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Issue: TerryToons Comics #4
Publication Date: April 1953
 
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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 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: In addition to the publisher’s address, the indicia also lists an address for “Terrytoons, Inc.”, 38 Centre Ave., New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Leaving a Cat in "Limb-bo"!

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anthropomorphic, superhero
Mighty Mouse; cat; little bird
A cat has gone out on a limb to snatch a little bird from its nest. Mighty Mouse saves the day by breaking the limb and leaving the cat with no visible means of support.
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New cover for an issue of reprints.
Calling All Space Rangers!

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Over 70 action packed space ships flying saucers - rockets - men from Mars etc. All for $1
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Ad offering 70 outer-space-themed plastic toys representing forces from Earth and Mars – even including one “Mystery Planet” – for one dollar. Also “Free! Plastic rocket gun! 6 inches long. Sends code with real trigger. Yours free for promptness! Hurry! Mail coupon today!” Sold by Space Squadron.
(Punctuation, or lack thereof, in "First Line of Dialogue or Text" (at top) is exactly as it appears on the page.)
Black and white ad on inside front cover.
The Comet

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anthropomorphic, superhero
Mighty Mouse; Gustav Mouse (Terrytown astronomer); The Claw; Scarpuss; various members of The Claw's gang; various cat citizens of Terrytown; various mouse citizens of Terrytown; Daily Gazette reporter; Daily Gazette editor
A new comet! My figures were right!
A newly-discovered comet is streaking toward Terrytown. How will The Claw turn this potential disaster to his advantage?
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High Tide Hero

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anthropomorphic
Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Susie; Elmer; various beachgoers; lifeguards; octopus
Shake a leg!
Elmer, muscular with a great physique, moves-in on Sourpuss' girl Susie. Sourpuss schemes to show up his rival at the beach.
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Young's Toy Fair

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Order by Mail Save 1/2
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Ad offering an "electronic walkie-talkie communication system", an "electric-TV projector", a toy sewing machine that "really sews", and a "new watch with mechanical brain". Sold by Young's Products.
The Jailbirds

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anthropomorphic
Heckle; Jeckle; prison guard (bulldog); various prisoners
I say, old thing, that should be a perfect place in which to sell our product!
Traveling salesmen Heckle and Jeckle try their luck at the state penitentiary, where they try selling escape tools to the prisoners, and lead the chief guard on a merry chase.
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50 Combat Action Plastic Toys $1

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Your own task force
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Ad offering 50 military-themed plastic toys, including soldiers, sailors, marines, WACS, and various land, air, and sea vehicles, for one dollar from Fighting Force. Also “Free! 6 inch long die cut shooting cannon that shoots harmless bombs" if you "order NOW!"
Between pages 5 and 6 of previous story.
A Barrel of Fun!

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Take your pick of the best belly laughs ever.
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Ad offering eight different illustrated joke books for $1.98 each. Included are: "The Complete Baseball Joke Book", "The Complete Army-Navy Joke Book", "The Complete Barber Shop Joke Book", "The Complete Golf Joke Book", "The Complete Traveling Salesman Joke Book", "The Complete Bartenders' Joke Book", "The Complete Bedside Joke Book", and "The Complete Campus Joke Book".

On the mail-in coupon, where you check a box for the specific joke books to order, "The Complete Bedside Joke Book" is (presumably accidentally) omitted from the selection list. Sold by Stravon Publishers.
The Iron Cow

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anthropomorphic
Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; various anthropomorphic talking farm animals; mechanical cow
The cow's bone dry!
As the other farm animals besiege Rudy over the cows' producing no milk, Dinky comes to the rooster’s aid with the invention of a mechanical milk-producing cow. Careless and egotistical Rudy manages to find a way to mess things up.
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Though this is a 1953 reprint of a 1948 story, Dinky’s reference to the year being “1948” is unchanged from the original printing. In the final panel, everyone has a good laugh at Rudy - including both the barn and its silo.
Get Prizes... Make Money

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This easy way -
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Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., in exchange for prizes or money. Twelve prizes are pictured in the ad ( with "...lots of others in our Big Prize Book"), accompanied by drawings of lots of excited and cheering kids. "Some of the bigger prizes require extra money as stated in our Big Prize Book"!

This exact same ad appears in glossier color on the back cover.
Draw Instantly

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Amazing invention makes drawing easy! Draw anything!
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Ad offering the “Master Art Helper”, a device that projects a selected object or image for tracing onto a sheet of paper. “No matter what you want to draw with the use of the Master Art Helper, it is automatically seen on any sheet of paper, then you easily, quickly trace the picture on the paper because you already see it there – and in color too!” Only $1.98 for the “Standard Model” and $2.98 for the “De Luxe Model”. Black and white ad on inside back cover.
Get Prizes... Make Money

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
This easy way -
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., in exchange for prizes or money. Twelve prizes are pictured in the ad ( with "...lots of others in our Big Prize Book"), accompanied by drawings of lots of excited and cheering kids. "Some of the bigger prizes require extra money as stated in our Big Prize Book"! Color ad on back cover.

This exact same ad appears on the final interior page of the comic.

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