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That Trap Won't Snap!

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; two little mice

First Line: Help yourselves boys!

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse keeps a mousetrap from snapping, while two little mice remove the cheese.

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Mighty Mouse #7 published November 1948
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Take Pictures Day or Night

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Feature(s): Martens-David Co.

First Line: Indoors or outdoors

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Notes: Ad offering a "nationally advertised camera with flash attachment for inside and night picture taking". Comes with "4 super flash bulbs and roll [of] high speed film" for $5.95. Black and white ad on inside front cover.

Krakatoa

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; island natives (mice); witch doctor (mouse); missionary (mouse); missionary's daughter (mouse)

First Line: The Fire God is awakening!

Synopsis: With the terrible volcano of Krakatoa ready to blow, a witch doctor leads his followers to revolt against a kindly missionary and sacrifice the missionary's daughter to a volcano god. Mighty Mouse will have none of that.

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Pages: 8

Notes: This story is not a comic-book adaptation of the 1945 Mighty Mouse theatrical short "Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa", which has a very different plot.

Beauty and the Beast

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Miss Chubby Squirrel; Warren Wolf; Sammy Squirrel (not the MGM character from the “Wuff the Prairie Dog” comic feature)

First Line: It’s early morning in the forest and Miss Chubby Squirrel is about to rise…

Synopsis: A wolf uses the pretense of a beauty salon weight-loss program to get a weight-conscious squirrel into his clutches.

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Pages: 8

Notes: In this story, Mighty Mouse has a “brownish-gray coloring” rather than his usual black, and small, but noticeable, protruding “mouse front teeth”.

Mighty Mouse's Fan Club

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Billy (mouse); Betty (mouse); Canvasback Cat; Susie (mouse, member of the Mighty Mouse Fan Club)

First Line: "If these don't please Betty nothing will," said Billy Mouse as he surveyed the large bouquet of flowers in his right hand and the box of chocolates in his left.

Synopsis: Billy is jealous of Betty's running the Mighty Mouse Fan Club and wants to gain Betty's affection. He pays a washed-up old boxing cat, Canvasback Cat, to invade a meeting of the club so Billy can show up in the nick of time and become the "hero". Billy learns he should never make a deal with a cat!

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Notes: Good Bit: The text describes the beating that Mighty Mouse gives the cat as follows: "In fact, it is said that to this day Canvasback is so sore, he winces if you breathe on him."

The Strike-Out

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Dodgems mouse baseball team; Pigmies mouse baseball team; mouse baseball spectators; cat

First Line: Mice from near and far are gathered for their annual baseball fete...

Synopsis: A cat disrupts the mouse baseball game between the Dodgems and the Pigmies. He didn't count on Mighty Mouse entering the game in the ninth and "getting the save".

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Pages: 4

Notes: As a New York based publisher working with a New York Based studio in the late-1940s thru the mid-1950s, the "Dodgems" and the "Pigmies" are clearly parodies of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants.

Free! This Full-Color Art-Print of Mighty Mouse Suitable for Framing

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Feature(s): St. John Publishing Co.; Terry-Toons Comics

Character(s): Mighty Mouse

First Line: Free with each one-year subscription to Terry-Toons Comics don’t delay!

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Notes: St. John house ad for subscriptions to Terry-Toons Comics with a free 8x10 print of Mighty Mouse in a classically heroic pose. One, two, and three-year subscriptions are offered, at a proportionate savings per issue.

The Toy Shop

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Old Mr. Cheery; lots of mice; cat

First Line: My, my, ten o' clock already! Time to lock the store up!

Synopsis: Old Mr. Cheery closes up his toy shop for the night, and the mice will play - and revel do they 'round a newly arrived stock of Mighty Mouse dolls. A cat shows up to spoil the fun, until one particular "Mighty Mouse" goes from being a "doll" to becoming an "action figure".

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Make Money with Your Own Juke Box Bank

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Feature(s): American Merchandising Company

First Line: A real money-maker for you… because friends and relatives will help you save, just to see how it works!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad offering a "Juke Box Bank", described as "...a gay plastic reproduction of the tuneful Juke Box down at the corner soda fountain". Readers are further advised to “Bring it out at parties or when company comes to call. The coins and currency will really pour in, because everyone wants to see it light up electrically and flash its bit of advice: ‘It’s Wise to Be Thrifty’”. $1.98 complete with battery and bulb.

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America’s Greatest Junior Typewriter Value!

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Feature(s): American Merchandising Company

First Line: Famous Simplex Portable Typewriter only $2.98

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Notes: Ad offering a Simplex Portable Typewriter for $2.98, with such "new improved features" as "an individual key for each letter", a "jiffy spacing bar", and it "shifts from capital to small letters".

On final interior page of the comic. Lower half of page.

The Most Amazing Factory-To-You Introductory Offer Ever Made to Magazine Readers Not One… Not Two… But ALL 3

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Feature(s): M.P.K Company

First Line: Yes, this perfectly matched 3 piece pocket set with your name engraved on all three writing instruments in gold letters… Factory to you $1.69

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Notes: Ad offering a three-piece matched set of a fountain pen, ball point pen, and mechanical pencil, each engraved with a person's name in gold lettering. Comes with a 10-day home trial, and full-year's guarantee. Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Hey Gang! Get Your Free Movie Star Booklet!

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Feature(s): Schwinn

First Line: See special full color pictures of famous movie stars

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Notes: Ad offering a “Movie Star Booklet” of celebrities posing on their Schwinn bicycles. Doubles as a catalog for Schwinn bicycles. Color ad on back cover.