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Issue: Tom and Jerry #255
Publication Date: February 1971
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Issues: #255 of 132 Issues (188 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig; Del Connell
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10058-102 Last issue of this series with the configuration of advertisement pages and “Gold Key Comics Club” pages (that is “non-story pages”) that had been in effect since the Gold Key Comics issues that were released in January, 1967. (In the case of the “Tom and Jerry” title, that would be issue #235.) Those issues limited such non-story pages to the four pages of the centerfold, and the final two interior pages (interior pages 31-32) for a total of SIX pages carved-out of each issue. Beginning with the next issue (“Tom and Jerry” #256), the number of non-story pages would be increased to SEVEN scattered throughout the issue, and would begin on interior page four. It would continue to increase throughout the 1970s.
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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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Bowstring Balancing Act

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset; logo
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy high-wire-walk a bowstring, each using an arrow as a balancing pole.
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Pages: 1
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My Hair Is a Mess!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kenner
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Kenner's Easy Curl Lighted Vanity and Quick Hair Setting Kit. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Using the Ol’ Bean

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; con man
First Line: Mmm! I dreamed all night about the piece of cheese we have stashed away!
Synopsis: Tom is conned into buying a device that turns beans into gold nuggets.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Dueling Decorators

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: What can a cat do in this kind of weather but stay home?
Synopsis: On a snowy winter’s day, Tom decides to redecorate the house, while Jerry and Tuffy aim to do the same. Can a house be more divided than this and remain standing?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand". Four Gold Key Comics Club pages, comprising the centerfold, occur between pages 8 and 9 of this story.
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): The Pink Panther; Wacky Witch
First Line: The Pink Panther is on the prowl! Joins Gold Key Lineup of favorites.
Synopsis: A list of all Gold Key Comics on sale in January 1971, with focus blurbs on Golden Magazine Winter Fun, O'Malley and the Alley Cats, The Banana Splits, Wacky Witch, The Pink Panther, Turok Son of Stone, and H.R. Pufnstuf. No issue numbers are given.
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Pages: 1
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Flag Stamp Moves to Faster Press

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Allard (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamp and Coin Collector’s Corner
First Line: Postmaster General Winton M. Blount announced that production of the 6-cent American Flag stamp in sheet form has been transferred from the Giori presses to the more sophisticated Huck presses to produce an estimated annual saving of $75,000.
Synopsis: Discusses the new “9-color Huck press” for sheet and coil issues of stamps, Swaziland Olympic stamps, and the issuing of new combat and treasury medals.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text feature, illustrated with photographs. © 1970, Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Just Rite Film Co.
First Line: Big savings for Mom and Dad Get Famous Brand Gifts plus all the Kodak film you need
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering photo developing and enlargement and discounted Kodak film. Also “valuable gift certificates for our famous brand name merchandise sent to you with each order.”
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Synopsis: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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Pages: 1
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Danger at the Pond

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bertie Bird; Mother Duck; four tiny ducklings; baby chick; eagle
First Line: Bertie Bird was happily digging worms in the bank of a pond one morning when up waddled a mother duck leading four tiny ducklings
Synopsis: A baby chick insists on swimming like a duckling.
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Pages: 1
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Up Periscope!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vivie Risto
Inker(s): Vivie Risto
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Vivie Risto
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote
First Line: I'm glad I bought this bubble pipe!
Synopsis: Wuff’s new bubble pipe, with its eye-stinging bubble solution, is enough to thwart Charlie Coyote, until Charlie reads a “submarine” comic book and gets the idea to construct a periscope to see above the bubbles.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Pumpkin Puss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kenneth Landau
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; various pie purchasers
First Line: Wish I could think of a way to make some holiday money!
Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy bake a batch of pumpkin pies to sell. Tom muscles-in to take over once the baking work is done.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Your Future As a School Counselor

Text Article  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
First Line: You will help direct the destinies of many young people – perhaps even the destiny of the world – if you choose to be [a] (sic) school counselor.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: One of a series of text articles on possible careers, accompanied by illustrations. Top half of page.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Connaughton
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for September 30, 1970. Prepared by Joseph Connaughton. Report names Chase Craig as Managing Editor. Lower half of page.
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132 Roman Soldiers only $1.98

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: 2 complete Roman armies!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for molded plastic Roman soldiers.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Brunswick; The Snurfer
First Line: The Snurfing Bug will bite you if you don’t watch out!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for “The Snurfer” by Brunswick, a sort of snowboard described as “Something that rides like a surfboard, and maneuvers like a ski”. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Free! Giant Stallion Mural Full Color Masterpiece Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Colonial Studios
First Line: Superb, original oil painting reproduction – yours free when you purchase these 4 magnificent thoroughbreds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for oil painting reproductions of majestic horses. Color ad on back cover.

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