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Issue: Tom and Jerry #217
Publication Date: November 1963
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Issues: #217 of 132 Issues (198 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagWestern
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Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/22/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
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Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Cover price reads "Now only 12c." On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

No interior ads in this issue. Ads are limited to inside and back covers. All 32 interior pages are comics or comics-related text material.
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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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Treasure in a Goldfish Bowl

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; goldfish
Synopsis: Treasure hunters Jerry and Tuffy dive for a decorative "treasure chest" in a goldfish bowl.
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Pages: 1
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Bargain Offer! Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge both for one year for $1.25!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics; Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
First Line: If you had a key to Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin, you couldn't get a better buy than this
Synopsis: Subscription ad for Gold Key's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge titles. Offer expires November 30, 1963.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Carl Barks produced original art for this advertisement. Black and white on inside front cover.
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School of Hard Knocks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: Gee, Jerry, you mean if I study my lessons real hard, I will some day become the smartest mouse in the world?
Synopsis: Jerry tries to teach Tuffy to be smarter than Tom and Tom tries in vain to stop him. Each envisions a "nightmare version" of the other's effect on Tuffy.
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Pages: 10
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Daddy Long Legs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Little Quacker; possum; possum's dad; Charlie Coyote; Charlie's son; crane
First Line: I say my father can whip your father!
Synopsis: Little Quacker gets into trouble when he tells a coyote child that his daddy (which he doesn't have since he's an orphan) can beat the coyote's daddy.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This story is one of two in this issue to employ rectangular dialogue balloons, while the other two stories do not, indicating a general transition away from the "new graphic style" adopted by Western Publishing, with the start-up of Gold Key Comics in 1962.
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To the Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mouse Musketeers [Jerry; Tuffy]; M'sieur Poosycat [Tom]; King; seven princesses; witch; Sir Ruffstuff (villain)
First Line: Four, five, six... Zounds! My dear number seven daughter is missing!
Synopsis: The King’s seventh daughter has been kidnapped by Sir Ruffstuff. The Mouse Musketeers set out to rescue her, but cowardly M’sieur Poosycat wants the glory for himself.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Dialogue and situations are "Maltese-ian", indicating Michael Maltese as the likely writer.

This story is one of two in this issue to employ rectangular dialogue balloons, while the other two stories do not, indicating a general transition away from the "new graphic style" adopted by Western Publishing, with the start-up of Gold Key Comics in 1962.
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In the Swim

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Barney Bear; Benny Burro; Mooseface McElk
First Line: "Why don't we build a swimming pool right here in the back yard," exclaimed Barney Bear one warm spring day.
Synopsis: Barney and Benny dig a backyard pool. Mooching Mooseface McElk eyes the finished product.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Barney, Benny, and Mooseface are presented here in a similar mode to the classic 1940s stories by Carl Barks in Our Gang Comics.
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The Ship's Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; ship's captain; sailor at ship's wheel
First Line: Boy! I wish I could take a trip to an island like that!
Synopsis: To get a free ocean cruise, Tom throws Jerry and Tuffy aboard a ship and applies for the job of “ship’s cat”.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This is not the similarly-titled story that appeared in Boy's and Girl's March of Comics #295, and was reprinted in Golden Comics Digest #8.
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Instant Live Sea Animals

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Just add water... you've got INSTANT LIFE
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Ad for "Sea Monkeys" from Bargain Co. 101 East 32nd St. New York. Appears on upper two-thirds of inside back cover. Black and white.
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Wild Animals of North America

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
First Line: The Polar Bear of North America weighs up to 1,700 pounds.
Synopsis: Educational feature focusing on the polar bear.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Brief text accompanied by two illustrations. Appears on lower third of inside back cover. Black and white.
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132 Roman Soldiers only $1.98

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: 2 complete Roman armies!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for molded plastic Roman soldiers. Color ad on back cover

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