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Issue: Tom and Jerry #283
Publication Date: June 1974
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Issues: #283 of 132 Issues (188 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/1974
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
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Content Items: 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): (Western Publishing New York Office); Wally Green
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 90058-406
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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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The Newsboy Giveth, and the Milk-Mice Taketh Away!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; logo
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis: Tom gains a newspaper, while losing a bottle of milk. For a cat, that’s probably not such a good deal.
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Pages: 1
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Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: Each groovy patch measures 3”.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as embroidered cloth patches. Color ad on inside front cover.
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The All Day Sucker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Sal Sinistor (con-man cat); Dippy (Sal’s sidekick); bank teller; bank guard; burly mugger; old man; police officer; theatrical agent
First Line: Gosh! It says here that a burglar broke into Mrs. Kelly’s House!
Synopsis: Sal Sinistor repeatedly rooks foolish Tom out of his money, until Jerry and Tuffy turn the tables.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Rectangular dialogue balloons.
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Disneykin Play Characters Are Here!

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy; Pluto; (32 various Disney characters in all)
First Line: Colorful… exciting… fun
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for small, hand-painted Disney character figures pictured in photos. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Clean Sweep

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; nearsighted laundry man; laundromat worker; laundromat manager
First Line: Want to have some fun, Tuffy?
Synopsis: As a practical joke, Jerry and Tuffy undo Tom’s hammock strings – wrapping him up in his hammock. It’s all fun and games until a nearsighted laundry man takes the hammock-wrapped Tom instead of the bag of laundry he was supposed to pick up, and Tom is delivered to the laundromat where he gets the works.
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Disclose Notes: Conventional rounded dialogue balloons.
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Boys Sell Grit

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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Grit
First Line: Make $1 to $6 Weekly Get Free Prizes Too
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Disclose Notes: Ad inviting boys to sell Grit family newspapers for prizes and cash. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Top half of page.
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Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sea-Monkeys
First Line: Own a bowl full of happiness – Instant pets!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Sea-Monkeys. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Lower half of page.
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1000 Decals

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products
First Line: Decalomania the nuttiest, most fantastic offer ever!
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Disclose Notes: Various sixties pop culture and counterculture symbols offered as stick-on decals. Middle of centerfold. Top half of page.
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Incense Magic

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for various fragrances of incense. Middle of centerfold. Lower half of page.
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Margie Gets Free Gifts for the Whole Family

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
Character(s): Margie; various mod-looking teen friends; postman
First Line: One day when Margie was reading her favorite magazine…
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering a $1.00 catalog called “The Consumer Gazette” that is good for “over $30.00 worth of free gifts”. Middle of centerfold.
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The Kooky Cook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy: Jesse James (little kid); starving hound dog; mailman; various other neighborhood residents
First Line: Sheesh! Those two characters are never around when you want them!
Synopsis: Tom’s latest scheme is to create a new culinary dish that will make him rich. Alas, his concoction causes a temporary stiffening-paralysis in its victims.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Rectangular dialogue balloons with rounded corners. Lettering or script error: Tom asks the little kid, Jesse James – “Say, did you see Tom and Jerry around anywhere?”, when it clearly should have been “Jerry and Tuffy” since Tom is asking the question. Non-sequitur visual gag: While monologuing to Jerry and Tuffy on the grandeur of his culinary genius, a snake pops its head out of Tom’s basket of ingredients. Without missing a verbal beat, Tom bops the snake on the head with a mallet, and tosses it into his latest simmering recipe.
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Fun Tricks Free Things!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: Mail Today
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A full page of small, single panel advertisements for various novelty items. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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Captain Tom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; grouchy fisherman; Suzie (little girl); Suzie’s big sister; fishing photographer
First Line: You really got your own boat, Tom?
Synopsis: Tom runs a charter fishing boat. His first customer is a rather grouchy fisherman.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Conventional rounded dialogue balloons.
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Wow! 88 mini Posters only 65 cents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: All in full color all different
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Various psychedelic images and sixties counterculture symbols offered as mini-posters. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story. Top half of page.
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Free Color Film

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: Why pay for film when you can get it free?
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Ad offering a free roll of film, for 25-cents handling and a self-addressed-stamped-envelope. Limited to one per family. Developing services are offered. Ad is "one-quarter page", on the left side of the lower half of the page. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Free...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: Over 100 gifts are waiting for you!
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Ad offering free catalogs of items that can be ordered at no cost, for 25-cents handling and a self-addressed-stamped-envelope. Limited to "one list per person". Ad is "one-quarter page", on the right side of the lower half of the page. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as iron-on transfers.
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Collections

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: Express yourself with these great new things.
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Disclose Notes: Psychedelic images and counterculture symbols are offered as posters, rings, dog-tags, and sew-on patches. Color ad on inside back cover.
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100 pc Toy Soldiers Set $1.25

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lucky Products, Inc.
First Line: Made of durable plastic, each with its own base.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for 100 plastic toy soldiers, packed in a footlocker-styled storage box. Color ad on back cover.

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