Cover: Harvey Eisenberg

Four Color #445

Jan 1953 · Dell · 0.10 USD

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In "Mortimer Writes a Story," a mysterious telegram sends Mortimer to Misty Island, where the fog doesn’t just obscure the view—it steals memories. When he doesn’t return, his friend Charlie ventures into the island’s haze, only to find its inhabitants trapped in a fog of forgotten lives. Art by Harvey Eisenberg, this 1953 Four Color issue blends quiet dread with a strange, lingering mystery, all drawn in a style as evocative as the mist itself.

Contains 5 stories

Mortimer Writes a Story

1 pp · Humor

Mortimer SnerdCharlie McCarthy

Charlie McCarthy, the "Dinosaur Hunter"

21 pp · Humor, Science Fiction

Charlie McCarthyMortimer Snerd

When Mortimer steals a dinosaur bone from the museum for a science demo, things go hilariously wrong—now he and Charlie McCarthy must trek to the mysterious Lost Swampland of Zambogoola to find a replacement, leading to a prehistoric mix-up neither of them saw coming.

Charlie McCarthy and "The Menace of Misty Island"

11 pp · Humor, Science Fiction

Charlie McCarthyMortimer Snerd

Charlie McCarthy takes a trip to the eerie Misty Island after his assistant Mortimer vanishes delivering a telegram there. What he finds is a strange, fog-shrouded place where the locals have lost their memories—trapped in a haze that steals their pasts, one by one.

Can't Stand Himself

1 pp · Humor

Charlie McCarthyMortimer Snerd

Pin the Tail on the Donkey

1 pp · Humor

Charlie McCarthyMortimer Snerd