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Issue: Mighty Mouse #163
Publication Date: April 1965
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Issues: #163 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10010-504. Publication date from cover code.

No ads in this issue. All 36 pages are comics or comics-related text material.

Edited out of Western Publishing's New York offices.

This issue is a rare instance of Western Publishing reprinting comic book material originating from a source other than itself (St. John Publishing). Such is the case for Mighty Mouse (Western, 1964 Series) #161-165 (1964-1965).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Dart Men of the Moon

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse; three Dart Men; Dartface the 14th (ruler of the Dart Men)
First Line: Mighty Mouse - Target for the Dart Men of the Moon!
Synopsis: Dartface attacks Mighty Mouse, who doesn't even flinch.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New cover illustrating a reprinted interior story. Cover represents interior scene on story page 10.
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Just for Funds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse; mouse motorist
First Line: Awk!
Synopsis: A mouse motorist calls on Mighty Mouse for emergency automobile road service of a different kind.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New story. Black and white on inside front cover.
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Dart Men of the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Professor Edam; Mitzi Mouse; The Claw; Professor Ohm; Butch (cat-thug); Greasepaint (mouse traitor and master of disguise); various members of The Claw's gang; mouse sentries at rocket base; various mouse astronauts; various Dart Men (aka Arrowheads); Dartface the 14th (ruler of the Dart Men)
First Line: Remember men, you're guarding our super secret fuel!
Synopsis: A space force of mouse astronauts, headed by Professor Edam and Mighty Mouse, is bound for the (then) planet Pluto. The Claw’s agents, including a traitorous mouse posing as Professor Edam, sabotage the rocket fleet so that it will barely reach the moon before running out of power. Waiting for them on the moon is villainous Professor Ohm, who has formed a secret alliance with a tribe of “dart men” to attack and overcome the mice upon landing.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Western Publishing provided a new “Mighty Mouse” logo, new title font, and produced its own coloring for this St. John reprint.
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The Hoodlum Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Mugger Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; The Claw; Professor Ohm; various thuggish cats; crime school teacher; crime school students; various citizens of Mouse-Town; mayor of Mouse-Town; police chief of Mouse-Town; juvenile delinquent mice
First Line: Take that! And that --- And that!
Synopsis: A baby mouse in a stroller accidently rolls downhill from Mouse-Town to Cat-Town, falls into the clutches of The Claw and Professor Ohm, and is raised as a tough juvenile delinquent. Taking the name “Mugger Mouse”, he is sent back by the cats to corrupt the youth of Mouse-Town. As crime rises under the influence of Mugger Mouse, Mighty Mouse is left to wonder how even he can combat rampant juvenile delinquency - especially when the young punks dismiss his efforts with a resounding "Drop dead!"
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPaul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics #40 published April 1953
was The Hoodlum Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: References the juvenile delinquency problems of the 1950s.

The original 1953 printing of this story was divided into three consecutive chapters - Chapter One: pages 1-4, Chapter Two: pages 5-8, and Chapter Three: pages 9-16. For this Gold Key reprint, the chapter headings were removed. Western Publishing also provided a new “Mighty Mouse” logo, new title font, and produced its own coloring for this story.
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The Sword Box

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; attractive female magpie
First Line: I say ol' bean, what's that?
Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle attempt to fool Dimwit with the old "passing swords through a box while one of the magpies is inside" trick. But what might happen if the bird outside the box is distracted by an attractive lady bird?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Western Publishing provided a new “Heckle and Jeckle” logo for this St. John reprint. Black and white on inside back cover.
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Mighty Mouse Pin-Up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse; three Dart Men; Dartface the 14th (ruler of the Dart Men)
Synopsis: Dartface attacks Mighty Mouse, who doesn't even flinch.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color on back cover. The front cover image is repeated on the back cover, sans logo and all cover copy.

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