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- Take that! And that --- And that!
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
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- Mighty Mouse; Mugger Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; The Claw; Professor Ohm; various thuggish cats; crime school teacher; crime school students; various citizens of Mouse-Town; mayor of Mouse-Town; police chief of Mouse-Town; juvenile delinquent mice
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- A baby mouse in a stroller accidently rolls downhill from Mouse-Town to Cat-Town, falls into the clutches of The Claw and Professor Ohm, and is raised as a tough juvenile delinquent. Taking the name “Mugger Mouse”, he is sent back by the cats to corrupt the youth of Mouse-Town. As crime rises under the influence of Mugger Mouse, Mighty Mouse is left to wonder how even he can combat rampant juvenile delinquency - especially when the young punks dismiss his efforts with a resounding "Drop dead!"
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- corruption of youth; crime; juvenile delinquency; theft; violence
References the juvenile delinquency problems of the 1950s.
This story is divided into three consecutive chapters - Chapter One: pages 1-4, Chapter Two: pages 5-8, and Chapter Three: pages 9-16. For the Gold Key reprint in Mighty Mouse (Western, 1964 Series) #163 (April 1965), the chapter headings were removed. Western Publishing also provided a new “Mighty Mouse” logo, new title font, and produced its own coloring for this story.
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- And now, ladies and gentlemen - for the most magical feat of all time - I'm going to make you disappear!
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
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- Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; The Claw; Professor Ohm; various mouse citizens and police; various members of The Claw's gang; various thuggish cats of Clawville; Runt (brave little mouse); "railroad dick" cat; flame-thrower cats
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- Posing as a stage magician, Professor Ohm puts a theatre-full of mice into a chemically-induced sleep, and kidnaps them for The Claw. Once inside Claw Territory, the mice are forced into hard labor mining an explosive mineral ore. Mighty Mouse’s search and rescue efforts are stymied by a peace treaty with the cats, who are more than pleased to show him everything in Clawville… except the remote mine. Can one brave little mouse get word of their captivity out to their hero?
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- captives; cave-in; explosion; flame-throwers; forced-labor; heroics; kidnapping; magician; mine; train; unlikely hero
This story is divided into three consecutive chapters - Chapter One: pages 1-5, Chapter Two: pages 6-10, and Chapter Three: pages 11-16.
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- At the old trading post, we find Mighty Mouse in a duel to the finish with that snake in the grass, Oil Can Harry, as a violent storm rages outside --
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
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- Mighty Mouse; Pearl Pureheart; Oil Can Harry
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- Mighty Mouse and Oil Can Harry take their perpetual duel to the arctic, where Harry has frozen Pearl Pureheart in a block of ice, and Mighty Mouse is trapped by an extraordinary bolt of lightning.
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- arctic; bear; cartoon adaptation; dog-sled; duel; escalating events; helicopter; heroics; ice; ice-tongs; icicles; kayak; lightning bolt; seals; snow; snowshoes; storm; swords; waterfall; winter setting
Good Bit: While dueling with swords, Mighty Mouse slices-up Oil Can Harry like a stick of baloney - only to have the "Harry-slices" re-form into Harry himself, as the airborne slices fall one atop another.
This story is a comics adaptation of the 1949 Terrytoons theatrical animated short “A Cold Romance”, directed by Mannie Davis, but referring to Pearl Pureheart as "Little Nell". The "baloney-slicing" gag occurs twice in succession in the cartoon - but (suitably) only once in the comic. Information on "A Cold Romance" supplied by Merlin Haas, 2020.
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- In the main office of the Storyland Penitentiary a famous villain is receiving his release after being a guest of the warden for the last ten years ---
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Big Bad Wolf; Storyland Penitentiary warden; Three Little Pigs; Little Red Riding Hood; two rams
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- Released from prison after ten years, the Big Bad Wolf finds that "life on the outside" ain't what it used to be.
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- best-laid-plans; cartoon adaptation; children's story parody; parole; prison; reversal of fortunes; wolf
This story is an adaptation of the 1947 Terrytoons theatrical animated short of the same name, though the last page-and-a-half offers a different ending than does the cartoon.
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- Did you ever wonder about the leprechauns, fantastic little men of the Emerald Isle?
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
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- Mighty Mouse; various animal citizens of Irish woodland village; No Good Bear
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- Shamus the Leprechaun watches over all the animal citizens of an Irish woodland village, planting lucky shamrocks, making shoes, and doing good deeds. No Good Bear, a practitioner of evil magic, transforms himself into a giant bear, and terrorizes the village.
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- bear; creator references; forest setting; giant; Ireland; leprechaun; meta humor; wreaking havoc
Meta Moments: The names “Morrison” and “Donnelly” are on the list of persons the leprechaun is to help. References to Tom Morrison (Terrytoons writer, voice artist, director, and editor of this comic book) and Eddie Donnelly (Terrytoons animator and director). When No Good Bear strikes, the leprechaun is casually reading “Terry Toons” comics.
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- Looking down upon the Earth far below, the Champion of Justice is attracted by smoke arising from a tiny island thousands of miles from civilization.
