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CATALOG RECORD

Mighty Mouse Album #1

St. John · Series began 1952 · October 1952

Dates

Cover date
October 1952
On sale
1952
Pages
100

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jim Tyer, Connie Rasinski, Art Bartschinks: Jim Tyer, Connie Rasinski, Art Bartschscript: Archer St. John, Tom Morrison, John Foster

Stories

  • The Wayward Mouse · 6 pages

    As three good little mice thrill to the exploits of their hero in "Mighty Mouse Comics", a "bad little mouse" (He MUST be bad, because he wears a derby!) who doesn't believe in Mighty Mouse sets out to make trouble. But even a tough mouse can bite off more trouble than he can chew (...or gnaw).

  • The Day Mighty Mouse Went Mighty Bad! · 8 pages

    Oil Can Harry frames Mighty Mouse for a series of pranks and misdeeds against the citizens of Terrytown, proving his "guilt" to the exceedingly fickle crowd (that alternately cheers him or wants him hanged with incredibly rapid shifts of mood) using a poorly fashioned Mighty Mouse inflatable balloon. Can Pearl Pureheart turn (and keep) the tide of public opinion firmly "for" our hero?

  • Bear Prepared · 1 pages

    The boys practice their scouting first aid techniques on poor Papa!

  • The Hot Spell · 7 pages

    Mighty Mouse turns back an invasion of red-hot volcano men.

  • The Loaded Cabbage · 1 pages

    Farmer Gray plants a firecracker in a cabbage to rid himself of a gopher.

  • Diver Dimwit · 2 pages

    With visions of a huge reward, Heckle and Jeckle talk Dimwit into diving to the bottom of Terrytown Bay to search for a rich lady's lost pearl necklace.

  • Back to the Soil · 6 pages

    Mr. Brown is proud of his humble family farm, and refuses to sell when rich man Mr. Flint demands. Flint resorts to arson and kidnapping as methods of persuasion - Mighty Mouse will have none of that.

  • The Reluctant Rescue · 7 pages

    Mighty Mouse must continually rescue a young rabbit with no common sense.

  • "K.O." Sourpuss · 1 pages

    Sourpuss trains to become a boxer, but is quickly dissuaded.

  • Fatty's Folly · 6 pages

    Young Fatty proves to his pop that even a slow, fat cat can catch mice, if he uses brains. All goes according to plan, until Mighty Mouse shows up.

  • Well Charged · 1 pages

    A fox forces Dinky to steal eggs for him.

  • The Grateful Kitten · 5 pages

    A cat tells his kittens about how Mighty Mouse saved him, when he was a kitten.

  • Tit for Tat · 1 pages

    Percy has Little Roquefort tied and staked to the ground, and bombs him with tomatoes. Until one tomato flies errantly…

  • Rudy Takes First Prize · 0.5 pages

    Rudy takes first prize in the barnyard bridge game, but not in the conventional sense.

  • Sourpuss Has Some “Rushing Blood” in Him · 0.5 pages

    Gandy inadvertently insults Sourpuss.

  • The Tall Story Club · 2 pages

    Heckle and Jeckle are out to win the cash prize at the Tall Story Club's whopper competition. Figuring Dimwit to be a prime subject for an outrageous tale of adventurous feats, the magpies make up a tall tale about him. Dimwit, however, is a firm believer in truth and takes issue with the fictitious story.

  • Harry's Thinking Cap · 8 pages

    Oil Can Harry invents a “thinking cap” that gives him the brain power to devise the means to spirit Pearl Pureheart off to the planet Jupiter.

  • The Speed Demons · 8 pages

    The magpies enter a cross country carrier pigeon race, and pull out all the sly stops to win.

  • Mind Over Matter · 8 pages

    Heckle and Jeckle, aware of the fact that they are cartoon characters, realize that they have the power to do anything (or become anything) that they can think of. Running afoul of Chesty, the magpies use their powers to bedevil the bulldog in a most zany fashion.

  • The Hare Racer · 1 pages

    Heckle and Jeckle outfox a bragging rabbit, beating him in a race.

  • Lucky Neckties · 8 pages

    Heckle and Jeckle are two traveling salesman of "lucky neckties" that light-up spelling the word "Pappy". They happen upon a remote desert garage, where the resident mechanic (and lone employee), a gullible lion, buys a "Pappy" tie to give him good luck. He has nothing but bad luck from that point on, the "lion's share" of it brought on by the magpies.

  • Sourpuss Throws a Boomerang · 1 pages

    As the title states, Sourpuss throws a boomerang. It comes back with a little surprise.

  • Sour Grapes · 4 pages

    Angered by the Aesop's Fable of "The Fox and the Grapes", a fox sets out to prove that he can get the grapes... and eat 'em too! Heckle and Jeckle are on hand to... er, help.

  • Opportunity Knocks · 1 pages

    Rudy practices opera, with the hope of breaking in at the local opera house.

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