Terry-Toons Comics #82
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Loss of Might," the mischievous Heckle and Jeckle trade their usual antics for a bizarre adventure in 1950’s Terry-Toons Comics #82, where a magic shovel sends them to China to work as rickshaw boys. Their latest fare—a heavy customer with a steep hill to climb—pushes them to their limits in a tale of absurd effort and slippery terrain. Art by Jim Tyer, with cover by Art Bartsch, this classic short is a delight of slapstick timing and visual gags.
With a magic shovel in hand, Heckle and Jeckle dig their way to China, where they take on the role of rickshaw boys—until a heavy rickshaw customer, a cat claiming to weigh a thousand pounds or two, demands to be taken to his home atop a very steep hill. They push hard, nearly making it, but the climb proves more than even their magical dig could handle.
Dinky Duck listens wide-eyed as his grandma spins a tale of his legendary lineage—from prehistoric times to the Renaissance, from ancient Rome to the Wild West—each era showcasing a daring Dinky ancestor, while Rudy Rooster’s past is revealed as anything but heroic. With a parade of past-life Dinkys in wildly different eras and a few very unimpressive rooster relatives, the story unfolds like a duck-sized epic, full of daring deeds and unexpected twists.
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Reprinted in Paul Terry's Comics #119 (1954)
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