (cat); various other cats; various mice of Terrytown; police officer (mouse); Chippee (dam operator mouse); polar bear; penguins; Crusher (cat); mouse technician at arctic weather station
First Line: The eerie beams of a pale moon gleam down on the sleeping village of Terrytown.
Synopsis: Cats plan to overwhelm a dam with storm-driven rainwater, and flood out the mice of Terrytown.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: SL-918
Disclose Notes: Job Number is "SL-918", indicating that Stan Lee likely prepared the script for this story.
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The Archers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; woman with hat
First Line: Gandy had a big round package under one arm and a long oblong package under the other arm as he started up his front walk.
Synopsis: Gandy gets himself an archery set. Sourpuss horns-in on Gandy's target practice.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: SL-?
Disclose Notes: Job Number is "SL-" followed by illegible characters, but the "SL-" is an unofficial indicator that Stan Lee prepared the script for this story.
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Carriage Carnage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Oscar Pig; Grunty; six dog-faced onlookers (in opening splash panel); Mrs. Brown; "Bottles" Brown; cop; horse; manhole worker; painter; train engineer
First Line: Gee! Look what's happening --- will ya, huh?
Synopsis: Grunty runs all over town with a baby carriage, wreaking much havoc as he goes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: A most unconventional start to a story, with six goofy-looking dog-faced characters in the opening splash panel laughing and pointing down to the "actual" beginning of the Oscar Pig story - with one of them saying "Gee! Look what's happening --- will ya, huh?". These characters are not part of the story, but seem to be just a bunch of amused onlookers inhabiting the opening splash.
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Gold Is Where You Find It... Maybe?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; mysterious turbaned stranger; Abdul (emissary of the Pasha of Hasha); Omar (emissary of the Pasha of Hasha); plumber; hot dog vendor
First Line: Bah! I'm broke again!
Synopsis: Thanks to Gandy's bumbling, a mysterious turbaned stranger forces Sourpuss to buy a "gold finder" in the form of a metal pipe. Having forked-over all his money to the stranger under duress, Sourpuss is desperate enough to follow Gandy's suggestion that they use the pipe to find gold. After a few unsuccessful attempts at "pipe-prospecting", two emissaries of the Pasha of Hasha appear to Sourpuss claiming that the pipe was stolen from their master, and offer to buy it back - but Gandy has already sold the seemingly worthless length of pipe to a plumber for 25¢. Can Sourpuss get it back again?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: SL-205
Disclose Notes: Job Number is "SL-205", indicating that Stan Lee likely prepared the script for this story.
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Biggest Smoker's Value Ever! Windproof Lighter and Plastic Cigarette Case

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? ,(photo)
Inker(s): ? ,(photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Imperial Industries
First Line: Top slides open and pops up your favorite cigarette
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A full page ad, subdivided into five smaller ads: "Windproof Lighter and Plastic Cigarette Case" (top half of page - other ads share the lower half), "Famous TARCO Electric Cigarette Lighter", "Now You Can Have a Life-Like Statuette Made from Any Photo or Snapshot", "Precision-Built Military Wrist Watch", and "Genuine Photomaster Candid Camera".
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Win Big Cash Prizes!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo of the magazine)
Inker(s): ? (photo of the magazine)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Miss America Magazine
First Line: Are you a knittin' kitten? A clever cookie? Got oceans of notions?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for Miss America Magazine. A black and white photo of a copy of the magazine appears in the ad. The April 1947 issue is featured, touting "4 Big Contests" - Cooking, Painting, Ideas, and Knitting and Crocheting - all offering cash prizes that are "sure-fire to make your pockets jingle-jangle".

On final interior page of the comic.
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Here's the Greatest BILLFOLD BARGAIN in all America!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
First Line: 4 Big Values in One - All for only $1.98
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering the "Smart Leather Billfold" from Illinois Merchandise Mart, which "comes to you complete with large built-in coin holder, a self-contained pass case, rabbit's foot key holder with chain, [and] an engraved identification plate". Black and white ad on inside back cover.
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"Bet He'd Like One Too!"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Curtiss Candy Company; Baby Ruth
Character(s): group of kids; snowman; dog
First Line: If he could, Mr. Snowman would really enjoy the taste-satisfaction that luscious chewy Baby Ruth candy brings!
Synopsis: In a "Norman Rockwell-like" illustration, a group of kids gather around a snowman and enjoy Baby Ruth candy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color ad on back cover.

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