(June 1955)
Toby,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1955
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Toby Press Inc.
- Brand
-
Toby Press
Issue Notes
Final Toby Press issue.
Keywords change in publisher
Reported
Felix the Cat / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Children -- It won't be necessary for you to take your report cards home -- I've already mailed them to your parents!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Felix the Cat; Inky; teacher; Mr. O'Malley (mailman); Danny
- Synopsis
- Inky will stop at nothing to prevent Felix receiving the boy's report card in the mail.
- Keywords
- mail; report card
Sound Effects
Felix the Cat / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I feel nervous - soft, sweet music might calm me!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Felix the Cat; vacuuming lady upstairs; guy with bowling ball; two guys posting advertising bills; jackhammer operator; guy with drum; kid with balloon; department store crowds; rooster; popularity contest judge; contest master-of-ceremonies; Flub the Pup; Pokey Pig
- Synopsis
- Suffering from jangled nerves, Felix tries desperately to shut out all sounds. He succeeds, but at an unknown cost.
- Reprints
-
in The Nine Lives of Felix the Cat (Harvey, 1991 series) #3 (February 1992)
-
- Keywords
- bad nerves; earmuffs; need-for-peace-and-quiet; reused story; sounds
Indexer Notes
A reworking of the two-page text story "Felix Becomes Earritated" from Felix the Cat (Dell, 1948 Series) #11 (October-November 1949).
Play Fun
activity / 1 page
- Script
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Pencils
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Inks
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a word test!
- Genre
- children
- Keywords
- connect-the-dots; drawing-step-by-step; numbers puzzle; word find; word games
Indexer Notes
A page of puzzles and activities.
[He's Gonna Need a Bigger Bed!]
Joe Blow / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Joe Blow
- Synopsis
- Joe solves the problem of his repeatedly falling out of bed.
- Keywords
- bed; making-the-best-of-it; sleep problems
Indexer Notes
Pantomime.
[A Hot Time on the Old Wrist Tonight]
Don Poco / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eet ees very hot today - I weel go sweeming!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Don Poco; kid
- Synopsis
- In his haste to go swimming, Don Poco forgets one important detail.
- Keywords
- hot weather; inattentiveness; swimming
House Blues
Felix the Cat / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee! I hate to think of all the work I have to do so that the house looks ship shape!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Felix the Cat; Inky; Mr. Lando (real estate agent); prospective buyer
- Synopsis
- Felix wants to sell his house, but then has second thoughts.
- Keywords
- leave-well-enough-alone; second thoughts; selling a house
Color Drama
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blackie, a shaggy, black-haired cocker-spaniel, walked friskily out of the barn with a rambling, rocking motion.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Blackie; Peggy Peacock; Fireman the Rooster; Benny the Blue-Jay; purple martin; red robin; green turtle; snow-white rabbit; yellow canary; pink flamingo; Mama Hen; baby chick; hungry wolf
- Synopsis
- Blackie, a completely black cocker-spaniel, is derided by the other brightly colored animals.
- Keywords
- unlikely hero; valuable lesson
Indexer Notes
Story has three illustrations by Messmer.
[Not Worth his Salt]
Joe Blow / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're hired!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Joe Blow; restaurant manager
- Synopsis
- Joe is tasked with filling a restaurant's salt shakers.
- Keywords
- restaurant; salt; salt shakers
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[To Each His Own... Umbrella]
Felix the Cat -
1.
Reported
Felix the Cat -
2.
Sound Effects
Felix the Cat -
3.
Play Fun
-
4.
[He's Gonna Need a Bigger Bed!]
Joe Blow -
5.
[A Hot Time on the Old Wrist Tonight]
Don Poco -
6.
House Blues
Felix the Cat -
7.
Color Drama
-
8.
[Not Worth his Salt]
Joe Blow
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Walls
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