Tom & Jerry Comics #142

(May 1956)

Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Don't Delay! Get Your Delicious Kool-Aid Today! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Model Plane Crazy] (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

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's nothing like an indoor pool!

Feature Logo

Tom and Jerry

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Bugged by Jerry and Tuffy's lively indoor activities during a rainy day, Tom gives them a model airplane kit to busy themselves with - quietly. The mice cannibalize an old alarm clock's workings and springs to build a makeshift motor for their mini-plane, and endlessly annoy Tom with their pesky aerial antics.

Reprints

• in Tom und Jerry (Semrau, 1955 series) #33
• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #251 (June 1970), #308 (July 1978)
• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #4/1982 (uke 16 1982)
• in Expressinho (Edições Jornal Expresso, 1994 series) #6 (3 de Setembro de 1994)

Keywords

cat; diversion; escalating events; mice; model airplane; need-for-peace-and-quiet; rainy day

[Runaway Dogs] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh, what a job to bury all these bones, Tyke!

Feature Logo

Big Spike and Little Tyke [Dell Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Spike; Tyke; kitty; the master; bloodhound

Synopsis

When their master tells Spike and Tyke to "get lost," they take him at his word. On hearing that the master is offering a reward, kitty captures and returns them. The humiliated bulldogs make kitty help them bury their bones.

Reprints

• in Tom und Jerry (Semrau, 1955 series) #33
• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #235 (April 1967)
• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #1/1980 (uke 6 1980)
which is reprinted
• in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #3/1993 (uke 13 1993)

Keywords

bloodhound; bones; cat; dogs; dressmaker's dummy; reward; runaways; shack

Grandpa's Holiday (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

"Now remember," Mother Bird whispered to Bertie Bird and Brother Billie, "Grandpa Bird isn't as young as he used to be, so look out for him and take it easy!"

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Mother Bird; Bertie Bird; Billie Bird; Grandpa Bird; Charlie Catbird

Synopsis

Mother Bird warns the children to look after Grandpa Bird on their outing, but the energetic grandfather wears them out and rescues them from Charlie Catbird.

Reprints

• in Tom und Jerry (Semrau, 1955 series) #33
• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #235 (April 1967)

Keywords

birds; grandfather; inconsistency-between-art-and-text

Indexer Notes

The two young birds in this story are described in the text as "Bertie Bird [established as male in previous stories] and Brother Billie". Yet, in the illustration, one of them is wearing a pink bow on his/her head.

[Unhappy Motoring] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You goldanged car! Why won't you run?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy; various motorists; gas station attendant

Synopsis

Barney gets his foot caught in Fuzzy and Wuzzy's gasoline powered motorized model car, resulting in a wild ride for all three bears.

Reprints

• in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #308 (July 1978)

Keywords

gasoline; model car; series of mishaps; unintended slapstick consequences; wild ride

[Horning-In on Honey] (Table of Contents: 6)

Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Veve Risto

Inks

Veve Risto

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Veve Risto

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's the place, Sammy! There's loads of wild honey in that cave!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; passing motorists; Joe (diner cook); swarm of bees

Synopsis

Wuff and Sammy gather wild honey to jar and sell to passing motorists. All goes well until Charlie Coyote forces his way into their little enterprise.

Keywords

bees; desert setting; diner; enterprise; honey; roadside stand

[A Contentious Quest for Quiet] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It looks like a great morning, Tuffy!

Feature Logo

Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Hoping to get away from all the noise of summertime work, traffic, and activities, Jerry and Tuffy try their best tricks to get a contented-to-stay-at-home Tom to drive them out to the quiet country.

Keywords

best-laid-plans; escalating events; need-for-peace-and-quiet; trickery; working-at-cross-purposes

Indexer Notes

Bottom tier of last page is an ad for Dell Comics' Lassie title.

There's "Trouble on the River" when Lassie meets a raging flood tide! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Dell Comics; Lassie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

It's New! It's Free! It's Different! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Dell Comics; Tom and Jerry / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Boys and Girls! See "The Magic Kingdom!" (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

View-Master / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"Frontier" Fun! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Reynolds Aluminum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)