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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Winter 1958
Cover Price .10
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Pines Comics logo. Boy's Clubs of America Golden Anniversary Award presented to Pines Comics on cover. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) logo on cover as well. Approved by the Comics Code Authority seal on cover. Exclamation point for Tom Terrific is only on the cover. The indicia title reads only as "Tom Terrific".

Cover Details - "Tom Terrific!"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog
Genre super hero; humor
Notes Pines Comics logo. Boy's Clubs of America Golden Anniversary Award presented to Pines Comics on cover. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) logo on cover as well. Approved by the Comics Code Authority seal on cover. Exclamation point for Tom Terrific is only on the cover. The indicia title reads only as "Tom Terrific".

1 page Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog story "No greater love hath a boy than for his dog!"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog
Synopsis Tom helps Manfred stay dry in the rain, but suffers an unexpected consequence.
Genre super hero; humor

8 page Tom Terrific story "Pent Up Pals"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog; Crabby Appleton
Synopsis Tom is not getting mail from his pen pals, so he transforms into a stamp to trace a letter sent to him.
Genre super hero; humor

5 page Sick Sick Sidney story "A Kingly Problem"

Characters Sidney the Elephant; Cleo the Giraffe; Stanley the Lion
Synopsis Sidney the elephant is afraid of mice so he asks the king of beasts for advice.
Genre funny animal

2 page Tom Terrific text story "Foolish Fog"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog; Isotope Feeney
Genre super hero; humor

7 page Tom Terrific story "Boodleberry Pie"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog
Synopsis Manfred needs some of his favorite pie to get some energy, but farmer Boodle is out of berries.
Genre super hero; humor

8 page Tom Terrific story "First Class Villain"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog; Crabby Appleton
Synopsis Crabby just finished a correspondence course on how to be a master of disguise. First he's disguised as a bush, but then he has a more sinister plan.
Genre super hero; humor

1 page Puzzle Page activity "Tom's little friend has lost his pet rabbit..."

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog
Genre super hero; humor

1 page Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog story "Gallant Manfred"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog
Synopsis Manfred is cold, so Tom turns into a blanket, but Manfred finds another use for a blanket.
Genre super hero; humor

1 page Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog story "A Bone for Manfred"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog
Synopsis A big bone makes Manfred happy.
Genre super hero; humor

1 page Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog story "Feared Dog"

Characters Tom Terrific; Manfred the Wonder Dog; Crabby Appleton
Synopsis Manfred wants to be a feared dog.
Genre super hero; humor