Marilyn Lightstone
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Heathcliff volume 42
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Iggy is trying to master playing the trombone. Despite Iggy's best efforts, Heathcliff does everything he can to sabotage his musical talent and discourage him from continuing. The more Grandma and Grandpa Nutmeg enjoy Iggy's music, the more irritated Heathcliff becomes. / Cleo's cousin Lindsay arrives, and Riff Raff is "volunteered" to show her around town. Lindsay is an obnoxious loudmouth, and even though Riff Raff doesn't like her, Cleo gets...
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Heathcliff volume 4
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A kitten shows up in the neighborhood with an enormous case of hero worship for Heathcliff. However, he is so much like the object of his esteem that Heathcliff himself can hardly stand his new little shadow. Eventually, the kitten moves on and leaves Heathcliff alone. / When Cleo visits her cousin, LuluBelle, in the country and takes the Catillac Cats along, it's love at first sight for Mungo and LuluBelle. But the amorous boy-next-door, Orville,...
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Heathcliff volume 61
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Spike's mother is coming to visit, so he pleads with Heathcliff to let it appear that he runs things around the neighborhood. Spike says he'd be a disgrace to his family if they knew he was second to a cat. Heathcliff refuses on the grounds that he doesn't want his neighborhood misrepresented, and continues to torment Spike at every opportunity. However, Heathcliff quickly learns that he is no match for Spike's mother. / Riff Raff talks Catillac...
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Heathcliff volume 32
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Sonja tells Heathcliff he needs to lose a little weight, so he goes on to crash diet with the help of the Alley Cats. Every time Heathcliff weakens and tries to eat something, Mungo or Hector snatch the food away. When Heathcliff is finally able to tell Sonja he has lost ten pounds, she admits he'll love him at any weight, so our hero instantly returns to his former gluttonous ways. / Leroy gets a new assistant dog in the junkyard and announces that...
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Heathcliff volume 64
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Iggy brings a white mouse home from biology class who is quickly in a scuffle with Heathcliff. Grandpa calls in a Rodent-Removing-Robot who eventually wins a spectacular match of wit and trickery during which the entire Nutmeg house is town down to the ground. Heathcliff then saves the day by reprogramming the robot to rebuild the house at record speed. / When Hector finds a map to the Lost City of Catlantis, the Catillac Cats transform their car...
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Heathcliff volume 40
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Heathcliff auditions and wins a chance to be in a cat food commercial. However, he hates the taste of the advertised brand, and prefers Brand X. Heathcliff is thrown off the set, but the folks at Brand X are so grateful that they fill Heathcliff's pantry with a year's supply of cat food! / The cats stow away, inadvertently, to the Antarctic with a scientific expedition scheduled to last 1 to 2 years. They make a daring escape from the ship on a...
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Heathcliff volume 33
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Heathcliff suffers a nasty bang on the head, which renders the "Devil Cat" side of his personality stunned and permits the "Angel Cat" side to take over. Suddenly Heathcliff is good as gold and begins performing numerous acts of kindness toward Spike. Spike in confused, but certainly willing to take advantage of the situation. He even puts on a show for the other animals to demonstrate his new ability to make Heathcliff do his bidding. However,...
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Heathcliff volume 25
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Heathcliff learns that playing Momma Cat is no easy task after he is adopted by a tiny kitten lost from her mother. Heathcliff teaches the little girl all about life as they roam the streets together in search of the missing mom, and they soon become fast friends. Heathcliff's big responsibility ends when at last the mother and kitten are reunited, but a touching moment at the end reveals that Heathcliff is really going to miss the little thing....
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Heathcliff volume 58
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Iggy and Heathcliff are watching TV and see on the news that a prisoner escaped who looks just like Grandpa. When Grandpa comes home, they think it's him and try to hide him. The real prisoner shows up and Heathcliff and Iggy have to figure out which one is the real Grandpa. Prisoner gets taken away, and all happy. / A big game hunter comes to town claiming that no animal is too difficult to capture. Heathcliff sets out to prove his statement false....
