(Fall 1957)
Pines,
1957 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 104
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Literary Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Pines Comics [circular text]
- Editing
- ? [Mighty Mouse]
[Terrytoons on Parade]
Mighty Mouse / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 100 Pages!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Mighty Mouse; Heckle; Jeckle; Little Roquefort; Tom Terrific; Manfred; Dinky Duck; Terry Bears; Papa; Gaston Le Crayon; Gandy Goose
- Synopsis
- Mighty Mouse introduces his own comic-book "Fun Club".
- Keywords
- club; having fun; parade
How the Mighty Mouse Fun Club Was Organized
Mighty Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Indexer Notes
Jack Mendelsohn credits per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/08/jack-mendelsohn-art-and-scripts-o…
Monkey Business
Gaston Le Crayon / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Jack Mendelsohn credits per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/08/jack-mendelsohn-art-and-scripts-o…
Peculiar Picnic
Tom Terrific / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Jack Mendelsohn credits per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/08/jack-mendelsohn-art-and-scripts-o…
Evil Rides the Skies
Mighty Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Bartsch (signed)
- Inks
- Art Bartsch (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every dog may have its day but every cat has its night... Heh-heh!
- Feature Logo
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.
- Reprints
-
from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #62 (November 1947)
-
- Keywords
- cat; costumes; Halloween; heroics; mice; party; poison apple; witch
Indexer Notes
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!"
The Picnic Stowaway
Dinky / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Bartsch (signed)
- Inks
- Art Bartsch (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where are you going, fellows?
- Feature Logo
Dinky [Duck] [St. John logo without character]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Mrs. Rudy Rooster; three little chicks; game warden
- Synopsis
- Rudy excludes Dinky from the Rooster family picnic. A disappointed Dinky tries to help Rudy in various ways, in the hope that Rudy will change his mind. Will Dinky "kill Rudy with kindness", or just plain kill him?
- Reprints
- from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #62 (November 1947)
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- Keywords
- best of intentions; notable coloring modification; picnic; series of mishaps; unwanted help
Mystery On the Waterfront
Mighty Mouse / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At police headquarters in Terrytown we find the champion of justice conferring with the chief of police.
- Feature Logo
- Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse (also as "The Masked Beauty"); The Claw; Terrytown chief of police (mouse); old seafaring mouse; various mice of Terrytown; Spike (cat, member of The Claw's gang); Slug (cat, member of The Claw's gang); Shanghai Jake (cat); many sailor mice attending the show at Shanghai Jake's; dopey-looking one-toothed cat (member of The Claw's gang); speedboat pilot (cat); cat cannoneers
- Synopsis
- The Claw has his spies obtain Mighty Mouse's autograph, which the villain uses to trick Mitzi into a trap. Once in captivity, Mitzi is forced to sing (as "The Masked Beauty") at Shanghai Jake's waterfront dive, packing in many love-starved sailor mice - who are dropped through a trap door and into the Claw Gang's hungry clutches.
- Reprints
- from Terry-Toons Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #62 (November 1947)
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- Keywords
- autograph; captives; heroics; sailors; singer; waterfront
Indexer Notes
A reprint of the third appearance of Mighty Mouse's recurring villain The Claw.
Super Salesmen
Heckle and Jeckle / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! The city park -- Just the spot for two industrious magpies to set up their business!
- Feature Logo
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)
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- Keywords
- escalating events; park; peddlers; police
The Artful Dodger
Gandy Goose / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well stupid - what are you supposed to be? A scarecrow?
- Feature Logo
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)
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- 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.
The Elf's Money
Clint Clobber / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Jack Mendelsohn credits per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/08/jack-mendelsohn-art-and-scripts-o…
Strange Footprints
Flebus / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Jack Mendelsohn credits per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/08/jack-mendelsohn-art-and-scripts-o…
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Terrytoons on Parade]
Mighty Mouse -
1.
How the Mighty Mouse Fun Club Was Organized
Mighty Mouse -
2.
Monkey Business
Gaston Le Crayon -
3.
Peculiar Picnic
Tom Terrific -
4.
How To Draw Tom Terrific and Manfred
Gaston Le Crayon -
5.
Evil Rides the Skies
Mighty Mouse -
6.
The Picnic Stowaway
Dinky -
7.
Mystery On the Waterfront
Mighty Mouse -
8.
Super Salesmen
Heckle and Jeckle -
9.
The Artful Dodger
Gandy Goose -
10.
The Lucky Little Door Chime
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11.
The Elf's Money
Clint Clobber -
12.
How To Draw Clint Clobber
Gaston Le Crayon -
13.
The Little Outcast
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14.
Strange Footprints
Flebus -
15.
How To Draw Flebus
Gaston Le Crayon
This issue was modified by, among others
- Shad Z. Daly
- Matthew H. Gore
- Katy Hayhurst
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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