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Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	February-April 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Helen Meyer ?
Notes	Indicia: GERALD McBOING BOING and the Nearsighted MR. MAGOO, No. 3, Feb.-April, 1953. Published quarterly by Dell Publishing Company, Inc. 261 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, New York; George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Albert P. Delacorte, Vice-President. Single copies 10 cents. Copyright, 1953, by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized edition. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details - "Roaring lion"

Characters	Gerald McBoing Boing; Mr. Magoo
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Gene Deitch ?
Inks	Gene Deitch ?
Notes	Indicia: GERALD McBOING BOING and the Nearsighted MR. MAGOO, No. 3, Feb.-April, 1953. Published quarterly by Dell Publishing Company, Inc. 261 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, New York; George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Albert P. Delacorte, Vice-President. Single copies 10 cents. Copyright, 1953, by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized edition. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

1 page Mr. Magoo story "Here's a nickel bag of peanuts, Waldo..."

Characters	Mr. Magoo; Waldo
Synopsis	Mr. Magoo thinks that an elephant's trunk is a man-eating python attacking Waldo at the zoo.
Genre	Humor
Notes	Inside front cover with indicia

11 page Gerald McBoing Boing story "Gerald and the Fog"

Characters	Gerald McBoing Boing; Mr. McCloy; Mrs. McCloy; Captain McKinley; Engineer Scott
Synopsis	Gerald McBoing Boing helps Captain McKinley's ship, the Nellie, win the Atlantic Blue-Ribbon race by imitating a foghorn.
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Gene Deitch ?
Inks	Gene Deitch ?
Notes	"UPA presents"

12 page Mr. Magoo story "Trouble Indemnity"

Characters	Mr. Magoo; Mr. Tirebiter; Mr. Tirebiter's boss
Synopsis	After Mr. Tirebiter sells Mr. Magoo a $100,000 insurance policy, he and his boss try to keep Magoo from accidentally killing himself at a construction site.
Genre	Humor
Notes	"UPA presents"

9 page Mr. Magoo story "Frankly, Colonel, I get a little tired hearing how superior you are at big game hunting"

Characters	Mr. Magoo; Colonel Bottomly; Alan Watermain
Synopsis	Mr. Magoo goes hunting for a lion in Africa and bags his guide, Alan Watermain, instead.
Genre	Humor
Notes	"UPA presents"; Colonel Bottomly spelled differently than in issue 1; Alan Quatermain parody

1 page Gerald McBoing Boing story "I'm going next door for a cup of coffee!"

Characters	Gerald McBoing Boing; Storekeeper; Customer
Synopsis	Gerald McBoing Boing keeps a customer from stealing an apple while the storekeeper is out.
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Gene Deitch ?
Inks	Gene Deitch ?
Notes	"UPA presents"; inside back cover

1 page Mr. Magoo story "Now where's that penny scale?"

Characters	Mr. Magoo
Synopsis	Mr. Magoo mistakes a mailbox and clock for a scale.
Genre	Humor
Notes	"UPA presents"; back cover