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Dimwit Spots His Symptoms

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

First Line: Da- a- ya better give me some of those pills!

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle trick Dimwit into buying some of their "cure all pills".

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Pages: 1

Sportsman's Luck

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Gandy Goose and Sourpuss

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Farmer Brown

First Line: "Come in," said Sourpuss as he looked toward the door when he heard a knock.

Synopsis: Gandy objects to Sourpuss' desire to go hunting for small animals with a shotgun. He tries steering Sourpuss toward target-shooting instead.

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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 reprint of this story, in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 Series) #118 (October 1954), is on two consecutive interior pages (as opposed to the inside covers) and is printed in color.

The Mysterious Prince

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; The Claw (as himself and Prince Rajah); Mitzi Mouse; various citizens of Terrytown (mice); Mayor of Terrytown (mouse); Claw's two hench-cats; Claw's getaway driver

First Line: As the great champion of justice approaches Terrytown after a short vacation, little does he realize what strange happenings are in store for him --

Synopsis: The great seer Prince Rajah, a cat from Egypt, predicts the future, reforms The Claw, and turns the mouse-citizenry against Mighty Mouse.

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Pages: 8

Hair Loss Remedy

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Sourpuss

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

First Line: Golly, I'm losing my hair. It's falling out at a terrific rate.

Synopsis: Gandy has a remedy for Sourpuss' hair loss.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: It is possible that the Fleer Dubble Bubble Gum ad (indexed directly below) was inadvertently reprinted – as part of an entire page – with this half-page Sourpuss gag story. See the Notes for Paul Terry’s Comics #118.

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Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum

Character(s): Pud; Butch; two girls

First Line: Gee, look what Butch can do!

Synopsis: When Butch wows the girls with some double-jointed stunts, Pud wows them right back with Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum.

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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.

Beanstalk Dinky

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Jack (of Beanstalk fame); giant; librarian

First Line: Say, Mr. Rudy, my mother was telling me about Jack and the Beanstalk and the terrible giant who nearly ground him up for bread --

Synopsis: Dinky and Rudy get to experience the story "Jack and the Beanstalk".

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Just a Dash of Pepper

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Little Roquefort

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss; lady of the house

First Line: Hey! Get away from there!

Synopsis: Little Roquefort routs Percy with a pepper shaker.

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A Ghostly Sight

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Gandy Goose

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

First Line: What are you reading, Gandy?

Synopsis: Sourpuss derides the existence of ghosts, but his mind is quickly changed by Gandy falling into a white curtain.

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The Magic Answers

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; school teacher; various other students; various professors and other intellectuals; newsboy (goose)

First Line: Master Dimwit, for neglecting your studies, you're to stay after school and write your name one hundred and ten and one half times!

Synopsis: Heckle, Jeckle, and Dimwit are all grade-school students among a class of other animal-students. To help slow-learner Dimwit with his studies, the magpies invent “Answer Paste”, to help the answers to questions “stick” to Dimwit’s feeble brain. Dimwit immediately achieves great intellectual heights then falls when the jar of “Answer Paste” drops to the floor and breaks. For their interference, Heckle and Jeckle are forced to “…remain after school and write [their] names six-thousand, seven-hundred and eight times – forward, and nine-thousand, three-hundred and seventy-six times – backward”.

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Notes: A wacky story well-served by the wacky art of Jim Tyer.

A Corny Tale

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster

First Line: That lazy Rudy!

Synopsis: Dinky tricks Rudy into an exercise regimen with an ear of corn.

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The Clean-Up

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Gandy Goose

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; train conductor; various citizens of a nameless western town; Dead-Eye Dick (outlaw)

First Line: ...And don't try to ride this line again without a ticket!

Synopsis: Stranded in an old west town, Gandy seeks a job - and is roped into becoming the new sheriff, just as notorious outlaw Dead-Eye Dick is set to return and gunning for a sheriff.

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Silence Is Not Always Golden

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

First Line: Buy a silencer, chum, only ten dollars!

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle sell Dimwit a noise nullifier, that works too well.

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Prepare for Inspection

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; city inspector

First Line: Look at the mess in this back yard -- and the city inspector is due here to-day [sic]!

Synopsis: Rather than clean-up his trash-strewn yard, Rudy ducks-out leaving Dinky to face a tough city inspector.

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New Silk-Finish Enlargement, Ivory Gold-Tooled Frame

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Feature(s): Hollywood Film Studios

First Line: Sensational offer only 29-cents each from your favorite snapshot, photograph or negative

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Notes: Ad offering 5x7 photograph enlargements. Color ad on back cover.