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Issue: Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat #103
Publication Date: May 1959
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Issues: #103 of 57 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics [Stamp]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Interior comic and text story content is all reprint. While sporting a new cover, this issue reprints the interior comics content of Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (Harvey, 1955 Series) #67 (January 1956).

Despite the cover gag, this is a winter-themed issue.
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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
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Shower Spout

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; whale
Synopsis: Felix showers by the spout of a whale.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification from Michael Morgan.

The portion of the Felix the Cat logo that is seen through the whale's spouted water takes on a lighter shade of red than the rest of the logo.

New cover for an issue of reprints.
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Stilt Skating

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat
First Line: I wonder if this ice is solid enough for skating!
Synopsis: While skating, Felix twice falls through the ice up to his neck. He remedies this by skating on stilts.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Going South

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; snake; migrating geese; two oddball scientists; Sylvester the Seal
First Line: Brr-r! This is the coldest day I can remember!
Synopsis: Felix tries to travel south for the winter but meets a pair of oddball scientists and ends up at the South Pole.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part One of Three.

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).

A reworking of several of the elements of a longer story titled "Felix the Cat Dupes Jupiter" 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.
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Small Wonder

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Ronald Rabbit; Anthony Ant; army of ants
First Line: Ronald Rabbit dashed through the cabbage patch and raced out the open gate which led to the forest.
Synopsis: Anthony Ant proves to Ronald Rabbit that tiny ants, in large numbers, can indeed be a mighty force.
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Top 3/4 of page. In paragraph 12 of the story, Ronald Rabbit is mistakenly referred to as "Harry".
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Hello, Friends: We're All on TV

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Harvey Comics; The Friendly Ghost Casper; Baby Huey the Baby Giant; Playful Little Audrey; Harvey Hits
Character(s): The Friendly Ghost Casper; Baby Huey the Baby Giant; Playful Little Audrey; Buzzy the Funny Crow
First Line: ...everybody loves the Harvey Comics!
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Harvey Comics house ad for The Friendly Ghost Casper, Baby Huey the Baby Giant, Playful Little Audrey and Harvey Hits Featuring Buzzy the Crow. Lower 1/4 of page.
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Plenty of Parents

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bosco the orphan bear; other bear cubs; Wagon Derby judge
First Line: All the bear cubs of the forest were very excited because it was the day of the big Wagon Derby.
Synopsis: Bosco the orphan bear wants to race in the big Wagon Derby, but he has no wagon.
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Top 3/4 of page.
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Spooky Now in His Very Own Comic Magazine!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Harvey Comics; Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost
Character(s): Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost
First Line: You asked for it... and here it is!
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Harvey Comics house ad for Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost. Lower 1/4 of page.
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Cold Shoulder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; two oddball scientists; seal; sawfish; penguin; sled dog
First Line: The men from the airplane! Now maybe they'll save my life in return!
Synopsis: Felix has literally turned blue from the Antarctic cold and, as a result, the two oddball scientists don't recognize him as the black cat who saved their lives in Part One - and summarily dismiss him. Running afoul of the scientists' sled dog, Felix eventually ends up in a "home-made igloo".
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part Two of Three.

A reworking of several of the elements of a longer story titled "Felix the Cat Dupes Jupiter" 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.
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The Pole Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; two oddball scientists; sled dog; polar bear; pack of wolves
First Line: The equipment is aboard the plane, Professor!
Synopsis: Felix is abandoned at the South Pole by the two oddball scientists and left to face the (presumably also-abandoned) angry sled dog from Part Two, a polar bear, and a pack of wolves. Felix unknowingly gets revenge on the scientists by inadvertently ruining their project.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part Three of Three.

A reworking of several of the elements of a longer story titled "Felix the Cat Dupes Jupiter" 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.

The "polar bear" in this story is colored brown.
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The (Imaginary) Thrill of the Hunt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Flub the Pup; Felix the Cat; lion; two zookeepers
First Line: Maybe I can make a good hunting dog out of Flub!
Synopsis: Felix tries to make a hunting dog of Flub the Pup by having him imagine different types of quarry.
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Pages: 1
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Football Finances

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Kitty; Inky; Dinky; pennant vendor; flower vendor; cushion vendor; program vendor; megaphone vendor; ticket seller
First Line: I think I'll go to the football game this afternoon!
Synopsis: Kitty stocks-up on everything she could possibly need to attend a football game.
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Pages: 1
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Some Picture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Kitty; Inky; Dinky; TV repairman; quiz show host; two angry lady contestants; Aunt Matilda (TV Chef); TV station security guard; confused home TV viewer; TV station manager
First Line: Now I don't want you two getting into trouble while I'm out shopping!
Synopsis: Inky and Dinky break Kitty's TV picture tube and wreak havoc at the local TV station while trying to replace it.
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Pages: 5

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