Issue: #1
Published: [February 1945], Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Rae Herman [same as Ray Herman]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format:
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.
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| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Chapter 2. Mertie Becomes Mayor |
| 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 |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Mertie Mouse Cries Wolf |
| 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. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters: |
Mertie Mouse Bertie Bat Florabel |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Chapter 7. The Storm King’s Castle |
| 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 |
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