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Did You See What I Sawfish?

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; sawfish

Synopsis: An angry sawfish bisects Heckle and Jeckle's boat.

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Pages: 1

Notes: New cover for an issue of reprints.

Disappearing Act

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; Chesty (as "Mr. Bulldog")

First Line: Hello, Dimwit, lend me a nickel and I'll make it disappear.

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle fool Dimwit with a magic trick. Dimwit then tries it on Chesty, with different results.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.

What's Cookin'

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; supply merchant; cannibals; lion; elephant; hippo; ship's captain; circus boss; shocked pedestrian

First Line: Heckle, me lad! Look what I found!

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle travel to Africa to trap animals for a circus.

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Pages: 6

The Flirt

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Chesty; Heckle; Jeckle; old lady; cop

First Line: I tell you I didn't wink at the lady, I had a speck of dust in my eye!

Synopsis: As a practical joke, Heckle and Jeckle frame Chesty as a masher.

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Gandy the Scientist

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Sourpuss; Gandy Goose

First Line: What are you doing, Gandy?

Synopsis: Gandy experiments with an invisibility formula, to Sourpuss' chagrin.

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Mouse Fattening

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

First Line: It says here, mice sometimes eat so much cheese, they can't enter their mouseholes!

Synopsis: Percy Puss fattens-up Little Roquefort with much cheese.

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Loosened Log

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

First Line: I see Roquefort heading this way.

Synopsis: As Little Roquefort walks across a log bridge, Percy tries to dump him in the river.

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Quiz Shoes

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; the Ol' Kentucky Colonel (quiz show host); TV station manager; cop; picture frame merchant; audience members

First Line: Suh! We sure is pleased to award you-all this huge cash prize!

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle vs. Dimwit on a TV quiz show. The host is Dimwit's cousin, who tries his best to let Dimwit win with very easy questions. The magpies sabotage this network nepotism by switching the questions, but is it enough to ensure their victory?

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Pages: 6

Notes: This story appears to reference the quiz show scandals of the 1950s but, with an original publication date of 1952, might actually presage them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_quiz_show_scandals

Getting in Dutch - Shoes!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Terry Bears; Papa; other laughing kids

First Line: Papa - we need a new pair of shoes!

Synopsis: To save money on new shoes, Papa carves Dutch shoes out of wood for the boys and himself.

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Pages: 4

Mysterious Dinky

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Wilbur Woodchuck; Mrs. Tessie Turkey

First Line: "No! You can't have any!" growled Rudy, as he greedily devoured his huge dish of chicken feed.

Synopsis: Trying to steal Dinky's corn, Rudy keeps running into the little duck at every turn.

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Soft-Touch Gandy

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; several panhandlers

First Line: Pardon me, sir, could you spare a dime?

Synopsis: Gandy gives - a bit more than he intended.

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Hunger Bangs

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; gullible dog; movie theatre ticket taker (pig); pretty female dog

First Line: Gulp! Look at that delicious food, old bean!

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle con a gullible dog - not Dimwit.

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Pages: 7

Polio Precautions

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

First Line: Gamma Globulin – obtained from human blood – gives protection for a few weeks. However, it is in VERY SHORT SUPPLY. Meanwhile – when polio is around - follow these precautions.

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Notes: A little girl, something of a cross between Little Lulu and Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy, demonstrates the suggested precautions… “Don’t mix with new groups”, “Don’t get overtired”, “Don’t get chilled”… “But do keep clean”. Art is contained in four individual circular panels.

Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.

Wonderful Papa

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Terry Bears; Papa

First Line: Let me show you one of Nature's wonders.

Synopsis: Papa shows the boys how salmon can swim up a waterfall.

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Notes: On final interior page of the comic.

Hornets-a-Plenty

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Terry Bears; Papa; hornets

First Line: Well, that's enough reading for today. I must take a nap.

Synopsis: The boys extend Papa's lesson on "be[ing] kind to all the dumb animals" to a nest of hornets.

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Notes: Black and white on inside back cover.

Hurry!! Get a Cracker Jack Jingle Beanie

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Feature(s): Cracker Jack

First Line: Bell, on spring antenna, jingles when you walk

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Notes: Ad for Cracker Jack candy-coated popcorn with peanuts, offering a Cracker Jack Jingle Beanie hat “Yours for only 25-cents and [a] Cracker Jack box label”.

A box of Campfire Brand marshmallows ("Best tasting. Best toasting.") is also pictured at the lower right corner of the ad, though no mention of this product occurs in the ad copy! Color ad on back cover.