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
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- Mighty Mouse; Koana (next island mouse sacrifice); Black Mike (cat); Black Mike's nameless hench-cat; messenger mouse; island mouse chief; various island mice
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- On a tropical island populated by peaceful mice – and where cats are unknown – shipwrecked cats Black Mike and his unnamed henchman begin the hoax of “Kuloo The Powerful”, a mountaintop-god who demands a daily sacrificial mouse. This frightful ruse has worked for “many moons”, until the chance arrival of Mighty Mouse.
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- best-laid-plans; fear; heroics; hoax; island; mountain; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; sacrifice; sea or island setting
Though soft-pedaled in the dialogue, it is quite clear that Black Mike and his associate have consumed at least one sacrificed mouse per day, for some time. “Every day we get a tasty morsel without lifting a finger!”
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- It's a nice day for a stroll, Dinky!
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Dotty Duck; Miss Leghorn
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- Rudy hides in the bushes to eavesdrop on Dinky and Dotty, and is embarrassingly found out.
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- best-laid-plans; bushes; eavesdropping; embarrassment; unwelcome surprise
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- Gandy's wearing my old sport jacket again!
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Gloria Goose; Gloria's pet squirrel
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- Sourpuss' prank on Gandy backfires, but succeeds in rescuing Gloria's pet squirrel.
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- best-laid-plans; fire cracker; practical jokes; rescue; sport jacket; squirrel; tree
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- I tell you I didn't wink at the lady, I had a speck of dust in my eye!
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Chesty; Heckle; Jeckle; old lady; cop
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- As a practical joke, Heckle and Jeckle frame Chesty as a masher.
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- frame-up; practical jokes; umbrella; winking
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- The chain broke!
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- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Farmer Gray; Dimwit; Farmer Gray's horse
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- Farmer Gray's efforts to uproot a tree stump by the strength of his horse are thwarted when the chain used for pulling the stump snaps. Enter Dimwit with a substitute for the chain.
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- alternative uses; chain; horse; sorry-you-asked; tree stump
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- What on Earth are all those bundles?
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Gandy Goose; Sourpuss
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- Sourpuss decides to make a movie to showcase his acting and directing talents, but his efforts are overshadowed by Gandy's dumb luck in errantly aiming the camera at a robbery, leading to the capture of the crooks.
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- acting; camera; directing; movie; robbery; unlikely hero
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- I'm going to serenade the Spanish girl who moved in down the street.
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- Sourpuss; Gandy Goose; senorita
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- Sourpuss hopes to woo a senorita.
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- balcony; best-laid-plans; guitar; senorita; serenade; unwelcome surprise
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- Rudy Rooster and Dinky Duck were walking along near Farmer Gray's house when they saw him coming up from his fine vegetable patch.
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Farmer Gray; Freddy Rabbit
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- Rudy vows to catch the thief who is stealing carrots and lettuce from Farmer Gray's vegetable patch, all the while knowing that he, himself, is the veggie-snatcher.
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- carrots; farm; lettuce; outsmarting one’s-self; thief; vegetable patch
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- Take your bags, sir?
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Dimwit; porter; conductor; snack vendor; various other passengers
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- While on a train trip, Dimwit follows the instructions of every railroad employee he encounters - but still gets thrown off the train.
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- best of intentions; following instructions; train
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- I see Roquefort heading this way.
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Little Roquefort; Percy Puss
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- As Little Roquefort walks across a log bridge, Percy tries to dump him in the river.
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- best-laid-plans; bridge; log; outsmarting one’s-self; river; unintended slapstick consequences
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- Just where are you going?
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Terry Bears; Papa
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- Papa tells the boys that it's "Be Kind to Animals Week" and, as expected, the boys overdo it to Papa's great dismay.
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- "Be Kind to Animals Week"; best of intentions; series of mishaps
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- Pardon me, sir, could you spare a dime?
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals
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- Gandy Goose
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- Gandy gives - a bit more than he intended.
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- best of intentions; charity; too-much-of-a-good-thing
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- Let me show you one of Nature's wonders.
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- Terry Bears; Papa
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- Papa shows the boys how salmon can swim up a waterfall.
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- fishing; salmon; swimming; unwelcome surprise; waterfall
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- Help! The mountain's exploding!
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- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
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- Mighty Mouse; citizens of Mountain Village (mice); lava men; Professor Edam; Professor Edam's assistant; The Claw; Professor Ohm; citizens of Claw Territory (cats); troops of Cat Army
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- Lava Men, flaming bipedal creatures from "another world beneath the crust of the Earth", emerge from suddenly-created volcanoes and proceed to overrun and destroy the territories of both mice and cats. Mighty Mouse finds these magma-made monsters too hot to handle.
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- extreme heat; heroics; lava; monsters; panic; volcanoes
For the Gold Key reprint in Mighty Mouse (Western, 1964 Series) #161 (October 1964), Western Publishing provided a new “Mighty Mouse” logo, shortened the title to “The Lava Men”, and produced its own coloring for this story.
Western also edited the story from its original 14 pages, down to 12 pages, to fit within the standard 32 interior pages of the prevailing format.