([July] 1957)
Dell,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor, Western Publishing); Helen Meyer (business manager, Dell Publishing)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[Drummed-Out]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- ? (painting)
- Colors
- ? (painting)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Spike; Barney Bear; Droopy; Wuff the Prairie Dog
- Synopsis
- Tom beats a drum, from which Jerry comes staggering out.
- Keywords
- drum
Indexer Notes
Painted cover over Eisenberg's pencils. Segmented into two panels.
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Pleasure Time Matching Game
Tom and Jerry / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Spike; Tyke; Skrewy Squirrel; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; Flip; Dip
- Synopsis
- Match the characters with the type of food each one would like best.
Indexer Notes
Black and white matching-puzzle page on inside front cover.
High Hat Hero
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 16 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If that hat is all it takes to make the society page, I’ll buy one!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Reggie Van Loot (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy want Tom to help them build a birdhouse but he is too interested in being seen golfing with his new hat. Jerry and Tuffy tag along to ruin his fun so that he will help them.
- Reprints
-
in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #13 (September 1970) -
in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #6/1981 (uke 24 1981)
-
- Keywords
- golf
Indexer Notes
Three tiers per page. Eisenberg art credit by Joe Torcivia. September 2019. Previous indexer listed Lynn Karp.
Jerry's Rainy Day Brain Teaser
Tom and Jerry / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry
- Keywords
- word puzzle
The Fish Story
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The summer resorts are too expensive here! I’m staying home this year!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spike; Tyke; Spike and Tyke’s master
- Synopsis
- Spike and Tyke tag along on their master's fishing trip
- Reprints
- in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #25 (September 1972)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #7/1981 (uke 28 1981) which is reprinted
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #3/1992 (uke 13 1992)
-
- Keywords
- dogs; fishing
Indexer Notes
Four tiers per page.
Little Tyke Crossword Fun
Little Tyke / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Little Tyke
- Synopsis
- A crossword puzzle in the shape of a seal balances Tyke on its nose.
- Keywords
- crossword puzzle
Heroic Rescue
Mouse Musketeers / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What noble deed might we do today, little one?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mouse Musketeers [Jerry and Tuffy]; M'sieur Poosycat [Tom]; old sea dog
- Synopsis
- The Mouse Musketeers help an old sea dog recover his buried treasure.
- Reprints
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #6/1981 (uke 24 1981)
-
- Keywords
- buried treasure; treasure map
Indexer Notes
Three tiers per page.
Wound Up Watch Dog
Droopy / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Woe is me!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; Droopy's master; stray dog, dogcatcher; Scratchy (Droopy's cousin)
- Synopsis
- To visit his cousin Scratchy in the mountains, Droopy must find a watchdog to take his place during his absence.
- Reprints
- in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #25 (September 1972), #25 (September 1972)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #6/1981 (uke 24 1981), #1/1991 (uke 4 1991) [2nd translation]
-
- Keywords
- watchdog
Indexer Notes
Three tiers per page.
Stewin' Bruin
Fuzzy and Wuzzy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We’ve got a real cool pool, eh cousin?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; movie production crew; costumed actors
- Synopsis
- A movie crew interferes with Barney's camping plans.
- Reprints
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #3/1981 (uke 12 1981), #9/1990 (uke 39 1990) [2nd translation]
-
- Keywords
- movie shoot; tent
Indexer Notes
Three tiers per page.
Skrewy Squirrel's Tricky Business
Skrewy Squirrel / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Skrewy Squirrel
- Synopsis
- Skrewy demonstrates simple tricks and illusions that you can do!
- Keywords
- tricks
The Hot Flyer
Bertie Bird / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Summertime, summertime, summertime is racing time...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bertie Bird; Red Robin; Squilly Squirrel; Hugo Hummingbird; Tim Turtle
- Synopsis
- Bragging fast-flyer Bertie is challenged to a race by a turtle.
- Reprints
- in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #5 (September 1969)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #3/1981 (uke 12 1981)
-
- Keywords
- bragging; race; turtle
Indexer Notes
Three tiers per page.
Real Cool Swimming Pool
Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I thought I’d seen some hot days on the desert, Wuff, but this is the worst yet!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; Toughie Timber Wolf
- Synopsis
- Toughie Timber Wolf muscles-in on Charlie Coyote's meal plans.
- Reprints
- in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #25 (September 1972)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #4/1981 (uke 16 1981)
-
- Keywords
- desert; heat; timber wolf
Indexer Notes
Three tiers per page.
[Dog Catcher]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; dog catcher
- Synopsis
- Droopy hitches a ride, and is sorry he did.
- Reprints
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #4/1981 (uke 16 1981)
-
- Keywords
- hitchhiking
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Four tiers per page.
Just Imagine
Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy; camper; bear
- Synopsis
- Jerry & Tuffy want to go out of town on a camping trip but they know they can't so they pretend they are camping in a store window. They are afraid they will get caught so they go to sleep in the cooking pot to wait until the store is closed. They get a big surprise when a camper buys the display and takes them into the wild.
- Reprints
- in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #13 (September 1970)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #10/1981 (uke 40 1981)
- in Tom og Jerry (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2010 series) #7/2015 ([august] 2015)
-
- Keywords
- camping
Indexer Notes
Three tiers per page. Eisenberg art credit by Joe Torcivia. September 2019. Previous indexer listed Lynn Karp.
