Paul Terry's Comics #118

(October 1954)

Live Toy Circus (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Mysterious Prince (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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As the great champion of justice approaches Terrytown after a short vacation, little does he realize what strange happenings are in store for him --

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; The Claw (as himself and Prince Rajah); Mitzi Mouse; various citizens of Terrytown (mice); Mayor of Terrytown (mouse); Claw's two hench-cats; Claw's getaway driver

Synopsis

The great seer Prince Rajah, a cat from Egypt, predicts the future, reforms The Claw, and turns the mouse-citizenry against Mighty Mouse.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

blind trust; hoax; predictions; seer; suspicion

[Hair Loss Remedy] (Table of Contents: 3)

Sourpuss / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Golly, I'm losing my hair. It's falling out at a terrific rate.

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Sourpuss [St. John Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Sourpuss; Gandy Goose

Synopsis

Gandy has a remedy for Sourpuss' hair loss.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

hair loss; remedy; sorry-you-asked

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Beanstalk Dinky (Table of Contents: 5)

Dinky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Say, Mr. Rudy, my mother was telling me about Jack and the Beanstalk and the terrible giant who nearly ground him up for bread --

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Jack (of Beanstalk fame); giant; librarian

Synopsis

Dinky and Rudy get to experience the story "Jack and the Beanstalk".

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

"Jack and the Beanstalk"; abounding oddities; book; giant; library

Sportsman’s Luck (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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"Come in," said Sourpuss as he looked toward the door when he heard a knock.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Farmer Brown

Synopsis

Gandy objects to Sourpuss' desire to go hunting for small animals with a shotgun. He tries steering Sourpuss toward target-shooting instead.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

hunting; learning one’s lesson; series of mishaps; shotgun

Indexer Notes

The original printing of this story was spread over the inside front cover (page 1) and the inside back cover (page 2) of Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 Series) #81 (July 1950), and was printed in black and white. This reprint is run over interior pages 15-16, and is in color. Not only is the single illustration of Gandy Goose and Sourpuss in color but, on both pages, the typeset text appears within a borderless-box of yellow.

The Magic Answers (Table of Contents: 7)

Heckle and Jeckle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Master Dimwit, for neglecting your studies, you're to stay after school and write your name one hundred and ten and one half times!

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Heckle and Jeckle [St. John Logo without characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; school teacher; various other students; various professors and other intellectuals; newsboy (goose)

Synopsis

Heckle, Jeckle, and Dimwit are all grade-school students among a class of other animal-students. To help slow-learner Dimwit with his studies, the magpies invent “Answer Paste”, to help the answers to questions “stick” to Dimwit’s feeble brain. Dimwit immediately achieves great intellectual heights then falls when the jar of “Answer Paste” drops to the floor and breaks. For their interference, Heckle and Jeckle are forced to “…remain after school and write [their] names six-thousand, seven-hundred and eight times – forward, and nine-thousand, three-hundred and seventy-six times – backward”.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

best of intentions; intelligence; lesson learned; school; strange chemical properties

Indexer Notes

A wacky story well-served by the wacky art of Jim Tyer.

A Corny Tale (Table of Contents: 8)

Dinky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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That lazy Rudy!

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster

Synopsis

Dinky tricks Rudy into an exercise regimen with an ear of corn.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

corn; exercise; trick

The Clean-Up (Table of Contents: 9)

Gandy Goose / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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...And don't try to ride this line again without a ticket!

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Gandy Goose [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; train conductor; various citizens of a nameless western town; Dead-Eye Dick (outlaw)

Synopsis

Stranded in an old west town, Gandy seeks a job - and is roped into becoming the new sheriff, just as notorious outlaw Dead-Eye Dick is set to return and gunning for a sheriff.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

intimidation; outlaw; sheriff; western setting

[Silence Is Not Always Golden] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Buy a silencer, chum, only ten dollars!

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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 sell Dimwit a noise nullifier, that works too well.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

need-for-peace-and-quiet; noise; unintended consequences

[Prepare for Inspection] (Table of Contents: 11)

Dinky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Look at the mess in this back yard -- and the city inspector is due here to-day [sic]!

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; city inspector

Synopsis

Rather than clean-up his trash-strewn yard, Rudy ducks-out, leaving Dinky to face a tough city inspector.

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• from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #81 (July 1950)

Keywords

inspection; learning one’s lesson; trash

Given-Given-Given (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co.; Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Why Just Wish for the Things You Want? (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)