Tom and Jerry
#304
[Whitman]
(March 1978)
Western,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Whitman W [with Face]
- Barcode
- 0335009005803
- Editing
- Del Connell (editor); Larry Mayer (art director)
Issue Notes
All reprint issue. Cover and comic contents are all reprint.
On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (781 = January, 1978).
This issue is a variant of Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #304 [Gold Key].
On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (781 = January, 1978).
This issue is a variant of Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #304 [Gold Key].
[Bandage Bondage]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry
- Synopsis
- Tom sticks Jerry to the wall with an adhesive bandage.
- Reprints
-
from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #141 (April 1956)
-
- Keywords
- adhesive bandages; alternative uses; captivity; cat; mouse
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[Homemade Houseboat]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sizzling wiener! I'll go to Florida and build a home!
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Tom hastily converts his house into a houseboat, intending to drift downriver to Florida. Jerry and Tuffy bedevil him all along the way.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #141 (April 1956)
-
- Keywords
- alligator; fish; houseboat; ship-in-a-bottle; superstition; turtle
[Jumbo Wumbo Wides Again!]
Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Veve Risto
- Inks
- Veve Risto
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Veve Risto
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whillikers! A circus train!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote; Jumbo Wumbo (elephant); forgetful circus owner; circus train engineer
- Synopsis
- A circus train breaks down in the middle of the desert. Wuff and Sammy jump at the chance to water an elephant named "Jumbo Wumbo". The elephant, in turn, protects Wuff and Sammy from hungry Charlie Coyote. But what happens once the circus train is ready to roll again?
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #143 (June 1956)
-
- Keywords
- circus train; desert setting; elephant; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal
[The Eviction Claws]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gotta sharpen my claws today!
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; the mistress
- Synopsis
- The mistress forbids Tom to sharpen his claws in the house under threat of being thrown out of the house, much to the delight of the heckling Jerry and Tuffy. Even with his front paws glued into a pair of boxing gloves, Tom still manages to be caught in the scratching-act and evicted... forcibly.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #143 (June 1956)
-
- Keywords
- boxing gloves; cat; heckling; mice; sharpening claws
[A Standing Order to Sit!]
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lynn Karp
- Inks
- Lynn Karp
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Spike, you and Tyke take this note to the butcher's and bring back the meat for dinner!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spike; Tyke; Spike and Tyke's master; training school student dog; meat-stealing dog
- Synopsis
- A dog who takes his training lessons to "sit" too literally, helps Spike and Tyke save their master's dinner from a meat-stealing dog.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #138 (January 1956)
-
- Keywords
- dog training; dogs; meat; stealing
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Bandage Bondage]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
[Homemade Houseboat]
Tom and Jerry -
2.
[Jumbo Wumbo Wides Again!]
Wuff the Prairie Dog -
3.
[The Eviction Claws]
Tom and Jerry -
4.
[A Standing Order to Sit!]
Big Spike and Little Tyke
This issue was modified by
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Joe Torcivia
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