MOUSE

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human (1930s Era)

Occupation: Professional thief

Group Membership: Leader of his own gang

Affiliations: Ox, Rollo, Stretch

Enemies: Henry R. Ferguson, the NYPD

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Manhattan, New York, USA

First Appearance: Tales of Justice I#53 (May, 1955)

Powers/Abilities: Mouse had a clever brain for planning robberies and a strong sense of leadership. He carried a pistol.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'0")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 95 lbs.)
Eyes: Grey
Hair: White

History: (Tales of Justice I#53/2 (fb) - BTS) - Mouse led a gang which included Ox, Rollo and Stretch. Despite his tiny size, Mouse had an iron will and maintained his men's loyalty. Deciding to rob a jewelry store, Mouse carefully schemed to use his gang's abilities to pull off the heist. To ensure they would only encounter one security guard at the time of their robbery, on the day of the robbery Mouse slipped sleeping pills into one of the guard's drink at a bar.

(Tales of Justice I#53/2) - At 2:15 AM on the morning of Tuesday, March 11 "in the early 1930's," Mouse led his men Ox, Rollo and Stretch to rob the jewelry store. Rollo supplied a pass key which granted the gang access to the building. At the time they entered the shop, the sole remaining night watchman Henry R. Ferguson was making his rounds in the basement. Coming upstairs to investigate, Ferguson was distracted by a flashlight which Mouse had left in the middle of the floor as a distraction. When Ferguson examined it, Ox attacked him from behind. Mouse had Stretch tie up Ferguson with rope.

    Mouse ordered Ox to break open the safe while Stretch gathered up the loose gems from the counters and Rollo kept an eye out on the street. Rollo soon saw a policeman outside so Mouse exited the shop through the alley then came around the front to speak to the policeman. The policeman mentioned that he hadn't seen the night watchman make his usual appearance, but Mouse claimed that he had seen the night watchman pass by five minutes earlier. When the policeman asked why Mouse was out so early in the morning, he claimed he suffered from insomnia. The policeman seemed to accept this and moved along.

    Mouse returned triumphantly to the gang, crowing about his superior planning. Having plundered the safe, the gang wanted to leave but Mouse insisted they ensure they stole everything of value so that they would earn enough from the robbery that they wouldn't have to steal again. However, the shop was soon surrounded by police squad cars. Mouse decided to abandon his gang so that they would slow down the police. Mouse fired his gun out the front of the shop, intending to then exit through the back, but as he fired the gun, a policeman lunged in the shop and disarmed him. Mouse and the entire gang were arrested. When Mouse asked how the police knew they were robbing the shop, the police revealed that the shop had a silent alarm which went off because Ferguson wasn't able to deactivate it.

Comments: Created by an unidentified writer and Bill Everett.

    Mouse's story was narrated by Ted Stark.

    If the story is set on a Tuesday, March 11 in the early 1930s then it ought to be 1930 - that was the only year in the early 30s when March 11 fell on a Tuesday.

    This profile was completed 05/05/2022, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Prime Eternal.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Mouse should not be confused with:

Mouse's gang

(Left to right) Rollo, Ox, Stretch and Mouse worked together in an attempted jewelry store robbery. Rollo supplied a pass key to enter the shop and served as lookout; Ox was used primarily for his muscle and safecracking abilities; Stretch provided rope to tie up the night watchman Henry R. Ferguson and was responsible for collecting the store's gems.

    The gang members were kept in line by Mouse's strong temper and Mouse's repeated axiom that he could solve any problem through planning. However, the robbery was ultimately thwarted because of one thing Mouse didn't plan on - the silent alarm which Ferguson had to keep turned off. With arrest imminent, Mouse turned on his gang, revealing he was willing to sacrifice them to ensure his own escape. However, Mouse joined his gang in being apprehended by the police.





--Tales of Justice I#53

Henry R. Ferguson

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Henry R. Ferguson was the aged night watchman at the jewelry store. Ferguson was alone on the night that Mouse and his gang broke in. Mouse distracted Ferguson by leaving out a flashlight to get his attention then Ox knocked Ferguson down. Tied up by Stretch, Ferguson was left to watch the robbers plunder the store. However, the shop's silent alarm was set to go off if the watchman went 15 minutes without checking in. Consequently, the alarm alerted the police and they ultimately surrounded the shop and captured the entire gang, safely liberating Ferguson.


--Tales of Justice I#53/2

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Tales of Justice I#53/2, page 2, panel 3 (main)
Tales of Justice I#53/2, page 1, panel 2 (face)
Tales of Justice I#53/2, page 1, panel 1 (gang)
Tales of Justice I#53/2, page 2, panel 4 (Ferguson)

Appearances:
Tales of Justice I#53/2 (May, 1955) - unidentified writer, Bill Everett (artist), Stan Lee (editor)

First posted: 09/16/2026
Last updated: 09/10/2022

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