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The Land of Luck

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; deer

Synopsis: Softhearted hunter Felix is disarmed by an affectionate deer.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Original credits from Michael Morgan via the GCD Error Tracker.

Star Lighter, Star Bright

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; angry guy

First Line: What a beautiful day!

Synopsis: A surly smoker asks Felix for a light.

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A Not So Lucky Day

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; goat; cop; fisherman; prospector; bear; lucky bystander; sweepstakes winner; telescope attendant

First Line: A four leaf clover! How lucky!

Synopsis: Felix has one occurrence of bad luck after another, while those around him have nothing but good fortune. To change his luck, Felix decides to search for his lucky star.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part One of Three.

If the Box Fits, Wear It!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Kitty; hat shop delivery man; high society lady

First Line: Oh, dear! Three o'clock and it isn't here yet!

Synopsis: Kitty improvises a hat for a ritzy society gathering. There, she is asked by an upper-crust matron to design a new evening gown.

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The Land of Luck

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; rocket testing crew; attendants of Felix's lucky star

First Line: I'll bet I can find my lucky star here!

Synopsis: Felix hitches a ride into space on a test rocket in order to find his lucky star. After some difficulties, he succeeds in being sprinkled with star dust and having his whiskers painfully stretched to act as luck antennae.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part Two of Three.

Harvey Comics News

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Feature(s): Harvey Comics

Character(s): Big "H" Kid; Felix the Cat; Casper the Friendly Ghost; Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost; Baby Huey; Little Dot; Little Lotta; Sad Sack; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Dick Tracy

First Line: Hi kids! If you liked this book, you won't want to miss a single issue of Harvey Comics!

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Pages: 0.67

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 September 13 thru September 18, 1956.
September 13: Casper the Friendly Ghost, Sad Sack, Dagwood, Dick Tracy, Baby Huey, Felix the Cat [#77 - This issue].
September 18: Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Blondie, Little Dot, Little Lotta

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

Of Felix the Cat #77, the ad copy states: "Felix finds his lucky star! And he becomes the luckiest cat alive! At least he thought so. You'll have to judge for yourself!"

Upper 3/4 of page.

Munch Fun

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Feature(s): Curtiss Candy Company; Baby Ruth

Character(s): boy Baby Ruth vendor

First Line: Enjoy a "Candy Break" during work, study or play.

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Ad for Baby Ruth candy bars, featuring a boy in a vendor's outfit selling Baby Ruth candy.

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The Acid Test

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; Kitty; brick-throwing bully; fancy restaurant waiter; pedestrian; raffle official; two robbers; police officer; businessman; TV producer; TV make-up man; street robber; hungry bird

First Line: Felix! Where did you come from?

Synopsis: Felix returns to Earth, charmed by the powers of his lucky star. Things go very well for him until a TV make-up man dusts off his star dust and shaves his whiskers (as a matter of routine prep before Felix appears on a TV interview show), relieving the cat of his all-too-briefly possessed good luck.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Temporarily, at least, Felix must have been lucky beyond all luck when a TV producer approaches him with an absurdly high offer of money - the amount of which is expressed in a humorously odd fashion:

PRODUCER: "Wait! Station WNIX wants you to appear on their T.V. show "Public Heroes"! We'll pay A THOUSAND GRAND!"

Part Three of Three.

Teacher's Pet

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gladys Goldfish; blowfish; trout; boy; pet show judges

First Line: Gladys Goldfish was the shyest creature at the bottom of the lake.

Synopsis: Gladys Goldfish is very shy and self-conscious, until she wins a blue ribbon at a pet show.

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Reprinted from two issues prior.

Everybody Loves Dagwood

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Feature(s): Harvey Comics; Dagwood

Character(s): Blondie; Dagwood; Cookie; Alexander; Daisy; Daisy's pups

First Line: Be sure to get your copy NOW

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Harvey Comics house ad for Dagwood. Lower 1/4 of page.

The Swimming Poodle

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Peter Poodle; Peter's master (boy); Billy (master's baby brother); boy's father

First Line: Peter Poodle sat himself down on the other side of the house where he couldn't see the swimming pool at all.

Synopsis: Peter Poodle is forbidden to jump into the family's swimming pool, until he rescues a baby from drowning.

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Reprinted from two issues prior.

Wildroot Cream-Oil gives you confidence! (Meeting the Parents)

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Character(s): tall woman; short man; woman's parents; dog

First Line: Confidence begins with a smart successful appearance which naturally means well-groomed hair.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Ad copy is accompanied by a magazine-cartooning illustration of a tall, attractive young woman bringing a very short boyfriend home to meet her parents. CAPTION (Woman): "He's not very tall, but Wildroot Cream-Oil gives him confidence!" Lower 1/4 of page.

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the (Cannon) Fire!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Felix the Cat; angry chimp; shark; cannon-firing fish

First Line: Stung to fury when Felix gave him a hornet's nest in mistake for a cocoanut, a huge chimp dashes madly after Felix!

Synopsis: Felix gets away from the angry chimp by rolling off the island and into the sea, inside the same artillery shell casing he used to escape the battleship in issue #74. He's forced to abandon his makeshift casing-boat when a hurricane approaches. Diving beneath the waves, Felix finds a sunken ship full of food - but must flee from a shark. He ducks into an old cannon, which is fired by a fish, and is blown back into the teeth of the gale - headed for who-knows-where.

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Notes: Art and coloring simulate a black-and-white television program. Continued from issue #76 and continued in issue #78.

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.

Shooting at a Star

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Inky; Dinky; Kitty; neighbor; helicopter pilot

First Line: Inky and Dinky! It's time for bed!

Synopsis: When Inky and Dinky wish upon a star and nothing happens, they decide to facilitate matters by shooting a handwritten note containing their wish to a star by bow and arrow. The arrow goes no further than a neighbor's open window and the seat of his pants. The neighbor good-naturedly conspires with Aunt Kitty to put a scare into the would-be star-archers.

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Pages: 3

Notes: 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).