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Felix Springs into Action

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; frog

Synopsis: Felix puts two springs in his step to catch a frog.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Pencils credit from Michael Morgan via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10638), 2016-08-26.

A Game of Hoops

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; Zaccini (circus dog trainer); poodle; sailor; drowning guy

First Line: Zaccini's Trained Dogs

Synopsis: Felix wants to practice tricks in order to get a job with the circus, but gets in trouble when he interferes with a lifesaving attempt at the beach.

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Notes: Pencils credit from Michael Morgan via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10639), 2016-08-26.

According to Felix expert and historian David Gerstein, author of "Nine Lives to Live a Classic Felix Celebration by Otto Messmer" (1996, Fantagraphics Books), Messmer did some pencil art during the Harvey run - but with different inkers, so his work here less reflects his more classic works of the newspaper strip and the Dell and Toby Press comics. Per indexer's personal conversation with David Gerstein (2022).

In a Messmer touch, while imagining himself taking bows as a circus performer, Felix "doffs his ears" from the top of his head, as if they were a hat.

The Big Top

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; Henry; Henry's wife; circus crowd; circus ringmaster; Leo (circus lion); man serving food to lion; man carrying manhole cover

First Line: We're having enough trouble without your bringing home a stray cat to feed!

Synopsis: Felix has been taken in by a jobless man named Henry, but when he helps himself to milk from the refrigerator Henry chases him out of the house and down the street, where their chase entertains the crowd waiting to get into a circus. This gets Henry a job as a clown, but Felix is rejected, and his efforts to get in as well only pay off when an injury gets him into the circus hospital.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part One of Three.

Pencils credit from Michael Morgan via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10640), 2016-08-26.

Memory Jogger

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Kitty; various circus performers and animals; line of reducing salon women

First Line: Dear me! I know I made an appointment for this afternoon, but I can't remember what!

Synopsis: Kitty hopes that something at the circus will remind her of what she was supposed to do; a line of elephants reminds her that she was going to the reducing salon.

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Pages: 1.75

Notes: Shares page two with the Statement of Ownership.

Pencils credit from Michael Morgan via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10641), 2016-08-26.

Statement of The Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1955. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Occupies the bottom 1/4 of page two of the "Kitty" story.

Clowning Around

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; Henry (now known as Clowno); circus ringmaster; various circus performers; circus cook; ring tailed baboon; seal; seal trainer; Katrina Katt

First Line: Ah! Circus life is the life!

Synopsis: Henry's first performance as Clowno is a bomb until Felix runs out and joins him, but Clowno gets all the glory and Felix is left looking for food; when he does manage to get a fish he gives it to his new crush, tightrope walker Katrina Katt.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part Two of Three.

Pencils credit from Michael Morgan via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10642), 2016-08-26.

Harvey Comics News

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Harvey Comics

Character(s): Big "H" Kid; Felix the Cat; Casper the Friendly Ghost; Little Max; Little Audrey; Sad Sack; Sgt Circle; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Mazie; Dick Tracy

First Line: Hi, Kids! Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

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Pages: 1

Notes: The design of The Big H Kid consists of the Harvey Comics logo, with a boy's head, two arms, and two legs - and would be Harvey's analog to the more well-known, and similarly designed, publisher mascot Johnny DC.

Promo page highlighting the Harvey comic books on sale February 14 thru February 16, 1956.
February 14: Sad Sack, Little Audrey, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Dagwood, Little Max, Dick Tracy.
February 16: Sad Sack's Funny Friends, Blondie, Mazie, Felix the Cat [#70 - This issue].

The covers of all previewed comics are reproduced. No issue numbers are listed in the ad.

Of Felix the Cat #70, the ad copy states: "Felix turns the big top upside down! That's right, everybody's favorite cat joins the circus, and before he's through, the circus goes through a circus of laughs and thrills. Wait till you see what happens in the big finale!"

Middle left page of centerfold.

The Big Finale

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; Katrina Katt; clown; circus ringmaster; elephant; Splasho (high diver); The Great Asbestos (fire eater); circus crowd; mouse

First Line: Sigh! - My heart skips a beat every time I look at Katrina!

Synopsis: Felix's continued attempts to get a job with the circus and impress Katrina Katt ruin several of the acts, but the customers love it.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part Three of Three.

Pencils credit from Michael Moore via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10643), 2016-08-26.

Sweet Revenge

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Inky; Dinky; Bully Bulldog

First Line: Inky and Dinky were as happy as two kittens ever were.

Synopsis: Bully tries to get Inky and Dinky's candy away from them, but his plan backfires.

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: A rare Inky and Dinky text story.

Boxing Octopus

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Character(s): Fearless Fosdick; boxing octopus; Arthur (gangster)

First Line: If youse can lick our - chuckle! - new member, th' whole gang will surrender, Fosdick!

Synopsis: At the Crime Athletic Club, Fosdick is forced into the ring against a boxing octopus, but Wildroot Cream-Oil gives him the confidence to best his eight-armed opponent.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Lower 1/4 of page.

House Hunting

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Randolph Rabbit; Mr. Rabbit; Mrs. Rabbit; Oliver Owl

First Line: "Randolph! Randolph Rabbit!" called Mrs. Rabbit loudly.

Synopsis: Little Randolph Rabbit keeps wandering away, so his parents teach him a lesson by making him think they have disappeared along with their house.

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Bird Limerick

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Feature(s): Curtiss Candy Company; Baby Ruth

Character(s): parakeet

First Line: A popular bird, this bright parakeet

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Notes: Ad for Baby Ruth candy bars, featuring a limerick about a parakeet and Baby Ruth candy, which goes as follows:

A popular bird, this bright parakeet
He really can talk - not just tweet-tweet
And what he says best
With pleasure and zest
"Get Baby Ruth Candy - boy, what a treat!"

Lower 1/4 of page.

Abandoned Ship!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; Fish-Eyed Fred (sailor); nameless sailor; ship's cook; lion; leopard; elephant

First Line: Felix has stumbled on a strange box at the bottom of the sea.

Synopsis: Felix and a treasure chest are hauled on board a ship; the crew takes the treasure and deserts the ship, leaving it to Felix--and a cargo of wild animals.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Pencils credit from Michael Morgan via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10644), 2016-08-26.

Art and coloring simulate a black-and-white television program. Continued from issue #69 and continued in issue #71.

A reworking of several of the elements of a story titled "Felix the Cat Modern Jonah" in Felix the Cat Winter Annual (Toby, 1954 Series) #2 (Winter 1954), which was reformatted from an original Otto Messmer Felix newspaper strip continuity of the 1930s.

In Messmer's original story the ship's cook was a Chinese stereotype, who spoke as one might expect. For this version the character is more suitably anglicized.

Snow Fun

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Inky; Dinky; general store proprietor

First Line: C'mon, Inky! Let's take a sleigh ride down Dead Man's Bluff!

Synopsis: Dinky wants to sled down Dead Man's Bluff; Inky doesn't want to, but accidentally ends up on the sled with Dinky. After a series of close calls, Inky falls off, and Dinky ends up in front of a general store stove, stuck inside a snowman.

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Pages: 3

Notes: Pencils credit from Michael Moore via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10645), 2016-08-26.