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Heathcliff volume 14
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Heathcliff become curious about his lineage and dreams about what his ancestors might have been like. We follow the escapades of historical Heathcliff in the Wild West, merry old England, and ancient Rome until Iggy calls to his cat and wakes him up / Bush is about to lose his night job as a night guard of the candy factory because somebody keeps stealing chocolate. Riff Raff offers to help catch the crooks, which he does with the help of his friends....
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Heathcliff volume 49
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Heathcliff and Mungo meet the great cat-wrestler, Boom Boom Pussini. In Heathcliff's usual antagonistic manner, he prompts Boom Boom into a fight to be held at the Catatorium in one week's time. Heathcliff is so sure that he can win that Mungo can't even get him to train. When the time comes to fight, Heathcliff doesn't play fair when he unties Boom Boom's shoes laces to get the upper hand on the professional wrestler. / At a beach party, Mungo...
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Heathcliff volume 55
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It's Heathcliff's birthday, and he's a very happy cat. That is, until he realizes all his friends have forgotten! Everywhere he goes, cats and people blithely tell him they're busy, and send him away. Angry and hurt, Heathcliff decides to run away. When he goes into the Nutmeg home to get his things, everyone is there yelling "SURPRISE!!" / A lady moves into the neighborhood that has twelve gorgeous female cats. Heathcliff, Riff Raff, Hector and...
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Heathcliff volume 29
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A mind mannered cat named Henry wanders into the neighborhood who looks exactly like Heathcliff. When Spike thinks he has beaten up Heathcliff, Heathcliff catches on and joins forces with Henry to make Spike look like a fool. / Riff Raff and the Catillac Cats go camping in the woods and meet Big Foot who threatens their camp. They try to catch him for fame and fortune. In the end Big Foot gets away, but upon overhearing the boys tell their disappointment...
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Heathcliff volume 66
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There's a new arrival in the neighborhood. A highbrow English couple, and their equally-arched cat - Reginald. From the start, Reginald and Heathcliff don't see eye-to-eye. And Heathcliff's anger reaches the boiling point when Reginald steals Sonja away, taking her on a date. Heathcliff trails them, with constant unfortunate results - for Heathcliff. Still, Heathcliff's impressed when Reginald has the fortitude to admit Sonja's really Heathcliff's...
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Heathcliff volume 80
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Heathcliff is romping through the fish market, the fish monger in pursuit, when he comes face to face with the skeleton of the jaws of a shark. The shock creates a state of amnesia for Heathcliff. He wanders aimlessly about town, trying to remember who he is. The alley cats and Spike take full advantage of the situation, telling Heathcliff he's their butler. Eventually, Heathcliff wanders to a mission for down and out pets. Iggy, broken-hearted,...
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Heathcliff volume 76
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Heathcliff watches Grandpa as he trims the rose bushes, cutting them back way too much. Our hero jumps to wild conclusions when he learns the city plans on trimming the trees on city streets. Heathcliff spreads the news to the neighborhood pets and kids that the trees are going to be chopped down. Soon the kids and pets have mobilized into protest, blocking the path of the city workers. Things quickly escalate out of hand with riot police and...
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Heathcliff volume 48
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Mugsy insults Marcy at the tennis club, and Iggy challenges him to a match to defend Marcy's honor. Heathcliff assists Iggy with various antics. After making a chaotic mess of the tennis club, Iggy and Heathcliff emerge victorious. / Mungo cooks up a batch of his mother's secret recipe, and everyone really loves it. So much, in fact, that Riff Raff opens a cat restaurant in the junkyard selling only Mungo's food. A famous cat restaurant reviewer...
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Heathcliff volume 59
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Heathcliff, eating the Nutmeg's out of house and home, is sent out to earn his own tuna money. He lands a job on a tuna boat where he tangles with the bad dog from a nearby pirate trawler who has just stolen their entire catch. / Mungo finds half of a treasure map in the junkyard, and the Catillac Cats take off for the desert to search for the lost booty. There they run into Pecos, a cat prospector who just happens to have the other half of the...