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Issue Details

Issue #1244
Published November 1961 - January 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz SPACE MOUSE, No. 1244". Code number is SPACE M.O.S. #1244-6110. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Cover Details

Characters Space Mouse
Synopsis Space Mouse standing on a small asteroid in space.
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Letters Typeset
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz SPACE MOUSE, No. 1244". Code number is SPACE M.O.S. #1244-6110. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Space Mouse story "Slight Boo Boo"

Characters Space Mouse
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction; Gags
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside Front Cover; black and white. This sequence replaced with a color ad for Kellogg's OKs breakfast cereal in some copies.

10 page Space Mouse story "Exiled In Space"

Characters Space Mouse; Size, King of Rodentia; Black Tom (villain)
Synopsis Space Mouse is captured by the cats of Felinia and is exiled to the planet "Nothing," which is just a round ball. The surface turns out to be a shell covering the planet of the "Caution People" who are afraid of everything.
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Letters Typeset
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Synopsis by Merlin Haas (June 27, 2007).
Reprinted In Golden Comics Digest (1969 Series), #24 (July 1972)

5 page Space Mouse story "The Million Dollar Idea"

Characters Space Mouse; Size, King of Rodentia
Synopsis The Royal Treasury is empty and collection agents are repossessing the King's rocket fleet and other possessions. Space Mouse comes up an idea to open the castle for paid tours to raise funds.
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Synopsis by Merlin Haas (June 27, 2007).

2 page Space Mouse story "The Speed Trap"

Characters Space Mouse; Size, King of Rodentia
Synopsis King Size sends Space Mouse to fetch some Plutonian Pickles for lunch, but Space Mouse gets arrested for exceeding the speed limit.
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Synopsis by Merlin Haas (June 27, 2007).

5 page Inspector Willoughby story "Doing His Duty"

Characters Inspector Willoughby
Synopsis On a riverboat to River City, Inspector Willoughby has to keep a crook from stealing a bag of money he is transporting.
Genre Detective; Western
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Synopsis by Merlin Haas (June 27, 2007).

8 page Space Mouse story "Hop To It"

Characters Space Mouse; Dr. Rodent Rocket; Size, King of Rodentia
Synopsis Dr. Rocket invents the "Lunar Leaper," a pogo-stick designed to hop from planet to planet. Space Mouse is picked to test it.
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Synopsis by Merlin Haas (June 27, 2007).
Reprinted in Golden Comics Digest (1969 series) #32 (September 1973) [reprint layout=11 pages]

1 page Space Mouse story "Unwanted"

Characters Space Mouse
Synopsis Space Mouse goes to a supposedly uninhabited planet to practice the trumpet.
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction; Gags
Pencils john Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Synopsis by Merlin Haas (June 27, 2007).

1 page Space Mouse story "Double Header"

Characters Space Mouse
Synopsis Space Mouse's batted baseball knocks a hole in a spacecraft's windshield and also in the driver's helmet.
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction; Gags; sports
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Synopsis by Merlin Haas (June 27, 2007).

1 page Space Mouse story "High Flyer"

Characters Space Mouse
Synopsis Space Mouse is testing a new rocket when he sees a kite flying past.
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction; Gags
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Colors ? or none (see notes)
Notes Inside Back Cover; black and white. Some copies have this sequence in full color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Synopsis by Merlin Haas (June 27, 2007).

1 page Space Mouse story "Bubble Boat"

Characters Space Mouse
Genre Funny Animal; Science Fiction; Gags
Pencils John Carey
Inks John Carey
Notes Back Cover; color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence is replaced by an ad for Schwinn Bicycles in some copies.