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Issue: Mighty Mouse Comics #3
Publication Date: January 1947
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: A Marvel Magazine [corner peeled back]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/08/1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Data from Tom Lammers (22 May 2016).

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Periodicals, 1946-1947, New Series, Volume 1, Part 2, Numbers 1 & 2 (Incorporating Part 2, Volume 41, 1946, New Series). Copyright registration number B60120. Copyright given to Terry Toons, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Legend Grows Larger

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse
First Line: Puff! Pufp!
Synopsis: Mighty Mouse inflates a large blow-up figure of himself.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The sounds of Mighty Mouse inflating the blow-up figure are actually spelled "Puff! Pufp!" (Not a typo!)
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Amazing Ever Popular Scene-in-Action

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scene-in-Action Lamp Company
First Line: Forest Fire Lamp is back again
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a table lamp "...that actually shows a pine forest being swept by moving flames". "Same price as before the war! $4.95". Black and white ad on inside front cover.
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Menace of the Atomic-Powered Rocket Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; benevolent cat scientist; Mouse Mayor of Terrytown; various evil cats; Zeus (Greek god)
First Line: Zoom!
Synopsis: The cats construct an atomic-powered rocket ship, from which they plan to attack and destroy the mouse sector of Terrytown. Also, Mighty Mouse is shown to be a playful pal of the Greek god Zeus.
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Job Number is "SL-" followed by illegible characters. Great art for some space and planetary scenes.
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Sourpuss’ Hiccups

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Oscar Pig
First Line: Gandy put the phone back on the receiver.
Synopsis: Gandy and Oscar try to cure Sourpuss' hiccups.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: SL-890
Disclose Notes: Story covers the two middle pages of the centerfold.
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Fiddle Fodder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Mischa (violinist); runaway horse; police officer
First Line: So ya can tell a crook just by looking at him, eh?
Synopsis: Gandy and (mostly) Sourpuss, go through great pains and slapstick mishaps to return a valuable violin to its rightful owner.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: SL-18
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Something New in a Teen Magazine!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Junior Miss Magazine
Character(s): Cindy Smith; Chuck Rivers
First Line: Don't miss Junior Miss
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Miss Magazine "America's new modern magazine for teen-queens!" The cover of Junior Miss (Marvel, 1947 series) #24 (April 1947) is reproduced in the ad.
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Grunty Builds a Better Wolf-Trap

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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Oscar Pig; Grunty; wolf
First Line: Gosh, Oscar! I'm worried about that wolf trap I set out!
Synopsis: Oscar and Grunty are caught in Grunty's wolf trap by a hungry wolf.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: 796
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Speak Spanish

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pickwick Co.
First Line: The language of romance and opportunity
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering books on how to speak Spanish, French, German, Polish, and Italian, as well as lessons in boxing, police wrestling, and police Jiu-Jitsu. On final interior page of the comic.
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WANTED! Skinny Weaklings to become HE-MEN

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Culture
First Line: Let me show YOU too, how to make yourself COMMANDO-TOUGH
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for muscle-building courses from Jowett Institute of Physical Culture. Black and white ad on inside back cover.
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Pick Your Prize

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
First Line: These prizes are given to you -- Just send for 40 packages of easy selling Garden Spot Seeds...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for selling various garden seeds for the Lancaster County Seed Co. in exchange for prizes.

Beyond the "expected" sort of prizes offered, such as watches, basketballs, and ukuleles, there are also "a real live canary", "one pair [of] rabbits", and "one pair [of] racing homer pigeons"!

Color ad on back cover.

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