Indicia title is "MORTY MEEKLE, No. 793." Code number is MORTY M.O.S. #793-574. Copyright 1957 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on the NEA newspaper strip "Morty Meekle" (later re-titled "Winthrop") by Dick Cavalli.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Morty Meekle
Letters
typeset
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle
Notes
Cover says "By Dick Cavali" (sic) in typeset letters, but is not likely to be by him.
Comic Story
Over-Exercised (1 page)
Synopsis
Morty is told to exercise, but over-does it.
Feature
Morty Meekle
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Comic Story
Flying High (6 pages)
Synopsis
Winthrop wants to invent a flying machine. Morty helps.
Feature
Morty Meekle
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Winthrop Wortle
Comic Story
Love's Labor Lost (8 pages)
Synopsis
Mr. Wortle and Mr. Boomer try to use a Bohemian love potion called Shushkataniabopnik to get Morty to propose to Jill.
Feature
Morty Meekle
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Mr. Wortle: Mr. Boomer
Comic Story
Plane Figures (6 pages)
Synopsis
Morty folds Winthrop's math homework into a paper airplane and has to chase it down, causing lots of damage in the process.
Feature
Morty Meekle
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Winthrop Wortle; Mr. Wortle; Mrs. Wortle.
Comic Story
Of Moose and Men (6 pages)
Synopsis
Morty gets a moose head stuck on his head.
Feature
Morty Meekle
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Mr. Wortle; Winthrop Wortle
Notes
The title is a take-off on the title of the 1937 novel "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck.
Comic Story
Feeding Time (6 pages)
Synopsis
Winthrop causes havoc at the zoo when Morty and Jill take him with them.
Feature
Morty Meekle
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Winthrop Wortle
Comic Story
Overdone Shoeshine (1 page)
Synopsis
Morty's shoes are ruined by an incompetent shoe-shiner.
Feature
Morty Meekle
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Comic Story
Choice Menu (1 page)
Synopsis
Morty can't decide what to order at a restaurant.
Feature
Morty Meekle
Genre
Humor
Characters
Morty Meekle
Notes
Back cover. The sixth panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents," in the middle of the story.
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