(November 1979)

Western, 1946 Series
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Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Editing
Michael Teitelbaum (editor)

Issue Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover are generally blank. Portions of the back cover may contain ads from various businesses that offered the book as a premium - or may be blank.

Edited out of Western Publishing's New York offices.
This issue has variants:

[UFO Sighting] (Table of Contents)

Mighty Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Costanza
Inks
John Costanza
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse
Synopsis
Mighty Mouse sights an unidentified flying object heading toward Earth... but IS it Earth?
Keywords
outer space setting; planet; UFO

Indexer Notes

At a glance, when a UFO approaches a planet, we are conditioned to naturally regard that planet as the planet Earth... especially when a familiar character associated with the Earth, in this case Mighty Mouse, is the focal point of the illustration. But, since when does Earth have "intestine-shaped continents" as pictured here?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Big Wheel! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Costanza
Inks
John Costanza
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As Mitzi goes shopping at Mouseville's leading cheese store...
Feature Logo
Mighty Mouse [Late 1970's Western Logo (Adventures of Mighty Mouse)]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; cheese shop proprietor; Professor Theorem; various mouse citizens of Mouseville; various cats from Catville
Synopsis
Cats use the strange but enticing aroma from a giant wheel of cheese to put the mice of Mouseville into a deep sleep.
Keywords
cats; cheese; mice; sleep

Catastrophe Cat! (Table of Contents: 3)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Costanza
Inks
John Costanza
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In Catville, the startled cats suddenly see a building begin to shake...
Feature Logo
Mighty Mouse [Late 1970's Western Logo (Adventures of Mighty Mouse)]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; Catastrophe Cat; various cats from Catville; various mouse citizens of Mouseville
Synopsis
Lonely Catastrophe Cat is an outcast among cats because wherever he goes something awful happens. Trees fall, buildings collapse, etc. The cats plan to send him to Mouseville, where his continuing catastrophes will keep Mighty Mouse busy, leaving the cats free to capture mice. Eventually, Mighty Mouse settles things by finding a good use for Catastrophe Cat's curse, making him popular among his cat peers.
Keywords
catastrophes; cats; loneliness; mice; outcast

Indexer Notes

John Costanza draws the many cats appearing in this story (including Catastrophe Cat) in the same style as the many incidental cat characters he regularly draws for the 1970s-1980s Western Publishing Tweety and Sylvester title.

Cheese It! (Table of Contents: 4)

Mighty Mouse / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Costanza
Inks
John Costanza
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Join Mighty Mouse and Mitzi Mouse in finding those delectable cheeses by looking up, down, and across (backward and forward) through the letter maze.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse
Synopsis
Find the names of ten different cheeses in a jumble of letters.
Keywords
word-search puzzle

Silhouettes (Table of Contents: 5)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Complete the crossword puzzle by identifying the silhouettes below and putting your answer in the puzzle box!
Synopsis
A crossword puzzle using silhouettes of objects for the clues.
Keywords
crossword puzzle

Indexer Notes

There is no feature for this activity page. No characters are present. In March of Comics issues the activity pages are always tied to the featured property of the issue, but this is an exception. Where all the Mighty Mouse related features carry the following copyright attribution, "© 1979 Viacom International, Inc.", the copyright attribution on this page reads "© 1979 Western Publishing Company, Inc.".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Snacks in Space] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mighty Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Costanza
Inks
John Costanza
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; hand reaching out from UFO
Synopsis
Mighty Mouse provides a snack of cheese to a presumed hungry mouse-tronaut.
Keywords
cheese; outer space setting; UFO

Indexer Notes

Theme continues from front cover illustration. Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [UFO Sighting]
    Mighty Mouse
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Big Wheel!
    Mighty Mouse
  4. 3. Catastrophe Cat!
    Mighty Mouse
  5. 4. Cheese It!
    Mighty Mouse
  6. 5. Silhouettes
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. [Snacks in Space]
    Mighty Mouse
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Richard Smith
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)