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Issue: Tom and Jerry #221
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/20/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig ? (story editor); Del Connell ? (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10058-411. Cover price reads "Still only 12c". On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Inner Tube Acceleration

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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
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Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls
anthropomorphic squirrel on a swing
It's the swingin'-est thing yet! The Golden Magazine for boys and girls
Promo and subscription coupon for the Golden Magazine for boys and girls, published by Golden Press
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Inside front cover. Color.
Junk Yard Jamboree

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anthropomorphic
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Now I wonder where those two are off to?
Tom scoffs at Jerry and Tuffy’s playing “make-believe” with common objects found in a nearby junkyard, such as pretending that a lightbulb is a diamond, then becomes obsessed with pretending as well.
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The Instant Genius

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Professor Putter
Professor Putter; Herman (big dumb robot)
Herman, I'm thirsty!
Clumsy Herman falls on his head, becoming a genius. He out-invents Professor Putter, until a similar blow reverses the effect.
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"© 1964 Western Publishing Company, Inc." in splash panel. Feature created by Western Publishing, and not MGM.
Little Tyke's Big Shoe-Chew

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anthropomorphic
Spike and Tyke
Spike; Tyke; Spike and Tyke's master; Spike and Tyke's mistress
Tyke’s efforts to find a shoe to chew on cause trouble for Spike.
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Tom's Radio Shop

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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
What are you going to build, Tom?
Tom markets Jerry and Tuffy as a pair of walkie-talkies.
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General Mills Lucky Charms; L.C. Leprechaun
L.C. Leprechaun; two boys
'Tis luck to catch a leprechaun!
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Getting the Cold Cure

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Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; cat actor (Dr. Ben Tabby); cat actress (nurse); TV director; stagehands; human actor (Dr. Scientifico)
Hammer... saw... blowtorch... yo-yo string...
Idolizing television doctor Ben Tabby, Tom is determined to become a doctor himself. Jerry and Tuffy suffer for his efforts.
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"Ben Tabby" is a cat-parody of 1960s TV doctor “Ben Casey”.
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
General Mills Trix; Trix Rabbit
Trix Rabbit (as a cowboy); cowboy kid
How's Trix? Worth rounding up...
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All your favorites are at their best in Gold Key Comics

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Gold Key Comics
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No characters or comic book covers pictured. Only the Gold Key Comics logo with ad copy on either side.
Catch as Cat Can

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anthropomorphic
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; chief ranger; bear; deer; Phantom Poacher (villain); Tiny (villain)
New recruit Thomas Cat reporting for duty, sir!
Tom is a ranger recruit at Yellowrock National Game Reserve. His first job is to catch the Phantom Poacher, who is causing protected animals to disappear into thin air. Luggage stowaways Jerry and Tuffy help him crack the case.
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In certain panels, the chief ranger looks similar to Yogi Bear’s Ranger Smith, a character Harvey Eisenberg would draw often at Western.
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
General Mills Cheerios; Rocky and Bullwinkle
Rocky; Bullwinkle; whale
Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
Bullwinkle eats Cheerios for “muscle-makin’ protein” to power his rowboat, and runs into a whale.
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One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle.
132 Roman Soldiers only $1.98

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2 complete Roman armies!
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Ad for molded plastic Roman soldiers. Inside back cover. Color.
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Junior Sales Club of America
Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!
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Back cover.

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