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Issue: Tom and Jerry #249
Publication Date: February 1970
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Issues: #249 of 132 Issues (188 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig; Del Connell
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10058-002
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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
Format Notes:  
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Mice on Ice

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
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
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How the Gang Caught Spiromania

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kenner Spirograph
Synopsis: Kids get "Spiromania" from drawing with a Kenner Spirograph, the primary symptom of which is having your eyes replaced by swirling Spirograph designs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color ad on inside front cover.
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Rain, Snow, and Hail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Harvey Eisenberg (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Tom and Jerry
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: In this kind of weather, all I do is swab the deck!
Synopsis: Tom, Jerry and Tuffy conduct their ongoing pranks and battles amid different winter weather conditions.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand" Some lettering on page one looks slightly different (slanted) from Eisenberg’s norm.
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Breakfast Motivation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lynn Karp
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Jerry and Tuffy
Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: Uh-oh! Snowin' again!
Synopsis: To get Tuffy to shovel snow, Jerry uses a hot breakfast as motivation, in a most unusual way.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand"
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Umbrella Boat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lynn Karp
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Jerry and Tuffy
Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: Look, Jerry! Who's afraid of the Big Bad Fish!
Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy use an overturned clear-plastic umbrella as a glass-bottomed boat.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand"
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Huckleberry Hound; Moby Duck; Dimwitty
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A list of all Gold Key Comics on sale in January 1970, with focus blurbs on Walt Disney Comics Digest, Golden Comics Digest, Huckleberry Hound, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Family Affair, The Hardy Boys, and Moby Duck. No issue numbers are given.
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Doodles

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reader-submitted "doodles", made from various letters of the alphabet and numbers.
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Inventions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reader-submitted wacky inventions.
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Military Men - Your Credit Is Good!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Military Diamond Sales
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various diamond rings, sold on credit terms to members of the military.
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Pincushion Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lynn Karp
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
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
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand"
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Busy as a Beehive

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Bertie Bird
Character(s): Bertie Bird; Mother Bird; Billie Bird; Buzzy Bee; Buzzy's family; Tabby Cat
Synopsis: Bertie and Billie Bird do a good deed for Buzzy Bee, and are repaid in kind.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Indoor Joggers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Tom and Jerry
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: …And it’s getting even colder, during this, our worst winter ever!
Synopsis: Snowed in, Jerry and Tuffy put Tom’s new “hypnotically tape recorded teacher and tester” device to good use… on Tom.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Figuring Eights

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
Character(s): two competing skaters
Synopsis: Two competing skaters demonstrate increasingly difficult ways to make “figure eights”.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard W. Eiger
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for September 30, 1969. Prepared by Richard W. Eiger. Reported total distribution: 260,752 (12 month average), 271,359 (nearest issue).
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Golden Magazine
First Line: Tell Mom and Dad About This Wonderful Gift Idea
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Western Publishing house ad. Subscription offer for Golden Magazine.
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The Real One Is Here!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Matchbox
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Matchbox "Superfast" miniature cars. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Challenge Dad to a Race in the Hot Wheels Grand Prix

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hot Wheels
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hot Wheels Grand Prix racing sets. Color ad on back cover.

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