Tom and Jerry
#250
(April 1970)
Western,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover code: 10058-004.
Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (004 = April, 1970). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (702 = February, 1970).
Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (004 = April, 1970). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (702 = February, 1970).
[Snowman at the Door]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy’s snowman blocks Tom from exiting the house.
- Reprints
-
from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #151 (February 1957)
-
- Keywords
- snowman; unwelcome surprise; winter setting
Inner Agents
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Larry Mayer
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Bill Spicer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- …Fail at this assignment, Tom Cat, and you’re fired as an “Impossible Agent”!
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry [Western Interior Logo 1 Single Line of Letters]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Al Babooni (villain); Sultan of Sudoo; The Spiderman (villain); spider (insect with derby)
- Synopsis
- Tom is an “Impossible Agent”, tasked with stopping an international crime. He is assisted by Jerry and Tuffy, who end up becoming agents too.
- Reprints
-
in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #10/1982 (uke 44 1982)
-
- Keywords
- prison; scarab; secret agent; spider
Indexer Notes
New story. Concept stems from the then-popular TV series “Mission Impossible” (1966-1973), complete with secret instructions on a self-destructing tape, which goes-off in Tom’s face. Villain is named “The Spiderman” (no hyphen), with 1969, when this story was presumably written, being pretty much the last time such a name could be used innocently and coincidently, and not be some sort of intentional parody.
[Stalling the Stove-Stoking]
Jerry and Tuffy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jerry, let's take this ol' sleeping bag and go live in that mountain cabin!
- Feature Logo
Jerry and Tuffy- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Relocating to an empty mountain cabin, Jerry agrees to cook if Tuffy makes the fire for the wood stove. Tuffy reneges.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #140 (March 1956)
-
- Keywords
- cabin; stove
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand"
[The One Little Kitten Who Lost His Mittens]
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ken Champin
- Inks
- Ken Champin
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Ken Champin
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tch, tch! How awful!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spike; Tyke; kitten; baby; Tyke’s mistress (knitting lady); Susie (little girl)
- Synopsis
- Spike encourages Tyke to help a kitten, who claims to have lost his mittens.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #121 (August 1954)
-
- Keywords
- dogs; kitten; mittens
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand"
Reader's Page Monsters
Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
- Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club- Keywords
- drawings; monsters
Indexer Notes
Drawings of various monsters, submitted by readers.
[Alien Out of Gas]
Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page
- Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- alien
- Synopsis
- A traveler is stranded on a country road with no gas, but he’s an alien.
- Keywords
- alien; flying saucer
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Top half of page.
These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!
North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page
Jokes on You
Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What has four legs but only one foot?
- Feature Logo
- Gold Key Comics Club
- Characters
- Gold Key Kid
- Keywords
- jokes; riddles
Indexer Notes
Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
Aunt Sassy's Rescue
Bertie Bird / text story / 1 page
- 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
- Zipping past Farmer Barnes's orchard, one morning, Bertie Bird and Chippy Sparrow were suddenly startled by the angry, raucous caws of a crow and the frightened shrieks of a sparrow.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bertie Bird; Chippy Sparrow; Aunt Sassy; crows, Farmer Barnes; Mister Hoot Owl (stuffed owl)
- Synopsis
- Bertie Bird and Chippy Sparrow fancy themselves as rescuers.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #141 (April 1956)
-
- Keywords
- birds; rescue
[Bats and Rats]
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
- Hey, where have you two been all day?
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; two bats, crowd of customers
- Synopsis
- From a distance, Tom mistakes two bats for Jerry and Tuffy and believes the mice have learned how to fly.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #149 (December 1956)
-
- Keywords
- bats; flying; wrong impression
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand"
[Please Stand By... Woozy!]
Droopy / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Droopy [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Droopy, Droopy's master
- Synopsis
- With no TV to watch, Droopy is dizzied by the test pattern-like swirls of a clothes washer.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #154 (May 1957)
-
- Keywords
- test pattern; TV; washing machine
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Three tiers per page.
Reader's Page Doodles
Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
- Feature Logo
- Gold Key Comics Club
- Keywords
- doodles
Indexer Notes
Reader-submitted "doodles", made from various letters of the alphabet and numbers.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Snowman at the Door]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
Dick Dastardly Wants You
Kellogg's cereals -
2.
Inner Agents
Tom and Jerry -
3.
[Stalling the Stove-Stoking]
Jerry and Tuffy -
4.
[The One Little Kitten Who Lost His Mittens]
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
5.
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club -
6.
Reader's Page Monsters
Gold Key Comics Club -
7.
[Alien Out of Gas]
Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics -
8.
These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!
North American School of Drafting -
9.
Jokes on You
Gold Key Comics Club -
10.
Aunt Sassy's Rescue
Bertie Bird -
11.
[Bats and Rats]
Tom and Jerry -
12.
[Please Stand By... Woozy!]
Droopy -
13.
Reader's Page Doodles
Gold Key Comics Club -
14.
No joke...Here's the happiest new happening of the season!! Golden's Jokes by Cracky
Western Publishing; Golden Magazine Jokes by Cracky -
15.
Win 2 Ways Without Cost
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
16.
Make Money Get Prizes
American Seeds
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- Thomas Johnson
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
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