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Washday Whiskers

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy use a sleeping Tom’s whiskers as a clothesline.

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Pages: 1

Notes: First Dell Tom and Jerry cover to be reprinted in the Gold Key (Western) series.

A Dog House for the Birds

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Droopy; birds

Synopsis: Droopy's failed doghouse makes a fine birdhouse.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.

Cat and Mouse Cleaning

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; housekeeper (Mammy Two-Shoes)

First Line: Oh, me...this cold has got me down for sure!

Synopsis: When the housekeeper takes ill, Tom assumes her chores in order to get in her good graces. Jerry and Tuffy follow suit, with both cat and mice hastily cleaning while sabotaging the other's efforts. Will the housekeeper get any bed rest with a cleaning war going on downstairs?

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Pages: 10

Notes: In this version of the story, as in the original theatrical animated shorts, the "housekeeper" was drawn as the African American maid character known as "Mammy Two-Shoes", with skin coloring reflective of that character. For the reprint in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 Series) #302 (January 1978), the character's skin coloring was modified to have her appear as Caucasian - again following some of the original shorts that "recast" her as an "Irish Maid". In both instances, as well as in the shorts, the character is never seen above the shoulders.

Unofficial title is a play on "Mouse Cleaning", the title of a 1948 Tom and Jerry theatrical short, which has been omitted from DVD collections and banned from TV viewing.

Pup School

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Spike; Tyke; Mike (young boy); teacher; other school kids; dogcatcher; other pups; truant officer

First Line: Here comes my pal, Mike!

Synopsis: To break Tyke of following little Mike to school, Spike starts a school for neighborhood pups.

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Pages: 5

Bertie Bird Gives a Warning

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Bertie Bird; Benny Bluejay; hunter; hunting dog; Coco Raccoon; Mother Raccoon; cottontail; red squirrel; Mr. Tree Frog

First Line: One clear wintry day, Bertie Bird was getting himself all slicked up.

Synopsis: Bertie issues warnings to all the animals that man has entered the forest.

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Pages: 2

Rowboat Rivalry

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Flip; Dip; Pop

First Line: C'mon, kids, let's go for a boat ride!

Synopsis: Pop takes over Flip and Dip's rowboat, naming himself captain.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Page 1496 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. Flip ‘n' Dip. (In Tom and Jerry comics) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of Del Connell. © Western Print. & Litho. Co. Dec54. © 19Oct; B5-29223."

The Big Birdhouse

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; Pete (pelican)

First Line: Fuzzy, here it is winter comin' on, and poor Pete's got no shelter!

Synopsis: Forbidden by Uncle Barney to build a treehouse, Fuzzy and Wuzzy build a huge, bear-sized birdhouse for Pete the Pelican.

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Pages: 5

Southern Fried Penguin

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; Cuthbert Coyote (Charlie's cousin); Ashley Wilkes Pengiun

First Line: Hey, Wuff! Look what I just found... a keen book on animals!

Synopsis: Charlie's cousin, Cuthbert Coyote, angrily lectures Charlie on how any "self-respectin' coyote [should] be chasin' chickens" instead of squirrels and prairie dogs. Enter Ashley Wilkes Penguin, a lost and excentric escapee from a southern zoo, who is wandering the desert while trying to find his way to the South Pole - and whom Charlie believes to be a chicken. Can Wuff and Sammy keep the overly-obliging gentlemanly penguin out of Charlie's hungry clutches?

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Pages: 5

Notes: MGM synergy between movies and comics: Ashley Wilkes (the penguin's namesake), a quintessential gentleman of the Old South, was a fictional character from the 1939 MGM film "Gone with the Wind", and the 1936 novel upon which it was based.

Gooseneck Lamp

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy; goose; chickens

First Line: Jerry, this looks like a really frantic place to stay tonight!

Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy try to sleep in a chicken coop, but are kept awake by a pesky goose.

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In Content Item: Flag

Tom and Jerry #226 published October 1965
as Gooseneck Lamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 2

Droopy’s Christmas Stocking

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Droopy; charity Santa

Synopsis: Droopy uses a multi-pocketed shoe-holder as his Christmas stocking.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Pantomime. On final interior page of the comic.

TV from a Distance

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Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Droopy; Droopy’s master

First Line: TV Special $300.00

Synopsis: Droopy can’t afford a TV, but does the next best thing.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Pantomime. Black and white on inside back cover.

Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dell Comics

Character(s): Santa Claus

First Line: Say Merry Christmas this happy way with Dell Comics Christmas Gift Subscriptions.

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Notes: Ad offering one, two, and three-year subscriptions to a cross section of different Dell Comics titles at a discount off the newsstand price - $1.00 for one year, $1.85 for two years and $2.70 for two years.

Titles offered are: Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, Tom and Jerry Comics, New Funnies, Little Lulu, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger; and Tarzan.

Color ad on back cover.