Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #247 [Child Life Shoes]

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

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

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Danger Island (Table of Contents: 2)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Fred Fredericks

Inks

Fred Fredericks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lights burn late in the evening at the Mouseville Museum... suddenly Mitzi rushes from the building...

Feature Logo

Adventures of MIGHTY MOUSE [Dell/Western Logo #1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; Professor Theorem; three gangster cats; the Catibals of Crobb Island

Synopsis

While studying ancient scrolls, Professor Theorem uncovers the existence of Crobb Island, where cats once used the fumes of burning "Crobb Grass" to paralyze mice for the picking. Mighty Mouse, Mitzi, and the professor (followed by three gangster cats) travel to Crobb Island to investigate. There, both mice and cats are captured by "Catibals"(cannibal cats) and prepared for sacrifice.

Keywords

ancient scrolls; paralysis; sacrifice; sea or island setting

Indexer Notes

Newman script per Biblio printed in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 22, #7, July 2013.

This story uses the Western-created scientist mouse "Professor Theorem" rather than the regularly-used scientist mouse "Professor Edam" of the St. John era Mighty Mouse continuity. Professor Edam would appear at Western shortly thereafter in the Western reprints of St. John material seen in Mighty Mouse #161-165 (1964-1965), presumably indicating there was no prohibition on using the character.

Missing Mitzi (Table of Contents: 3)

Mighty Mouse / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Fredericks

Inks

Fred Fredericks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Professor Theorem has made Mitzi vanish and he can't find the secret formula to make her reappear...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; Professor Theorem

Keywords

connect-the-dots

Indexer Notes

Connect the dots to create the image of Mitzi.

[Capturing the Clutching Cat] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mighty Mouse / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Gormley

Inks

Dan Gormley

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Clutching Cat has tried to ruin this photo that was taken of him at the scene of a crime!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; The Clutching Cat

Keywords

fill-in the dots

Indexer Notes

Fill-in the dotted areas of a picture with a pencil to expose the image of The Clutching Cat.

The Clutching Cat was Western's brief answer to Mighty Mouse's regular adversary of the St. John era Mighty Mouse continuity, The Claw. The Claw would appear at Western shortly thereafter in the Western reprints of St. John material seen in Mighty Mouse #161-165 (1964-1965), presumably indicating there was no prohibition on using the character.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Flying Through the Blue] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mighty Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan Gormley

Inks

Dan Gormley

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse

Synopsis

Mighty Mouse flying against a blank sky-blue background, presumably repurposed from another Western comic book source.

Keywords

repurposed art

Indexer Notes

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.