(May 1955)

St. John, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1955
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. John Publishing Corporation
Brand
St. John
Editing
Tom Morrison (editor)

Issue Notes

While sporting a new cover, this issue reprints the interior comics content of Mighty Mouse (St. John, 1951 Series) #31 (March 1952), except for a pair of one-page gag stories.

No interior ads in this issue. Ads are limited to inside and back covers. All 32 interior pages are comics or comics-related text material.

[No Cat Skates from Mighty Mouse!] (Table of Contents)

Mighty Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Colors
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; roller skating cat; roller skating mouse
Synopsis
Using a magnet, Mighty Mouse halts the pursuit of a skating mouse by a skating cat.
Keywords
cat; caught-in-the-act; magnet; mouse; painted cover; roller skates

Indexer Notes

New cover for an issue of reprints.

Friends! Here's How to Get at Almost No Cost Your New Real, Live Miniature Dog (Table of Contents: 1)

Dean Studios Photo Enlargements / advertisement / 0.75 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Supply limited send today!
Characters
Mrs. Ruth Long (Gift Manager Dean Studios); miniature dog
Keywords
dog; live animals as ad premiums; mail order marketing; photo enlargements

Indexer Notes

Ad for photograph enlargement prints, offering a free miniature dog as an incentive premium. Full figure photo of the miniature dog saying "Please give me a home" via a comic-style dialogue balloon. A penciled and inked woman's hand holds the dog (seen as a photo) in her palm.

Head and shoulders photo of Mrs. Ruth Long also speaking via a comic-style dialogue balloon... "I'll be happy to send you without you paying a penny, this loveable, young, miniature dog that is so tiny when even fully grown you can carry it in your pocket or hold it in one hand, yet it barks and is a reliable watch dog as well as a pet. You can keep it in a shoebox and enjoy many amusing hours teaching it tricks... active, healthy, intelligent, and clean."

5x7 enlargements are offered, each in a "handsome Movietone frame". Comes with get-acquainted-coupons "so you can tell your friends".

Black and white ad on inside front cover. Top 3/4 of page.

Any Photo Copied (Table of Contents: 2)

Movyland Studios Photos / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
20 billfold size pictures $1
Keywords
mail order marketing; photo prints

Indexer Notes

Ad offering 20 billfold size prints of any photo for one dollar. Cash, as well as checks or money orders, is accepted by mail - with any enclosed photos. The two photo reproduction vendors sharing this page could very well be the same entity, as both are in Des Moines, IA. Black and white ad on inside front cover. Lower 1/4 of page.

Mail Robbery (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
As our story opens, Mighty Mouse has been summoned to meet with the Terrytown Bureau of Investigation.
Feature Logo
Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; Mitzi Mouse; The Claw; members of The Claw's gang; Chief of the Terrytown Bureau of Investigation; mail carrier mouse; Mrs. Van Smyte (high society mouse); costume judge (mouse); costume party guests (mice)
Synopsis
The Claw's gang is stealing the Terrytown mail, leading him to a high-society costume party, with lots of jewels on display. The Claw robs the jewels and takes Mitzi as a hostage. Captive Mitzi devises a clever way to signal Mighty Mouse.
Reprints
Keywords
costume party; disguise; hostage; jewels; mail; robbery

The Last Straw (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
AWP! EEEP! BROCK!
Feature Logo
Gandy Goose [St. John Logo without Character]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Gandy Goose; Sourpuss; Gandy's cousin Luke
Synopsis
Try as he might, Sourpuss cannot get a moment's quiet from Gandy.
Reprints
Keywords
best-laid-plans; need-for-peace-and-quiet; painting; reading; trombone; visiting relatives

A Sleepless Night (Table of Contents: 5)

Terry Bears / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Golly what a storm!
Feature Logo
Terry Bears [St. John logo with characters]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Terry Bears; Papa
Synopsis
Tucked in their bed for the night, the Terry Bears are scared as a storm rages outside. They turn to their "fearless" Papa for courage.
Reprints
Keywords
courage; fright; sleep problems; storm

The Model Cat (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Roquefort / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ssh -- I'm going to scare a certain mouse with this paper bag.
Feature Logo
Little Roquefort [St. John logo without character]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Little Roquefort; Percy Puss; mayor; Mrs. Van Meow; photographer
Synopsis
Percy Puss is to be honored by the mayor as "the model cat of the community", but not if Little Roquefort has anything to say about it.
Reprints
Keywords
award; banana peel; cat; exploding cigars; fame-is-fleeting; firecracker; jack-in-the box; mayor; model citizen; mouse; notable coloring modification; shower

Indexer Notes

Percy Puss is orange in this story, rather than his usual black.

