Tom and Jerry #219

(May 1964)

Yabba-Dabba-Doo!!! This is for You! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Gold Key Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Bluebeard's Close Shave (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, Jerry, Tom told me pirates were big mean guys!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Tom tries to make Jerry and Tuffy think they're at sea on a pirate ship, but they turn the tables on him.

Keywords

hoaxes; pirate ship; pirates

To Build a Better Mousetrap (Table of Contents: 3)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Remember, friends, our famous quotation for today...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Mr. Acme and his aide; Fred the test mouse

Synopsis

Tom tries to get rich by inventing a better mousetrap, but fails. Jerry and Tuffy use his ambition against him to get cheese.

Reprints

• in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #25 (September 1972)

Keywords

get rich quick; inventing

Moth Fodder (Table of Contents: 4)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

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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.

Keywords

fur; moths

Indexer Notes

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.

All Kinds of Time (Table of Contents: 5)

Barney Bear and Benny Burro / text story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Pete Alvarado

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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

Indexer Notes

"Mr. Spicer" possibly a reference to early fandom figure and later Western Publishing letterer Bill Spicer?

The Successful Failure (Table of Contents: 6)

Professor Putter / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Phil de Lara

Inks

Phil de Lara

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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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

Indexer Notes

© 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.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for September 27, 1963. Prepared by H.L. Anderson.

Swamped with Trouble (Table of Contents: 8)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Harvey Eisenberg

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Bah! If our little airline doesn’t get a customer soon, we’ll go broke!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Swamp Eddie (villain); police officers; judge

Synopsis

Tom, Jerry and Tuffy own a struggling airline. Tom inadvertently flies a bank robber to safety, so the three capture him.

Reprints

• in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #25 (September 1972)

Keywords

bank robbery; plane; swamp; swamp buggy

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Money Get Prizes (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)