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Issue: Tom & Jerry Comics #137
Publication Date: December 1955
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Issues: #137 of 153 Issues (157 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Helen Meyer (Editor); Chase Craig (Managing editor); Tom McKimson (Art director)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, later Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Mice on Ice

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Tom and Jerry
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis: Tuffy steers a hockey puck around goal-keeper Tom’s stick, and into the net.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: hockey
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We Want a Harmless Daisy for Christmas!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Co.
Character(s): Annie Oakley (as played by Gail Davis) (cameo); boy; girl
First Line: Kids! Show this page to your mom or dad.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color ad on inside front cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy rifles and pistols which only make noise and shoot only smoke. Featured is “Annie Oakley Golden Smoke Rifle” Model 966. Two small drawings of Gail Davis from the Annie Oakley TV show.
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Rabbit-Trapper Tom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Tom and Jerry
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; game warden (anthropomorphic bulldog)
First Line: Trappin' season opens tomorrow, and I’m all set to catch myself a mess of rabbits!
Synopsis: With trapping season one day away, Jerry and Tuffy try to prevent Tom from trapping “poor defenseless little bunnies”, by rigging things so that it appears to a game warden that Tom is trapping out-of-season.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The last balloon of the final panel is lettered differently from the rest of the story. Possibly Harvey Eisenberg’s lettering in this balloon? Both this printing and its reprint display the same lettering inconsistency.
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Pincushion Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lynn Karp
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Big Spike and Little Tyke
Character(s): Spike; Tyke; dogcatcher; Pork the Porcupine
First Line: Hey, Pop, it snowed last night!
Synopsis: Pork the Porcupine can’t make friends because of his prickly sharp quills – until he saves Spike and Tyke from a dogcatcher.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Bertie Bird's Two Christmases

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harvey Eisenberg (title); typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Bertie Bird
Character(s): Bertie Bird; Billie Bird; Pinky Crossbill; Baby Robin; Tabby Cat; Mother Robin; Father Robin; Roger Robin;
Synopsis: Bertie, Billie, and Pinky save Baby Robin from Tabby Cat, and celebrate Christmas with the Robin family.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Doghouse Plow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Droopy
Character(s): Droopy
Synopsis: Weary of shoveling, Droopy upends his doghouse and uses it as a snowplow.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime
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The Too-Large Lap Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lynn Karp
Inker(s): Lynn Karp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Flip 'n' Dip
Character(s): Flip; Dip; Pop
First Line: Flip, this ol' stray dog is sure friendly!
Synopsis: Flip ‘n’ Dip’s lap dog is too large for Pop’s comfort.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: “Copyright 1955 by Western Printing & Litho Co.” Not MGM characters.
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How to Be a Pal to Your Child

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy
Character(s): Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; Parents' Protective Association members
First Line: Boys, I'm having a meeting of 'The Parents' Protective Association' here today!
Synopsis: Barney hosts a meeting of the Parents' Protective Association. Fuzzy and Wuzzy try to help make it a success.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Distracting Charlie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vivie Risto
Inker(s): Vivie Risto
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vivie Risto
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Wuff the Prairie Dog
Character(s): Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote
First Line: I've gotcha this time! You've run out of hidin' places!
Synopsis: To divert Charlie’s attentions away from chasing him and Sammy, Wuff gives Charlie a case containing an oil painting set, hoping the coyote will turn to art. Charlie thinks the case contains a bomb.
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Pages: 5
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Holy Socks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lynn Karp
Inker(s): Lynn Karp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Jerry and Tuffy
Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy; Santa Claus
First Line: Looks like they're expectin' Santa at this house, Jerry!
Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy want to hang Christmas stockings for themselves and find inventive ways to do so.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: When looking for socks to hang on the mantle, Jerry declares: “The artist didn’t draw socks on me, Tuffy!” Referring to his diaper, Tuffy replies: “And this thing he puts on me won’t do to hang up!”. Such meta humor was less common in 1955 than it is today, and was virtually unheard of in the Dell Comics of the time.
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Be Kind to Humans Week

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Droopy
Character(s): Droopy; old lady
Synopsis: For “Be Kind to Humans Week”, Droopy helps an old lady across the street. He should have stayed in bed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Lower tier used for Dell Comics house ad.
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Tom and Jerry Winter Fun Is a Fun Filled Sleigh Ride

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg (cover reproductions only)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell Comics; Tom and Jerry; Spike and Tyke
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Spike; Tyke; Barney Bear
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Dell Comics house ad for Tom and Jerry Winter Fun and Spike and Tyke. Reproduces the cover illustrations for M.G.M.'s Tom and Jerry Winter Fun (Dell, 1954 series) #4 and M.G.M.'s Spike and Tyke (Dell, 1955 series) #4.
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Attention, all Moms & Dads, Aunts & Uncles!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg (Tom, Jerry and Tuffy figures only)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tom and Jerry
Character(s): Tom; Jerry;Tuffy
First Line: Put gift subscriptions to Tom and Jerry Comics in all your Christmas stockings this year.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Tom invites parents and relatives to give subscriptions to Tom and Jerry Comics as Christmas gifts that come with a "Dell Comics Magic and Puzzle Kit". The ad includes the "Dell Comics Pledge to Parents", and repurposed figures of Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy drawn by Harvey Eisenberg. Other art is not by Eisenberg.
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Just in Time for Christmas

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
Character(s): Santa Claus; wide-eyed, red-headed boy
First Line: New! Schwinn Racer
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color ad on back cover.

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