Tom & Jerry Comics
#126
(January 1955)
Dell,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
[Christmas Chick]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; baby chick in Santa hat
- Synopsis
- A baby chick wearing a Santa hat hatches from a Christmas ornament.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- baby chick; Christmas; Christmas ornament; hatching
in 
in 
[Clay Pigeons]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With Christmas comin' I've gotta think of some way to make some money!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; rich yachtsman; crowd of customers
- Synopsis
- Tom muscles his way into taking over Jerry and Tuffy's new clay pottery business. Their adversarial antics result in the unintentional creation of clay cat and mouse casts (formed to their respective shapes), which Jerry and Tuffy use to make rubber cat and mouse toys - that outsell Tom's purloined pottery.
- Reprints
-
in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #315 (February 1979)
-
- Keywords
- clay; enterprise; ingenuity; meta humor; muscling-in; pottery; rivalry; rubber; toys
Indexer Notes
META MOMENT: When the mice see the first of their rubber cat and mouse toys, molded in the uniquely identifiable shapes of Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy, Jerry wonders: "Do you suppose we'll have to pay royalties to M-G-M?"
[no title indexed]
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a nice brisk day, Pop!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spike; Tyke
- Keywords
- dogs
Bertie Bird Goes West
Bertie Bird / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bertie Bird
- Keywords
- birds
[no title indexed]
Flip 'n' Dip / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've been thinking...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Flip; Dip
Indexer Notes
“Copyright 1954 by Western Printing & Litho Co.” Not MGM characters.
[no title indexed]
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd like to get rid of this ol' nag!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy
[no title indexed]
Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Wuff!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote
[no title indexed]
Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Jerry, this is New Year's Eve!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy
- Keywords
- mice; New Year's Eve
[no title indexed]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ring!
- Feature Logo
Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Christmas Chick]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
[Clay Pigeons]
Tom and Jerry -
2.
["It's a nice brisk day, Pop!"]
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
3.
Bertie Bird Goes West
Bertie Bird -
4.
["I've been thinking..."]
Flip 'n' Dip -
5.
["I'd like to get rid of this ol' nag!"]
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy -
6.
["Hi, Wuff!"]
Wuff the Prairie Dog -
7.
["Hey, Jerry, this is New Year's Eve!"]
Jerry and Tuffy -
8.
["Ring!"]
Droopy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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