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Issue: Heckle and Jeckle #14
Publication Date: November 1953
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Issues: #14 of 22 Issues
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Publisher: FlagSt. John
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Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Company
On Sale Date: 1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Manhole Magpies

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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Bee... Beeep!
Synopsis: Popping-up from a manhole with an automobile horn, Heckle and Jeckle startle traffic cop Dimwit.
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Disclose Notes: The first of two consecutive "manhole gags" on the covers of the Heckle and Jeckle title. See issue #15.
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Hey Kids!! Be a Cartoonist! Talent Not Needed! It’s Easy! It’s Fun!

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First Line: Here’s how to draw more than 100,000 funny faces only $1.00 complete
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Lucky Products ad for "A 'Suitcase' Full of Cartoon Fun! The wonderful new drawing set that proves you can draw more than 100,000 funny faces”. Black and white ad on inside front cover.
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Round the World

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): travel agent #1; travel agent #2; coal scow captain; hula girls
First Line: What a stupe! All he's got is six hundred measly dollars and he wants to take a de-luxe world cruise!
Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle simulate a world cruise to bilk Dimwit out of six hundred dollars. When the ruse fails, the magpies book him on a real cruise - on a coal scow.
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Pages: 9
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Tough Stuff

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Benny (gym coach)
First Line: Hey! That's my bone, Chesty
Synopsis: Chesty pushes Dimwit around as if they were characters in a Charles Atlas ad, prompting Dimwit to toughen himself up at a gym.
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We're in the Army

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): cop; line of Army recruits; sergeant; line of soldiers; general
First Line: Stop, thieves! I saw that!
Synopsis: Running from a cop, Heckle and Jeckle hide out in a line at an Army recruiting center, where they are signed-up and create their expected havoc as soldiers.
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Pages: 6
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Big Catch

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): waiter
Synopsis: Dimwit aims to catch a fish for dinner. He ends up dining on fish, but in a roundabout way.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: An uncommon two-page pantomime story.
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The Spy

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): FBI man; magazine photographer
First Line: Whew!
Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle spot "an international spy" outside their window,E
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Pages: 2
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Yes, Right from Detroit!

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First Line: From the auto capitol of the world to you… comes this amazing motorcade bargain 50 cars for $1
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Disclose Notes: Young Products ad for toy cars boasting: “Nowhere in Lilliput did Gulliver ever see anything like this! This amazing motorcade bargain includes fifty miniature motor cars: true three dimensional scale models of streamline trolleys, highway vans, delivery trucks, repair service cars, and U.S. Army planes.” The bottom 1/4 of this page is an ad, also by Young Products, for an "Amazing new watch with mechanical brain - remembers - tells time - tells date - date changes automatically every day. Compare it at $50.00 - $8.95 plus 90-cents fed. tax"
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Dimwit's Secret Treasure

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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: "I wonder what the big secret could be," muttered Jeckle to Heckle on their way to Dimwit's house.
Synopsis: Coveting Dimwit's treasure map, Heckle and Jeckle send the dog on a false trail, while they follow the map's actual instructions.
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The Super Salesman

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): watchdog; witch
First Line: And don't come back!
Synopsis: Unsuccessful vacuum cleaner salesmen Heckle and Jeckle try one last chance for a sale - at the home of a witch.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The story's title is "The Super Salesman" (singular), even though Heckle and Jeckle are a pair.
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There's Everything Every Boy Wants in... Lionel Trains with Magne-Traction

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First Line: …More speed! …More pull! …More climb! …More control!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Lionel model trains and the new 1953 Lionel catalog. Black and white ad on inside back cover.
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I'll Give You a Watch, Air Rifle, Uke, Camera or Any of My 70 Big Prizes

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Character(s): "Uncle" Harry Bard ("The man who has been helping boys and girls earn prizes and extra cash for 35 years", in a penciled, inked, and colored head-shot.)
First Line: Just for selling Christmas cards to your family, friends, and neighbors
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Disclose Notes: Ad for American Specialty Co., offering prizes or money for the sales of Christmas cards. A four-panel black-and-white comic strip inset shows two kids mailing the coupon, selling the cards, receiving a prize package from the mailman, and telling their friends about it. Color ad on back cover.

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