Jingle Jangle Comics #7

Bingo and his gnome friend Glum answer a desperate call for help when giants plot to kidnap the beloved characters of Fairytale Land—starting with Jack, who's being held prisoner in the Land of the Giants. The pair must climb the beanstalk, outwit the giants, and navigate the bewildering Castle of Opposites to save Jack and protect all the storybook characters from being spirited away forever.

A Coffee-Eyed Hermit answers an urgent radio call about a Princess held in a tower prison—but freeing her requires locating a mysterious ring with a phone number etched upon it. With the help of his green umbrella companion (now the Forty-Seventh Duke of Cookin'-Ham), a Soup Inspector, and some rather winding detours through chop houses and sawmills, the Hermit races to recover the ring and restore the Princess's freedom. This wonderfully absurd 1944 tale by George Carlson is pure children's comic mayhem, where soup inspections lead to rescues and nothing quite goes as expected.

Hortense teams up with her friend Veronica to stake out Schultz's Grocery Store and catch black market thieves red-handed, but when the crooks discover her spying, she finds herself in over her head at their warehouse hideout. With help from some unexpected allies among the canned goods and her resourceful wits, Hortense works to turn the tables on the criminals before the authorities arrive.

In this charming 1944 tale from Jingle Jangle Comics #7, Susie and her son Junior pay a visit to his aunt and uncle, where a quiet moment of family warmth unfolds. When Junior asks if Susie can also carry his friend along—only to reveal the friend is a porcupine—the story gently teases the idea of unexpected companionship with a touch of whimsy.