Paul Terry's Comics #96

(December 1952)

76 Sensational New Glowing Christmas Tree Ornaments Only $1 (Table of Contents: 1)

Xmas Ornaments / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Actually charge themselves with light!

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Christmas tree ornaments; mail order marketing

Indexer Notes

Ad for a set of 76 styrene plastic Christmas tree ornaments which can store light during the day, and "glow" it back at night. Black and white ad on inside front cover.

How to Handle Crowds (Table of Contents: 2)

Heckle and Jeckle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Wow! Lookit those women come!

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Heckle and Jeckle [St. John Logo with characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; Mr. Bulldog (department store manager); mob of lady shoppers; mob of men shoppers; store efficiency expert

Synopsis

Heckle and Jeckle invent an "automatic clothes selling machine" to relieve the chaotic conditions at an overcrowded department store. All goes well until a self-interested store efficiency expert (literally) throws a monkey wrench into the works.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #75 (August 1949) [Only 6 of the original 6.5 pages are reprinted.]

Keywords

art modification or omission; chaos; deleted or edited scenes; department store; professional jealousy; sabotage; unintended slapstick consequences

Indexer Notes

The original printing in Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 Series) #75 was 6.5 pages. For this reprint, only 6 of the original 6.5 pages are reprinted. This reprint does not merely edit-out a half page unimportant to the story as a whole, but cuts off the final half page eliminating the story's ending gag. An ad for a novelty "television bank" from Seagee Co. takes the half-page place of the missing story material.

Lots of Fun and Money! With this Television Bank (Table of Contents: 3)

Seagee, Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Lights up! Like biggest, costliest television sets!

Keywords

art modification or omission; bank; mail order marketing; television; toys

Indexer Notes

Ad offering a bank in the form of a television set, which “lights up the instant you drop coin”! The ad makes the following claims (reproduced verbatim): “Shows brilliant pictures in full color!”, “Hits every television high… fights and all!”, “Thrills you and your friends pop-eyed!”, “And… Makes your savings mount up fast!”, “All-steel construction. Only $1.98.” This ad appears where the cut half-page to end the previous "Heckle and Jeckle" story would have been. Top half of page.

Borrow Money by Mail! On Your Signature Only (Table of Contents: 4)

State Finance Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Any amount $50.00 to $600.00. Quick-easy-private and confidential

Keywords

loans; mail order marketing; money

Indexer Notes

Ad offering loans of money to individuals “over 25 years of age and steadily employed”. "Mail coupon now for free loan papers"! The title area of the ad pictures a "drawn" smiling postman offering an envelope (presumably) with a check inside. Actual black-and-white photographs of real people accompany the following captions: "Pay doctor Bills", "Pay insurance", and "Pay old debts". Lower half of page.

Dinky Buys a New Machine (Table of Contents: 5)

Dinky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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I saw a crate being delivered to Dinky this morning. I think I'll go see what it is.

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; rooster doctor

Synopsis

A snooping Rudy is spooked by Dinky's (talking?) record machine.

Reprints

• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #75 (August 1949)

Keywords

fright; microphone; recorder; snooping; unwelcome surprise

Three Genuine Ball-Point Pens that Write Three Different Colors (Table of Contents: 6)

St. John Flying Eagle Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Yours as a gift given free to all new subscribers

Keywords

comic book house ads; mail subscriptions

Indexer Notes

Ad offering a free set of ball-point pens in different colors for subscribing to various St. John comic book titles. Twelve-issue subscriptions are offered for one dollar, for a saving of 20-cents on each subscription. Selected titles are offered by category: “HUMOR”: Mighty Mouse Comics, Paul Terry’s Comics, and Little Eva. “ROMANCE”: Teen-Age Romances, Wartime Romances, Pictorial Romances, Diary Secrets, and Teen-Age Temptations. “ADVENTURE”: Fightin’ Marines, Authentic Police Cases, Strange Terrors, Weird Horrors, and Atom-Age Combat.

Star Performer (Table of Contents: 7)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 7.75 pages (report information)

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A strange new sight fills the streets of Terrytown as a movie company prepares to make an action picture starring of course Mighty Mouse.

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; The Claw, mouse radio reporter; mouse radio producer (control room); various members of the Claw gang; various mouse citizens of Terrytown; mechanical gorillas; real gorillas

Synopsis

The Claw stages a phony action movie to trap Mighty Mouse.

Reprints

• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #75 (August 1949)

Keywords

best-laid-plans; director; diversion; gorillas; heroics; imposter; movie; suspicion; trap

Statement of The Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

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?; Archer St. John (publisher, signed) ?; Richard E. Decker (business manager) ?

