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Taking a Little Off the Top

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; cat

First Line: You look much better with your hair parted!

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse bends a cat's rifle backward, giving the cat's hair a "parting-shot".

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Pages: 1

Benny the Lazy Beaver

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Benny the Lazy Beaver

Character(s): Benny the Lazy Beaver; Old Man Beaver; Mrs. Blue Jay; Mr. Blue Jay; Fisheye Fox; Foulball Fox; Griswald Grizzly

First Line: TIM--BER!! Old Man Beaver's shout rang loud and clear through the forest.

Synopsis: Benny the Lazy Beaver isn't interested in gnawing-down trees and building dams like the other beavers. Instead, he is alternately lazy and overly artistic. Feeling that he'll never fit in with the other busy-beavers, Benny takes off for the Big City. He never gets there because, en-route, he encounters Fisheye and Foulball Fox, operators of a fur shop that specializes in beaver hats and coats.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Begins on the inside front cover (page 1) and concludes on the inside back cover (page 2). One black and white illustration on page 1.

This is an expanded text adaptation of the 1947 Mighty Mouse theatrical cartoon "Lazy Little Beaver" - though, oddly, excluding Mighty Mouse, and having a wolf as the villainous furrier. Without Mighty Mouse to "save the day" in this text version, Benny must rely on his wits to escape the felonious fox furriers.

The cartoon was co-written by Tom Morrison (the editor of this comic), so this story was very likely adapted/written by him as well. The cartoon was directed by Connie Rasinski, who almost certainly contributed to the interior story art of this comic.

The Flying Disc

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; The Claw; proto-version of Professor Edam; Joe (mouse lab assistant), various mouse citizens of Terrytown; cat fighter pilots

First Line: I'm going now, Professor. Are you sure you'll be all right alone?

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse agrees to be the test pilot for an experimental saucer-like spacecraft intended to take the Terrytown mice off-Earth, and away from the cats forever. The Claw gets wind of this and leads a cat fighter-squadron to obliterate the spacecraft.

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Giant Comics Editions #3 published October 1948
as The Flying Disc [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Notes: A tall (for a mouse), lanky, bearded mouse character, referred to only as "The Professor", appears in this story. This would seem to be the prototype for the later, recurring mouse scientist Professor Edam. The Claw's fur is colored brown, rather than its usual gray.

Lunch for Bunny

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Bunny; Mrs. Bunny; three Bunny kids; Fido (bulldog)

First Line: I say old bean, it looks like that bunny is in a bit of trouble.

Synopsis: With their trademark slapstick trickery, Heckle and Jeckle help a bunny get needed vegetables for his family from a vegetable garden guarded by a mean bulldog.

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Pages: 8

Notes: The bunnies in this story are particularly cute, and the violence particularly cartoony.

Adventure in Arabia

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; The Great One (Arab-cat bandit leader); goony-eyed Arab-cat sorcerer; various Arab-cat bandits; Arab-mouse sultan; various Arab-mouse citizens and soldiers; Mitzi Mouse

First Line: Far away, in an ancient mystic land, the cruel leader of an outlaw gang, prepares to attack a peaceful little city.

Synopsis: The Great One, leader of a tribe of Arab-cat bandits, overruns a peaceful Arab-mouse city, collecting all the mice for a sumptuous celebratory meal. Before the celebration can begin, The Great One commands his goony-eyed sorcerer to deliver to him the most delectable, tender young mouse of all, which he will consume to mark his victory. The sorcerer's crystal ball reveals Mitzi, far away in Terrytown, to be that prized mouse - but not if Mighty Mouse has anything to say about it.

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Pages: 8

Notes: This story shows an early St. John design of Mitzi with greyish fur, and long, flowing hair.

Open Season

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck, Chesty; Dimwit; duck hunters; turtle; dog catcher

First Line: A toast to our departing friend!

Synopsis: Chesty and Dimwit count down the minutes until duck season opens, and they can blast Dinky.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Dinky is colored gray (as he occasionally is), as opposed to his usual black. He is also uncharacteristically cast as a duck-in-the-wild that can be hunted, vs. his usual situation as a barnyard duck.

The Secondhand Taxi

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; two con-men; businessman in a hurry; De Soako Motor Car Co. representative

First Line: Here's ten dollars, my good man. Keep the change.

Synopsis: Gandy and Sourpuss are conned into buying an old broken-down taxicab.

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Pages: 4

Notes: "De Soako" is a parody reference to the then-famous "DeSoto" automobile brand of the Chrysler Corporation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_(automobile)

Gandy Drops His (Rear) Guard

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

First Line: What's going on here?

Synopsis: Would-be prizefighter Gandy demonstrates his "perfect defense against any blow", which Sourpuss quickly counters ending yet another aspiration for Gandy.

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Notes: Color story on back cover. Gandy brags of his defensive strategy "In this position even Joe Louis couldn't hurt me!" Sourpuss saves Joe Louis the trouble.