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Growing, Growing... Con!

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Genres: anthropomorphic

First Line: Giant Edition 100 Pages of Fast Furious Fun 25¢

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle con Dimwit into buying their "Speedy-Grow Plant Food".

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Hey Kids!! Be the First in Your Neighborhood to Own These Sensational New Action-Packed Toys!

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First Line: Exactly like the real thing!

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Notes: Lucky Products ad offering a Republic F-84-E Thunderjet fighter plane model kit ($1.49), a Rocket Bank (98-cents), and a "Zoom Ahead! Space Ship" that travels 75 to 100 feet, is 10 inches long, and made of "vividly colored plastic" (98-cents). Also offered free: "Limited Time Only! 10 assorted and colorful molded 3-dimensional airplanes (not cut-outs!) with each item ordered. Includes jets, bombers, DC4's, etc. Order now!" Black and white ad on inside front cover.

A Lot of Nerve

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): police sergeant; police officer; woman in burning building; crowd of onlookers; big time movie producer

First Line: Well, before we can take you on the force, we have to test your courage! How are your nerves?

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle help Dimwit build up his shaky nerves so he can join the police department.

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Phony Money

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): swanky restaurant waiter

First Line: Wow! Dimwit must have struck it rich!

Synopsis: Seeing Dimwit dressed in a top hat and formal wear, and carrying a basket-full of money, Chesty believes the slow-but-good-natured dog has come into wealth, and cons Dimwit out of the cash.

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From Bad to Worse

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): crowds staring at Papa; oily lothario; Officer Bull Dog; Miss Busybody; Mrs. Busybody; desk sergeant (police); Judge Hardtack

First Line: Now, stand still, Wilbur. I've got to finish this dress.

Synopsis: Papa finds himself in a most embarrassing position. While serving as a dress dummy for Mama, the dress pattern blows out the window and onto the city streets - with Papa in pursuit, so that Mama can finally finish her dressmaking. So intent is he on retrieving the pattern that he jumps out the window and runs far down the city streets, after the elusive wind-blown paper... still wearing the dress. Can Papa survive his ordeal of extraordinary embarrassment as he makes his way home?

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Notes: In this story (page 1, panel 1), Papa Bear's name is revealed to be Wilbur.

Great Moment: Hiding out in "Loveland Park", the frenzied, frocked Papa is accosted by an aggressive, oily, (and, presumably, French) lothario, al la Pepe le Pew but without the charm. In each of the next four panels, the lothario moves ever closer, becoming more and more affectionate - while Papa recoils and becomes more and more horrified... (Madly illustrated by Jim Tyer!)

LOTHARIO (1st panel): "Aha! Ze Lovely Lady."
LOTHARIO (2nd panel): "Madam, I speak to you of love. My heart is yours to command."
LOTHARIO (3rd panel): "Your eyes are like ze limpid pools."
LOTHARIO (4th panel [cuddles up to Papa, cheek-to-cheek]): "See, I tickle you with ze beautiful moustache..."

PAPA: "Wait a minute. I'm not a woman - I'M A MANNNN!"
LOTHARIO: "Ah! Madam. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Sniff, sniff, sniff!"

Papa finally boots him into a tree. Draped over a branch, the lothario laments: "'Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all."

The Shanghaied Cat

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): ship's captain; ship's crew

First Line: This is going to be the best dive yet!

Synopsis: To escape from Percy Puss, Little Roquefort hides aboard a cargo ship ready to sail. When the ship's captain spies a mouse (Little Roquefort) on board, he sends his crew in search of a ship's cat - which turns out to be Percy Puss. And so, the shipboard battle is on.

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All Washed Up

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dimwit's lady master; Mr. Flungenspiel (laundromat owner); grumpy female cat customer; confusing female dog customer

First Line: Here, Puppy! Time for your bath, Poochie!

Synopsis: Running away from home and his lady master, because he doesn't want to take a bath, Dimwit takes a job in a laundromat.

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Notes: A sort of odd set up for a story as Dimwit is uncharacteristically cast as a human woman's pet, but all the customers Dimwit runs afoul of in the laundromat are non-pet anthropomorphic dogs and cats. The laundromat owner, Mr. Flungenspiel, who hires Dimwit as a worker (and not a pet) is a human.

Bundles of Bouquets

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): various passersby with flowers; hospital intake attendant; orderlies; doctor; newspaper editor; newspaper reporter; newsboy; frenzied newspaper readers

First Line: I say, Jeckle, old boy, flowers certainly do make an impression with the ladies!

Synopsis: Desiring to open a flower shop, Heckle and Jeckle maneuver Dimwit into a hospital figuring that his many well-wishers will send Dimwit flowers... that the magpies can use for merchandise.

