Tom and Jerry #303

(February 1978)

[Rabbit-Trapper Tom] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trappin' season opens tomorrow, and I’m all set to catch myself a mess of rabbits!

Feature Logo

Tom and Jerry [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; game warden (anthropomorphic bulldog)

Synopsis

With trapping season one day away, Jerry and Tuffy try to prevent Tom from trapping “poor defenseless little bunnies”, by rigging things so that it appears to a game warden that Tom is trapping out-of-season.

Reprints

• from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #137 (December 1955)

Keywords

inventive excuses; rabbits; trapping; trickery

Indexer Notes

The last balloon of the final panel is lettered differently from the rest of the story. Possibly Harvey Eisenberg’s lettering in this balloon? Both this printing and its reprints display the same lettering inconsistency.

[Pincushion Pal] (Table of Contents: 2)

Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Lynn Karp

Inks

Lynn Karp

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, Pop, it snowed last night!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Spike; Tyke; dogcatcher; Pork the Porcupine

Synopsis

Pork the Porcupine can’t make friends because of his prickly sharp quills – until he saves Spike and Tyke from a dogcatcher.

Reprints

• from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #137 (December 1955)

Keywords

dogcatcher; dogs; porcupine; snow; snowball; snowman; winter setting

[The Powers of Pecking Pete] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Harvey Eisenberg

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Soon we'll have a pretty good supply of crackers, Jerry!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis

Tom boots Jerry and Tuffy out of the house, then reads a newspaper saying: "Anyone found being unkind to birds will be prosecuted. Feed and protect our feathered friends." In a novelty store window, the mice see an interesting toy. "Pecking Pete. He walks and pecks holes just like a real live woodpecker!" With the knowledge from the newspaper, and with this moving toy woodpecker (which is large enough for Tuffy to fit into and control from the inside), the pair trick Tom into believing that the bird has the power of telekinesis - ultimately getting their home back, and lots of food to boot.

Reprints

• from Tom & Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series) #134 (September 1955)

Keywords

cat; mice; trickery; woodpecker

Indexer Notes

The story never actually uses the word "telekinesis" but the powers that Jerry and Tuffy simulate via trickery can move objects (particularly food) toward them, knock Tom off his feet, and pin him to the floor.