Jerry's High Dive Dumbfoozler
Tom and Jerry / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; incompletely-drawn animal
- Synopsis
- Who is diving into a swimming pool with Jerry?
- Keywords
- connect-the-dots
Summer Swim
The Downhearted Duckling / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quack! Quack! Quack! Poor little me! I’ve no place to swim!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- The Downhearted Duckling [Little Quacker]; rooster; robin; worm; chicken hawk; crane
- Synopsis
- The Downhearted Duckling desperately seeks a place to swim.
- Reprints
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #5/1982 (uke 24 1982)
-
- Keywords
- birdbath; farm; swimming
Indexer Notes
Three tiers per page.
Double Trouble
Barney Bear and Benny Burro / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm... How shall I cook these squabs, Benny?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Benny Burro; Mooseface McElk; Skinny (Mooseface's brother)
- Synopsis
- A jar of reducing pills and an unexpected visit from Mooseface's slim, look-alike brother cause confusion for Barney and Benny.
- Reprints
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #1/1981 (uke 4 1981)
- in Tom & Jerry (Harvey, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
-
- Keywords
- look-alike characters; mooching; pills
Indexer Notes
Four tiers per page.
Barney Bear's Dream Flabbergaster
Barney Bear / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear
- Synopsis
- Name the seven beach or sea denizens that comprise the amalgam-creature seen in Barney's dream.
- Reprints
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #6/1991 (uke 26 1991)
-
- Keywords
- identifying
Out of Tune
Flip 'n' Dip / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Goodbye, children! I’ll see you in the fall!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Flip; Dip; Pop; turtle; hippo (school teacher)
- Synopsis
- Flip 'n' Dip want to play all summer, while their Pop wants them to take music lessons.
- Keywords
- bass fiddle; houseboat; kids vs. adults
Indexer Notes
Four tiers per page.
The Merry Chase
The Adventures of Tom / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bruiser, I want you to quit chasing cats!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Bruiser (bulldog); Bruiser's master; pet store clerk; mule; Bruiser's dog friend
- Synopsis
- Bruiser is warned by his master to stop chasing cats! Tom takes advantage of the situation, until Bruiser finds a loophole.
- Keywords
- cat chasing; dog whistle
Indexer Notes
Four tiers per page.
Tom's Lock Puzzle
Tom / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom
- Synopsis
- Using provided illustration-clues, help Tom come up with nine words containing the word “lock”.
- Keywords
- Word puzzles
[For the Birds]
Tom / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom
- Synopsis
- Tom finds a sneaky way to get fishing worms.
- Reprints
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #5/1981 (uke 20 1981) which is reprinted
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #1/1989 (uke 5 1989), #7/1997 (uke 29 1997)
-
- Keywords
- birds; fishing; worms
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Four tiers per page. Eisenberg art credit by Joe Torcivia. September 2019. Previous indexer listed Lynn Karp.
Let's Make a Tom and Jerry Shoe Box Train
Tom and Jerry / activity / 0.75 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry
- Synopsis
- How to make a toy train out of common household objects.
- Keywords
- crafts; toy train
Indexer Notes
Black and white crafts activity page on inside back cover.
Answers to Puzzles
activity / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- children
Indexer Notes
No illustrations. Inside back cover.
The lower portion of the inside back cover provides the answers to all the puzzles in this book.
[Roller Coaster Ride]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- ? (painting)
- Colors
- ? (painting)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Spike; Tyke; Droopy; Barney Bear
- Synopsis
- MGM characters on a roller coaster ride.
- Keywords
- roller coaster
Indexer Notes
Back cover illustration. Painted cover over Eisenberg's pencils.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Drummed-Out]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
Pleasure Time Matching Game
Tom and Jerry -
2.
High Hat Hero
Tom and Jerry -
3.
Jerry's Rainy Day Brain Teaser
Tom and Jerry -
4.
The Fish Story
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
5.
Little Tyke Crossword Fun
Little Tyke -
6.
Heroic Rescue
Mouse Musketeers -
7.
Wound Up Watch Dog
Droopy -
8.
Stewin' Bruin
Fuzzy and Wuzzy -
9.
Skrewy Squirrel's Tricky Business
Skrewy Squirrel -
10.
The Hot Flyer
Bertie Bird -
11.
Real Cool Swimming Pool
Wuff the Prairie Dog -
12.
[Dog Catcher]
Droopy -
13.
Just Imagine
Jerry and Tuffy -
14.
Jerry's High Dive Dumbfoozler
Tom and Jerry -
15.
Summer Swim
The Downhearted Duckling -
16.
Double Trouble
Barney Bear and Benny Burro -
17.
Barney Bear's Dream Flabbergaster
Barney Bear -
18.
Out of Tune
Flip 'n' Dip -
19.
The Merry Chase
The Adventures of Tom -
20.
Tom's Lock Puzzle
Tom -
21.
[For the Birds]
Tom -
22.
Let's Make a Tom and Jerry Shoe Box Train
Tom and Jerry -
23.
Answers to Puzzles
-
24.
[Roller Coaster Ride]
Tom and Jerry
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Joe Torcivia
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