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Issue: Dinky Duck #3
Publication Date: March 1952
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Issues: #3 of 14 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSt. John
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Company
On Sale Date: 1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Don't Be Coy with a Decoy

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: Shy Dinky works up the nerve to flirt with a duck decoy.
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Pages: 1
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Just a Little Bull

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Billy Bull
Character(s): Billy Bull; Claudia Cow (Billy's mother); Big Ben Bull (Billy's father - referred-to but not seen); rabbit; gophers; Texas Wolf (cattle rustler); Panhandle Pig (cattle rustler)
First Line: Billy the Bull was very happy.
Synopsis: Timid little Billy Bull finds the courage to save his mother from a pair of cattle rustlers.
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Pages: 2
Disclose 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.
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Flatfoot Fledgling

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Dinky Duck; other derisive ducks; flying contest starter; Martin Mallard; David Drake; Ronald Ringneck; weasel; two squirrels; three birds
First Line: Oh-boy - That's for me!
Synopsis: Dinky enters a "Long Distance Flying Contest", only to discover that he can't fly. Dejected, he falls for the trickery of a hungry weasel claiming to be a flying instructor.
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Pages: 8
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A Tough Egg

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss; bulldog
First Line: Roquefort, I'm putting on a comedy wrestling act at the dog show and I want you to help me!
Synopsis: A show rehearsal by Roquefort and a bulldog gives Percy the wrong impression.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Percy Puss is colored orange in this story. Later in the issue, in another story, he is colored his traditional black.
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The Watch-Dog

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Chesty; Dimwit
First Line: Keep your eye on the trailer while I get some groceries.
Synopsis: When Dimwit "keeps his eye on the trailer", he keeps his eye ON the trailer - and nothing else.
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Papa Wins Again

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Terry Bears; Papa; carnival barker; carnival patrons; Jocko (racing kangaroo, also known as "The Flash")
First Line: Hey Pop, there's a carnival in town!
Synopsis: At a carnival, Papa's typical bragging leads to a hundred yard dash competition with a racing kangaroo.
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Pages: 5
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The Amateur Dentist

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Horace Sly-Wit (hobo); mother and son pigs; Mr. Gander; Mrs. Goose; two goslings, hen; turkey; jackass
First Line: What are you building, Rudy?
Synopsis: As Rudy declares himself a dentist after reading a discarded book on "How To Pull Teeth", a hungry hobo hops off a freight train and stuffs a sack with an impossibly large volume of farm animals he intends to eat - including Dinky, two goslings, a hen, a turkey, and a full-grown jackass. ...Only from Jim Tyer.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Meta Moment: Dinky reads a "Mighty Mouse" comic book to the goslings as a bedtime story.
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Catnip Capers

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Percy Puss
Character(s): Percy Puss; Little Roquefort; Percy's owner
First Line: Shh! I'd better not tease Percy he looks very cross.
Synopsis: Percy's sour disposition is improved by an accidental exposure to catnip.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Percy Puss exhibits his traditional coloring as a black cat in this story. Previously, in a Little Roquefort story also in this issue, he is colored orange.
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Flying Fever

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit
First Line: I'd like to show you fellows something.
Synopsis: Heckle and Jeckle strap a lit rocket onto Dimwit's back, and believe they've sent him to the moon.
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Pages: 1
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Rival Romeos

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; female cat; barber
First Line: There's Gandy giving candy to my girl.
Synopsis: When Gandy gives a stick of peppermint to Sourpuss' girl, jealous Sourpuss counters by giving her a much larger stick of peppermint. Now, it's Gandy's move...
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Dinky Learns His Lesson

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Dinky Duck; derisive rabbit; derisive squirrel; derisive chipmunk; singing bird; the Flower Fairy; carnival wolf; carnival patrons
First Line: Hey, fellers, look at what Dinky's reading!
Synopsis: The Flower Fairy grants Dinky's wish to be able to sing as sweetly as a songbird. A wolf hears the singing duck and imprisons him, forcing him to perform as a carnival attraction.
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Pages: 8
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Prizes for Everyone

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): American Seed Co.
First Line: Get yours now!
Synopsis: Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., in exchange for prizes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Unlike future ads for American Seed Co., no money is offered in return for the sales efforts, only prizes. Color ad on back cover.

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