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non-fiction

Keywords

government reporting; regulations

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1952. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Occupies the lower 1/4 of page 2 of the Mighty Mouse story - interrupting that story.

A Letter from Grandpa (Table of Contents: 9)

Gandy Goose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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What's the matter, Gandy? You look sad about something.

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Gandy Goose [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

Synopsis

Sourpuss misinterprets the reason for Gandy's sadness.

Reprints

• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #75 (August 1949)

Keywords

grandfather; letter; sadness; sorry-you-asked; wrong impression

Musical Whirling Angel Chimes (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Authentic replica of original "Swedish Singing Angels" centerpiece

Keywords

candles; decorative items; mail order marketing

Indexer Notes

Ad for a metal candle holder adorned by metal angels striking chimes, for which “heat from lighted candles makes angels revolve continuously”. Only $1.98 complete with candles.

Quips and Queries (Table of Contents: 11)

Quips and Queries / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Two young men had been invited out to dinner by their employer...

Genre

humor

Keywords

joke book; jokes

Indexer Notes

Jokes and humorous anecdotes, selected from "10,000 Jokes, Toasts, and Stories" Copyright 1939, 1940, by Lewis and Fay Copeland. Published by Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.

Dimwit Does the Job (Table of Contents: 12)

Heckle and Jeckle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Phew! I've got a hundred more holes to dig before we can get these fence posts up and collect our money from Farmer Brown.

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Heckle and Jeckle [St. John Logo without characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit

Synopsis

Heckle and Jeckle trick Dimwit into digging a series of postholes for them.

Reprints

• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #75 (August 1949)

Keywords

digging; postholes; trick

Boys, Get That Real R.R. Engineer's Thrill That Comes Only with Lionel Trains (Table of Contents: 13)

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Want a real engineer's cap like this? See extra special coupon offer below

Keywords

engineer's cap; mail order marketing; model railroading; trains

Indexer Notes

Ad for Lionel model trains offering a new 36-page full-color Lionel catalog, a rule book for model railroaders, and a model railroad town building kit. With an additional offer of an "official engineer's cap".

The Super-Cleaner (Table of Contents: 14)

Sourpuss / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Ah, good morning, Sir! I have here a marvelous mechanism that will -

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Sourpuss [St. John Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Sourpuss; door-to-door salesman; Sourpuss's scheming self (his bad alter-ego); Sourpuss's conscience (his good alter-ego); Gandy Goose; crowd of customers

Synopsis

Sourpuss buys an unwanted device from a door-to-door salesman, later conning Gandy into buying the device from him. Sourpuss' "good and bad selves" literally fight over the situation.

Reprints

• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #75 (August 1949)

Keywords

"good and bad selves"; buyer beware; con game; dissatisfied customer; reversal of fortunes; sales; salesman; turning-lemons-into-lemonade

The Dream Contest (Table of Contents: 15)

Gandy Goose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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M-m-m- What a delicious pie!

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Gandy Goose [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss

Synopsis

With each desiring a single delicious pie, Gandy and Sourpuss make a bet that whoever has the best dream that night gets to eat the pie.

Reprints

• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #75 (August 1949)

Keywords

bet; contest; dream; pie

Young's Toy Fair (Table of Contents: 16)

Young's Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Order by Mail Save 1/2

Keywords

mail order marketing; novelties; projector; sewing machine; toys; walkie-talkie; watch

Indexer Notes

Ad offering an "electronic walkie-talkie communication system", an "electric-TV projector", a toy sewing machine that "really sews", and a "new watch with mechanical brain".

Here's Real Fun for You! (Table of Contents: 17)

Seagee, Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Here are many things to do and enjoy - order now! (This line runs vertically down the middle of the page)

Keywords

books; fur hats; games; mail order marketing; novelties

Indexer Notes

Ad offering two books, "Fun for Boys" ("The most wonderful book for boys ever published!") and "Fun for Girls" ("Loads and loads of exciting things to do!) $1 each. Also a "Giant Collection of 100 Games" for $1, and a "Wild & Wooly Fur Hat" ("A real fur Dan'l Boone Trappers Hat... just like the pioneers wore.") for $1.98. Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Get Prizes... Make Money (Table of Contents: 18)

American Specialty Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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This easy way -

Keywords

Christmas cards; prizes; sales

Indexer Notes

Ad urging children to sell 45 Xmas packs (2 "Xmas cards" with envelopes and "8 sparkling Xmas seals") from American Specialty Company, at 10-cents each in exchange for prizes or money. "Some of the prizes require extra money as stated." Color ad on back cover.