Paul Terry's Comics #87

(May 1951)

Body Beautiful (Table of Contents: 1)

Gandy Goose / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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"Thanks for inviting me over to stay with you while I'm looking for a place to live," said Gandy Goose as he entered Sourpuss' house.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; contest judge

Synopsis

Sourpuss seeks to win a male beauty contest and become "Mr. Terrytown of 1951".

Keywords

bodybuilding; contest; overconfidence

Indexer Notes

Begins on the inside front cover (page 1) and concludes on the inside back cover (page 2). One black and white illustration on page 1.

The Curse of Cleopatra (Table of Contents: 2)

Gandy Goose / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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And now, folks, what am I bid for this lovely powder box that once belonged to a beautiful Egyptian princess?

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Gandy Goose [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; auctioneer; auction bidders; voice of Cleopatra; Egyptian king; king's guards; two crocodiles; lion

Synopsis

Sourpuss scoffs when Gandy buys an Egyptian power box at auction. From the box comes the voice of Cleopatra leading them into a surreal adventure.

Keywords

abounding oddities; auction; Cleopatra; crocodiles; Egypt; lion

Evil Rides the Skies (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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Every dog may have its day but every cat has its night... Heh-heh!

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; The Witch-Cat; lots of Halloween party-attending mice

Synopsis

Mighty Mouse attends a mouse Halloween party in disguise because "It's fun to be an ordinary mouse for a while [and] no one will know who I am." A Witch-Cat plans to disrupt the party and make off with the mice. In a twist to the many stories where Mighty Mouse is disguised and reveals his identity when trouble begins, the Witch-Cat knows that this one particular costumed mouse is really Mighty Mouse and comes prepared with a strength-sapping poison apple.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #62 (November 1947)

Keywords

art or lettering modification or omission; cat; costumes; Halloween; heroics; mice; party; poison apple; witch

Indexer Notes

Art Bartsch's signature appears in the opening panel of the original printing but is omitted for this reprint.

Good Bit (among the party-going mice):

PRETTY COSTUMED FEMALE MOUSE: "That's the funniest mask I've ever seen!"
DOPEY-LOOKING MALE MOUSE: "B-but, I'm not wearing a mask!"

Super Salesmen (Table of Contents: 4)

Heckle and Jeckle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Ah! The city park -- Just the spot for two industrious magpies to set up their business!

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Heckle and Jeckle [St. John Logo without characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; Sarge (cop that looks like Chesty); cop (looks like Dimwit); squirrels

Synopsis

Heckle and Jeckle are aggressive peddlers in the city park, much to the consternation of two hapless code-enforcing cops.

Reprints

• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #62 (November 1947)

Keywords

escalating events; park; peddlers; police

The Artful Dodger (Table of Contents: 5)

Gandy Goose / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Well, well stupid - what are you supposed to be? A scarecrow?

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Gandy Goose [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; carnival employees; carnival patrons; boxing promoter; Killer Kilroy; Bob Weave; boxing ring-hands; boxing fans

Synopsis

Gandy is adept at "dodging baseballs" as a carnival attraction. Sourpuss believes the goose can adapt this dodging talent to the boxing ring.

Reprints

• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #62 (November 1947)

Keywords

best-laid-plans; boxing; Brooklyn Dodgers; carnival; dodging baseballs

Indexer Notes

When a baseball-outfitted Gandy first tells Sourpuss that he's been "signed up as a dodger", Sourpuss assumes the goose was referring to the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team.

What's Cookin' (Table of Contents: 6)

Dinky / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hmm! Smells good.

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster

Synopsis

Rudy can't resist grabbing a sample of Dinky's cooking, over the duck's protests.

Keywords

cooking; impulsiveness; notable coloring modification; unwelcome surprise

Indexer Notes

Dinky is colored gray as opposed to his usual black. Top half of page.

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Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

The Cat Came Back (Table of Contents: 8)

Farmer Al Falfa / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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John Foster (writer of original cartoon); Tom Morrison (comic book adaptation of original cartoon)

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Hurry and crank 'er up, Puddy! I'm taking this gol-danged cat so far away he'll never find his way back.

Genre

humor

Characters

Farmer Al Falfa; Puddy (frisky pup); cat; kittens

Synopsis

Farmer Al Falfa tries to drown a bothersome, howling cat... but the cat keeps coming back, making more trouble for the farmer and Puddy the Pup.

Keywords

cat; escalating events; need-for-peace-and-quiet; story-adapted-from-a-cartoon

Indexer Notes

The lead character here is identified as "Farmer Al Falfa", when in most comics he is called "Farmer Gray".

For this story's title logo, the character's name is alternatively spelled as "Farmer Alfalfa"

This is a comic book adaptation of the 1944 Terrytoons cartoon "The Cat Came Back", starring Farmer Al Falfa, but with a different and more cynical ending and a hound dog in place of Puddy the Pup. The cartoon was written by John Foster (and most likely adapted by Tom Morrison - as a fellow Terrytoons cartoon writer and the editor of this comic book) and directed by Connie Rasinski, whose story art was a staple of the St. John Terrytoons comic books.

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