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Bowling the Bird and Canning the Cat

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Bulldog

Synopsis: Sylvester has Tweety trapped in a fishbowl, as Bulldog is about to trap Sylvester in a trash can.

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Personality Posters

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Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.

First Line: Now! For the first time ever, you can order Personality Posters ® an incredible collection of posters from the most famous name in posters.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad offering various animal and movie image posters. Color ad on inside front cover.

Duels and Don'ts!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Monsieur Pierre Moustache (cat); Pierre’s second (cat); lawn-mowing guy; two big cats; small cat

First Line: Monsieur Pierre Moustache wishes to know if it’s true that you have been spreading the rumor that he is a coward?

Synopsis: Sylvester is challenged to a duel at dawn by a French aristo-cat.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Conventional rounded dialogue balloons.

3 Free Baseball Cards

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Feature(s): Hostess Snack Cakes

Character(s): Joe Rudi (Oakland A’s); Fergie Jenkins (Texas Rangers); Don Sutton (Los Angeles Dodgers)

First Line: On each specially marked box of Hostess ® Snack Cakes!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes and Twinkies, with three baseball cards printed on each box. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.

Through Thick or Thin

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny; wild dogs; Canary Key canaries

First Line: What’s that, Puddy Tat?

Synopsis: Sylvester is off to Canary Key, “a place deep in the jungle where the biggest, juiciest canaries live”. Tweety follows to keep him, or the canaries, out of trouble.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Rectangular dialogue balloons with rounded corners. One of the most finely-detailed funny animal comic stories to come out of Western Publishing in many years. Artist is, alas, unknown – and not anything of a regular contributor.

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Feature(s): American Circle Corp.

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Notes: Full-page ad consisting of small, single panel advertisements for various novelties sold by American Circle Corp. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.

Order by Mail Specials

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Feature(s): The Fun House

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad for various novelty items from The Fun House. Middle of centerfold. Top half of page.

Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys

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Feature(s): Sea-Monkeys

First Line: Own a bowl full of happiness – Instant pets!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad for Sea-Monkeys. Middle of centerfold. Lower half of page.

Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers!

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Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as iron-on transfers. Middle of centerfold.

Mystery Mariners

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat

First Line: I’ll take that!

Synopsis: Sylvester goes on a “mystery cruise” to an unknown destination... or does he?

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Pages: 6

Notes: Rectangular dialogue balloons with rounded corners.

Get Your Favorite Cartoon Characters In These Brilliant Embroidered Cloth Patches

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Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.

First Line: Each groovy patch measures 5”

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Pages: 1

Notes: Various cartoon characters and comic characters are offered as embroidered cloth patches. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.

Down Through the Ages

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Madame X

First Line: Enter, my son, and the secrets of life shall be untold! What it is you wish to know?

Synopsis: Sylvester consults a psychic to learn if he will ever catch Tweety. His past life as a “cave-cat” and his future life in the year 2001 (!) reveal nothing but failure.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Rectangular dialogue balloons with rounded corners. Not John Costanza's lettering.

Make Excellent Extra Cash... With No Real "Selling"…

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Feature(s): Engravaplates

First Line: Just show this sample which we give you FREE!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad seeking salespeople for individually engraved metal social security cards. “Just show it to everyone. They’ll be amazed and delighted by the low price – only $2.00 each – especially when they discover they that also get a smart Carrying Case, and ID Card, and an exclusive 10-year calendar – all FREE!” Black and white interior ad. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story. Top half of page.

Make Money and Win Neat Prizes Too!

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Feature(s): Grit

First Line: Sell Grit "America's greatest family newspaper".

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad inviting kids in the continental U.S to sell Grit family newspapers for prizes and cash. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.

100 pc Toy Soldiers Set $1.50

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Feature(s): Lucky Products, Inc.

First Line: Made of durable plastic, each with its own base.

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Notes: Ad for 100 plastic toy soldiers, packed in a footlocker-styled storage box.

Ride the J.S.C.A. Line to Prizes or Cash

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Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America

First Line: No limit to the number of prizes or cash you can win!

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Notes: Railroad themed ad to sell all occasion greeting cards for Junior Sales Club of America in exchange for prizes or cash. Color ad on inside back cover.

Get the Trix Bike Safety Flag and the Bike Book!

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Feature(s): General Mills; Trix

Character(s): Trix Rabbit

First Line: (They’re just $1.50 and 2 Trix Purchase Seals)

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Notes: Ad offering a bike safety flag and book for $1.50 and 2 Trix Purchase Seals. Full page image of a hand-drawn Trix Rabbit on a bike over a photo background. Color ad on back cover.