Little Roquefort #1

(June 1952)

A Helping Hand (Table of Contents: 1)

Sourpuss / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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What are you reading, Sourpuss?

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Sourpuss [St. John Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Sourpuss; Gandy Goose; old lady

Synopsis

Bent on doing a good deed, Sourpuss tries helping an old lady across the street.

Keywords

best of intentions; good deeds; leave-well-enough-alone; old lady; street crossing; unwanted help

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside front cover.

The Home-Made Barber (Table of Contents: 2)

Little Roquefort / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Ah! Here's an advertisement for a home barber's kit!

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Little Roquefort [St. John logo without character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

Synopsis

Little Roquefort tests out his new home barber's kit on Percy Puss. ...Pity poor Percy.

Reprints

• in Mighty Mouse Album (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (November 1952)

Keywords

barber; cat; clippers; hot towel; lather; mouse; scissors; sharp razor

Indexer Notes

Aside from the expected barbering implements and white barber's smock, the package of Roquefort's "barber's apparel" includes a fake Italian moustache, eyebrows, and side-hair, as per the type of barber one would find in 1950s-1960s New York.

The Valiant Duck (Table of Contents: 3)

Dinky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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I wonder what's going on?

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; various hens and chicks; Vincent Vulture; Farmer Gray

Synopsis

Vincent Vulture exploits Dinky's sadness over being excluded from a chickens' party.

Reprints

• in Mighty Mouse Album (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (November 1952)

Keywords

chickens; duck; exclusion; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; party; sadness; vulture

The Check-Up (Table of Contents: 4)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Hm-m I never noticed that sign before.

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Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Mighty Mouse; cat

Synopsis

Mighty Mouse undergoes a physical check-up by a doctor who is really a cat in disguise. His mighty reflexes save the day.

Reprints

• in Mighty Mouse Album (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (November 1952)

Keywords

buyer beware; check-up; disguise; doctor; imposter; mallet; physical exam; reflexes

Love Thy Neighbor (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Roquefort / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Br-r-r! It's freezing c-cold in here! I've got to get me a heating system!

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Little Roquefort [St. John logo without character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

Synopsis

Percy once again fails to catch Roquefort and makes a mess of the house in the process. The mistress throws Percy out, and replaces him with a fierce bulldog who scares Roquefort out of the house. Now both homeless, Roquefort and Percy conspire to get rid of the dog.

Reprints

• in Mighty Mouse Album (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (November 1952)

Keywords

bulldog; cat; enemies-joining-forces; mouse

Rudy's Energy (Table of Contents: 6)

Dinky / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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"Why, oh why, are you so lazy?" asked Dinky as he busied himself with a broom, but couldn't help looking at Rudy who lay face down on the couch, tracing a drawing with his finger in some dust on the floor.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Farmer Gray

Synopsis

Lazy Rudy unknowingly takes a full package of "Super-Vitamin Horse Pills" intended for Farmer Gray's horse, and is suddenly full of pep.

Reprints

• in Mighty Mouse Album (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (November 1952)

Keywords

chores; farm; horse; laziness; role reversal; vitamins

Rudy's Donation (Table of Contents: 7)

Dinky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Rudy, our club needs donations to buy new books!

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

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Miss Leghorn

Synopsis

Dinky employs his sexy teacher Miss Leghorn to obtain a generous book club donation from cheapskate Rudy Rooster.

Reprints

• in Mighty Mouse Album (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (November 1952)

Keywords

book club; diversion; donation; fund raising; sex appeal

A Tall Tale (Table of Contents: 8)

Uncle Willie Walrus / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Tell us a story, Uncle Willie!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Uncle Willie Walrus; two baby-bonneted little walruses, swordfish

Synopsis

Uncle Willie Walrus tells the kids a story about "how dumb a sword fish is", unaware that a swordfish is listening intently to every word. Poor Willie.

Reprints

• in Mighty Mouse Album (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (November 1952)

Keywords

character confusion; polar ice; story; swordfish; unwelcome surprise; walrus

Indexer Notes

This may be the only comic book appearance of "Uncle Willie Walrus". There are no other indexes for the character at GCD as of July, 2021.

This may also be a case of character confusion, as there was a Terrytoons character named "Willie Walrus" who stared in two of Paul Terry’s animated shorts: “Arctic Rivals” (1954) and “An Igloo for Two” (1955). However, this "Willie Walrus" was a shy little guy, while "Uncle Willie Walrus" was a large blowhard, as depicted in this comic book story – and (with a different name) in the two animated shorts.

The animated version of the larger character was named "Walter Walrus" and, with a girl-seal named “Susie”, their dynamic in “Arctic Rivals” was not unlike that of Homer Pigeon, Carrie Pigeon, and Red Cardinal in their regular series in Dell Comics’ Walter Lantz New Funnies. In “An Igloo for Two”, Willie and Walter were the same characters but the object of their affections was a diminutive mermaid.

The character appearing in this comic story (…and, perhaps *only* in this comic story) has the physical appearance and blowhard personality of "Walter Walrus" of the animated shorts, but the name of "Willie Walrus" [or "Uncle Willie Walrus"] of the shorts.

Slap-Happy Hypnotists (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Roquefort / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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We're at it again!

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Little Roquefort [St. John logo without character]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Little Roquefort; Percy Puss; Little Roquefort's cousin; Little Roquefort's father; other Roquefort family members; gang of alley cats; various human neighbors; donkey; pig; two roosters; two goldfish; canary

Synopsis

Roquefort and Percy simultaneously hypnotize one another. According to the book they both read to learn hypnotism "When two persons hypnotize each other at the same time, their personalities exchange." Roquefort's brain and personality is in Percy's body, and vice-versa. This switch causes trouble among Roquefort's family and Percy's alley cat friends, eventually spreading into a citywide riot among humans with even far away farm animals, bowled-goldfish, and a lone canary getting into the act.

Reprints

• in Mighty Mouse Album (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (November 1952)

Keywords

abounding oddities; cat; comic absurdity; escalating events; free-for-all; hypnotism; hysteria; mass confusion; mouse; personality or body switching; riot

Indexer Notes

A tale of mass-madness in the Tyer tradition. Some of the far-flung hysteria is described as follows: "The goldfish kicked each other in the fins, as they have no shins. The [lone caged] canary got mad, but had no one to fight with." Tyer draws a canary just thrashing about in its cage, all by itself.

More Trouble (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Why does the Chief dislike us?

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Heckle and Jeckle [St. John Logo without characters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Heckle; Jeckle; Police Chief; Hildegarde (Police Chief's wife)

Synopsis

In drag, Heckle and Jeckle flirt with the Police Chief.

Keywords

best-laid-plans; disguise; flirting; jail; pranks

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside back cover.

Complete 15 Piece "Broncho Buster" Cowboy Outfit All for $1.98 (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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