| Issue | #1 |
| Published | February 1945 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Rae Herman? [same as Ray Herman] |
| Notes | No date on book; date is from Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, Vol. 2. Art credit is from Gerber and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition. The indicia give publisher as Swappers Quarterly and Almanac; Gerber gives Toytown Publ./Orbit Publ.; Overstreet gives Toytown/Orbit Publ./B. Antin/Swapper Quarterly. |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox; potato bugs |
| Synopsis | Mertie Mouse, slingshot in hand, is chased by other characters with lumps on their heads. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole [unsigned] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole? |
| Colors | L. B. Cole? |
| Notes | No date on book; date is from Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, Vol. 2. Art credit is from Gerber and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition. The indicia give publisher as Swappers Quarterly and Almanac; Gerber gives Toytown Publ./Orbit Publ.; Overstreet gives Toytown/Orbit Publ./B. Antin/Swapper Quarterly. |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Tubby (a bear, Mertie’s landlord); Tubby’s wife; Gertie Mouse; Bertie Bat (Batman parody) |
| Synopsis | Mertie Mouse loses his apartment and girl friend. He meets Bertie Bat. Potato bugs attack the town. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole? [unsigned] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole? |
| Notes | Art credit is from Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, Vol. 2 and The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 30th Edition. |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat |
| Synopsis | Mertie is arrested, then appointed mayor by the town council so that he must tell the Storm King that the town cannot pay its taxes. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole? [unsigned] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole? |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Tubby; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox |
| Synopsis | On his way to the Storm King’s castle, Mertie is joined by Tubby. They meet Christopher Q. Catt, who plans to eat Mertie. Tubby builds a raft to cross a river. Christopher pushes Mertie and Tubby into the river. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) [see note] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |
| Notes | Splash panel is signed HC. The artwork may be L. B. Cole layouts with Hal Chambers finishes from Chapter 3 on. |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Tubby; Bertie Bat; Christopher Q. Catt; Vincent Vulture |
| Synopsis | Bertie Bat rescues Mertie and Tubby from alligators in the river. Christopher takes credit, then sends a message to Vincent Vulture. Vincent carries Mertie away. When Tubby heads out to save him, Christopher threatens him with a gun but is knocked out by Bertie Bat. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) [see Sequence 3 note] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Florabel |
| Synopsis | Mertie fakes a robbery at Florabel’s house, then runs out when a real robber arrives. Florabel captures the robber and punches out Mertie. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole? [unsigned] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole? |
| Letters | [typeset] |
| Notes | Half-page illustration |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Vincent Vulture; Freddie Fox; Ruler of the Forest (a lion) |
| Synopsis | Bertie Bat rescues Mertie from Vincent Vulture. They continue together to the Storm King’s castle. Meanwhile in Rabbit Town, Freddie Fox promises the Ruler of the Forest a new set of teeth in exchange for putting out a wanted poster for Mertie and Bertie, who are soon arrested. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) [see Sequence 3 note] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Vincent Vulture; Ruler of the Forest; Christopher Q. Catt |
| Synopsis | The Ruler of the Forest sentences Mertie and Bertie to the Dungeon of Doom. Mertie persuades the monster of the dungeon, an elephant, to break him and Bertie out of the castle. Tubby reaches the Storm King’s castle and is locked in a trunk by Christopher. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) [see Sequence 3 note] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |
| Characters | Mertie Mouse; Bertie Bat; Tubby; Ruler of the Forest; Christopher Q. Catt; Freddie Fox; Tubby’s wife; Horrible Harold |
| Synopsis | Mertie and Bertie reach the Storm King’s castle where Christopher Q. Catt and Freddie Fox beat them up and lock them in a torture chamber. Christopher and Freddie reveal that they are the “Storm King”, predicting rather than causing storms. The Ruler of the Forest beats up Christopher, Freddie and their gorilla Horrible Harold. Mertie, Bertie and Tubby return home as heroes. Mayor Mertie appoints Bertie as Treasurer, planning to skim the taxes for himself. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) [see Sequence 3 note] |
| Inks | L. B. Cole (layouts?); Hal Chambers (finishes?) |