Tom & Jerry Comics #150

(January 1957)

Dell Comic Christmas Gift Subscriptions Bring Joy all Year! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[Rain, Snow, and Hail] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Harvey Eisenberg (see notes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In this kind of weather, all I do is swab the deck!

Feature Logo

Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Tom, Jerry and Tuffy conduct their ongoing pranks and battles amid different winter weather conditions.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #249 (February 1970), #293 (April 1977)
• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #13/1981 (uke 52 1981)

Keywords

battle of wits; changing weather; escalating events; heckling; winter setting

Indexer Notes

Some lettering on page one (panels 1-2) and page three (panel 7) looks slightly different (slanted) from Eisenberg’s norm. It looks very much like Vic Lockman's lettering. Perhaps Lockman was pressed into service for some last-minute dialogue changes.

[Displaced Dalmation] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Lynn Karp

Inks

Vic Lockman

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yippeee! This is the life!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Spike; Tyke; dalmatian; firemen

Synopsis

A perky dalmatian falls off a firetruck and is lost. Tyke helps him try to get back to the firehouse.

Keywords

dalmatian; dogs; firemen

New Year's Resolutions (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Harvey Eisenberg (title lettering only); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"My," Bertie Bird exclaimed to Brother Billie one frosty January morning, "did you hear all of those bells last night?"

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Bertie Bird; Billie Bird; baby chick; mother hen

Synopsis

Bertie and Billie each make New Year's resolutions. Bertie resolves to keep out of trouble and not "go on any adventure that seems the least bit dangerous", while Billie resolves "not to be so terribly cross". In the process of saving a baby chick caught in a clump of vines, they both manage to break their resolutions.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #262 (February 1972)

Keywords

birds; New Year's Day; New Year's resolutions; winter setting

[The Crow Who Came to Dinner] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Cecil Surry

Inks

Cecil Surry ?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Cecil Surry

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That poor ol' crow looks like he needs a home, Fuzzy!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; crow

Synopsis

Fuzzy and Wuzzy take in a stray hungry crow that continually disrupts Uncle Barney's dinner.

Keywords

best of intentions; corn; crow; dinner; scarecrow

[Oh, Brother!] (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

Bah! There they go separatin' again!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; Lem Lizard (post office clerk); Harley Coyote (Charlie's brother); Clara Coyote; Sydney Coyote; Susie Coyote

Synopsis

Charlie Coyote invites his brother Harley to come and live with him, so that the two coyotes together will have a better chance of catching the fast Wuff and Sammy.

Keywords

brothers; desert setting; getting-more-than-you-bargained-for; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal

[The Breakfast Flub!] (Table of Contents: 7)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 4.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Vic Lockman

Inks

Vic Lockman

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on, Tuffy, let's have an early breakfast!

Feature Logo

Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 2]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Jerry and Tuffy's plans for an early morning breakfast are repeatedly disrupted by a sleepwalking Tom.

Keywords

breakfast; sleepwalking; unexpected intrusion

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Helen Meyer (business manager)

Letters

typeset

Keywords

government reporting; regulations

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1956. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Lower 1/4 of page.

Tom Foolery (Table of Contents: 9)

Tom and Jerry / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Christine Lyttle Smith

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Harvey Eisenberg

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Add up the numbers in Jerry's figure and you'll know how much that piece of cheese weighs.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry

Keywords

math puzzle

Indexer Notes

On final interior page of the comic. Top half of page.

We Love Those Cough Drops... [Merry-go-round version] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Have Fun... building exciting action models with world-famous Erector Sets (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Gilbert Hall of Science / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Guns of the West (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)