Tom and Jerry
#230
(June 1966)
Western,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1966-04-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Printer
- Designed, produced and printed in the U.S.A. by Western Printing and Lithographing Company
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover code: 10058-606. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[Private Entrance]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Tom has locked the main door, but Jerry and Tuffy come sauntering through their own mouse-sized door-within-a-door.
- Reprints
-
from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #129 (April 1955)
-
- Keywords
- door; ingenuity; lock; size differential
[Magic Flutes]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; swami
- Synopsis
- Droopy buys a magic flute to charm a bone with music.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #130 (May 1955)
-
- Keywords
- bone; doing-something-their-own-way; flute; rope trick; swami
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.
[Homemade Houseboat]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- 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
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand"
Away for a Day
Professor Putter / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, dear! This is one of those days!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Putter; Herman (big dumb robot); prospector, two claim jumpers
- Synopsis
- Frazzled by the noise in his lab, Professor Putter seeks the peace and quiet of the hills, only to be driven back home by the louder sounds of dynamite, chemical explosions, and gunfire.
- Keywords
- bandits; gold; inventor; no-place-like-home; noise; omission of copyright; peace and quiet; prospector; robot
Indexer Notes
New story. No Western Publishing copyright on this story to differentiate its characters from MGM characters. Bradbury and Steere credits from Alberto Becattini (2020).
Where's Charlie?
Little Quacker / text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Little Quacker was happily swimming about in his pond, when suddenly he remembered that he had not seen Charlie Coyote for a very long time.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Little Quacker; Charlie Coyote
- Synopsis
- When Charlie Coyote stops chasing Little Quacker to take an extended beach vacation, the duck assumes the worst of motives and investigates.
- Keywords
- beach; suspicion
[Sticky Wickets]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Feature Logo
- Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; angry croquet player
- Synopsis
- Having disrupted a game of croquet, Droopy is pressed into service as a pair of wickets.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #128 (March 1955)
-
- Keywords
- alternative uses; croquet
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Middle left page of centerfold.
[Mouse Hole in One]
Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ken Champin
- Inks
- Ken Champin
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jerry, I wish we didn’t have to walk so far home!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy; golfers
- Synopsis
- Weary of walking, homeward-bound Tuffy takes a shortcut across a golf course and beats Jerry home in an unexpected way.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #130 (May 1955)
-
- Keywords
- golf; golf course; mice; shortcut
[Beware the Petnapper!]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, Jerry, we'd better stick close to home with that petnapper around!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; The Petnapper; cop
- Synopsis
- The Petnapper, stalks the town, prompting paranoia in Jerry and Tuffy. Tom scoffs until he is pet-napped, with Jerry and Tuffy along for the ride.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #132 (July 1955)
-
- Keywords
- captivity; escape; fright; kidnapping; phantom
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand"
[Banana Boat]
Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ken Champin
- Inks
- Ken Champin
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jerry, I'm hungry! Lets eat lunch!
- Feature Logo
Jerry and Tuffy- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy picnic across a river. Too full to walk back, Tuffy uses the banana skin as a boat.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #132 (July 1955)
-
- Keywords
- alternative uses; banana; picnic; river
[Making His Own Swing]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; two angry kids
- Synopsis
- Chased from a park swing, Droopy improvises one of his own.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #128 (March 1955)
-
- Keywords
- alternative uses; longjohns; swing
Indexer Notes
Pantomime.
[Ball Catcher]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy; kids playing baseball
- Synopsis
- Sometimes catching the ball ruins the game.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #132 (July 1955)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; best of intentions; kids-at-play
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Black and white on inside back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Private Entrance]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
[Magic Flutes]
Droopy -
2.
[Homemade Houseboat]
Tom and Jerry -
3.
Away for a Day
Professor Putter -
4.
Where's Charlie?
Little Quacker -
5.
[Sticky Wickets]
Droopy -
6.
[One Moose Band]
General Mills; Cheerios; Rocky and Bullwinkle -
7.
[Mouse Hole in One]
Jerry and Tuffy -
8.
[Beware the Petnapper!]
Tom and Jerry -
9.
[Banana Boat]
Jerry and Tuffy -
10.
[Making His Own Swing]
Droopy -
11.
[Ball Catcher]
Droopy -
12.
3 Complete Fishing Outfits
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- Steve Coates
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
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