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Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Knights

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; cat-knight-in-armor

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse "knocks the block off" a cat-knight, as if he were a "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot" toy - or a fully opened PEZ dispenser.

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Pages: 1

Notes: New cover for an issue of reprints.

Flowers and Bees

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; swarm of bees

First Line: What kind of wallpaper did you get?

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle's new flowery wallpaper attracts a swarm of bees.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.

Double Trouble

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; The Claw (villain); Muggsy (cat); various gangster cats; various Terrytown citizens (mice); various Terrytown police (mice); Terrytown police chief; Terrytown mayor; Mitzi Mouse

First Line: A black sedan streaks through the streets of Terrytown, its evil occupants in a desperate race with justice.

Synopsis: The Claw lets a look-alike substitute be arrested by the Terrytown police, lulling the city into a false sense of security, while the “real” Claw plots an all-out assault on Terrytown.

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Pages: 10

Notes: In the final panel, some of the Terrytown citizens, grateful to Mighty Mouse, chant: “What a Mouse! What a Mouse!” – just as the narrator of the Mighty Mouse cartoons would often say!

Obey the Rules

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; alpine ibex

First Line: Golly, Sourpuss, I don’t know how to thank you for taking me to the zoo!

Synopsis: Sourpuss tells Gandy to “obey the rules”, while at the zoo. Gandy obeys… strictly.

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Paul Terry's Cartoon Course! Lesson VI

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Paul Terry's Cartoon Course!

Character(s): "Paul Terry" (unseen instructor)

First Line: Funny human cartoon characters can be drawn in all sizes and shapes, but a few simple rules must be followed for certain results…

Synopsis: "Paul Terry" (likely by means of a surrogate artist) teaches readers how to draw “funny human characters”, with examples of heads, bodies, and facial expressions.

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Nothing Wrong

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Matilda (hen)

First Line: Well Dinky, how was everything while I was on vacation?

Synopsis: Dinky reports on the state of the farm when Rudy returns from vacation.

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The Watchdog

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Hector the watchdog; hunting dogs; fox; fox hunters

First Line: Any dog could be just a dog.

Synopsis: Hector the watchdog longs to be a hunting dog.

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House Painters

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Officer O’Toole (bulldog cop); house-painting competitor (pig); old lady

First Line: What’s the address of the house we’re supposed to paint?

Synopsis: House painters Gandy and Sourpuss paint the wrong house.

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Pages: 6

Polio Precautions

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

First Line: Gamma Globulin – obtained from human blood – gives protection for a few weeks. However, it is in VERY SHORT SUPPLY. Meanwhile – when polio is around - follow these precautions.

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Notes: A little girl, something of a cross between Little Lulu and Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy, demonstrates the suggested precautions… “Don’t mix with new groups”, “Don’t get overtired”, “Don’t get chilled”… “But do keep clean”. Art is contained in four individual circular panels. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.

Beauty and the Beast

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Miss Chubby Squirrel; Warren Wolf; Sammy Squirrel (not the MGM character from the “Wuff the Prairie Dog” comic feature)

First Line: It’s early morning in the forest and Miss Chubby Squirrel is about to rise…

Synopsis: A wolf uses the pretense of a beauty salon weight-loss program to get a weight-conscious squirrel into his clutches.

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Pages: 8

Notes: In this story, Mighty Mouse has a “brownish-gray coloring” rather than his usual black, and small, but noticeable, protruding “mouse front teeth”.

The Book Shop

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

First Line: Percy, may I borrow one of your books?

Synopsis: Little Roquefort puts a stack of books to good use.

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Heckle and Jeckle

First Line: My favorite kind of food...

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: On the inside-back cover.

A Pie for Dimwit

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

First Line: M-m-my favorite kind of food --

Synopsis: Dimwit makes the mistake of asking Heckle and Jeckle for some pie.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Top half of page. Black and white on inside back cover.

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Little Roquefort

First Line: I wish I knew how to tie a good knot.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: On the inside-back cover.

That’s Knot Funny

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

First Line: I wish I knew how to tie a good strong knot.

Synopsis: Percy shows Little Roquefort how to tie a strong knot.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Lower half of page. Black and white on inside back cover.

Hurry!! Get a Cracker Jack Jingle Beanie

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Feature(s): Cracker Jack

First Line: Bell, on spring antenna, jingles when you walk

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Notes: Ad for Cracker Jack candy-coated popcorn with peanuts, offering a Cracker Jack Jingle Beanie hat “Yours for only 25-cents and [a] Cracker Jack box label”.

A box of Campfire Brand marshmallows ("Best tasting. Best toasting.") is also pictured at the lower right corner of the ad, though no mention of this product occurs in the ad copy! Color ad on back cover.