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| Name | Toytown Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Editing: Rae Herman? [same as Ray Herman] |
| Notes | No date on book; date is from Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, Vol. 2. No issue number in indicia, only on cover. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Synopsis | Mertie Mouse, slingshot in hand, is chased by other characters with lumps on their heads. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox; potato bugs |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole |
| Inks | L. B. Cole ? |
| Colors | L. B. Cole ? |
| Notes | Art credit is from Gerber and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition. |
| Comic Story | Chapter 1. The Potato Bug Invasion / Mertie Mouse (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mertie Mouse loses his apartment and girl friend. He meets Bertie Bat. Potato bugs attack the town. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Tubby (a bear, Mertie’s landlord); Tubby’s wife; Gertie Mouse; Bertie Bat (Batman parody) |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole ? |
| Inks | L. B. Cole ? |
| Notes | Art credit is from Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, Vol. 2 and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition. |
| Comic Story | Chapter 2. Mertie Becomes Mayor / Mertie Mouse (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mertie is arrested, then appointed mayor by the town council so that he must tell the Storm King that the town cannot pay its taxes. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole ? |
| Inks | L. B. Cole ? |
| Comic Story | Chapter 3. The River of Death / Mertie Mouse (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | On his way to the Storm King’s castle, Mertie is joined by Tubby. They meet Christopher Q. Catt, who plans to eat Mertie. Tubby builds a raft to cross a river. Christopher pushes Mertie and Tubby into the river. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Tubby; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox |
| Pencils | Ellis Chambers (signed) |
| Inks | L. B. Cole |
| Notes | Previous indexer suggested that the artwork may be L. B. Cole layouts with Hal Chambers finishes from Chapter 3 on, but the funny animal pencil art more closely resembles Chambers’ signed art from Hi-Ho Comics #1 (1946) than Cole’s signed art from Frisky Animals (1951-1954). |
| Comic Story | Chapter 4. Terror from the Skies / Mertie Mouse (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bertie Bat rescues Mertie and Tubby from alligators in the river. Christopher takes credit, then sends a message to Vincent Vulture. Vincent carries Mertie away. When Tubby heads out to save him, Christopher threatens him with a gun but is knocked out by Bertie Bat. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Tubby; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Vincent Vulture |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?) Ellis Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note) |
| Inks | L. B. Cole ? Ellis Chambers ? |
| Text Story | Mertie Mouse Cries Wolf / Mertie Mouse (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mertie fakes a robbery at Florabel’s house, then runs out when a real robber arrives. Florabel captures the robber and punches out Mertie. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Florabel |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (illustration) ? |
| Inks | L. B. Cole (illustration) ? |
| Notes | Half-page illustration. |
| Comic Story | Chapter 5. The Forest Ruler / Mertie Mouse (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bertie Bat rescues Mertie from Vincent Vulture. They continue together to the Storm King’s castle. Meanwhile in Rabbit Town, Freddie Fox promises the Ruler of the Forest a new set of teeth in exchange for putting out a wanted poster for Mertie and Bertie, who are soon arrested. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Vincent Vulture; Freddie Fox; Ruler of the Forest (a lion) |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?) Ellis Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note) |
| Inks | L. B. Cole ? Ellis Chambers ? |
| Comic Story | Chapter 6. The Dungeon of Doom / Mertie Mouse (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Ruler of the Forest sentences Mertie and Bertie to the Dungeon of Doom. Mertie persuades the monster of the dungeon, an elephant, to break him and Bertie out of the castle. Tubby reaches the Storm King’s castle and is locked in a trunk by Christopher. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Vincent Vulture; Ruler of the Forest; Christopher Q. Catt |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?) Ellis Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note) |
| Inks | L. B. Cole ? Ellis Chambers ? |
| Comic Story | Chapter 7. The Storm King’s Castle / Mertie Mouse (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mertie and Bertie reach the Storm King’s castle where Christopher Q. Catt and Freddie Fox beat them up and lock them in a torture chamber. Christopher and Freddie reveal that they are the “Storm King”, predicting rather than causing storms. The Ruler of the Forest beats up Christopher, Freddie and their gorilla Horrible Harold. Mertie, Bertie and Tubby return home as heroes. Mayor Mertie appoints Bertie as Treasurer, planning to skim the taxes for himself. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Tubby; Ruler of the Forest; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox; Tubby’s wife; Horrible Harold |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?) Ellis Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note) |
| Inks | L. B. Cole ? Ellis Chambers ? |
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