Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics #58
In "The Wayward Mouse," Mighty Mouse finds himself falsely accused by Oil Can Harry, who uses a laughably bad inflatable balloon to frame him for a string of pranks in Terrytown. With public opinion swinging wildly between cheers and threats of hanging, it's up to Pearl Pureheart to rally the crowd and prove Mighty Mouse's innocence—before the mob turns on him for good. Art by Jim Tyer, this 1954 St. John classic captures the zany energy of the era with sharp, expressive visuals.
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Oil Can Harry frames Mighty Mouse for a series of pranks and misdeeds against the citizens of Terrytown, proving his "guilt" to the exceedingly fickle crowd (that alternately cheers him or wants him hanged with incredibly rapid shifts of mood) using a poorly fashioned Mighty Mouse inflatable balloon. Can Pearl Pureheart turn (and keep) the tide of public opinion firmly "for" our hero?
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