Jingle Jangle Comics #24

When the clock strikes midnight in a toymaker's hall, a glue pot named Justamere yearns to join the other playthings in their nightly games—but the china toys and a snobbish cat keep shutting him out. When a stray matches accident threatens to ruin the toys forever, Justamere gets an unexpected chance to prove himself. This charming tale from Jingle Jangle Comics #24 shows how good intentions and a quick fix can turn a lonely outcast into a true friend.

A pint-sized king cursed by an evil spell sends his three jelly-bean companions out into the world with a desperate task: learn the secret of making high-power cheese-cake, or face ruin when the goblin Gasso returns in one year's time. As each jelly-bean pursues a different path—one through cooking school, one into business, and one through sheer luck—they race against the clock to break the kingdom's shrinking curse before it's too late.

Nippy the Cat vouches for an unlikely tough guy—a friend half the size of the notorious Tuffy McPuffy—who claims he can scare the fearless bully. When Nippy brings in Skunk O'Stunk to prove his point, the results speak for themselves, leaving everyone amazed at who's really the toughest around.