Meet Merton (1953-1954 Toby) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Dec 1953 by Toby Press.This item is not in stock. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Dave Berg. Stories and art by Dave Berg and Mell Lazarus. Teen humor hijinks with Merton and his pals, featuring early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist, Dave Berg. Con-artist Chris tries to swindle Merton by selling him a broken-down outboard motor. Merton and his portly pal "Calories" fix up a surplus jeep, but Merton's in trouble after he promises to name it after both Marcia and Jo Ann. Merton learns why you should never make notes into paper airplanes. Foreign Make; What Goes Up!; Love and Let Love; Calories Casey; Lovely Weather for Ducts; A Quiet Saturday Night; All in Fun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published Feb 1954 by Toby Press.This item is not in stock. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Dave Berg. Stories and art by Mell Lazarus and others. Teen humor hijinks with Merton and his pals, featuring early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist, Dave Berg. Merton tries to get his dad to give him money for a dog, but his dad thinks he should get a job. Marcia uses hypnosis to command Merton to take her to prom. Peggy and her pal meet he-man jungle-movie star Mature Ham, but he only has eyes for his co-star (a monkey). Man Makers, Inc.; The Eyes Have It!; The Animal Act; Sneeze It with Flowers; The Dangerous Diet of Calories Casey; The Party; Peggy Dean and Mature Ham; All in Fun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
Published Apr 1954 by Toby Press.This item is not in stock. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Dave Berg. Stories and art by Gill Fox, Mell Lazarus and Jack Sparling. Teen humor hijinks with Merton and his pals, featuring early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist, Dave Berg. Merton puts on a girls' gym outfit to sneak into the girls' locker room, and comic hijinks ensue. Melody buys her boyfriend Rupert barbells for his birthday, but they get mixed up with the perfume her dad bought her mother. Peggy and her pal Pat try to ingratiate themselves with a famous director by preparing a rare French meal. Crazy Disk Jockey!; A Heck of a Hair-Do!; Melody; What a Pill!; The Scale Near the Station; Peggy Dean in Hollywood. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Jun 1954 by Toby Press.This item is not in stock. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Dave Berg. Stories and art by Dave Berg and others. Teen humor hijinks with Merton and his pals, featuring early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist, Dave Berg. Merton pretends to buy a mink coat to impress Marcia, then must act fast when he realizes the sale went through. Merton fears the changes that domesticity brings, and even more so when he has to baby-sit his ill-mannered twin cousins. Teen Mike must wear a dress to pass a club initiation. Mink Mad; Beware of the Girls; Anything for a Laugh; Two's Company; Initiation Blues. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
