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Cat-Water-Skiing

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset; logo

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Feature(s): Mighty Mouse

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Heckle and Jeckle; cat

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse water-skis on the body of a cat, pulled by Heckle and Jeckle in a speedboat.

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Terry-Toons Comics #70 published August 1949
as Mighty Mouse waterskiing [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

Take Pictures Day or Night

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Feature(s): Martins-David Co.

First Line: Indoors or Outdoors

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad offering a “nationally advertised camera with flash attachment”, four flash bulbs, and a 16-picture roll of film for $5.95. Black and white ad on inside front cover.

Double Trouble

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Feature(s): Mighty Mouse

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; The Claw (villain); Muggsy (cat); various gangster cats; various Terrytown citizens (mice); various Terrytown police (mice); Terrytown police chief; Terrytown mayor; Mitzi

First Line: A black sedan streaks through the streets of Terrytown, its evil occupants in a desperate race with justice.

Synopsis: The Claw lets a look-alike substitute be arrested by the Terrytown police, lulling the city into a false sense of security, while the “real” Claw plots an all-out assault on Terrytown.

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Pages: 10

Notes: In the final panel, some of the Terrytown citizens, grateful to Mighty Mouse, chant: “What a Mouse! What a Mouse!” – just as the narrator of the Mighty Mouse cartoons would often say!

Common Scents

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Dinky

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Willard Wolf; Jimmy Skunk

First Line: Gee! What a day for a Boy Scout hike.

Synopsis: Hungry Willard Wolf dons a scoutmaster disguise to catch an unsuspecting Dinky, who is alone in the woods training to be a Boy Scout.

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Pages: 4

The Watchdog

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Hector the watchdog; hunting dogs; fox; fox hunters

First Line: Any dog could be just a dog.

Synopsis: Hector the watchdog longs to be a hunting dog.

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Pages: 2

House Painters

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Gandy Goose

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Officer O’Toole (bulldog cop); house-painting competitor (pig); old lady

First Line: What’s the address of the house we’re supposed to paint?

Synopsis: House painters Gandy and Sourpuss paint the wrong house.

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Pages: 6

Free! This Full-Color Art-Print of Mighty Mouse Suitable for Framing

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Feature(s): St. John Publishing; Terry-Toons Comics

Character(s): Mighty Mouse

First Line: Free with each one-year subscription to Terry-Toons Comics don’t delay!

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Pages: 1

Notes: St. John house ad for subscriptions to Terry-Toons Comics with a free 8x10 print of Mighty Mouse in a classically heroic pose. One, two, and three-year subscriptions are offered, at a proportionate savings per issue. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.

A Sleepless Night

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Heckle and Jeckle

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; hibernating bear

First Line: You don’t suppose that policemen will mind our borrowing his motorcycle without telling him?

Synopsis: When their “borrowed” motorcycle gets a flat in the middle of nowhere, Heckle and Jeckle seek shelter from the winter’s snow and plummeting temperatures by barging into the warm and food-stocked cave of a hibernating bear. When the inevitable clash comes, will the “feathers fly” (south) or will the bear be “fur-flung”?

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Make Money with Your Own Juke Box Bank

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Feature(s): American Merchandising Company

First Line: A real money-maker for you… because friends and relatives will help you save, just to see how it works!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad offering a "Juke Box Bank", described as "...a gay plastic reproduction of the tuneful Juke Box down at the corner soda fountain". Readers are further advised to “Bring it out at parties or when company comes to call. The coins and currency will really pour in, because everyone wants to see it light up electrically and flash its bit of advice: ‘It’s Wise to Be Thrifty’”. $1.98 complete with battery and bulb. Top half of page.

America’s Greatest Junior Typewriter Value!

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Feature(s): American Merchandising Company

First Line: Famous Simplex Portable Typewriter only $2.98

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad offering a Simplex Portable Typewriter for $2.98, with such "new improved features" as "an individual key for each letter", a "jiffy spacing bar", and it "shifts from capital to small letters". Lower half of page.

The Most Amazing Factory-To-You Introductory Offer Ever Made to Magazine Readers Not One… Not Two… But ALL 3

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Feature(s): M.P.K Company

First Line: Yes, this perfectly matched 3 piece pocket set with your name engraved on all three writing instruments in gold letters… Factory to you $1.69

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Notes: Ad offering a three-piece matched set of a fountain pen, ball point pen, and mechanical pencil, each engraved with a person's name in gold lettering. Comes with a 10-day home trial, and full-year's guarantee. Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Hey Gang! Get Your Free Movie Star Booklet!

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Feature(s): Schwinn

First Line: See special full color pictures of famous movie stars

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Notes: Ad offering a “Movie Star Booklet” of celebrities posing on their Schwinn bicycles. Doubles as a catalog for Schwinn bicycles. Color ad on back cover.