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Issue: Toytown Comics #1
Publication Date: February 1945
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBaily Publishing Company
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Swappers Quarterly and Almanac
On Sale Date: 02/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Rae Herman ? [same as Ray Herman]
Disclose Notes: No date on book; date is from Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, Vol. 2. No issue number in indicia, only on cover.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole (unsigned)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole ?
Colorist(s): L. B. Cole ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox; potato bugs
Synopsis: Mertie Mouse, slingshot in hand, is chased by other characters with lumps on their heads.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credit is from Gerber and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition.
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Chapter 1. The Potato Bug Invasion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole ?
Inker(s): L. B. Cole ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Tubby (a bear, Mertie’s landlord); Tubby’s wife; Gertie Mouse; Bertie Bat (Batman parody)
Synopsis: Mertie Mouse loses his apartment and girl friend. He meets Bertie Bat. Potato bugs attack the town.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art credit is from Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, Vol. 2 and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition.
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Chapter 2. Mertie Becomes Mayor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole ?
Inker(s): L. B. Cole ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat
Synopsis: Mertie is arrested, then appointed mayor by the town council so that he must tell the Storm King that the town cannot pay its taxes.
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Pages: 6
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Chapter 3. The River of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ellis Chambers [as HC] (signed)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Tubby; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox
Synopsis: On his way to the Storm King’s castle, Mertie is joined by Tubby. They meet Christopher Q. Catt, who plans to eat Mertie. Tubby builds a raft to cross a river. Christopher pushes Mertie and Tubby into the river.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer suggested that the artwork may be L. B. Cole layouts with Hal Chambers finishes from Chapter 3 on, but the funny animal pencil art more closely resembles Chambers’ signed art from Hi-Ho Comics #1 (1946) than Cole’s signed art from Frisky Animals (1951-1954).
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Chapter 4. Terror from the Skies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Tubby; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Vincent Vulture
Synopsis: Bertie Bat rescues Mertie and Tubby from alligators in the river. Christopher takes credit, then sends a message to Vincent Vulture. Vincent carries Mertie away. When Tubby heads out to save him, Christopher threatens him with a gun but is knocked out by Bertie Bat.
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Pages: 6
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Mertie Mouse Cries Wolf

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole ? (illustration)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Florabel
Synopsis: Mertie fakes a robbery at Florabel’s house, then runs out when a real robber arrives. Florabel captures the robber and punches out Mertie.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Half-page illustration.
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Chapter 5. The Forest Ruler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Vincent Vulture; Freddie Fox; Ruler of the Forest (a lion)
Synopsis: Bertie Bat rescues Mertie from Vincent Vulture. They continue together to the Storm King’s castle. Meanwhile in Rabbit Town, Freddie Fox promises the Ruler of the Forest a new set of teeth in exchange for putting out a wanted poster for Mertie and Bertie, who are soon arrested.
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Pages: 6
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Chapter 6. The Dungeon of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Vincent Vulture; Ruler of the Forest; Christopher Q. Catt
Synopsis: The Ruler of the Forest sentences Mertie and Bertie to the Dungeon of Doom. Mertie persuades the monster of the dungeon, an elephant, to break him and Bertie out of the castle. Tubby reaches the Storm King’s castle and is locked in a trunk by Christopher.
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Pages: 6
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Chapter 7. The Storm King’s Castle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mertie Mouse
Character(s): Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Tubby; Ruler of the Forest; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox; Tubby’s wife; Horrible Harold
Synopsis: Mertie and Bertie reach the Storm King’s castle where Christopher Q. Catt and Freddie Fox beat them up and lock them in a torture chamber. Christopher and Freddie reveal that they are the “Storm King”, predicting rather than causing storms. The Ruler of the Forest beats up Christopher, Freddie and their gorilla Horrible Harold. Mertie, Bertie and Tubby return home as heroes. Mayor Mertie appoints Bertie as Treasurer, planning to skim the taxes for himself.
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Pages: 8

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