Super Circus #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeSuper Circus #1 is a 52-page carnival-themed anthology comic featuring circus acts and clown stories. One story follows Nicky the Tramp Clown as he departs a hobo camp and encounters a town official who threatens him with jail, leading Nicky to surrender himself to Mr. Offenbickle before traveling by Special Express train. The issue includes performances and adventures centered around circus and carnival entertainment, complemented by period advertisements for products like television filters.
Scampy the boy clown believes kindness works better than cruelty when training animals, so he sets out to prove it by secretly teaching Tyranno's bear, Teddy, some tricks while the harsh trainer is away. When Scampy's well-meaning plan goes sideways and draws Tyranno's ire, the clever clown devises an unexpected way to change the cruel animal trainer's ways.
When the Ringmaster meets Val Vox, the newest act to join the circus, he thinks a practical joke is the perfect way to welcome the newcomer—until Val starts playing tricks of his own, and Claude begins hearing talking animals and animated objects all around him. As the bewitched circus spirals into chaos, the Ringmaster finds himself questioning his sanity, unsure what's real and what's just masterful deception. It's a clever battle of wits that teaches Claude a valuable lesson about pranks.
Cliffy the Clown makes a reckless bet with Rudy Trixem, the bandmaster of a rival circus, wagering he can master baton twirling in just three days—or face buying his rival a month's worth of chocolate sundaes. Mary Hartline, Queen of Super Circus, agrees to coach him through an intense practice regimen, but as the showdown approaches, Cliffy may need more help than even the best instructor can provide. It's a lighthearted lesson in why gambling always catches up with you, wrapped up in colorful circus antics.
When Nicky the Tramp Clown boards a moving train looking for a quiet place to sleep, he discovers he's not alone in the boxcar—and his late-night encounter with a fellow traveler takes a wild, unexpected turn. Mistaking a gorilla for an old friend, Nicky finds himself in a desperate scramble for survival aboard a zoo train, fleeing both the animal and his own exhaustion as the night grows increasingly chaotic.
Cliffy and Scampy, the circus clowns, can't stand the new giant's terrible disposition—until they hatch a plan to make him laugh by mimicking his own grumpy act. When their antics accidentally trigger a chain of slapstick chaos involving an elephant and a rope, they finally crack the cranky giant's hard exterior and learn what's really behind his sour attitude.
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