Boys' and Girls' March of Comics
#88
[No Ad]
(October 1952)
Western,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.00 FREE
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- [none printed]
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor)
Issue Notes
Inside front cover and inside back cover are generally blank. Portions of the back cover may contain ads from various businesses that offered the book as a premium - or may be blank.
On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one.
This issue was published without any indicia. Thus, there is no listed publisher. The usual publisher would be K.K. Publications.
This issue has variants:Keywords no indicia
On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one.
This issue was published without any indicia. Thus, there is no listed publisher. The usual publisher would be K.K. Publications.
This issue has variants:
[Impatient Puss]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry (eyes only); Tuffy (eyes only)
- Synopsis
- Tom waits impatiently outside Jerry and Tuffy's mousehole, where the mice have just taken refuge.
- Keywords
- cat; frustration; mice; mousehole; slow burn
Indexer Notes
Only the eyes of Jerry and Tuffy, from inside the darkened mousehole, can be seen on this cover.
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![Cover Thumbnail for Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (1946 series) #88 [Blue Bird Shoes]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1165/w100/1165056.jpg?-4322992827470422746)
[Roughing It Can Be Rough]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- (Groan) I've sure been feelin' awful lately!
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry [Dell Broad Lettering]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; squirrel; quail
- Synopsis
- To escape the doldrums of domestic life, Tom packs up everything, including all the food, and leaves to live amongst nature. Unbeknownst to Tom, hiding in the pockets of Tom's lumber jacket are Jerry and Tuffy who are brought along on the cat's rugged and convenience-eschewing journey, where they heckle him mercilessly.
- Keywords
- camping; cat; forest setting; heckling; mice; quest for excitement
Indexer Notes
Formatted two tiers per page. 28 such pages would equal 14 pages at the standard-size comic book formatting of four tiers per page.
[no title indexed]
Tom and Jerry / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tom is worried because Tuffy and Jerry and their umbrellas are missing. Where can they be hiding in the rain?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Find the hidden figures of Jerry and Tuffy.
- Keywords
- picture puzzle
[no title indexed]
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uncle Barney, Fuzzy and Wuzzy or three of you can play this game.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy
- Synopsis
- Race your character to the end of a winding path, where a delicious cake awaits.
- Keywords
- race game
[no title indexed]
Tom and Jerry / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jerry wants to share his apple with Tuffy. Can you show him his way through the maze by a pencil line without crossing your own path?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Lead Jerry through a maze.
- Keywords
- maze puzzle
[no title indexed]
Tom and Jerry / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You see here the face of a friend of yours.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom
- Synopsis
- Connect the dots to reveal a picture of Tom.
- Keywords
- connect-the-dots
[Mannered Mice]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy making polite gestures toward each other.
- Keywords
- mice; politeness
Indexer Notes
Two-thirds of this back cover is reserved for the logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. This space can be blank if no named sponsor. The remaining vertical third of the cover space (nearest to the binding) consists of an upper rectangle containing an illustration of Jerry and Tuffy and a lower rectangle for the "March of Comics" logo.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Impatient Puss]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
[Roughing It Can Be Rough]
Tom and Jerry -
3.
["Tom is worried because Tuffy and Jerry and their umbrellas are missing. Where can they be hiding in the rain?"]
Tom and Jerry -
4.
["Uncle Barney, Fuzzy and Wuzzy or three of you can play this game."]
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy -
5.
["Jerry wants to share his apple with Tuffy. Can you show him his way through the maze by a pencil line without crossing your own path?"]
Tom and Jerry -
6.
["You see here the face of a friend of yours."]
Tom and Jerry -
7.
[no title indexed]
-
8.
[Mannered Mice]
Tom and Jerry
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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