Tom and Jerry
#255
(February 1971)
Western,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 10058-102
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
Last issue of this series with the configuration of advertisement pages and “Gold Key Comics Club” pages (that is “non-story pages”) that had been in effect since the Gold Key Comics issues that were released in January, 1967. (In the case of the “Tom and Jerry” title, that would be issue #235.) Those issues limited such non-story pages to the four pages of the centerfold, and the final two interior pages (interior pages 31-32) for a total of SIX pages carved-out of each issue. Beginning with the next issue (“Tom and Jerry” #256), the number of non-story pages would be increased to SEVEN scattered throughout the issue, and would begin on interior page five. It would continue to increase throughout the 1970s.
Publication date matches the last three digits of the cover code (102 = February, 1971). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (7012 = December, 1970).
Publication date matches the last three digits of the cover code (102 = February, 1971). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (7012 = December, 1970).
[Bowstring Balancing Act]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy high-wire-walk a bowstring, each using an arrow as a balancing pole.
- Reprints
-
from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #123 (October 1954)
-
- Keywords
- alternative uses; archery; arrows; bows; high wire acts
Using the Ol’ Bean
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Bill Spicer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mmm! I dreamed all night about the piece of cheese we have stashed away!
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry Western Interior Logo 1- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; con man
- Synopsis
- Tom is conned into buying a device that turns beans into gold nuggets.
- Reprints
-
in Tom & Jerry (Condor, 1976 series) #33, #99 -
in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #3/1982 (uke 12 1982)
-
- Keywords
- beans; buyer beware; gold; swindle
Indexer Notes
New story.
[Dueling Decorators]
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
- What can a cat do in this kind of weather but stay home?
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- On a snowy winter’s day, Tom decides to redecorate the house, while Jerry and Tuffy aim to do the same. Can a house be more divided than this and remain standing?
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #127 (February 1955)
-
- Keywords
- carpet; decorating; decorative plants; grass; home improvements; mouseholes; putty; snow; tile flooring; tulips; working-at-cross-purposes
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand". Four Gold Key Comics Club pages, comprising the centerfold, occur between pages 8 and 9 of this story.
Flag Stamp Moves to Faster Press
Stamp and Coin Collector’s Corner / text article / 1 page
- Script
- George Allard (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (photographs)
- Inks
- ? (photographs)
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Postmaster General Winton M. Blount announced that production of the 6-cent American Flag stamp in sheet form has been transferred from the Giori presses to the more sophisticated Huck presses to produce an estimated annual saving of $75,000.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Discusses the new “9-color Huck press” for sheet and coil issues of stamps, Swaziland Olympic stamps, and the issuing of new combat and treasury medals.
- Keywords
- combat medals; Olympic stamps; printing press; Swaziland; treasury medals
Indexer Notes
Text feature, illustrated with photographs. © 1970, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Between pages 8 and 9 of previous story. Middle left page of centerfold.
Jokes on You
Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What has a head and a tail but no body?
- Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club- Characters
- Gold Key Kid
- Synopsis
- Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
- Keywords
- jokes; riddles
Indexer Notes
Between pages 8 and 9 of previous story.
Danger at the Pond
Bertie Bird / text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Harvey Eisenberg; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bertie Bird was happily digging worms in the bank of a pond one morning when up waddled a mother duck leading four tiny ducklings.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bertie Bird; Mother Duck; four tiny ducklings; baby chick; eagle
- Synopsis
- A baby chick insists on swimming like a duckling.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #143 (June 1956)
-
- Keywords
- baby chick; birds; dogged persistence; ducklings; ducks; pond; swimming
[Up Periscope!]
Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm glad I bought this bubble pipe!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote
- Synopsis
- Wuff’s new bubble pipe, with its eye-stinging bubble solution, is enough to thwart Charlie Coyote, until Charlie reads a “submarine” comic book and gets the idea to construct a periscope to see above the bubbles.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #136 (November 1955)
-
- Keywords
- bubbles; comic book; desert setting; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; periscope
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand".
[Pumpkin Puss]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ken Champin
- Inks
- John Liggera
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wish I could think of a way to make some holiday money!
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; various pie purchasers
- Synopsis
- Jerry and Tuffy bake a batch of pumpkin pies to sell. Tom muscles-in to take over once the baking work is done.
- Reprints
- from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #148 (November 1956)
-
- Keywords
- baking; pumpkin pies
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand".
Your Future As a School Counselor
Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You will help direct the destinies of many young people – perhaps even the destiny of the world – if you choose to be [a] (sic) school counselor.
- Feature Logo
- Gold Key Comics Club
- Keywords
- editorial feature
Indexer Notes
One of a series of text articles on possible careers, accompanied by illustrations. Top half of page.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.5 page
- Script
- Joe Connaughton (credited as Joseph Connaughton)
- Letters
- typeset
- Keywords
- government reporting; regulations
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for September 30, 1970. Prepared by Joseph Connaughton. Report names Chase Craig as Managing Editor. Lower half of page.
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Colonial Studios Wall Art / advertisement / 1 page
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Bowstring Balancing Act]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
My Hair Is a Mess!
Kenner Toys -
2.
Using the Ol’ Bean
Tom and Jerry -
3.
[Dueling Decorators]
Tom and Jerry -
4.
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club -
5.
Flag Stamp Moves to Faster Press
Stamp and Coin Collector’s Corner -
6.
["Big savings for Mom and Dad Get Famous Brand Gifts plus all the Kodak film you need"]
Just Rite Film Developing -
7.
Jokes on You
Gold Key Comics Club -
8.
Danger at the Pond
Bertie Bird -
9.
[Up Periscope!]
Wuff the Prairie Dog -
10.
[Pumpkin Puss]
Tom and Jerry -
11.
Your Future As a School Counselor
Gold Key Comics Club -
12.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
13.
[132 Roman Soldiers only $1.98]
Roman War Soldiers -
14.
["The Snurfing Bug will bite you if you don’t watch out!"]
The Snurfer -
15.
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Colonial Studios Wall Art
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Thomas Johnson
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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