[The Fatal Cream Puff] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mighty Mouse The Perils of Pearl Pureheart / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
In our last episode, we left Pearl Pureheart tied to the chimney of a burning cabin and surrounded by a band of blood curdling savages!
Feature Logo
Mighty Mouse The Perils of Pearl Pureheart [St. John Logo 1]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; Pearl Pureheart; Oil Can Harry; blood curdling savages; Father Time; chickens; many professional wrestlers; referee; timekeeper; wrestling judges; two vultures
Synopsis
Oil Can Harry finally discovers Mighty Mouse's weakness... "He's allergic to cream puffs and can't stand being hit in the face with one"! And, for good measure, Harry sends an impossibly large number of professional wrestlers after our hero.
Reprints
Keywords
comic absurdity; cream puffs; hero's weakness; wrestlers

Indexer Notes

The Tyer Touch: A caption reads: "While hurrying to the rescue we find Mighty Mouse racing against time", to which Jim Tyer draws Mighty Mouse outrunning "Father Time", who is desperately trying to catch up.

The Exterminator (Table of Contents: 8)

Heckle and Jeckle / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dimwit, the slow-minded dog, walked up to the door of Heckle and Jeckle to make his daily visit.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Heckle; Jeckle; Dimwit; housefly; Mr. Jones, fleas
Synopsis
Bad Idea #1: Heckle and Jeckle decide to become insect exterminators. Bad Idea #2: They hire Dimwit to scare up customers for them.
Reprints
Keywords
exterminators; fleas; flies

Caught in a Web (Table of Contents: 9)

Mighty Mouse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mighty Mouse is relieving the housing shortage in Terrytown by bringing the elves a shoe to live in!
Feature Logo
Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; three elves; Sam Spider; shark
Synopsis
Sam Spider takes over the shoe-house Mighty Mouse gave to the elves.
Reprints
Keywords
elves; heroics; house; muscling-in; shark; shoe; spider; spider web

Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla! (Table of Contents: 10)

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Ray Thompson
Inks
Ray Thompson
Letters
Ray Thompson
Editing
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! The gorilla is loose!
Characters
Judy; Jim; gorilla; panicked crowd; two zoo keepers; enthusiastic little kid
Synopsis
Brave kids Judy and Jim hold off an escaped zoo gorilla with the nifty premiums they received by selling White Cloverine Brand Salve from the Wilson Chemical Co.
Keywords
gorilla; kids; live animals as ad premiums; prizes; product-spawned heroics; sales; salve; zoo

Indexer Notes

Ad for Wilson Chemical Co., offering prizes or money for the sales of Cloverine Brand Salve. Among the many prizes offered in the ad is a live pony. "Look! Live Pony! Yessiree, a real, live pony for your very own!" Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Kids! Be the First to Send for This New Plastic Aircraft Carrier with 5 Catapulting Jets (Table of Contents: 11)

Aircraft Carrier with 5 Catapulting Jets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Only $1.00 Post Paid
Keywords
mail order marketing; ships; toys

Indexer Notes

Ad from Lucky Products offering a plastic aircraft carrier toy. "It catapults, it floats, it runs on dry land. Equipped with 5 catapulting jets that zoom off the runway with the flick of the finger. The carrier is fully 2/3's of a foot long!" Also included at no extra cost "...a small supporting fleet of real plastic molded warships, consisting of: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine, 1 P.T. boat, and one aircraft carrier". That "second aircraft carrier" presumably measured-in at less than the star attraction's "2/3's of a foot long!" Color ad on back cover.