Tom & Jerry Comics
#128
(March 1955)
Dell,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-01-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date of 1955-01-18 from newsdealer notation on the cover of indexer's copy. May or may not be completely accurate, but is reasonable given a cover date of March, 1955.
[Teeter-Totter Telephone]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy use a telephone receiver as a see-saw.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- alternative uses; see-saw; telephone
in 
[Sticky Wickets]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bonk [sound effect]
- Feature Logo
Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; angry croquet player
- Synopsis
- Having disrupted a game of croquet, Droopy is pressed into service as a pair of wickets.
- Reprints
-
in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #230 (June 1966)
-
- Keywords
- alternative uses; croquet
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.
A Bear Rug Is No Fair Rug!
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
- Tom, we're gonna rearrange this room a little!
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- At Tom’s winter cabin, Jerry and Tuffy wreak havoc with an old bear rug.
- Reprints
- in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #228 (February 1966), #317 (April 1979)
-
in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #2/1979 (uke 51 1979) - in Tom og Jerry Aktivitetshefte; Tom og Jerry Aktivitet (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2010 series) #6/2016 ([desember] 2016)
-
- Keywords
- bear; bear rug; cabin; hitchhiker; scarecrow; winter setting
[Despairin' o' the Green]
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tyke, it's a great day for the Irish!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spike; Tyke; mischievous kitten; Hogan (Irish setter); other Irish dogs
- Synopsis
- To honor their next-year neighbor, Hogan the Irish setter, on St. Partick's Day, Spike and Tyke adorn themselves with green. A mischievous kitten sees to it that they end up wearing orange - a color that infuriates Irish dogs.
- Keywords
- dogs; green; kitten; mucking with tradition; orange; pranks; St. Partick's Day
Indexer Notes
Slightly addressing the question some readers were likely asking themselves, Tyke says "D'ya s'pose we're color blind, Pop?"
The Mysterious Berries
Bertie Bird / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg (logo and story title only); typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One morning, after preening himself carefully, Bertie Bird headed for the Birdman's house to call on the Birdman's little daughter, Joyce.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bertie Bird; Joyce; Nicky Blackbird; the postman
- Synopsis
- Little Joyce has lost her mother's pearl necklace, which Bertie has found and mistaken for a cluster of white berries.
- Keywords
- birds; little girl; pearl necklace; wrong impression
Indexer Notes
Story covers the two middle pages of the centerfold. Two pages of text with one Harvey Eisenberg illustration on each page.
[A Penny Saved... Isn't Worth the Cost!]
Flip 'n' Dip / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We balance each other, Dip!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Flip; Dip; Pop; bus driver; Gus (elephant used as bus); postal clerk
- Synopsis
- Flip and Dip want to find out how much they weigh. Rather than put one penny each in an outdoor scale, cheapskate Pop has a plan to get them weighed for free... but do Pop's plans ever really work out?
- Keywords
- cheapskate; jungle setting; pennies; scale; weight
Indexer Notes
“Copyright 1955 by Western Printing & Litho Co.” Not MGM characters.
[Spring (Loaded) Cleaning]
Fuzzy & Wuzzy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just look at this room! Where'd all this junk come from?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; neighboring farmer; farmer's horse
- Synopsis
- Ordered by their Uncle Barney to clean their room of much accumulated junk, Fuzzy and Wuzzy just can't seem to rid themselves of the refuse - until they bury it under the lawn atop a pair of tightly coiled springs.
- Keywords
- cleaning-up; junk; kids-at-mischief; shirking
[When You Throw Your Voice, Be Careful of Who Might Catch It!]
Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jeepers! I can hardly pronounce ventriloquism... let alone do it!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; bear; sheriff
- Synopsis
- Wuff confounds Charlie Coyote with his ventriloquism... until Charlie gets wise.
- Keywords
- desert setting; practical jokes; pranks; ventriloquism
[Tuffy's Tetter-Totter Trick]
Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ken Champin
- Inks
- Ken Champin
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Ken Champin
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's go out and make a snowman, Jerry!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Tuffy wants to play in the snow, but Jerry prefers staying warm inside. Using a teeter-totter poked through the front door's mail slot, Tuffy propels Jerry outside and turns him into a snowman.
- Reprints
- in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #235 (April 1967), #317 (April 1979)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #6/1980 (uke 38 1980), #12/1991 (uke 51 1991) [2nd translation]
-
- Keywords
- cold; mail slot; mice; snow; snowman; teeter-totter; trickery; winter setting
[Making His Own Swing]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; two angry kids
- Synopsis
- Chased from a park swing, Droopy improvises one of his own.
- Reprints
- in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #230 (June 1966)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #6/1980 (uke 38 1980) which is reprinted
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #6/1991 (uke 26 1991)
-
- Keywords
- alternative uses; longjohns; swing
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. On final interior page of the comic.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Teeter-Totter Telephone]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
[Sticky Wickets]
Droopy -
2.
A Bear Rug Is No Fair Rug!
Tom and Jerry -
3.
[Despairin' o' the Green]
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
4.
The Mysterious Berries
Bertie Bird -
5.
[A Penny Saved... Isn't Worth the Cost!]
Flip 'n' Dip -
6.
[Spring (Loaded) Cleaning]
Fuzzy & Wuzzy -
7.
[When You Throw Your Voice, Be Careful of Who Might Catch It!]
Wuff the Prairie Dog -
8.
[Tuffy's Tetter-Totter Trick]
Jerry and Tuffy -
9.
[Making His Own Swing]
Droopy -
10.
We've Got Something Special for You!
Dell Comics; Tom and Jerry -
11.
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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