Paul Terry's Comics #90

(January 1952)

An Unexpected Surprise (Table of Contents: 1)

Sourpuss / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Are you going out, Sourpuss?

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Sourpuss [St. John Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Sourpuss; Gandy Goose; Susie (cat)

Synopsis

Sourpuss intends to surprise Susie, but infuriates her instead.

Keywords

best-laid-plans; date; outsmarting one’s-self; surprise; wrong impression

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside front cover.

A Close Shave (Table of Contents: 2)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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A black sedan races at breakneck speed along the waterfront of Terrytown, as The Claw and his gang make a desperate attempt to elude the police.

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; The Claw; Terrytown police (mice); citizens of Terrytown (mice); three cat-henchmen in getaway car; Mitzi Mouse; Professor Limburger

Synopsis

Pursued by the Terrytown police, a getaway car containing The Claw and three hench-cats careens off a waterfront pier and into the river. Mighty Mouse finds only the wrecked auto and no cats – who have either eluded capture, or are presumed dead. When a docked ship releases its cargo of Egyptian mummies bound for a museum, the Claw gang takes the place of the mummies.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #123 (March 1955)
• in Terrytoons Giant Summer Fun Book (Pines, 1957 series) #102 (Summer 1958)

Keywords

car chase; mummies; police; waterfront

[Just a Walk in the Park for Mighty Mouse] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mighty Mouse (as "Mighty M") / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Things are sure quiet. I think I’ll take a walk.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; autograph-seeking kid-mice; assassin-cats

Synopsis

Lamenting a lack of action, a bored Mighty Mouse takes a quiet walk through a park, where he unknowingly foils several attempts on his life.

Keywords

assassins; boredom; park; quiet; walk

Indexer Notes

The logo for this story reads "Mighty M", with a large red letter "M" below the smaller word "Mighty", and a figure of a flying Mighty Mouse within the "indented space" at the top of that large "M".

Skunked Again (Table of Contents: 4)

Terry Bears / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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It’s a nice day for fishing…

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Terry Bears [St. John logo with characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

The Terry Bears; Papa Bear; various fish; skunk

Synopsis

The Terry Bears teach their blowhard Papa a thing or two about fishing.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #123 (March 1955)
• in Terrytoons Giant Summer Fun Book (Pines, 1957 series) #102 (Summer 1958)

Keywords

fishing; know-it-all; reversal of fortunes; skunk

[Pop Go the Cats!] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mighty Mouse (as "Mighty M") / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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It was nice of Mighty Mouse to invite us to his ranch!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; cowboy-playing kid-mice; three hungry cats

Synopsis

On his “M.M. Ranch”, Mighty Mouse vanquishes three skulking cats, while making it seem that a pair of cowboy-playing kid-mice did it with their pop-guns. In the final panel with the jubilant kids, Mighty Mouse “winks at us” a la Clark Kent.

Keywords

heroics; intruders; kids; pop-guns; ranch; western setting

Indexer Notes

The logo for this story reads "Mighty M", with a large red letter "M" below the smaller word "Mighty", and a figure of a flying Mighty Mouse within the "indented space" at the top of that large "M".

The Yokel Duck Makes Good (Table of Contents: 6)

Dinky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Everyone should try whatever he can do best!

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Dinky [Duck] [St. John logo without character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck, Rudy Rooster; farmer; hens; baby chicks; pig; mule

Synopsis

It’s “Help Around the Barnyard Week”, and everyone does their part. That is, everyone except poor Dinky, who fails at everything he tries, until four baby chicks need rescuing by someone who can “swim like a duck”.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #123 (March 1955)

Keywords

barnyard; farm; pitching-in; unlikely hero

Cracker Jack! Yum-Yum! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

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?; Archer St. John (publisher, signed) ?; Richard E. Decker (business manager) ?

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Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

government reporting; regulations

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1951. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Lower half of page.

[Mule be Sorry] (Table of Contents: 9)

Farmer Gray / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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C’mon – ye danged ol’ mule, get goin’ or we’ll be late fer the market!

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Farmer Gray [St. John logo with character]

Genre

humor

Characters

Farmer Gray; mule

Synopsis

Farmer Gray sets a fire under his mule to get him moving.

Keywords

fire; market; mule; outsmarting one’s-self; produce; wagon

The Great Cheese Mystery (Table of Contents: 10)

Mighty Mouse / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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In a certain quarter of Terrytown lived the mice populace.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Buster (magazine reporter mouse); The Claw; Fang (Claw Gang member); other gang members

Synopsis

A magazine reporter interviews Mighty Mouse, who reveals the secret of his great strength. His arch enemy, The Claw, reads the article with great interest.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #123 (March 1955)

Keywords

interview; magazine article; reporter; revealed secret

Indexer Notes

The first three paragraphs of this two-page text story nicely recap the current (at the time) Mighty Mouse comic book continuity, telling of the industrious and prosperous community of Terrytown mice, the recurring menace of The Claw and his gang, and the equally recurring heroics of Mighty Mouse.

The House Wreckers (Table of Contents: 11)

Heckle and Jeckle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Jail Break! Jail Break!

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Heckle and Jeckle [St. John Logo without characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; escaped convict

Synopsis

An escaped convict hides in an old deserted house… that Heckle and Jeckle have been hired to demolish. …Poor guy.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #123 (March 1955)

Keywords

hideout; house-wreckers; jail break

The Amazed Pussycat (Table of Contents: 12)

Little Roquefort / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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I’m going out and don’t dare take anything from the refrigerator – do you hear?

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Little Roquefort [St. John logo without character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Little Roquefort; Percy Puss; Percy's mistress

Synopsis

Percy raids a refrigerator that Little Roquefort has booby trapped.

Keywords

booby trap; cat; mouse; refrigerator

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside back cover.

Given-Given (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co.; Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)