- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, you guys! Come here on the double!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; moths
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy hatch some moths, which panics Tom, who is very proud of his winter fur. Jerry and Tuffy resolve the problem in return for a promise of treats.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fur; moths
Use of the exclamation “Ooo-hoo-hoo!” (page 3, panel 3) suggests the possibility of this story having been written by Cecil Beard and Alpine Harper, of “Fox and Crow” fame.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hurry and get up, Barney...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Benny Burro; Mr. Spicer; Mrs. Johnson
- Synopsis
- Barney and Benny's delivery service leaves them with a shortage of spare time.
- Keywords
- clock; delivery; time crunch
"Mr. Spicer" possibly a reference to early fandom figure and later Western Publishing letterer Bill Spicer?
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah, what a lovely day!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Putter; Officer Clancy; lady shopper; crook; fire fighters; Clarence (fire fighter); baseball-playing kids; baby birds
- Synopsis
- Professor Putter invents a powder that enables people to float on air, but it backfires.
- Keywords
- floating; inventor; unintended consequences
© 1964, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not MGM characters. Despite a host of MGM-owned “guest stars” to choose from (Spike and Tyke, Barney Bear, Droopy, Little Quacker, etc.) in order to satisfy a postal requirement for second class subscription mailing rates, Western Publishing utilized its own creation, Professor Putter, for this purpose in the Tom and Jerry title beginning with issue #219 thru #230. The Professor Putter feature had originally appeared, for the same purpose, in The Three Stooges (Dell) #6-9, continuing in The Three Stooges (Western) #10-16, before moving to Tom and Jerry in 1964. Putter returned to The Three Stooges in reprint form in 1968. Professor Putter reprints continued in service to postal regulations as late as Scooby Doo… Where Are You! (Western) #15-16 and Scooby-Doo… Mystery Comics (Western) #17 in 1972-1973. Many of these stories were written by Carl Fallberg, though the dialogue in this case indicates Vic Lockman.
- Script
- H.L. Anderson
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Reported total circulation: 283,874 (12 month average), 293,848 (nearest issue)
- Keywords
- government reporting; regulations
Statement of Ownership for September 27, 1963. Prepared by H.L. Anderson.