Atomic Mouse #42
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn the main Atomic Mouse story, a father plans to give his son a violin as a gift, but when the boy opens the present, the instrument transforms into a makeshift airplane that crashes through the house. Atomic Mouse becomes delighted with the result, calling it a "nifty airplane," while the father expresses dismay at the destruction. The issue also includes a shopping contest where readers can enter for prizes by filling out a coupon with their favorite brand-name foods and suggestions for making supermarket shopping more fun.
When a radio distress call reaches Mouseville from stranded explorers trapped in Antarctica, Atomic Mouse builds his own ship and sets out alone through treacherous ice floes to mount a desperate rescue. Racing against time and the brutal northern elements, he must navigate impossible odds, repair a damaged vessel, and find a way to bring the explorers safely home. It's a high-stakes Arctic adventure that puts our hero's strength and ingenuity to the ultimate test.
When a young mouse's relentless pleas for a violin keep interrupting his father's attempts to steer him toward drums and other instruments, the determined dad finally gives in and buys the violin his son wants so badly. But what the father doesn't expect is exactly what his boy plans to do with it once he gets it home. A humorous three-pager about learning what kids *really* want from their toys.
Atomic Mouse faces off against his rival Count Gatto in a high-stakes race at the Seaborg Race Course, where both competitors vow to win on their own merits. As the race heats up and surprising twists unfold, Atomic Mouse discovers that raw determination might not be enough to cross the finish line first.
When a new hat shop opens in town and sends the whole community into a stylish craze, even the vain Count Gatto can't resist—but his scheme to acquire a fancy silk top hat without paying for it puts him on a collision course with Atomic Mouse. It's a five-page tale of misplaced priorities, bungled theft, and the kind of slapstick justice that keeps a neighborhood mouse with atomic powers plenty busy.
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Reprinted in Atomic Mouse #11 (1961), Atomic Mouse #16 (1962)
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