4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 402
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 402 Universal
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Grade:
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9.0
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Page Quality:
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CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
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Certification #:
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0956948001
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Mary Jane and Sniffles Comics 6/52 Second best copy of three graded. (4/12)
Interesting notes:
Sniffles quickly faded into obscurity in the animation arena. However, he would find new life in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics begun in 1940 by Dell Comics (writer Chase Craig used several minor Warner Bros. characters to fill pages). These comics teamed Sniffles with a little girl named Mary Jane who could shrink herself to mouse size, originally by sprinkling magic sand or simply by wishing it and then, throughout most of the series, by reciting "Magic words of poof poof piffles, make me just as small as sniffles.". Sniffles and Mary Jane would then adventure in a sort of magical toyland. Mary Jane soon surpassed the mouse in popularity, and she got top billing in later issues. Artist Roger Armstrong drew the series until Al Hubbard took over in the 1950s. These adventures proved a favorite with readers, and the series continued until 1961. This series was recently resurrected for a story in issue #140 of the current Looney Tunes comic book published by DC Comics.
With the exception of Naughty But Mice, every cartoon in the Sniffles series was given a Blue Ribbon reissue. Also, all Sniffles cartoons would end up being sold to Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) in 1956 (which itself would eventually be bought out by Warner Bros.).
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