like Mighty Mouse but not ENOUGH like Mighty Mouse to get you sued

[davemerrill]

Exciting nuclear-powered rodent action today as Stupid Comics takes a long look at Charlton Comics and their ATOMIC MOUSE!!




Yes, feed mice uranium and they become super powered. Don't miss the special Presidential Guest Cameo in this exciting story!!

Comments

[hipsterdad.livejournal.com]

I'd like to know what the hell Eisenhower is wearing in that last panel, and why he looks more like Kruschev than any caricature of Ike that I've ever seen.

[sobieniak.livejournal.com]

I still managed to save an issue of Atomic Mouse I got back in the 80's when whomever owned Charlton had reprinted the comics for a while.

[frustratedpilot]

"Modern". I know, I had some of their war comics. Back then, there were no stores in the area where I lived that specialized in comic books, so most of the time, the comics I got were bundled in threes at the supermarket or convenience store.

[sobieniak.livejournal.com]

Heh, my issue was bought at a convenience store called "In & Out Mart", I vividly remember that! They were still doing the comics thing also at a local drug store I would beg my mom to get me an issue of too!

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

It makes more sense than the notion that, should you be caught within a mile of Ground Zero of a nuclear weapon test, rather than be incinerated on the spot, you will be perfectly unscathed... except that you gain four times your pre-existing mass and take on an impossible skin color whenever you feel a bit tetchy...

[warpig1979.livejournal.com]

Aw. I was hoping for a guest shot from Super President.

[dave-iii.livejournal.com]

Y'know, there are certain qualities to this story I kinda have to admire... The way it completely ignores the fact that it is, honestly, a pretty awful story, for a start. The hero uses pills to fuel his powers, the villain-- as you said-- is basically villainous via a whip and a can-do attitude, the whole thing is resolved with a punch in the mouth, etc.

No angst, no deeper motivations, no issue-long character sketches... just pure, distilled wacky adventure for a simpler mindset. I'd be sorely tempted to re-edit the thing (particularly the ending, which just screams "We need to wrap this up, like, NOW", but on the whole I find myself wanting to see more of this series.

[sobieniak.livejournal.com]

If only comics were this way again (or I tried hunting down more of Al Fago's forgotten super mouse).

[tochiro998.livejournal.com]

What I grooved on was that wonderful view of future life. 3-D TV, rocket transport as common as bicycles, and if it's Atomic, it has to be good!

Of course, once the entire ecosystem was utterly destroyed by LANDING A PLANET somewhere in the U.S., maybe it's not so grand after all.

And then there's the whole 'beware of cats doing Snydley Whiplash cosplay' issue.

[(Anonymous)]

Is it just me, or would this story not be out of place in an early Tezuka?

--Carl

[dave-iii.livejournal.com]

Tezuka would'a done it better... Drunk. But yeah, there is a slight flavor that is familiar, there.

[sobieniak.livejournal.com]

I still keep getting a Terrytoon-ish thought in my mind if only for the designs. Love the "drunk" thought there!

[davemerrill.livejournal.com]

It's the little Planet X aliens, they're very 50s Tezuka or Ishinomori.

[sobieniak.livejournal.com]

It certainly does.