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Sailing on a Cat-a-moron!

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; cat

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse and Mitzi use a unconscious cat for a sailboat.

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Pages: 1

Mud Pie a la Watchdog

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Willie the watchdog

First Line: "I'm hungry," cried Jeckle as the two magpies landed on top of the fence surrounding Farmer Al Falfa's vegetable patch.

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle con some food out of Willie the watchdog with a recipe for "baked mudpies".

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Pages: 1.75

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 story runs 1.5 pages instead of the usual 2 pages. The balance of page two is filled with a Gandy Goose text story, which is indexed per its actual place in the issue - the inside back cover.

In the single illustration accompanying this story, Willie the watchdog is drawn to look exactly like Heckle and Jeckle's usual victim of trickery, Dimwit.

Evil Rides the Skies

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; The Witch-Cat; lots of Halloween party-attending mice

First Line: Every dog may have its day but every cat has its night... Heh-heh!

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse attends a mouse Halloween party in disguise because "It's fun to be an ordinary mouse for a while [and] no one will know who I am." A Witch-Cat plans to disrupt the party and make off with the mice. In a twist to the many stories where Mighty Mouse is disguised and reveals his identity when trouble begins, the Witch-Cat knows that this one particular costumed mouse is really Mighty Mouse and comes prepared with a strength-sapping poison apple.

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Paul Terry's Comics #87 published May 1951
as Evil Rides the Skies [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Notes: Good Bit (among the party-going mice):

PRETTY COSTUMED FEMALE MOUSE: "That's the funniest mask I've ever seen!"
DOPEY-LOOKING MALE MOUSE: "B-but, I'm not wearing a mask!"

The Picnic Stowaway

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Mrs. Rudy Rooster; three little chicks; game warden

First Line: Where are you going, fellows?

Synopsis: Rudy excludes Dinky from the Rooster family picnic. A disappointed Dinky tries to help Rudy in various ways, in the hope that Rudy will change his mind. Will Dinky "kill Rudy with kindness", or just plain kill him?

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Pages: 6

Notes: Dinky is colored orange as opposed to his usual black.

Mystery on the Waterfront

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse (also as "The Masked Beauty"); The Claw; Terrytown chief of police (mouse); old seafaring mouse; various mice of Terrytown; Spike (cat, member of The Claw's gang); Slug (cat, member of The Claw's gang); Shanghai Jake (cat); many sailor mice attending the show at Shanghai Jake's; dopey-looking one-toothed cat (member of The Claw's gang); speedboat pilot (cat); cat cannoneers

First Line: At police headquarters in Terrytown we find the champion of justice conferring with the chief of police.

Synopsis: The Claw has his spies obtain Mighty Mouse's autograph, which the villain uses to trick Mitzi into a trap. Once in captivity, Mitzi is forced to sing (as "The Masked Beauty") at Shanghai Jake's waterfront dive, packing in many love-starved sailor mice - who are dropped through a trap door and into the Claw Gang's hungry clutches.

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Paul Terry's Terrytoon Comics #86 published May 1951
as Mystery on the Waterfront [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 10

Notes: Normally a brunette, Mitzi is a redhead in the story. Third appearance of Mighty Mouse's recurring villain The Claw.

Super Salesmen

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Sarge (cop that looks like Chesty); cop (looks like Dimwit); squirrels

First Line: Ah! The city park -- Just the spot for two industrious magpies to set up their business!

Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle are aggressive peddlers in the city park, much to the consternation of two hapless code-enforcing cops.

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Pages: 4

The Artful Dodger

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; carnival employees; carnival patrons; boxing promoter; Killer Kilroy; Bob Weave; boxing ring-hands; boxing fans

First Line: Well, well stupid - what are you supposed to be? A scarecrow?

Synopsis: Gandy is adept at "dodging baseballs" as a carnival attraction. Sourpuss believes the goose can adapt this dodging talent to the boxing ring.

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Pages: 4

Notes: When a baseball-outfitted Gandy first tells Sourpuss that he's been "signed up as a dodger", Sourpuss assumes the goose was referring to the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team.

Gandy and Peppermint Candy

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Willie (Wacky Willie?)

First Line: One day Gandy wanted to make some peppermint candy, but he couldn't find any peppermint flavoring.

Synopsis: Willie creates some peppermint candy, as only he can.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: This story runs for one quarter page, sharing page space with the Heckle and Jeckle Text story "Mud Pie a la Watchdog" that runs 1 3/4 pages - for a combined total of two pages.

The character in this story who "takes an unconventional approach to things" is named "Willie". No additional name or physical appearance (species, dog, cat, etc.?) information is offered. But we can infer that it may very well be "Wacky Willie", a mainstay of the previous iteration of the Terry-Toons title published by Timely (1942-1947). If so, this might be the only appearance of the "Wacky Willie" in the St. John run... or any subsequent Terry licensed publisher.

...Or it could even be "Willie the watchdog" from the associated Heckle and Jeckle Text story.

There is no illustration to go with this story.

The Kissing Bet

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Gandy Goose; Gloria Goose (Gandy's girl); Sourpuss; Susie (Sourpuss' girl)

First Line: Bet you a nickel I can kiss you without touching you.

Synopsis: Gandy plays a trick on his girl, and gets a kiss for it. Sourpuss plays the same trick on Susie, and gets smacked... and not the "kissing kind" of "Smack!"

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Pages: 1

Notes: Color story on back cover.