| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March-May 1962 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | In the Swing(s) of Things |
| Synopsis | Rocky and Mr. Peabody swing attached to Bullwinkle's antlers. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Mr. Peabody |
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| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Previews of the stories in the issue. |
| Content | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Mr. Peabody; Sherman; Ivan Hooknik |
| Notes | Black and white on inside front cover. Two-panel previews of three stories in the issue. |
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| Comic Story | Muscle Bound Moose (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ivan Hoodnik, who has replaced Boris Badenov, tries to get rid of Bullwinkle by offering him a free membership in a health club. Boris sabotages Hoodnik's plans. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Ivan Hoodnik; Fearless Leader (over radio) |
| Notes | "Nick Cranny's Health Club", which Bullwinkle is conned into joining, is a parody reference to "Vic Tanny's" a popular gym/health club chain in the 1950s thru mid-1960s. |
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| Comic Story | Cotton Pickin' Inventor (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Satire-parody | Characters: Mr. Peabody; Sherman; Eli Whitney |
| Notes | Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. |
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| Comic Story | The Wishing Fish (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Satire-parody | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Sam (fisherman); Selma (fisherman's wife): Wishing Fish |
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| Text Article | Frivolous Facts (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Satire-parody |
| Notes | Text with one illustration. |
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| Comic Story | Babe in Troy-Land (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Satire-parody | Characters: Mr. Peabody; Sherman; King Prium; Paris; Helen of Troy |
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| Comic Story | Egyptian Gyp (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Prof. Diggum Upp |
| Notes | Al Kilgore credit for this story was confirmed by Bill Harris. |
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| Comic Story | Shutter Bugged (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Boris botched the job when taking pictures of secret plans, but is still pleased with the outcome. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Pottsylvanian spy |
| Notes | On final interior page of the comic. |
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| Comic Story | Talkin' Turkey (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sherman and Mr. Peabody go back to the first Thanksgiving to find out why turkey legs are called drumsticks. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Satire-parody | Characters: Mr. Peabody; Sherman |
| Notes | Black and white on inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Nationally Famous Prizes for You (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Color ad on back cover.
Ad variant has this ad on the back cover. Non-ad variant has the 1-page story "Leash on Life".
Ad for selling greeting cards for Junior Sales Club of America, Springfield, Mass. |
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| Comic Story | Leash on Life (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Rocky and Bullwinkle run afoul of a 1783 Frostbite Falls leash law. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose; Dan the Dogcatcher |
| Notes | Color on back cover.
Non-ad variant has this 1-page story on the back cover. Ad variant copies replace this story with an advertisement for "Junior Sales Club of America". |
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