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Issue: Mighty Mouse Comics #5

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Publication Date: January 1948

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Issues: #5 of 19 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

St. John

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Archer St. John

On Sale Date: 04/07/1948

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: First St. John issue. No interior ads in this issue. All 32 interior pages, as well as front and inside-front covers, are comics or comics-related text material.

With St. John came a company of actual Terrytoons animators, writers, and directors – including Tom Morrison, Connie Rasinski, Art Bartsch, Carlo Vinci, and Jim Tyer – to give the stories a completely different look and feel, from the Terry comics produced by Timely. A look more accurate to Terry concepts and character designs.

While this issue would largely present stories based (to varying degrees) on existing Mighty Mouse theatrical animated shorts, a well-defined continuity would soon be created for Mighty Mouse featuring regular friends (Mitzi Mouse, Professor Edam) and recurring foes (The Claw, Professor Ohm), leading to a solid series of adventure stories for the Mouse of Tomorrow.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, later issues standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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- Some Wheels Over the Rainbow [Illustration on Cover, Front]1

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Content Items (8 total)

Some Wheels Over the Rainbow

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse roller skates upon a rainbow.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Mighty Mouse #5 published September 1947
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Hungry Mouse

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Milton L. Mouse; Caesar the Cat

First Line: It was a worried Milton L. Mouse that paced up and down in his cramped living quarters between the wallboards.

Synopsis: Milton L. Mouse and Caesar the Cat agree on a truce. Caesar circumvents the truce with trickery. Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue, signaled in a clever way by Milton.

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Pages: 1

Aladdin's Lamp

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Aladdin Mouse; genie; cat; other captive mice

First Line: One stormy night in the far, far east, a poor mouse named Aladdin seeks shelter in an old curio shop.

Synopsis: A poor hungry mouse named Aladdin finds a magic lamp complete with genie. He lives well for a while, until a cat takes control of the lamp and the genie. But, when the genie-commanding cat demands that "every mouse in town" be brought to him, he didn't reckon on Mighty Mouse being among them.

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Pages: 8

Notes: While there is a 1947 Mighty Mouse theatrical animated short also titled "Aladdin's Lamp", this comic story is not an adaptation of that cartoon.

Adventure in Mexico

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; old Mexican mouse with a cane; Sancho Lopez (toreador mouse); Maria (mouse); Maria's evil stepfather (mouse); stepfather's knife-wielding mouse-thugs; bulls; bullfighting fans (mice)

First Line: As our story opens, we find Mighty Mouse far from home on the way to answer an urgent call from an old friend.

Synopsis: In Mexico, Mighty Mouse helps a noble toreador mouse win the hand of his intended bride, over the objections and treachery of the bride's evil stepfather.

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Pages: 10

Notes: While not an actual adaptation or remake, this story incorporates elements of the 1946 Mighty Mouse theatrical animated short "Throwing the Bull", directed by the comic story's artist Connie Rasinski.

The Sheep Who Cried Wolf

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Duke (sheepdog); Baba (black sheep); wolf; other sheep

First Line: Let's see now... one... two...

Synopsis: Baba the black sheep plays tricks on Duke the sheepdog and Mighty Mouse by crying "wolf!" So, who can't guess what happens next?

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Pages: 8

Notes: This story is a comic book adaptation of the 1947 Mighty Mouse theatrical animated short "Crying Wolf", directed by Connie Rasinski, but omitting certain elements of the cartoon for presumed brevity.

In the comic, Duke the sheepdog is drawn by Art Bartsch to look exactly like a gray-colored version of "Dimwit", Heckle and Jeckle's regular patsy. The dog in the cartoon is similarly drawn, but is colored tan.

Mighty Mouse in Storyland

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; Grandma; Little Red Riding Hood; wolf (in Zoot suit); the Three Little Pigs

First Line: It's been a long time since I visited Storyland.

Synopsis: Visiting Storyland, a kingdom in the clouds, Mighty Mouse saves Little Red Riding Hood from the unwanted advances of a Zoot-suited wolf - by literally punching the wolf out of his Zoot suit. Now unhip and unclad, the wolf turns his attentions toward chasing the Three Little Pigs - but Mighty Mouse saves their bacon as well.

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Pages: 6

Notes: This story is signed twice by Connie Rasinski. His full name on the splash panel of page one, and his initials "CR" on the final panel of page six.

The portions of the story where the wolf is knocked out of his Zoot suit, loses his interest in Red Riding Hood, and turns his attentions to the Three Little Pigs (omitting a detour turn in a "Little Bo Peep sheep-trapping disguise" in between) are directly lifted from the 1945 Mighty Mouse theatrical short "Mighty Mouse and the Wolf".

Free! This Full-Color Art-Print of Mighty Mouse Suitable for Framing

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): St. John Publishing Co.; Terry-Toons Comics

Character(s): Mighty Mouse

First Line: Free with each one-year subscription to Terry-Toons Comics don’t delay!

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Pages: 1

Notes: St. John house ad for subscriptions to Terry-Toons Comics with a free 8x10 print of Mighty Mouse in a classically heroic pose. One, two, and three-year subscriptions are offered, at a proportionate savings per issue. Black and white ad on inside back cover.

All the Gang Will Admire Your - Schwinn-Built Bicycle

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Schwinn

First Line: Only a Schwinn has All these Winning Features

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad offering a free 1948 folder of “...color pictures – photographs taken in Hollywood – of your favorite movie stars riding their Schwinn-Built Bicycles”. Roy Rogers, Bing Crosby, and Bob Hope are mentioned in the ad. Doubles as a catalog for Schwinn bicycles. Color ad on back cover.