Terry-Toons Comics #75

(August 1949)

Rudy Grins Weight (Table of Contents: 1)

Dinky / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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"Well, what's so interesting in that paper you're reading?" asked Rudy from his easy chair, as he looked over at Dinky who was sitting on the sofa.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck, Rudy Rooster; Harold Hog; contest judges; announcer

Synopsis

Rudy hopes to win the prize as "The Most Outstanding Fowl" in the Terrytoon Poultry Contest, but leaves all the actual work to Dinky.

Keywords

best-laid-plans; contest; duck; rooster

Indexer Notes

Black and white text story with one illustration. Spans inside front and back covers.

How to Handle Crowds (Table of Contents: 2)

Heckle and Jeckle / comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

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Jim Tyer

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Wow! Lookit those women come!

Feature Logo

Heckle and Jeckle [St. John Logo with characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; Mr. Bulldog (department store manager); mob of lady shoppers; mob of men shoppers; store efficiency expert

Synopsis

Heckle and Jeckle invent an "automatic clothes selling machine" to relieve the chaotic conditions at an overcrowded department store. All goes well until a self-interested store efficiency expert (literally) throws a monkey wrench into the works.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #96 (December 1952) [Only 6 of the original 6.5 pages are reprinted.]

Keywords

chaos; department store; professional jealousy; sabotage; unintended slapstick consequences

Indexer Notes

The abbreviated reprint in Paul Terry's Comics #96 does not merely edit-out a half page unimportant to the story as a whole, but cuts off the final half page eliminating the story's ending gag.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Dinky Buys a New Machine (Table of Contents: 4)

Dinky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Connie Rasinski (signed as Connie R.)

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Connie Rasinski (signed as Connie R.)

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I saw a crate being delivered to Dinky this morning. I think I'll go see what it is.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; rooster doctor

Synopsis

A snooping Rudy is spooked by Dinky's (talking?) record machine.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #96 (December 1952)

Keywords

fright; microphone; recorder; snooping; unwelcome surprise

A Letter from Grandpa (Table of Contents: 5)

Gandy Goose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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What's the matter, Gandy? You look sad about something.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

Synopsis

Sourpuss misinterprets the reason for Gandy's sadness.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #96 (December 1952)

Keywords

grandfather; letter; sadness; sorry-you-asked; wrong impression

Can you find the Secret Clues to Monark's Popularity? (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Monark Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Star Performer (Table of Contents: 7)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 7.75 pages (report information)

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Connie Rasinski (signed)

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Connie Rasinski (signed)

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A strange new sight fills the streets of Terrytown as a movie company prepares to make an action picture starring of course Mighty Mouse.

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; The Claw, mouse radio reporter; mouse radio producer (control room); various members of the Claw gang; various mouse citizens of Terrytown; mechanical gorillas; real gorillas

Synopsis

The Claw stages a phony action movie to trap Mighty Mouse.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #96 (December 1952)

Keywords

best-laid-plans; director; diversion; gorillas; heroics; imposter; movie; suspicion; trap

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Richard E. Decker (business manager)

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Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

government reporting; regulations

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1948. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Occupies the lower 1/4 of page 2 of the Mighty Mouse story - interrupting that story.

No Lamb for Dinner (Table of Contents: 9)

Dingbat / comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

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Art Bartsch (signed)

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Art Bartsch (signed)

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Yum, yum - Lamb Chops.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dingbat; fox; lamb; other lambs (in final panel)

Synopsis

The wacky Dingbat thwarts a hungry lamb-stalking fox.

Keywords

bows and arrows; fox; lamb; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal

Where you find fun… you find Cracker Jack (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Dimwit Does the Job (Table of Contents: 11)

Heckle and Jeckle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Phew! I've got a hundred more holes to dig before we can get these fence posts up and collect our money from Farmer Brown.

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Heckle and Jeckle [St. John Logo without characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

Synopsis

Heckle and Jeckle trick Dimwit into digging a series of postholes for them.

Reprints

• in Heckle and Jeckle (St. John, 1951 series) #3 (February 1952)
• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #96 (December 1952)

Keywords

digging; postholes; trick

The Super-Cleaner (Table of Contents: 12)

Sourpuss / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Ah, good morning, Sir! I have here a marvelous mechanism that will -

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Sourpuss; door-to-door salesman; Sourpuss's scheming self (his bad alter-ego); Sourpuss's conscience (his good alter-ego); Gandy Goose; crowd of customers

Synopsis

Sourpuss buys an unwanted device from a door-to-door salesman, later conning Gandy into buying the device from him. Sourpuss' "good and bad selves" literally fight over the situation.

Reprints

• in Heckle and Jeckle (St. John, 1951 series) #3 (February 1952) [First page only.]
• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #96 (December 1952)

Keywords

"good and bad selves"; buyer beware; con game; dissatisfied customer; reversal of fortunes; sales; salesman; turning-lemons-into-lemonade

The Dream Contest (Table of Contents: 13)

Gandy Goose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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M-m-m- What a delicious pie!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

Synopsis

With each desiring a single delicious pie, Gandy and Sourpuss make a bet that whoever has the best dream that night gets to eat the pie.

Reprints

• in Paul Terry's Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #96 (December 1952)

Keywords

bet; contest; dream; pie

Margaret O'Brien (MGM star) at a Hollywood Party! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

The Prince Co. / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)