Tom & Jerry Comics #129

(April 1955)

Distinguished Achievement Award (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Dell Comics Pledge to Parents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[All A-Snore That’s Going to Snore!] (Table of Contents: 2)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Harvey Eisenberg

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who can sleep with that racket?

Feature Logo

Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Jerry and Tuffy’s snoring keeps Tom awake. Tom’s snoring keeps Jerry and Tuffy awake. Will anyone ever get to sleep?

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #226 (October 1965), #316 (March 1979)
• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #2/1980 (uke 13 1980)
• in Tom og Jerry (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2010 series) #6/2014 ([juli] 2014)

Keywords

battle of wits; escalating events; need-for-peace-and-quiet; sleep problems; snoring; working-at-cross-purposes

Indexer Notes

Eisenberg art credit by Joe Torcivia. September 2019. Previous indexer listed Lynn Karp.

[April Foolishness] (Table of Contents: 3)

Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Lynn Karp

Inks

Lynn Karp

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, well, April Fool's Day!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Spike; Tyke; mischievous white kitten; dogcatcher

Synopsis

It's the kitten vs. Spike and Tyke at April Fool's pranks.

Keywords

April Fool's Day; bone; cats; dog pound; dogcatcher; dogs

Bertie Bird's "Circus Adventure" (Table of Contents: 4)

Bertie Bird / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Harvey Eisenberg (title); typeset

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Bertie Bird; Billie Bird; Rogue Robin; little girl; lady with pink hat; trapeze artists; elephant

Synopsis

Envious of Rogue Robin’s tales of circus adventure, Bertie aims to have a circus adventure of his own.

Keywords

birds; circus

[The Folding Chair Flap] (Table of Contents: 5)

Flip 'n' Dip / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Vic Lockman

Inks

Vic Lockman

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Vic Lockman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Last one home's a rotten banana!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Flip; Dip; Pop

Synopsis

Nervous Pop has a slapstick encounter with an uncooperative folding chair.

Keywords

folding chair; houseboat; nerves

Indexer Notes

“Copyright 1955 by Western Printing & Litho Co.” Not MGM characters.

[Shadow of a Drought] (Table of Contents: 6)

Fuzzy & Wuzzy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Lynn Karp

Inks

Vic Lockman

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Vic Lockman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C'mon, Fuzzy, let's go fishin'!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; delivery man

Synopsis

Hoping to avoid a bath, Fuzzy and Wuzzy convince their Uncle Barney of a severe water shortage.

Keywords

bath avoidance; breaking the fourth wall; drought; fishing; hoax; water

Indexer Notes

Barney addresses the readers on page one, panel three.

[Lasso Lessons] (Table of Contents: 7)

Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Veve Risto

Inks

Veve Risto

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Veve Risto

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, Wuff, here comes the postman!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; Percy Porcupine (postman)

Synopsis

Saying he’s through “chasing” Wuff and Sammy, Charlie learns how to throw a lariat to rope them instead.

Keywords

books; desert; lariat; mail order course; spinning tops

[Can a Gravy Boat Float?] (Table of Contents: 8)

Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ken Champin

Inks

Ken Champin

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Ken Champin

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jerry, let's go sailin' in this tub of water!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Jerry and Tuffy use a gravy boat for sailing.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #232 (October 1966), #313 (December 1978)
• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #1/1979 (uke 45 1979)
• in Tom og Jerry Aktivitetshefte; Tom og Jerry Aktivitet (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2010 series) #3/2016 ([juni] 2016)

Keywords

alternative uses; gravy boat; sailing

[Droopy's Recliner] (Table of Contents: 9)

Droopy / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Feature Logo

Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Droopy; Droopy's master

Synopsis

Banished from his master’s reclining chair, Droopy converts his doghouse into a recliner.

Keywords

alternative uses; doghouse; ingenuity; recliner

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Top three tiers of page. On final interior page of the comic. Bottom tier is an ad for Dell Comics' Lassie title.

Here’s the Dell Comic you’ve been waiting for… (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Dell Comics; Lassie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Why Wait Until Tomorrow? (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Dell Comics; Tom and Jerry / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

More Fun Than … (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Curtiss Candy Company; Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)