Tom & Jerry Comics #148

(November 1956)

Beat This Game If You Can! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[A Study of Tom] (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

(Pant!) Seems like I should be able to (puff!) nab those pests!

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Tom and Jerry

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

To soothe his jangled nerves, Tom takes up knitting. Jerry and Tuffy find this quite curious and, armed with a book of "Cat Facts", begin an intensive study of Tom's behavior and physical characteristics - a process that drives peace-seeking Tom batty.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #239 (February 1968), #292 (March 1977)
• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #1/1982 (uke 4 1982)

Keywords

books; cat; escalating events; knitting; mice; need-for-peace-and-quiet; study

[Balking Turkey] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

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Pencils

Lynn Karp

Inks

Vic Lockman

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop; Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What're you looking so sad for, Tyke? Cheer up! It's Thanksgiving Day!

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Big Spike and Little Tyke [Dell Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Spike; Tyke; Tom the Turkey; Spike and Tyke's master; Spike and Tyke's mistress; male pedestrian; female pedestrian; cop; lady in house

Synopsis

On a snowy Thanksgiving Day, Tyke tries to hide Tom the Turkey from his master's axe.

Keywords

snow; Thanksgiving; turkey; winter setting

Flying High (Table of Contents: 4)

Bertie Bird / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Harvey Eisenberg (title lettering only); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Now, children," Mother Bird cautioned Bertie Bird and brother Billie one fine sunny afternoon, "you must be very careful with your little cousin Chubby. Remember he still hasn't learned to fly."

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Bertie Bird; Billie Bird; Mother Bird; Cousin Chubby; Howard Hawk

Synopsis

Bertie and Billie try teaching their too-chubby Cousin Chubby to fly, but he can't seem to get off the ground, until spurred to action by the threat of Howard Hawk.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #237 (August 1967)
which is reprinted
• in Top Comics Tom & Jerry (Western, 1967 series) #2

Keywords

birds; chubbiness; flying; hawk

[Getting a Job Can Be a Job] (Table of Contents: 5)

Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Cecil Surry

Inks

Cecil Surry

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Cecil Surry

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can we borrow a dollar, Unc?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; grocer; druggist; department store manager; pedestrians; lady shoppers

Synopsis

Barney Bear gives nephews Fuzzy and Wuzzy tips on how to find a job, to no avail.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #292 (March 1977)

Keywords

job seeking

[Pooling Their Resources to Fight Crime] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Veve Risto

Inks

Veve Risto

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Veve Risto

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whew! The desert heat is awful! What we need is a swimming pool!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; Lem Lizard (letter carrier); The Armadillo Kid (bandit)

Synopsis

In the unusually high desert heat, Wuff and Sammy dream of having a swimming pool. They receive a wanted poster offering a reward for the capture of The Armadillo Kid and devise a trap for the bandit, so they can buy a swimming pool with the reward money. Also suffering from the heat, Charlie Coyote gets the same idea but decides to lay back until Wuff and Sammy spring their trap, and then muscle-in on the reward. Ultimately, and unwittingly, Charlie plays a part in the capture of The Armadillo Kid, forcing Wuff and Sammy to find a safe way to share their new pool with the carnivorous coyote.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #292 (March 1977)

Keywords

bandit; desert setting; heat; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; reward; swimming pool; working-at-cross-purposes

[Pumpkin Puss] (Table of Contents: 7)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ken Champin

Inks

John Liggera

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wish I could think of a way to make some holiday money!

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Tom and Jerry

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; various pie purchasers

Synopsis

Jerry and Tuffy bake a batch of pumpkin pies to sell. Tom muscles-in to take over once the baking work is done.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #255 (February 1971), #292 (March 1977), #301 (December 1977)
• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #12/1981 (uke 48 1981)

Keywords

baking; pumpkin pies

[A Negative Net Result for Droopy!] (Table of Contents: 8)

Droopy / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

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Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Droopy; blue butterfly; kid with butterfly net; red butterfly; dogcatcher

Synopsis

Droopy catches a red butterfly with a small net just as a dogcatcher catches a Droopy with a bigger net, allowing the red butterfly to fly free.

Reprints

• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #12/1989 (uke 52 1989)

Keywords

butterflies; nets; reversal of fortunes

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.

South America... steep mountains, wild rivers, dark jungle... a place for ADVENTURE and DANGER for... LASSIE (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

See The Mickey Mouse Club in View-Master Pictures that "Come to Life" (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

View-Master / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

It makes you smile! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

General Mills; Trix / advertisement / 1 page (report information)