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Issue: Tweety and Sylvester #1
Publication Date: November 1963
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Issues: #1 of 121 Issues (205 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: First Gold Key issue. Starts new numbering. Does not pick up numbering from Dell. No ads in this issue. All 36 pages are comics or comics-related text material.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S. (#1-12); standard Modern Age U.S. (#13-102)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Mutually Assured Relaxation

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
Synopsis: A rare instance of this cat and canary duo at peace.
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Pages: 1
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Wild Animals of South America Number 4 Yaguarundis

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
First Line: Except for a long tail, the YAGUARUNDI resembles an ordinary household cat. However it is larger, and weighs 20 pounds.
Synopsis: Illustrated text feature on a breed of feline called yaguarundi.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five illustrations of yaguarundis with accompanying text. © 1963, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Number 4 in a series. Black and white on inside front cover.
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The Pirate Playmate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny; Polly (pirate's parrot); oil pipeline inspector; Captain Cat (pirate's cat)
First Line: I've brought you a surprise!
Synopsis: Granny brings home a pirate's parrot as a playmate for Tweety. Before long, the tough salty parrot has dominated both Tweety and Sylvester.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Polly wears a pirate hat identical to that of Yosemite Sam, though no connection to Sam is indicated in the story.

This story, and all others in the issue, does not exhibit the “Early Gold Key style”, exemplified by such design elements as rectangular dialogue balloons, borderless panels or panels bordered by pastel-colored rectangles, and backgrounds splashed-over in a single color. In mid-1963, many such elements would still be the norm, indicating that these stories may have been leftover Dell inventory.
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Big Bad Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny
First Line: Now Granny is going to get her itsy-bitsy Tweetums some lunchy wunchy!
Synopsis: Granny overly-babies Tweety. Tweety and Sylvester team up to show Granny how "tough" Tweety is, so that the babying will stop.
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Pages: 5
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; two passersby; Honest John the barber
First Line: Heh! Heh! Chasing Tweety is fun and exercise at the same time!
Synopsis: Tweety convinces Sylvester that his hair is falling out.
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Pages: 6
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The Cool Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Beep Beep the Road Runner; Beep Beep's three sons; Wile E. Coyote
First Line: Golly, Papa, it surely is hot!
Synopsis: In the hot and shade-less desert, Wile E. dons a cactus costume to appear as the only source of shade to lure and capture the Beeps.
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Pages: 4
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Returning the Favor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny
First Line: Watching a contented Puddy Tat could wuin my whole day!
Synopsis: Tweety and Sylvester vie for Granny's attentions in increasingly dramatic ways.
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Pages: 5
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Something Fishy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; flying fish
First Line: Oh, go on! Hop in and take a dip! Will you, huh?
Synopsis: Tweety orders a flying fish in order to amuse Sylvester, only to find that the Puddy Tat wants to eat it instead.
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Pages: 5.5
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Custom Made Hair Brush

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tweety
Character(s): Tweety
Synopsis: Tweety trims the bristles of a hair brush down to accommodate his own three little hairs.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Lower half of page.
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Fish Number 29 Shrimp

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
First Line: Shrimp are in demand as food. The shrimp fished commercially in this country come from the Gulf of Mexico or So. Atlantic.
Synopsis: Illustrated text feature on shrimp.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five illustrations related to shrimp with accompanying text. © 1963, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Number 29 in a series. Black and white on inside back cover.
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Tweety and Sylvester Pin-Up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat
Synopsis: A rare instance of this cat and canary duo at peace.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pin-up. The front cover image is repeated on the back cover, sans logo and all cover copy.

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