| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Felix the Cat cover art is by a Dell/Western Publishing staff artist, perhaps Carl Buettner. It is not by Otto Messmer, or another artist generally associated with Felix. |
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| Cover | Merry Xmouse! |
| Synopsis | Felix pounces on his Christmas present from Skidoo the Mouse. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Felix the Cat; Skidoo the Mouse; Smilin' Jack (inset); Terry Lee (inset) |
| Notes | Felix the Cat cover art is by a Dell/Western Publishing staff artist, perhaps Carl Buettner. It is not by Otto Messmer, or another artist generally associated with Felix. |
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| Comic Story | There's No Such Thing as Bad Publicity... Then Again... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Smokey is enthusiastic over a newspaper story about his fire department. The Chief takes a different view. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt |
| Notes | Black, white, and red on inside front cover.
Among Bill Holman's typically wild visual gags is a device that allows Smokey and the Chief to simultaneously smoke the same cigar. (panel 3) |
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| Comic Story | Felix the Cat and The Merry Midgets (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Toyland, Felix rescues Dolly from the clutches of Cap Woody with the help of the Merry Midgets. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Felix the Cat; The Merry Midgets; Dolly (anthropomorphic doll); Cap Woody (nasty toy commander of an army of wooden toy soldiers); Cap Woody's army; Simple Simon; Easter Bunny; ostrich; |
| Notes | Though credited to Pat Sullivan, the work here is largely by Otto Messmer, but with some panels added by Dell staff artists - presumably to facilitate the formatting of this collection of 1939 Felix daily newspaper strip reprints by Otto Messmer to the pages of a comic book. These added panels are easy to identify as both the art and lettering is noticeably different from Messmer's work.
This is a portion of Otto Messmer's longer 1939 Felix newspaper continuity called "Felix the Cat and The Merry Midgets" - presented in a more complete form in Felix the Cat Winter Annual #2 (Toby Press, 1954 Series). https://www.comics.org/issue/274581/#3524595
Prior and subsequent segments of this story are presumed to be in adjoining issues of Popular Comics, #129 thru #137. |
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| Synopsis | Cindy's murder trial begins. Stretch and Cherry get married. Stretch is summoned to appear as a witness for the prosecution against Cindy (now his mother-in-law). |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Smilin' Jack; Cindy Cider; Zeke Rusty; Fuzzwuzz; Cherry Cider; Stretch Martin; Col. Price; Downwind Jaxon; minister; prosecutor; judge |
| Notes | The Sunday page of May 17, 1942 appears on page 3. The second half of the Sunday page of May 24, 1942 appears on page 6. The Sunday page of May 31, 1942 appears on page 8.
Zack Mosley's signature appears on page 4, panel 5, presumably the final panel of a strip from which his signature was not removed for multi-strip comic book formatting. |
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| Comic Story | No Man Could Axe for More (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The Chief gives Smokey an axe for his birthday - a gift the birthday-boy soon sours upon. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Cookie Stover; Spooky (cat) |
| Notes | The first of five consecutive Smokey Stover strip reprints strung together to look like a five-page story (less 0.20 of a page carved out of the third strip for the annual Statement of Ownership) - and the only strip of the five to retain its feature logo.
The four subsequent entries are stripped of their logos to create the illusion of a five-page story, though there is no throughline of continuity among the strips. |
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| Comic Story | If Ya Can't Beat It, Trumpet! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Cookie has a unique solution to the awful noise of Smokey's trumpet practice. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Cookie Stover; Spooky (cat) |
| Notes | No feature logo for this strip. |
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| Comic Story | Jingle Bells, Jangled Nerves! |
| Synopsis | Smokey's belated Christmas present to his loudly crying son Earl, only serves to generate more noise than the yowling kid himself. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Earl Stover; Spooky (cat) |
| Notes | No feature logo or copyright date for this strip. Strip is interrupted at the bottom right by a vertical Statement of Ownership of about 20% of the total page space. |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of The Ownership, Management, Circulation Etc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1946. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Published vertically, occupying about 20% of the lower right page space of the previous Smokey Stover strip reprint. |
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| Comic Story | Earl Spins Some Platters (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Smokey receives a deluxe four-record album set as a Christmas present, only to find that son Earl has gotten to them first. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Cookie Stover; Earl Stover; Spooky (cat) |
| Notes | No feature logo or copyright date for this strip. Middle left page of centerfold. |
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| Comic Story | The Contagious Cab (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Smokey is quarantined with the measles... in a taxicab with the meter running. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Thimble Simon; cab driver |
| Notes | No feature logo or copyright date for this strip. Middle right page of centerfold. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | An Inside Job (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bank employee Sam Slater provides Kingpin Talhoun with information that a $500,000 payroll is to be shipped by train. Talhoun's gang derail the train, make off with the payroll, and murder an intervening state trooper in the process. Inspector Blake and his assistant Sneed suspect Talhoun had an accomplice inside the bank and proceed to interview all of the bank's employees - settling on Sam Slater as their man. As the cops close in on Slater, Talhoun has him murdered in a drive-by shooting. In the subsequence police chase, Talhoun and his thugs meet a grizzly end. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Sam Slater; Mr. Bennett; Kingpin Talhoun; Talhoun's gang; Mike (railroad employee); Pat (railroad employee); state trooper; Inspector Blake; Sneed (Inspector Blake's assistant); Sherman M-4 Tank soldiers |
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| Text Story | Sassafras Tea (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eleven-year-old Frank Gilroy is lost in the woods of the Adirondack region of New York State. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Frank Gilroy; Miss Carrie Mitchell; Miss Bessie Mitchell |
| Notes | Story is "Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck". |
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| Synopsis | The question of whether or not Mr. Chigger wears a toupee is abruptly answered by Angela, Mr. Chigger's soon to be divorced wife. Skeezix's down-on-his-luck pal Tops Topper becomes a burden on Skeezix. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Domestic | Characters: Skeezix; Sally Snipe; Wilmer; Mr. Chigger; Horace; Angela (Mr. Chigger's separated wife); Nina; Tops Topper; Mitzi |
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| Comic Story | The Secret of Big Taboo |
| Synopsis | Chester and Bull Moose discover a hot-springs-fueled jungle in a volcanic crater. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Chester; Bull Moose |
| Notes | Black, white, and red on inside back cover. |
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| Featuring | Dell Comics; New Funnies |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Two subscription coupons for New Funnies, corresponding to the ad on the back cover. Black and white on inside back cover. Lower third of page. |
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| Publisher advertisement | A Christmas Gift That Comes 12 Times a Year (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dell Comics; New Funnies |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; Li'l Eight Ball; Woody Woodpecker |
| Notes | Ad offering mail subscriptions to New Funnies at $1.00 for one year, $1.75 for two years, or $2.50 for three years, with a free 8" x 10 1/2" picture of Andy Panda and additional "colorful picture stamps of your favorite New Funnies characters" as a premium. Color ad on back cover.
"Use handy order form on reverse side" refers to the subscription coupons on the lower portion of the inside back cover. |
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