Comic Title: Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #13
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1954
Approx. On Sale Date: November 6, 1953 Copyright Date November 4, 1953
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1953
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Case of the Runaway Ostrich"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Detective Chimp (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Sy Barry

Reprinted In:
Tarzan #232 (1974)

Feature Character(s)

• Detective Chimp (last appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #12; next appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #14)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sheriff Edward Chase (last appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #12; next appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #14)

Villain(s)

• Spike Dorkins (an animal thief; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Clive Holloway (an animal farm owner; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Sheriff Chase and Bobo see a runaway ostrich while fishing. Bobo manages to rope the ostrich with a lasso and capture it. Sheriff Chase learns that the ostrich escaped from Clive Holloway's farm after a valuable mynah bird was stolen.

The ostrich escapes again. Bobo lands on its back and is carried away. The ostrich returns to the area where Bobo and the sheriff originally saw it. Bobo sees Spike Dorkins, the man who stole the mynah bird. Riding the ostrich like a horse, Bobo lassos Dorkins, then hogties him until the sheriff arrives.