Tom & Jerry Comics
#113
(December 1953)
Dell,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[Mousetrap Sledding]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- While downhill sledding, Tom is passed by Jerry and Tuffy sledding on a mousetrap.
- Reprints
-
in Tom y Jerry (Editorial Novaro, 1951 series) #31 -
in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #228 (February 1966) -
in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #2/1979 (uke 51 1979) - For the reprint in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 Series) #228 (February, 1966), the cover art was modified from the original printing to accommodate the removal of the vertical strip depicting the various MGM characters that appeared in each issue of Tom and Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series). This element regularly appeared on the left side of the cover (with some variations) thru issue #122. To compensate for the additional space afforded this cover reprint, Tom's tail was completed to its tip at the cover's left side, and Jerry and Tuffy were "moved forward" to be presented as moving further ahead of Tom toward the cover's right side. This issue's original printing had them closer to even.
-
- Keywords
- alternative uses; mousetrap; sledding; snow; winter setting
[Cold Dis-Comfort]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wintertime is snowball time, eh, Tuffy?
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; train conductor
- Synopsis
- Hopping a freight train to Florida to escape the winter freeze, Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy find themselves locked in a refrigerated rail car for the trip.
- Reprints
-
in Tom & Jerry (Condor, 1976 series) #62 - in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #228 (February 1966)
-
in Tom and Jerry Annual (World Distributors, 1967 series) #1971 (1971) - in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #2/1979 (uke 51 1979)
- in Tom & Jerry julehefte (Semic, 1987 series) #1988 (Julen 1988)
-
- Keywords
- freezing; freight train; snowballs; survival; trapped; winter setting
['Snow-Bunny's Home]
The Adventures of Tom / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nonsense! (see note)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; snowshoe rabbit
- Synopsis
- Tom is out to get a rare photo of a snowshoe rabbit, a trickster-bunny that heckles Tom mercilessly.
- Reprints
- in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #234 (February 1967)
-
- Keywords
- heckling; photograph; snowshoe rabbit; winter setting
Indexer Notes
With the first line quote "Nonsense!", Tom is reacting to the following passage in a book: "In winter the snowshoe rabbit is so brilliantly white, he cannot be seen in the snow. The snowshoe rabbit is so shy that it is impossible to photograph the animal...".
[The Moose That Wouldn't Leave!]
Barney Bear and Benny Burro / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, anyway, the story was funny in Irish dialect, but you get the point -
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Benny Burro; Mooseface McElk; cop
- Synopsis
- It's after 11 p.m. and Barney and Benny can't get their annoying guest, the long-winded Mooseface McElk, to leave. How's a bear and a burro gonna get any sleep?
- Reprints
- Keywords
- annoying visitor; escalating events; obliviousness; sleep problems
in Indexer Notes
Pencils are Eisenberg's, but inks and lettering appear to be by someone else.
[A Frozen Steak Is No Piece of Cake!]
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brr... It's sure cold livin' out here, isn't it, Pop?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spike; Tyke; butcher; steak-robber; cop; hen; the master; the mistress
- Synopsis
- On a zero-degree temperature day, Spike and Tyke foil a robbery at the neighborhood butcher shop. The grateful butcher gives them a wrapped, frozen steak as a reward... but what are two outdoor dogs to do with a frozen steak in freezing temperatures?
- Keywords
- butcher; freezing temperatures; robbery; steak; winter setting
Bertie Bird Goes to Sea
Bertie Bird / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg (title lettering and Bertie Bird logo only); typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Hey! Guess what!" said Bertie Bird to his brother Billie one morning. "I'm going to the seashore!"
- Feature Logo
Bertie Bird [Dell Logo]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bertie Bird; Billie Bird; seagulls; Skippy Sandpiper; Pete Albatross; ship's captain; ship's crew; ship's passengers
- Synopsis
- Curious Bertie Bird once again gets into trouble against the warnings of his brother Billie, this time at the seashore where he gets knocked about by waves, taken out to sea by a seagull, and dropped on the deck of a ship.
- Keywords
- beach; birds; heedlessness; sea or island setting; ship
Indexer Notes
Two illustrations of Bertie Bird by Harvey Eisenberg - one on each page.
[Gliding and Hiding]
Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's go visit that old fort in the foothills, Sammy... the one the soldiers used back in the Indian days!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; Elroy Eagle; mama bear; two bear cubs
- Synopsis
- Wuff and Sammy build gliding wings out of balsa wood to best travel a long distance. Hungry Charlie Coyote commandeers an eagle to take him through the air in pursuit.
- Keywords
- aerial chase; desert setting; gliding; notable coloring modification; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal
Indexer Notes
Charlie Coyote is colored brown in this story, rather than his usual gray.
[Crossing Wet Cement]
Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll sure be glad to get home, Jerry!
- Feature Logo
Jerry and Tuffy- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy find a way to cross wet cement without leaving mouse-footprints.
- Reprints
- in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #223 (April 1965)
-
- Keywords
- cement; mechanical men; shoe-shine
[Dollars and Horse Sense]
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Cecil Surry
- Inks
- Cecil Surry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Cecil Surry
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy, we sure got a perfect likeness of him, eh, Fuzzy?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; Farmer Fox; Maude (horse); stuck motorist #1; stuck motorist #2
- Synopsis
- Barney gives nephews Fuzzy and Wuzzy five dollars to invest, on the condition that they turn a profit. They are conned into buying a broken-down old horse by Farmer Fox but find a way to double their money.
- Keywords
- buyer beware; horse; investing; mud; snow; winter setting
[Chopping Blocked]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; big angry turkey
- Synopsis
- Envisioning a roast turkey dinner, Droopy positions the neck of a huge turkey on the chopping block. When the turkey gets wise, and stares him down, Droopy axes the chopping block into firewood.
- Reprints
- in Schweinchen Dick (Condor, 1975 series) #132/133
- in Tom & Jerry (Condor, 1976 series) #45, #55
- in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #228 (February 1966)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #2/1979 (uke 51 1979)
-
- Keywords
- axe; chopping block; intimidation; sheepish exit; turkey
Indexer Notes
Pantomime
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Mousetrap Sledding]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
[Cold Dis-Comfort]
Tom and Jerry -
2.
['Snow-Bunny's Home]
The Adventures of Tom -
3.
[The Moose That Wouldn't Leave!]
Barney Bear and Benny Burro -
4.
[A Frozen Steak Is No Piece of Cake!]
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
5.
Bertie Bird Goes to Sea
Bertie Bird -
6.
[Gliding and Hiding]
Wuff the Prairie Dog -
7.
[Crossing Wet Cement]
Jerry and Tuffy -
8.
[Dollars and Horse Sense]
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy -
9.
[Chopping Blocked]
Droopy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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