Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #421 [No Ad]

(September 1976)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Say Uncle! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Costanza

Inks

John Costanza

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Suff'rin' Succotash

Feature Logo

Tweety and Sylvester Western Logo 2

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Uncle Succotash (Sylvester's "canary-hunter" uncle)

Synopsis

Sylvester's "big-game-hunting" Uncle Succotash comes to visit with the objective of bagging Tweety, the clever bird that continually bests his sorry nephew.

Reprints

• in Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #481 (1981)

Keywords

bird; cat; hunter; know-it-all; visiting relatives

Indexer Notes

Sylvester's oddly-named uncle is revealed as the inspiration for the Puddy Tat's trademark exclamation "Suff'rin' Succotash".

Three tiers per page.

The Infernal Tower (Table of Contents: 3)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Costanza

Inks

John Costanza

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, open up in there!

Feature Logo

Tweety and Sylvester Western Logo 2

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Wile E. Coyote

Synopsis

Tweety orders a specially-made "fully automated cat-proof bird cage" from inventor and genius Wile E. Coyote, who personally delivers the item and runs it through a series of tests that rout Sylvester.

Reprints

• in Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #481 (1981)

Keywords

bird; cage; cat; inventor

Indexer Notes

This story demonstrates the zaniness and slapstick humor of a Warner Bros. cartoon, with Wile E. Coyote characterized in full "suuuper genius" mode.

The title, "The Infernal Tower", is a play on the popular Irwin Allen disaster film "The Towering Inferno" (1974).

Three tiers per page.

Feline Family (Table of Contents: 4)

Tweety and Sylvester / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Costanza

Inks

John Costanza

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sylvester is justly proud of the big cat family.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Sylvester Pussycat

Synopsis

Fill in the missing letter to complete the names of six "big cats" and, in the process, spell-out the name of a seventh.

Reprints

• in Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #481 (1981)

Keywords

word puzzle

Tweety's Twister (Table of Contents: 5)

Tweety and Sylvester / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Costanza

Inks

John Costanza

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The early bird catches the worm!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird

Synopsis

Starting with the word "BIRD", advance by changing one letter at a time to form a new word, until you end with the word "WORM".

Reprints

• in Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #481 (1981)

Keywords

word puzzle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[If Ya Can't Beat 'Em, Roll 'Em!] (Table of Contents: 7)

Tweety and Sylvester / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Costanza

Inks

John Costanza

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Bulldog

Synopsis

On the front cover, Sylvester has locked himself in Tweety's cage to protect himself from Bulldog. On the back cover, Bulldog has set the rounded cage on its side and begins to roll it forward - presumably to release it at the top of a steep hill, or the edge of a cliff.

Keywords

bird; cage; cat; dog; turning the tables

Indexer Notes

Theme continues from front cover illustration. Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.