Issue | #793 |
Published | April 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | 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. |
Characters | Morty Meekle |
Genre | humor |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Cover says "By Dick Cavali" (sic) in typeset letters, but is not likely to be by him. |
Characters | Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle |
Synopsis | Morty is told to exercise, but over-does it. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. |
Characters | Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Winthrop Wortle |
Synopsis | Winthrop wants to invent a flying machine. Morty helps. |
Genre | humor |
Characters | Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Mr. Wortle: Mr. Boomer |
Synopsis | Mr. Wortle and Mr. Boomer try to use a Bohemian love potion called Shushkataniabopnik to get Morty to propose to Jill. |
Genre | humor |
Characters | Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Winthrop Wortle; Mr. Wortle; Mrs. Wortle. |
Synopsis | Morty folds Winthrop's math homework into a paper airplane and has to chase it down, causing lots of damage in the process. |
Genre | humor |
Characters | Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Mr. Wortle; Winthrop Wortle |
Synopsis | Morty gets a moose head stuck on his head. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | The title is a take-off on the title of the 1937 novel "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. |
Characters | Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle; Winthrop Wortle |
Synopsis | Winthrop causes havoc at the zoo when Morty and Jill take him with them. |
Genre | humor |
Characters | Morty Meekle; Jill Wortle |
Synopsis | Morty's shoes are ruined by an incompetent shoe-shiner. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. |
Characters | Morty Meekle |
Synopsis | Morty can't decide what to order at a restaurant. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Back cover. The sixth panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents," in the middle of the story. |