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When You Come to the (Pitch) Fork in the Road – Stop!

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; hungry fox (or weasel); fleeing baby chicks

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse stops a hungry fox (or weasel) from grabbing some baby chicks, by planting a pitchfork in his path.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Painted cover. New cover for an issue of reprints.

Friends! Here's How to Get at Almost No Cost Your New Real, Live Miniature Dog

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Feature(s): Dean Studios

Character(s): Mrs. Ruth Long (Gift Manager Dean Studios); miniature dog

First Line: Supply limited send today!

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Ad for photograph enlargement prints, offering a free miniature dog as an incentive premium. Full figure photo of the miniature dog saying "Please give me a home" via a comic-style dialogue balloon. A penciled and inked woman's hand holds the dog (seen as a photo) in her palm.

Head and shoulders photo of Mrs. Ruth Long also speaking via a comic-style dialogue balloon... "I'll be happy to send you without you paying a penny, this loveable, young, miniature dog that is so tiny when even fully grown you can carry it in your pocket or hold it in one hand, yet it barks and is a reliable watch dog as well as a pet. You can keep it in a shoebox and enjoy many amusing hours teaching it tricks... active, healthy, intelligent, and clean."

5x7 enlargements are offered, each in a "handsome Movietone frame". Comes with get-acquainted-coupons "so you can tell your friends".

Black and white ad on inside front cover. Top 3/4 of page.

Any Photo Copied

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Feature(s): Movyland Studios

First Line: 20 billfold size pictures $1

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Ad offering 20 billfold size prints of any photo for one dollar. Cash, as well as checks or money orders, is accepted by mail - with any enclosed photos. The two photo reproduction vendors sharing this page could very well be the same entity, as both are in Des Moines, IA. Black and white ad on inside front cover. Lower 1/4 of page.

The Cat-Controlled Mice

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; The Claw; Professor Ohm ("greatest wizard of all catdom"); various hench-cats; Mitzi Mouse; various mouse-citizens of Terrytown

First Line: As the mice of Terrytown sleep peacefully under the dark blanket of a night sky, a tiny light burns brightly atop a nearby mountain.

Synopsis: Using an ancient formula, Professor Ohm turns all the mouse-citizens of Terrytown against Mighty Mouse.

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Pages: 8

The Fountain of Youth

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; Rudy Rooster; Mr. Bulldog (Chesty)

First Line: You seem to be getting older, Old Boy! Look at your hands.

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle invent a "youth restorer" that has some startling and bizarre results.

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Pages: 6.5

Polio Precautions

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Feature(s): The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

First Line: Don’t get overtired

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: An abbreviated, black and white, half page version of a similarly-titled full-page PSA appearing in other St. John issues. A little girl, vaguely resembling Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy, demonstrates the suggested precautions… “Don’t get overtired”, “Don’t get chilled”… “But do keep clean”. Art is contained in three individual circular panels. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, sponsor of the full-page PSA, is not credited in this half-page version.

A Lesson in Art

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

First Line: Boy, there's nothing like understanding the finer things in life!

Synopsis: A frustrated Sourpuss tries to teach Gandy art appreciation.

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Dinky Foils the Egg Yegg

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; egg thief; Aunty Duck (Dinky's aunt); sheriff

First Line: I'm always in trouble, Dinky.

Synopsis: Dinky helps Rudy foil an egg thief - and prove the theft to the sheriff.

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Pages: 5

Paul Terry's Cartoon Course! Lesson IV

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Writer(s): ? (as Paul Terry)

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Genres: anthropomorphic, non-fiction, superhero

Feature(s): Paul Terry's Cartoon Course!

Character(s): "Paul Terry" (unseen instructor); Mighty Mouse; Gandy Goose; Heckle; Jeckle

First Line: In this lesson, we are going to work on some well-known Terrytoon characters....

Synopsis: "Paul Terry" (likely by means of a surrogate artist) teaches readers how to draw Mighty Mouse, Gandy Goose, and Heckle and Jeckle, by means of circles, lines, and other basic shapes.

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Pages: 2

Notes: New feature.

The Weather Prophet

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; cop

First Line: "What’s the matter, chum?" asked Heckle as he turned from his food sampling at the refrigerator to face Jeckle who was sitting rather forlornly on a kitchen chair, sighing.

Synopsis: Dimwit comes to collect a debt from Heckle and Jeckle and is beaned by the Magpies in the hope that a blow on the head will cause amnesia regarding the debt. Instead, it sharpens Dimwit’s memory and gives him the ability to predict the weather. The Magpies do their best to exploit Dimwit’s newfound gift.

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The Magic Ring

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; mysterious old lady; cannibals

First Line: Excuse me, Ma'am, may I help you across the street?

Synopsis: For helping her across the street, a mysterious old lady gives Gandy a magic ring that will grant three wishes. What are the odds that Gandy and Sourpuss will make the best of those three wishes?

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Pages: 6

The Old Hat

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

First Line: This would be good to use for magic tricks.

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle try to con Dimwit with an old top hat.

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Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla!

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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.; Cloverine Brand Salve

Character(s): Judy; Jim; gorilla; panicked crowd; two zoo keepers; enthusiastic little kid

First Line: Help! The gorilla is loose!

Synopsis: Brave kids Judy and Jim hold off an escaped zoo gorilla with the nifty premiums they received by selling White Cloverine Brand Salve from the Wilson Chemical Co.

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Notes: Ad for Wilson Chemical Co., offering prizes or money for the sales of Cloverine Brand Salve. Among the many prizes offered in the ad is a live pony. "Look! Live Pony! Yessiree, a real, live pony for your very own!" Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Kids! Be the First to Send for This New Plastic Aircraft Carrier with 5 Catapulting Jets

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Feature(s): Lucky Products

First Line: Only $1.00 Post Paid

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Notes: Ad from Lucky Products offering a plastic aircraft carrier toy. "It catapults, it floats, it runs on dry land. Equipped with 5 catapulting jets that zoom off the runway with the flick of the finger. The carrier is fully 2/3's of a foot long!" Also included at no extra cost "...a small supporting fleet of real plastic molded warships, consisting of: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine, 1 P.T. boat, and one aircraft carrier". That "second aircraft carrier" presumably measured-in at less than the star attraction's "2/3's of a foot long!" Color ad on back cover.