Dinky Duck #8

(February 1954)

Musical Whirling Angel Chimes (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hi-Jinks (Table of Contents: 2)

Dinky / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Golly, that airplane sounds like it's having motor trouble!

Feature Logo

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Jake (jewel robber); Reggie (jewel robber); Biddy Bantam (high society hen); Biddy Bantam's party guests; police officer

Synopsis

Two jewel robbers plan to use a radio-controlled small plane to rob a high-hen-society party. They didn't count on amateur detectives Dinky and Rudy.

Keywords

amateur detectives; best-laid-plans; jewel robbery; radio-controlled small plane; society party

Rudy Lights Up (Table of Contents: 3)

Dinky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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In the school play, you've got to hold a cigar. Can you get one?

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Dinky (Duck) St. John Logo with character

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; teacher

Synopsis

Rudy learns that there are more unpleasant types of cigars than just the exploding variety.

Keywords

cigar; wrong impression

Caught By the Camera (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Roquefort / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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I've got the movie camera all set up to shoot the pictures of us making like actors, Dear!

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Little Roquefort [St. John logo with character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Little Roquefort; Percy Puss; man of the house; lady of the house

Synopsis

Percy is caught on movie camera film eating the humans' food.

Keywords

caught-in-the-act; movie camera

Living Dangerously (Table of Contents: 5)

Dinky / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Brrr! That wind's cold!

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Fluff; Puff (two chicks); Cheeky Gopher; Chesty; Farmer Gray

Synopsis

When a sudden snow hits, Dinky and Cheeky Gopher build a sled but disagree on every aspect of the endeavor, from construction to steering. Chesty and Farmer Gray each intervene, with very different approaches to making peace.

Keywords

disagreement; sled; snow; turning-lemons-into-lemonade

Indexer Notes

An odd sort of story, giving Dinky an essentially "new cast" (including Chesty the bulldog from the Heckle and Jeckle feature), as opposed to his usual antics with Rudy Rooster, yet retaining the familiar farm setting with the presence of Farmer Gray. It's also more of an "unfolding character piece" of different (and sometimes disjointed) events, rather than a typical outing that builds toward a gag-climax. Given its generally softer tone, and less strident approach to gags, one might say this was more of a "text story" presented as a "comic story".

Fit To Be Tied (Table of Contents: 6)

Dinky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Vic Lockman

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Vic Lockman

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Vic Lockman

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; ostrich; customers

Synopsis

Dinky finds an eye-catching way to display the ties he's selling.

Keywords

display; ostrich; selling; ties; turning-lemons-into-lemonade

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. This is a gag that is very typical of Vic Lockman's later years with Dell and Gold Key Comics.

Coo-Coo About Corn (Table of Contents: 7)

Dinky / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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"Package for you, Dinky!" exclaimed the mailman, Harold Horse, as he handed it to Dinky.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Harold Horse; Dotty Duck; Wise Old Owl

Synopsis

Dinky tries various ways to prevent Rudy from eating the delicious sweet corn the duck receives in packages from his Aunt Daphne.

Keywords

battle of wits; blowtorch; corn; gift; moocher; safe; shovel

Farmer Gray's Maze (Table of Contents: 8)

Farmer Gray / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Vic Lockman

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Farmer Gray has only a few minutes to get his load of hay to Terrytown. See if you can help him find the right road to take!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Farmer Gray; horse; citizens of Stumpville; sleeping dog; mouse citizens of Terrytown

Synopsis

Guide Farmer Gray, his horse, and his hay wagon through a maze to Terrytown.

Keywords

maze puzzle

Pirate Gold (Table of Contents: 9)

Dinky / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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So far, that stupid duckling has managed to stay out of my oven, but I got a feelin' this fake treasure map will get him right where I want him!

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Dinky (Duck) St. John Logo with character

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; fox

Synopsis

A hungry fox tries to trap Dinky by having him follow a phony pirate treasure map, designed to lead the duck into various traps.

Keywords

cartoon slapstick violence; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; series of mishaps; trap; treasure map

Indexer Notes

This story features lots of cartoon slapstick violence, in blackout gag style, all of it perpetrated upon the fox while Dinky remains oblivious to the deservedly painful events going on around him.

The fake ancient treasure map the fox allows Dinky to find says, at its bottom, "Copyright 1953 [the then-current year] Made in Japan".

And while Dinky passes each of the "landmarks" that are drawn on the map, he encounters them in a different order than which they appear on the map. Even the "destination-spot-marking X" (that all treasure maps invariably have) is found in the opposite direction from the final landmark vs. the way it is seen on the map. Are all of these inconsistencies an intentional gag on the part of those clever "Terry-Tooners" to see if we're paying attention? ...Or is it just a pre-fannish-culture case of "make it up as we go along, 'cause no one'll ever look back a few pages at the map"? You decide.

Yes, Right from Detroit! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Young Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Send for Butch the Cracker Jack Flashlight Dog with Key Chain Leash (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)