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A Suspiciously Sudden Shower

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

First Line: Yes sir, chum, you never know when it's going to rain

Synopsis: Using an overhead watering can, Heckle and Jeckle con Dimwit into buying an umbrella.

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Pages: 1

Dimwit Improves Himself

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

First Line: "We've got to get our finances straightened out right away!" said Jeckle to Heckle as they sat in their little living room.

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle condition Dimwit for a job as a joke-tester at the Zenith Novelty Company, by subjecting him to a series of gags such as squirting flowers and exploding cigars.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Begins on the inside front cover (page 1) and concludes on the inside back cover (page 2). One black and white illustration on page 1.

The Repelling Ray

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; The Claw; Professor Ohm; Terrytown judge; Terrytown jury (mice); cat defense attorney; various court spectators (mice); Terrytown court bailiff (large mouse); Terrytown chief of police; various Terrytown police (mice); Mitzi Mouse (one panel cameo); various citizens of Terrytown (mice); various members of The Claw Gang

First Line: Has the jury reached a verdict?

Synopsis: The Claw is convicted by a Terrytown jury and sentenced to life imprisonment, but is broken out of prison by Professor Ohm and his repelling ray machine.

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Pages: 8

The Overly-Convincing Hiccup Cure

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Genres: anthropomorphic

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

First Line: Hic -- Do you fellows -- hic -- know how to cure hiccups? Huh? Hic!

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle do too good a job of scaring Dimwit out of the hiccups.

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Pages: 1

Rudy's Spectacles

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Rudy Rooster

Character(s): Rudy Rooster; college professor; optometrist; eyeglass store saleswoman; Elmer (duck); other unnamed duck

First Line: He looks so intelligent in glasses.

Synopsis: Rudy decides to get a pair of eyeglasses, so that he might look intelligent.

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Moving Day

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Sourpuss; Gandy Goose; Susie (Sourpuss' girl); Susie's dad

First Line: Get out and stay out!

Synopsis: Susie's dad berates Sourpuss for not having a job. Sourpuss gets a job with the "McNutt Moving Co.", and his first job is to move Susie and her dad out of their house.

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Pages: 6

Don't Feed the Mice!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Little Roquefort (as Roquefort)

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

First Line: You'll need a lot more than that to get me out!

Synopsis: Percy tries to lure Little Roquefort out of his mousehole with a pile of cheese.

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Pages: 0.5

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Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum

Character(s): Pud; other kids

First Line: Hurry up, slow-poke!

Synopsis: Clumsy Pud uses Dubble Bubble Gum to become a fast and agile ice-skater.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad for Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum, featuring "Pud", a kid resembling "Tubby" from Little Lulu. Lower half of page.

Gandy Builds a Boat

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

First Line: Aren't you finished building my boat yet?

Synopsis: Gandy builds a boat. Confidentially, it sinks.

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Don't Lose Your Temper

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; hens; fox

First Line: Confound it! I'm tired of listening to those babbling hens.

Synopsis: Rudy replaces his flock of incessantly-cackling hens with a "robot chicken".

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Pages: 5

Notes: Oddly, the fox in this story is not a predator but an innocent and unwitting customer of Rudy's "robot chicken eggs".

Sourpuss Fells a Tree

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Sourpuss; Gandy Goose; Kitty

First Line: Oh, Gandy, will you come here please?

Synopsis: Sourpuss shows Gandy how to properly chop down a tree so that it falls without causing any damage. Sure he does.

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A Thousand and One Plights

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; lady hippo; parade of gullible victims; Officer Reilly; judge; various other police; Spud (bank robber); second unnamed bank robber; genie

First Line: I've got an idea that will make us rich.

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle literally stuff and cram Dimwit into a small bottle one quarter of his size to perpetrate a "genie scam" on the cops who look to shut down the magpies' phony fortune-telling business. When Dimwit is finally released from his impossibly small container, he becomes the not-so-mystic servant of Officer Reilly, in another wild outing aptly illustrated by Tyer.

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Pages: 7

Notes: A rare, if not singular, instance of Jim Tyer signing his comic book work. Tyer's signature appears in a box at the lower right of the final panel, that would normally contain the words "The End".

Tyer Touch: In a panic the two bank robbers actually climb one of the panel gutters, clutching the gutter on both sides as if it were a fireman's pole.

Muscle Biscuit

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

First Line: Step up, chum, and try Dr. Jeckle's Muscle Building Biscuit only a dollar.

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle sell Dimwit a phony "Muscle Building Biscuit" only to be convinced that it really works.

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Girls Boys Get Your Prize This Easy Way

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Feature(s): American Seed Company

First Line: Hi Bob, that’s a swell camera – but don’t they cost a lot?

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Notes: Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Company, in exchange for prizes or money. Four panels in comic form tell you how. Color ad on back cover.