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Issue: Tom and Jerry #251
Publication Date: June 1970
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Issues: #251 of 132 Issues (198 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (006 = June, 1970). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (704 = April, 1970).
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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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Die FLUTE-ermaus

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy's dancing allow Tom to play the flute one-handed.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Our unofficial title, "Die FLUTE-ermaus", is a pun on the title of the operetta "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss II, first performed in 1874.

A similar gag, this time with Tom playing a trumpet, appears on the cover of Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 Series) #161 (December 1957). https://www.comics.org/issue/13942/
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Giant Play Zoo Animal Collection

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: 20 loveable animals to delight the heart of every child!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering 20 figures of zoo animals, made of "rubbery washable plastic", for one dollar. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Model Plane Crazy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: There's nothing like an inside pool!
Synopsis: Bugged by Jerry and Tuffy's lively indoor activities during a rainy day, Tom gives them a model airplane kit to busy themselves with - quietly. The mice cannibalize an old alarm clock's workings and springs to build a makeshift motor for their mini-plane, and endlessly annoy Tom with their pesky aerial antics.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Game Called on Account of Mice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy; baseball ticket taker; two boys; fan who catches ball; two baseball teams; umpires; exiting crowd
First Line: I'd like to see the game, but who's got a buck?
Synopsis: Trying to see a baseball game for free, Jerry and Tuffy completely break-up the game.
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From Content Item: FlagTom & Jerry Comics #134 published September 1955
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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A Trip to the Fair

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bertie Bird; Glory-B (horse); Nick (Glory-B's trainer); horse at the fair
First Line: "Cheepers!" cried Bertie Bird one morning as he heard a frightful snorting and whinnying coming from the direction of the Sweetbriar Horse Farm.
Synopsis: Glory-B mistakes his trainer's horse trailer for a trap.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club News
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Baby Snoots; Uptite Mouse
First Line: Baby Snoots Squeaks Through with Uptite Mouse in a Trunkful of Fun
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A look at many of the Gold Key Comics on sale in May 1970, highlighting the new title "Baby Snoots". Also focus blurbs on Golden Special Summer Fun for Boys and Girls, The Modniks, The Governor and J.J., Dark Shadows, Super Goof, Hanna-Barbera Fun-In, and Korak Son of Tarzan. No issue numbers are given.
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Reader's Page Monsters

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reader submitted drawings of monsters from fans: "The Big Boy" by Gary Freuden, "Rudder Monster" by Gergory Brown, "Giganto" by Mike Pine, "One-Headed Ding Wing" by Deborah Lambert, and "Top-Like Robot" by Mohd Noor.

Middle left page of centerfold.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: 25 Years Service to Military Personnel
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for military emblem rings and other products from Mark Jewelers. Middle right page of centerfold.
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: Why are some kids like flannel?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reader submitted jokes and riddles from Edwyna Lee Strain, Corinne Vaillandet, Paul Boetin, Yalonda Penner, Cecylia Plczek, Susan Robinson, Rachel C. Garcia, Roy Hibbard, Julia Harrington, Don McLarey, Misty Crockett, John Gallagher, Maryanne Gallagher, Scott McCleary, Leigh Willhite, Andrea Smith, Joe Garves, Mark Pasos, Myrtle Levin, Jim Malone, George Andrew Barber, and Denise Watson.
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Give a Duck an Inch, and He'll Take the Whole Backyard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Spike; Tyke; Spike and Tyke's master; wise-guy duck; frogs
First Line: If you are good dogs today, I'll buy you a present!
Synopsis: In order to get a present, Spike and Tyke resolve to keep intruders out of their master's yard... enter a wise-guy duck.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Jet Cat Jamboree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Maurine Van Meow (Queen of the Jet Set Cats); various party guests (cats)
First Line: Hey! The cupboard is bare!
Synopsis: When Tom leaves a hungry Jerry and Tuffy to fend for themselves, while he hopes to make an impression at a high cat-society party by introducing a swat-the-mechanical-mouse-game to the party goers, the mice come along to sabotage his plans.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story.

Artistic Oddity: At the party all the female cats wear gowns and all the male cats wear tuxedos... but Tom's is the only tuxedo without a pair of trousers. That ought to embarrass him far more than any entertainment undermining carried out by Jerry and Tuffy.
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House - Boat

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Droopy
Synopsis: When the whole town is flooded up to the rooftops, Droopy calmly paddles along in his inverted doghouse.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime.

The pre-existing Jack Cosgriff writing credit is intriguing. He was a writer during the Golden Age of theatrical animation, working for MGM and Walter Lantz but, unlike Michael Maltese, I'd never known him for writing comics for Western. An Advanced Query turns up 33 credits at GCD, of which only EIGHT were for Dell/Western - the most notable of which was the full 32-page Tom and Jerry story that appeared in Four Color #193 (1948).

The other credits were with Pines and ACG. The Tom and Jerry comic book stories during the Dell era were uncredited masterpieces of comic writing - and largely (if not completely) appear to be the work of one individual. Some of the humor and dialogue smacks of Michael Maltese, but I've never been certain enough to even consider listing him with a "question mark".

...Might Jack Cosgriff be the uncredited writer of so many of these great stories?
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Reader's Page Doodles

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fan art consisting of doodles on a letter or number from Tim Sprague, Ricky Powell, Lynn Stephanick, Melinda Welliver, Kevin Graham, Kenneth Hart, Stacy Mandell, Kim Mickelson, Richard Riehl, and Mary Trimble.
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No joke...Here's the happiest new happening of the season!! Golden's Jokes by Cracky

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Feature(s): Western Publishing; Golden Magazine Jokes by Cracky
Character(s): Cracky
First Line: More than one thousand of the funniest jokes, laughingest jokes by Cracky
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Western Publishing house ad for "Jokes by Cracky" magazine. On final interior page of the comic.
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Amazing $1 Art Offer

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ambrosia; Cleo; Nefertiti; Tiger Lilly (painted drawings of kittens)
First Line: 4 Irresistible Wide-Eyed Kittens in Full Color for Your Home.
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering four prints of cute kittens for one dollar. Color ad on inside back cover.
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3 Complete Fishing Outfits

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Nationally Advertised 1970 Models 411 Pcs.
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Disclose Notes: Fishing equipment offered via mail order (1970 models). Color ad on back cover.

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