(August 1968)

Western, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1968-05-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
10058-808
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Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Cover Thumbnail for Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #241 Cover Thumbnail for Tom and Jerry (1962 series) #241 [Canadian]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Harvey Eisenberg
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Job Number
T. & J. #241-685
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I could build a better mousetrap, my fortune would be made!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Mayor
Synopsis
Tom tells the mayor he can take care of the town's mouse problem.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bow! Wow! And arf! Arf!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Spike; Tyke; Herkimer
Synopsis
When Spike teaches Tyke not to chew on things, it backfires on him.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Gold Key Comics Club News / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Animals (Table of Contents: 4)

Reader's Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Drawings of animals sent in by readers.

Inventions (Table of Contents: 5)

Reader's Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Drawings of inventions sent in by readers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Joke's On You / text article / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What is bought by the yard but worn by the foot?
Genre
humor
Characters
Gold Key Kid

Indexer Notes

Jokes sent in by readers.

Sky Jumpers (Table of Contents: 7)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, boy! Since I took up jumping I've had nothing but fun!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Louie
Synopsis
Jerry and Tuffy are bored because Tom has become an avid sky diver and is uninterested in chasing them. When they stow away on one of his jumps the three of them end up capturing a fugitive.
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Aunt Caution (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
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Harvey Eisenberg
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typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bertie Bird let out a great sigh as he and his brother Billie perched on the tree branch...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bertie Bird; Billie Bird; Aunt Caution; Mother Bird; Tabby Cat
Synopsis
Bertie and Billie are tired of having their overly careful Aunt Caution staying with them.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's too late to get back to the country tonight!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Thistlechin
Synopsis
Jerry's lookalike brother Thistlechin comes for a visit, causing much confusion for Tom.
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[Bear Hunt] (Table of Contents: 10)

Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
Synopsis
An Indian and a bear track each other.

Indexer Notes

Pantomime gag.

[Karate] (Table of Contents: 11)

Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man breaks his hand in karate class.

Pterodactyl (Table of Contents: 12)

Dinosauria / text article / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Filling the sky of the Upper Jurassic age was a group of flying reptiles known a pterodactyls.
Genre
non-fiction; nature; math & science

Indexer Notes

Facts about pterodactyls.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tom and Jerry
  2. 1. ["If I could build a better mousetrap, my fortune would be made!"]
    Tom and Jerry
  3. 2. ["Bow! Wow! And arf! Arf!"]
    Big Spike and Little Tyke
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Gold Key Comics Club News
  5. 4. Animals
    Reader's Page
  6. 5. Inventions
    Reader's Page
  7. 6. ["What is bought by the yard but worn by the foot?"]
    Joke's On You
  8. 7. Sky Jumpers
    Tom and Jerry
  9. 8. Aunt Caution
    Bertie Bird
  10. 9. ["It's too late to get back to the country tonight!"]
    Tom and Jerry
  11. 10. [Bear Hunt]
    Mini-Comics
  12. 11. [Karate]
    Mini-Comics
  13. 12. Pterodactyl
    Dinosauria
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Joey Beretta
  • Steve Coates
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
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