(October 1948)

St. John, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
100
On-sale Date
1948-09-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. John Publishing Co.
Editing
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Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1949, page 51, registration number B187083.

[Terry-Toons Portrait Gallery] (Table of Contents)

Terry-Toons / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mighty Mouse; Heckle; Jeckle; Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Gandy Goose; Sourpuss
Synopsis
Framed portraits of the characters appearing in this issue.
Keywords
portraits

The Flying Disc (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm going now, Professor. Are you sure you'll be all right alone?
Feature Logo
Mighty Mouse [St. John Logo without Character]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Mighty Mouse; The Claw; proto-version of Professor Edam; Joe (mouse lab assistant), various mouse citizens of Terrytown; cat fighter pilots
Synopsis
Mighty Mouse agrees to be the test pilot for an experimental saucer-like spacecraft intended to take the Terrytown mice off-Earth, and away from the cats forever. The Claw gets wind of this and leads a cat fighter-squadron to obliterate the spacecraft.
Reprints
Keywords
disguise; first appearance of recurring character(s); frame-up; imposter; jail; mistaken identity; panic; wreaking havoc

Indexer Notes

A tall (for a mouse), lanky, bearded mouse character, referred to only as "The Professor", appears in this story. This would seem to be the prototype for the later, recurring mouse scientist Professor Edam.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Terry-Toons Portrait Gallery]
    Terry-Toons
  2. 1. The Flying Disc
    Mighty Mouse
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bill Devine
  • Merlin Haas
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Joe Torcivia