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Issue: Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #74

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Publication Date: January 1951

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Issues: #74 of 488 Issues (1633 Printings)

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Variant: Big Shoe Store

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Publisher: Flag

Western

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Volume: none

Pages: 24

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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: early issues standard Golden Age U.S.; 1952-1959 oblong; later half-size

Paper Stock: most glossy cover and newsprint interior. early issues all newsprint

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing

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Content Items (7 total)

Mickey's Lesson Learned

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; teacher

First Line: I promise to never help the boys with their homework again.

Synopsis: Morty and Ferdie's teacher has Mickey writing a "detention sentence" repetitively on the blackboard.

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Pages: 1

The Nearsighted Lion

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; kid; kid's mom; gorilla; ostriches; water buffalo; trained lions; lion trainer; Leo the nearsighted lion; delivery truck driver; Pluto; Dr. Seemore (oculist); Dr. Cuspid (dentist); elevator operator; frightened citizens; flower pushcart vendor; crowds at the pier

First Line: I'm glad you suggested going to the zoo, Minnie!

Synopsis: At the zoo, the lion trainer wants to get rid of Leo, an old, toothless, and nearsighted lion. Soft-hearted Mickey saves the lion from a fate at the glue factory and, at Minnie's behest, assumes custody of the beast. Mickey rejuvenates the worn creature by having him fitted for eyeglasses and dentures, leading to more trouble than he bargained for.

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Pages: 18

Notes: One of many entries in the sub-genre of "Mickey Takes in an Animal that Wreaks Havoc", which dates back to early Floyd Gottfredson newspaper strip continuities.

The Bill Weaver art credits (sourced from the INDUCKS entry for this story https://inducks.org/story.php?c=W+MOC++74-01&search=The%20Nearsighted%20Lion%20%20Mickey%20Mouse), would appear to be accurate. The art does resemble similar efforts by Weaver for Western Publishing on Woody Woodpecker - with the exception of the "Mickey and Minnie heads".

The "mouse heads" do not look like Weaver's "rubbery and goony" style and may have been redrawn by Carl Buettner - as were the Bugs Bunny heads in Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #48 (July 1944) - otherwise drawn by Carl Barks.

Connect the Dots

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Mickey Mouse

First Line: Somebody is sitting under the tree, and he's having fun...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Connect the dots to find out WHO is doing WHAT. (Spoiler: It's Mickey fishing!)

Scrambled Eggs Puzzle

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Morty; Ferdie; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse

First Line: Morty and Ferdie see a lot of interesting things on their way home from the grocery store.

Synopsis: Morty and Ferdie walk home from the grocery story, arriving with a sack of broken eggs.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Lead Morty and Ferdie home from the grocery story, through a maze of different distractions that reveals why they showed up with a sack of broken eggs.

Connect the Dots

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Pluto

First Line: What's happening? Mickey and Pluto take a tumble, while Goofy looks on in amazement...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Connect the dots to show Goofy's latest blunder.

Mickey Mouse Movie

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Mickey Mouse

First Line: To make Mickey skip

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Notes: Simulate animation by rotating a wheel with different poses of Mickey skipping rope.

Pluto and the Dragon

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Pluto; Minnie Mouse

Synopsis: Is a dragon running loose outside Pluto's yard?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Edited down to the last four panels of the one-page story appearing in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #248. The full original version was published on the issue's inside back cover, in Dell/Western's occasionally employed "black, white, and red" color scheme, while this abbreviated version appears in full color. Dialogue balloons have been removed making this reprint a pantomime.