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Supermouse #14
Supermouse #14 The main story, "The Big Cheese," features Supermouse confronted by a villain with a proposition: if Supermouse can defeat the villain's boxing-champion genie in a match, the villain will surrender to police; otherwise, Supermouse becomes the villain's prisoner and they take over the town with Orfil's help. Supermouse accepts the boxing challenge for noon the next day at the stadium. A secondary story, "Prickles the Porcupine" by Betty Cummings, tells of a lonely porcupine who rescues a baby squirrel from a mountain lion using his quills as a weapon, earning the respect and friendship of the squirrels who had previously rejected him. An additional short story features elves painting and getting into mishaps, including one elf (Rembrandt Smith) who has been using the same tired colors for 276 years and becomes exhausted by his work.