Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics #60

(February 1955)

Terrific Value! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

40 Airplanes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Reluctant Rescue (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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As Mighty Mouse loafs easily along through azure skies at ¼ jet power…

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; careless young rabbit; fox; turtle; skinny rabbit (young rabbit's cousin)

Synopsis

Mighty Mouse must continually rescue a young rabbit with no common sense.

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• from Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #30 (January 1952)

Keywords

bother; cage; cleaver; drowning; fire; fox; island; rabbit; rescue; stewpot; turtle; wood stove

"K.O." Sourpuss (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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What are you reading, Sourpuss?

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Gandy Goose [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; little boxer

Synopsis

Sourpuss trains to become a boxer, but is quickly dissuaded.

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• from Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #30 (January 1952)

Keywords

best-laid-plans; boxing

Fatty's Folly (Table of Contents: 4)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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So! Eating peanuts again!

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Fatty (plump young cat); Pop (Fatty's dad); lots of country mice

Synopsis

Young Fatty proves to his pop that even a slow, fat cat can catch mice, if he uses brains. All goes according to plan, until Mighty Mouse shows up.

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• from Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #30 (January 1952)

Keywords

creator reference; father and son; ingenuity; overweight; rainstorm; tin can; venetian blinds

Indexer Notes

To escape a sudden rainstorm, the country mice hide inside a can of “Tyer’s Corn” – a reference to fan-favorite Terrytoons animator and comic book artist Jim Tyer. Tyer did not draw this story.

You Can Be a Cartoonist! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

St. John Publishing; Terrytoons; Paul Terry's Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Grateful Kitten (Table of Contents: 6)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Did you ever see Mighty Mouse?

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

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anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

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Mighty Mouse; two kittens; father cat; young father cat (flashback); father cat's clan (flashback); rabbit

Synopsis

A cat tells his kittens about how Mighty Mouse saved him, when he was a kitten.

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• from Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #30 (January 1952)

Keywords

disbelief; father and sons; legend; rescue; wrong impression

Look at the Prized Stamp I Found! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Rudy Takes First Prize] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dinky / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hey, Dinky, what happened to your rooster friend?

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; yellow duckling

Synopsis

Rudy takes first prize in the barnyard bridge game, but not in the conventional sense.

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• from Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #30 (January 1952)

Keywords

first prize

Indexer Notes

Top half of page.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

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

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typeset

Keywords

government reporting; regulations

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Occupies only the third tier of a four-tiered page. The fourth (lowest) tier is blank.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

blank page(s) / 0.25 page (report information)

Keywords

blank or unused page space

Indexer Notes

Blank fourth (lowest) tier of a four-tiered page. Tiers one and two comprise the Dinky story (above), while tier three contains the Statement of Ownership (above).

The Tall Story Club (Table of Contents: 11)

Heckle and Jeckle / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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"I say!" exclaimed Jeckle, as he read the daily Terrytown newspaper.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; contest judge

Synopsis

Heckle and Jeckle are out to win the cash prize at the Tall Story Club's whopper competition. Figuring Dimwit to be a prime subject for an outrageous tale of adventurous feats, the magpies make up a tall tale about him. Dimwit, however, is a firm believer in truth and takes issue with the fictitious story.

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• from Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #30 (January 1952)

Keywords

competition; Lake Erie; Niagara Falls; tall tales

[Harry's Thinking Cap] (Table of Contents: 12)

Mighty Mouse The Perils of Pearl Pureheart / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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In our last episode, we left Pearl Pureheart tied to a ten-ton fire-belching dragon.

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Mighty Mouse The Perils of Pearl Pureheart [St. John Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Pearl Pureheart; Oil Can Harry; dragon; citizens of Terrytown; Mrs. Nosey; Detective Owl; Detective Owl’s unnamed “trusty assistant”; Jupiter’s greeter; Stone Men

Synopsis

Oil Can Harry invents a “thinking cap” that gives him the brain power to devise the means to spirit Pearl Pureheart off to the planet Jupiter.

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• from Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1951 series) #30 (January 1952)

Keywords

comic absurdity; dragon; flying saucer; Jupiter; kidnapping; peril; rescue; thinking cap; wanted posters

Indexer Notes

Drawn in Tyer's loose, wild style. On page 3, panel 1, there are wanted posters for Oil Can Harry from (1) Tokyo, Japan (written with psuedo Japanese characters), (2) Burglary - South America (No country - the whole continent!), (3) Larceny - Miami, Florida, (4) Cleveland (no state mentioned), (5) Worcester, Mass, (6) Detroit, Mich, (7) Fairlawn, N.J., (8) Lee, Mass - Forgery, (9) "Look for this man - St. Louis Police", and... (10) "Arrest - Hold and Wire Bridgeport Police - Wife Beating".

Men-Women-Boys-Girls Prizes Given (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

The FUNman Religious Wall Motto Plaques / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Be in the Bucks! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)