Spacing With The Mouse (One Of 'Em)

It's time for some Sunday Morning Funnies, so let's join Space Mouse again.

This morning we've got a trio of tales featuring a delightfully odd mix of science fiction in faerie tale realms. That tickles one of the right parts of my ol' broken brain.

As obvious from the top image, Space Mouse had his own title for a brief period, but today's tales are back-up stories from Peter Rabbit and Funny Tunes. He popped up in several titles beyond his own.
 
The big question:
If this is Space Mouse...

...then who's this guy...?
 

I guess we'll have to come back this way again, eh?

page art by Frank Carin from Peter Rabbit #s 30 & 34 and Funny Tunes #2 (1953, 1956)

SM Adventures

Some may recall that when we saw Super Pup not too long ago, i made these remarks:

Oddly enough, we came to Super Pup looking for the other side of the Cat.
In theory, we'll get there soon...

This is the guy we were talking about -

Of course, it was no surprise to find the Mouse in the Pup's book - they're both drawn by Frank Carin. Space Mouse actually got his own title the previous year. It was the '50s, so i'll comment on the ginchy use of Electronic Eyes in this one...

Actually, eyes seemed to be something of a subtle theme in this issue...
 

But i have no answer.

Maybe we'll find one when we return with more mouse, and more mice...

page art by Frank Carin from Super Pup #4 and Space Mouse #1 (1954, 1953)

Spawn Of Super Dog?

We've seen Ellis Chambers' one-shot Super Dog previously. What happened to him after his single appearance is unknown - but we can make a guess. Eight years later, Super Pup arrived on the scene -

Yes, it says #4, but, you know - Comics! That's actually his first issue. He only had two, but i've never seen #5. We don't know who created, wrote, or drew Super Pup. We only know that Frank Carin drew his first cover, and perhaps the second as well.

Super Pup had only three stories total. Two of those were in his first issue, so we've got both of them here today. I believe i've mentioned that Mole Men are a favorite topic for government fear campaigns in many of my worlds. I may have run a couple Mole Men awareness posters.

Super Pup was already on the job 65 years ago -

Okay.
Maybe they were perhaps more likely referencing the George Reeves movie. So let's move right along.

Super Pup gets around in that first issue. From fighting underground menaces we leap into space to chase Uranium Smugglers -
 

See? Cosmo Cat wasn't the only Funny Animal superhero killing off his villains.

Oddly enough, we came to Super Pup looking for the other side of the Cat. 
In theory, we'll get there soon...

page art from Super Pup #4 (1954)