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Notes: Good Bit: Dimwit apparently has SO many well-wishers that a special edition newspaper headline heralds his hospitalization, and frenzied folks rush to buy the paper and send him flowers.

Mighty Mouse and the Army of Giants

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Bogus (eagle); Doctor Caden (cat mad scientist); Peter Mouse (prisoner); giant mice (numbered 371 thru 375)

First Line: Untroubled by the cares of the world, Mighty Mouse drifts along the skyway rejoicing in the fresh spring day...

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse is captured by mad scientist Doctor Caden (a bespectacled, vampire-toothed cat), who has turned ordinary (anthropomorphic Terrytoon type) mice into giant-sized mindless slaves.

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Big Brother Trouble

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): kitten; woodpecker

First Line: Boy! Am I glad that nice warm sun is commin' up... I almost froze last night!

Synopsis: Hoping to get some sleep, Chesty rudely runs off a kitten and a woodpecker, who do their best to even the score.

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Pages: 6

Notes: No logo on this story, just a generic lettering of the name "Chesty".

Flight to the Moon

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): space-helmeted bird; asteroid-lounging dog; space pirates

First Line: Before this exciting game begins you must first mount each spaceship on a piece of cardboard and cut them out.

Synopsis: Advance your spaceship game piece from the Earth to the Moon.

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Notes: Same look and feel as the activity pages Vic Lockman would later do for Walt Disney Comics Digest (Western, 1968 Series).

The Chimney Cleaner

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): customer; vacuum cleaner salesman; Agnes (Gandy's girlfriend)

First Line: Golly, Dimwit, you're a mess! What happened?

Synopsis: Dimwit's newspaper ad says: "Any chimney cleaned for 5.00". Things go well until a customer demands the five-dollar deal for his high, soot-filled industrial chimney.

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Pages: 9

Notes: A rare (if singular?) paring of Dimwit and Gandy Goose.

Call of the Wild

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): wolf; game warden

First Line: Oh, a camping we will go... A camping we will go!

Synopsis: A hungry wolf disrupts Dinky and Rudy's camping trip.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Story appears to have a new Vic Lockman-designed "Dinky" logo.

Car Hop

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Farmer Gray

First Line: It's hopeless, Dimwit - the motor just won't run!

Synopsis: When Farmer Gray and Dimwit try to repair the farmer's old car, the vehicle takes to the air as a result.

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The Legacy

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): pawn shop clerk; printer

First Line: Gosh, that garage is sure a mess, eh, Jeckle?

Synopsis: Cleaning out their garage Heckle and Jeckle find an old antique clock that they think may be valuable. When a pawn shop clerk laughs in their face, the magpies settle for a quick buck by convincing Dimwit that it's valuable.

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A Red Hot Lesson

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First Line: Matches sure are a wonderful invention!

Synopsis: Rudy proves, by painful example, why Dinky shouldn't play with matches.

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The Plotter

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Susie's father

First Line: I'll be glad when Susie gets back from her trip, Gandy!

Synopsis: When Susie invites Sourpuss and Gandy for a visit, Sourpuss does his best to show-up Gandy.

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Salesman Sourpuss

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Character(s): Mrs. Van Pork; Liverwurst (Mr. Van Pork); Horace De Hound; Sweetie (Mrs. De Hound); William Goat; flock of sparrows

First Line: Susie Cat went to answer the doorbell and found her friends, Gandy and Sourpuss, there.

Synopsis: Susie has made lots of fudge to sell and raise money for an orphanage. She will go to a dance that night with either Gandy or Sourpuss, whomever sells the most fudge by 4:00 PM. Sourpuss schemes to win the sales contest.

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A Painful Memory

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First Line: Dear Diary - To-day [sic] I went walking down the street and...

Synopsis: Rudy laughs upon learning that Dinky is taking lessons at Chesty's Boxing School... a very brief laugh.

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Wrong Evidence

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): The Mistress

First Line: Come here you little troublemaker!

Synopsis: After a spirited cat-and-mouse chase, The Mistress boots Percy Puss out for causing damage to the house. Percy tries (and tries... and tries) to prove to The Mistress that Little Roquefort was responsible for the wreckage.

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New! 1953 "Space Commander" Vibro-Matic Walkie-Talkies

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First Line: 2 phones only $1

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Notes: Consumers Mart ad offering a pair of walkie-talkies for one dollar, promising "Thrills & Fun Galore!" Black and white ad on inside back cover.

It's Easy! It's Fun! Make Extra Money

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First Line: Showing famous Wallace Brown exclusive, exciting, greeting cards

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Notes: Ad for selling Christmas cards and all-occasion cards for Wallace Brown, Inc. Color ad on back cover.