Mighty Mouse Comics #8
In "The Perils of Pearl Pureheart," three mice—Jack, Henry, and Tom—set out to build a grand new home atop a hill above Terrytown, only to rush the job with risky shortcuts. When a sudden hurricane strikes, their flimsy structure teeters on the edge of collapse, putting them in real danger. Mighty Mouse arrives to save them from plummeting, but refuses to help them rebuild, letting them learn the hard way about the cost of cutting corners. Cover by Art Bartsch, with typeset lettering, this 1948 St. John classic captures a timeless tale of ambition and consequence in a 10-cent comic.
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Three mice, Jack, Henry, and Tom, decide to build themselves a new house at the top of a high hill overlooking Terrytown. As the work-effort mounts, the mice begin to take increasingly ill-advised shortcuts to complete the job. A storm comes up and turns into a hurricane, showing the mice how unsafe and unstable their house really is. Mighty Mouse saves them from falling to their doom, trapped in their slipshod house - but refuses to help them "rebuild it properly", leaving the would-be builders to learn their own lesson.
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