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Issue: Tweety and Sylvester #41
Publication Date: November 1974
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Issues: #41 of 121 Issues (188 Printings)
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Variant: Gold Key
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/1974
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): (Western Publishing New York Office); Wally Green
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US (#1-12); Standard Modern Age US (#13-102)
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Alarming Development

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset; logo
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
Synopsis: Tweety makes certain that Sylvester hears the alarm clock.
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Pages: 1
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Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers!

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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
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Disclose Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as iron-on transfers. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Jest Friends

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Bulldog; sunbathing lady; female poodle
First Line: And stay out!
Synopsis: Following the advice of a book on “How to Win Friends”, Sylvester attempts to make a friend of Bulldog.
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Pages: 7
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Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is!

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: Each groovy patch measures 3”.
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Disclose Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as embroidered cloth patches. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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No Sale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; salesman
First Line: I’m not going to be taken in by any more salesmen, no sir!
Synopsis: Sylvester employs the tricks of a book on “How to Resist Salesmen”, while a wily salesman resorts to consulting a book that delivers the counterpunch to each of Sylvester’s tricks. May the best book win!
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Endangered Animals by Revell

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Revell
First Line: Big, action models
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Revell's "Endangered Animals" models. Endangered Gorilla, Endangered Komodo Dragon, Endangered Condor, and Endangered Rhino are offered. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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Bad Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
First Line: Uh, oh! I bwoke the needle on the record player!
Synopsis: Sylvester forces Tweety to use his beak as a record player needle.
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Monster Robot

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Guarantee Co.
First Line: Create your own giant 7 foot tall walking – flashing Monster Robot
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Disclose Notes: Ad for plans to build a movable robot “from cheap scrap items available anywhere”, large enough for a kid to operate from inside. Black and white ad. Top half of page.
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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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Disclose Notes: Various psychedelic images and sixties counterculture symbols offered as mini-posters. Lower half of page.
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Incense Magic

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: You get more than 50 different pieces of incense in more than a dozen different fragrances only $1.00
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Disclose Notes: Ad for various fragrances of incense. Top 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. Lower half of page.
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Lonely Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny; Polly (parrot); pet shop delivery driver
First Line: What’s the matter, little Tweety Bird?
Synopsis: Tweety is lonely, so Granny gets him a bird companion – which turns out to be a domineering parrot. Tweety and Sylvester team-up to get it sent back to the pet shop.
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Margie Gets Free Gifts for the Whole Family

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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”. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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The Big Flop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; circus boss (resembles W.C. Fields); circus crowd; lions
First Line: Oh, cruel, oh tragic fate! It is a bitter pill to swallow – but I am doomed never to catch that Tweety bird!
Synopsis: Declaring himself a failure over his inability to catch Tweety, Sylvester runs away from home to join the circus. Tweety follows, and, together, they perform several circus acts – including aerialists, knife-throwing, and human cannonball. Each act ends up as a failed attempt on Sylvester’s part to catch Tweety.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Meta moment: The cannon for the human cannonball act is engraved: “Prop. of Wile E. Coyote”.
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Super Values

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Super Values
First Line: Fabulous bargains in America’s best items
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering humorous dog tags, rings, stickers, and other novelties. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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Fun Tricks Free Things!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Gandalf Products Co.
First Line: Mail Today
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Disclose Notes: A full page of small, single panel advertisements for various novelty items.
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Collections

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Letterer(s): typeset
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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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Smash 'Em Up!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kenner; SSP Classy Crashers
First Line: Boy! Those are a couple of real classy cars!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Kenner SSP Classy Crashers model cars – made to crash and send pieces flying. Color ad on back cover.

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