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Bubble, Bubble… Roquefort’s in Trouble!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

Synopsis: Little Roquefort's caught in a bubble, thanks to Percy Puss and his bubble pipe.

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Pages: 1

Notes: New cover for an issue of reprints.

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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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.

The Deep Freeze Gang

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; two “Abbott and Costello” looking cats; The Claw; lots of enthusiastic mice; lots of worried mice; other cats; Mitzi Mouse; mouse police chief

First Line: On the outskirts of Terrytown, a suspicious looking pair sneak through the back streets carrying a mysterious box.

Synopsis: The Claw captures mice and freezes them into “Mousicles” as a treat for cats.

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Pages: 8

Notes: This story is a comic book adaptation of the 1950 Mighty Mouse theatrical animated short "Law and Order", directed by Eddie Donnelly - and written by this comic book's editor Tom Morrison. Recurring comics villain The Claw replaces the cartoon's large cat-villain "Pinhead Shlobotka", and the mice are lured into a trap by a sham "Mighty Mouse movie", rather than the "exotic dancer film" seen in the cartoon. Information on the cartoon "Law and Order" provided by Merlin Haas.

Amateur Doctor

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; doctor

First Line: Gandy, Gandy, get the doctor -- get the doctor --

Synopsis: Sourpuss has “a kink in his back and [can’t] straighten up”. Rather than call a doctor, Gandy tries to diagnose and remedy the problem by consulting a book.

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Everyone Wants These Great 3-D Hits!

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Penciller(s): Charlie Stern (signed)

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Feature(s): St. John Publishing Co.

Character(s): Three Stooges, crowd of hundreds

First Line: Ask for these 3-D magazines at your favorite newsstand!

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Notes: St. John house ad for its 3-D titles: Three Dimension Comics featuring 1,000,000 Years Ago, Three Dimension Comics starring The Three Stooges, and Three Dimension Comics presents WHACK. The covers of each are reproduced.

Butting Billy

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Billy Goat; angry duck; angry pig; angry chicken; other angry barnyard animals

First Line: Gangway!

Synopsis: Rudy and Dinky try to stop a mischievous billy goat from butting all the other animals in the barnyard.

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Pages: 5

Yes, Right from Detroit!

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Feature(s): Young Products

First Line: From the auto capitol of the world to you… comes this amazing motorcade bargain 50 cars for $1

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Pages: 1

Notes: 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"

Fishermen's Folly

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Sourpuss; Gandy Goose

First Line: Hurry and dig some bait or we’ll miss the fish.

Synopsis: Digging for fishing worms, Gandy and Sourpuss unearth a buried treasure chest – and throw it into the river, before realizing what it is.

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The Eye of India

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dopey Dog (not Dimwit); butler; high society party guests; Artie the Dip; lots of frantically charging police officers

First Line: Romancing Raffles who rifles rich reported heading for our town. I say, old boy, they’re offering a million dollar reward for the capture of this crook.

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle set out to catch a smooth jewel thief, on whom there is a big reward. They set Dopey Dog up in drag with a large jewel made from a milk bottle as bait.

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Pages: 7

Notes: This story is visibly the work of two different artists – the more “classic Terrytoons” style of Art Bartsch and the wild sketchiness of Jim Tyer. Bartsch handles pages 1-3 and the lower ¾ of page 7. Tyer is clearly in evidence on pages 4-6 and the top ¼ page 7 – especially so at the bottom of page 5 with a hard-charging crowd of 11 policemen waving guns and nightsticks, with one even sprouting “angel wings” to fly above and along with the squad. The final panel appears to be a “tack-on”, in that the Magpies’ expressions are “sequentially disconnected” from the panels before it. They are showing different emotions entirely, with only a vague reference to what has just passed, and that they are looking forward to “our [their] next comic strip”.

Fools Afloat

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; ship’s captain; ship’s first officer; ship’s cook

First Line: The biggest boat afloat, and right in town! Ah, this brings back memories of my sailing days!

Synopsis: Gandy and "experienced sailor" Sourpuss find themselves aboard a ship at sea, where they bumble every task assigned to them as stowaways.

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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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Notes: Ad for Lionel model trains and the new 1953 Lionel catalog. Black and white ad on inside back cover.

I'll Give You a Watch, Air Rifle, Uke, Camera or Any of My 70 Big Prizes

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Feature(s): American Specialty Co.

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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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.