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| This is a great L.B. Cole Book. The character 'Bertie Bat' has to be a riff on Batman. A bat that wears a Superhero Costume and has no friends because hey, Bats scare people don't they? And best of all he wears glasses, for obvious reasons. Great stuff. |
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| Publication | [February 1945] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Art credit is from Gerber and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition. |
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| Synopsis | Mertie Mouse, slingshot in hand, is chased by other characters with lumps on their heads. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole (unsigned) | Inks: L. B. Cole? | Colors: L. B. Cole? |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox; potato bugs |
| Notes | Art credit is from Gerber and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition. |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 1. The Potato Bug Invasion (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mertie Mouse loses his apartment and girl friend. He meets Bertie Bat. Potato bugs attack the town. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole? | Inks: L. B. Cole? |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Tubby (a bear, Mertie’s landlord); Tubby’s wife; Gertie Mouse; Bertie Bat (Batman parody) |
| 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. |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 2. Mertie Becomes Mayor (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. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole? | Inks: L. B. Cole? |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 3. The River of Death (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. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: Ellis Chambers [as HC] (signed) | Inks: L. B. Cole |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Tubby; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox |
| 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). |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 4. Terror from the Skies (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. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note) | Inks: L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Tubby; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Vincent Vulture |
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| Text Story | Mertie Mouse Cries Wolf (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. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole? (illustration) | Inks: L. B. Cole? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Florabel |
| Notes | Half-page illustration. |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 5. The Forest Ruler (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. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note) | Inks: L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Vincent Vulture; Freddie Fox; Ruler of the Forest (a lion) |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 6. The Dungeon of Doom (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. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note) | Inks: L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Vincent Vulture; Ruler of the Forest; Christopher Q. Catt |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 7. The Storm King’s Castle (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. |
| Featuring | Mertie Mouse |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) (see Sequence 3 Note) | Inks: L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Tubby; Ruler of the Forest; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox; Tubby’s wife; Horrible Harold |
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