Paul Terry's Adventures of Mighty Mouse #126

(August 1955)

Need Extra Spending Money? (Table of Contents: 1)

Stuart Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Here's $50 to use as you please!

Keywords

birthday cards; cash; Christmas cards; greeting cards; sales

Indexer Notes

Ad for Stuart Greetings, Inc., offering cash for the sales of Christmas, birthday, and "other year 'round occasion cards". Two unnamed adults (one male, one female) appear in black and white photos, endorsing this enterprise via comic-style dialogue balloons.

Out of Bounds (Table of Contents: 2)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Terrytown High School is all agog as the gang listens to tales of life in the big city from Joe Jive, a newcomer.

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Joe Jive; group of "follower mice students"; Jimmy (cautious mouse student); Mitzi Mouse; various large human inhabitants of "The Big City"; Pug (Big City cat); Spike (Big City cat); various other Big City cats

Synopsis

Impressionable young mice are led to "The Big City" (where full-size humans and tough cats live) by a "too cool" new mouse at high school.

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• from Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #6 (August 1948)

Keywords

big city; bragging; cool kid; diner; followers; heroics; high school; jalopy; quest for excitement; there’s-no-place-like-home; uncool kid

Indexer Notes

"The Big City" looks like Manhattan from Mighty Mouse's aerial view. A cat's dialogue balloon is left blank on page 6, panel 8.

Stolen Power (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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Cut! -- Okay, boys, take five.

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

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Mighty Mouse; Billy (boy mouse); Bobby (boy mouse); movie director; movie crew; movie actors (dressed as knights); Fisheye Fox

Synopsis

While filming a movie, Mighty Mouse naps between takes. Two boy mice seeking autographs sneak into his trailer and one can't resist trying on his cape, which is draped over a chair. Lo and behold, the startled boy mouse is suddenly flying - and attracts the attention of a crooked fox.

Reprints

• from Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #6 (August 1948)

Keywords

autograph; cape; flying; robberies

Indexer Notes

Apparently, Mighty Mouse's ability to fly comes from his cape - at least in this particular story. However, his other abilities remain intact, allowing this cape-less, ground-bound mouse to eventually best the flying fox. At story's end, Mighty Mouse gives the boys his "autograph"... in the form of a good spanking.

The Lion Tamer (Table of Contents: 4)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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The little town of Terrytown is filled with excitement and gayety as the circus comes to town!

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; Ronzoni (lion tamer); circus owner; lions

Synopsis

To help his friend the circus owner, Mighty Mouse fills-in as the star attraction when Ronzoni, the famous lion tamer, quits over money. Ronzoni thinks he can extort the circus owner into a higher salary, until he learns about Mighty Mouse. On opening night, a jealous Ronzoni sends his lions after our hero.

Reprints

• from Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #6 (August 1948)

Keywords

circus; extortion; lions; professional jealousy

Indexer Notes

"Ronzoni" was a popular brand of macaroni and may have sounded good as an Italian name-parody. Ronzoni was depicted as a cat-character, while all other characters in the story were mice - no doubt further emphasizing his evil.

Black Tom's Treasure (Table of Contents: 5)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Thar she blows, boys.

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

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Mighty Mouse; Spud (mouse scout); other scouts (three squirrels and a rabbit); Warren the Wolf

Synopsis

Mighty Mouse takes a scout troop to explore "...Dead Man's Island - a pirate stronghold of days gone by", where he tells them of the legend of pirate Black Tom and his buried treasure. Spud, an enthusiastic young mouse scout, is determined to find the treasure, to the derision of the other scouts. They plant a phony treasure map for Spud to follow. The map leads Spud straight into trouble.

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• from Mighty Mouse Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #6 (August 1948)

Keywords

buried treasure; pirates; practical jokes; scout troop; sea or island setting; treasure map

Kids! Be the First to Send for This New Plastic Aircraft Carrier with 5 Catapulting Jets (Table of Contents: 6)

Aircraft Carrier with 5 Catapulting Jets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Only $1.00 Post Paid

Keywords

mail order marketing; ships; toys

Indexer Notes

Ad from Lucky Products offering a plastic aircraft carrier toy. "It catapults, it floats, it runs on dry land. Equipped with 5 catapulting jets that zoom off the runway with the flick of the finger. The carrier is fully 2/3's of a foot long!" Also included at no extra cost "...a small supporting fleet of real plastic molded warships, consisting of: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine, 1 P.T. boat, and one aircraft carrier". That "second aircraft carrier" presumably measured-in at less than the star attraction's "2/3's of a foot long!" Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Men-Women-Boys-Girls Prizes Given (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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Make money too!

Keywords

plaques; prizes; sales

Indexer Notes

Ad offering prizes or money for the sales of "inspiring, beautiful religious wall motto plaques". Color ad on back cover.