Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #388 [Lazy Bones]

(December 1973)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Cat Trap (Table of Contents: 2)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's my old kittenhood chum, Ring-Tailed Tabby who I grew up with on the South Side!

Feature Logo

Tom and Jerry [Western Interior Logo 1 Single Line of Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Ring-Tailed Tabby; cat-burglar; TV newscaster; various alley cats

Synopsis

Tom fears his old friend, Ring-Tailed Tabby, has become a cat-burglar.

Reprints

• from Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #321 (August 1968)

Keywords

cat-burglar; suspicion

Indexer Notes

A reference to the current year as 1968 (year of original publication) is not updated to 1973 in this reprint.

What's My Sport? (Table of Contents: 3)

Tom and Jerry / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Write the number of the sports equipment next to Tom so it matches the sport he is practicing.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom

Synopsis

Match different illustrations of Tom with the proper sporting equipment.

Reprints

• from Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #321 (August 1968)

Keywords

matching pictures puzzle

A Weighty Problem (Table of Contents: 4)

Tom and Jerry / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At the fair, Tom is trying to guess the weight of Tuffy and Jerry's prize pig.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Find numbers and add them up to learn the weight of Jerry and Tuffy's prize pig.

Reprints

• from Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #321 (August 1968)

Keywords

numbers puzzle

Indexer Notes

Top of page says: "Tom and Jerry Appears [sic] Regularly in Gold Key Comics".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Book-Ended!] (Table of Contents: 6)

Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Tom literally "closes the book" on Jerry and Tuffy, trapping them inside.

Keywords

alternative uses; books; size differential; trap

Indexer Notes

Theme continues from front cover illustration. Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.