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Issue: Tom and Jerry #247
Publication Date: October 1969
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Issues: #247 of 132 Issues (198 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/07/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Fish-Hikers

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; fish
Synopsis: Tom catches a fish with mouse-skindivers Jerry and Tuffy along for the ride.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sculpin' Scamps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; soap-sculpting contest judge
First Line: 'Twas in the midst of midnight when all through the house...
Synopsis: Tom sabotages Jerry and Tuffy's efforts to win a soap-sculpting contest.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Fishing Is for the Birds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy; mother blue jay; baby blue jays; kingfisher
First Line: Wow! These fishworms are tough to get out, Jerry!
Synopsis: A mother blue jay takes Jerry and Tuffy's fishing worm to feed her babies. The mice steal the next worm she finds and use it to catch a fish - which a kingfisher steals from them.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Dolled Up Pup

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Spike; Tyke; scrounging dog; two tough pups; tough dog; contest official
First Line: Everyone says Tyke is the cutest little guy they've ever seen!
Synopsis: Spike enters Tyke in a "cute puppy contest", scrubbing him clean and wrapping him in a pretty bow. Both pop and his embarrassed pup must deal with the razzing of toughies en route to the event.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTom & Jerry Comics #100 published November 1952
was Cute Puppy Contest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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The Troublesome Gift

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bertie Bird; The Birdman; taxi driver; taxi passenger; Juan (Mexican boy); Mexican doctor; American traveler; Billie Bird; Bertie and Billie's mother
First Line: "I'm starting on my first migration trip today," Bertie Bird chirped excitedly to the Birdman.
Synopsis: Migrating southward with a Bird Banding Society identification band around his leg, Bertie takes a roundabout trip to Mexico and back.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTom & Jerry Comics #133 published August 1955
was The Troublesome Gift [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crack-Shot Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; skeet-shooting contest judge
First Line: I'll go put my costume on now, Jerry!
Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy sabotage Tom's efforts to win a skeet-shooting contest, leaving Tom to improvise his way to success.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".

The skeet-shooting contest judge's face is never seen. He is either shown in silhouette or from the shoulders on down.
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Last Page of a Spike and Tyke Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Spike; Tyke; dogcatcher
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The final page of a Spike and Tyke story, from an unidentified original source, is reprinted here as a stand-alone page.
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Little Lulu; Tubby; Mrs. Moppet
First Line: Tubby (The Spider) Spins Again as He Weaves Web Around Mr. Moppet
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A list of all Gold Key Comics on sale in September 1969, with focus blurbs on Davy Crockett, Walt Disney Comics Digest, Golden Comics Digest, The Twilight Zone, Fantastic Voyage, Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Marge's Little Lulu, The Lone Ranger, and Star Trek. No issue numbers are provided.

One panel illustration each from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 Series) #28 (December 1969) and Marge's Little Lulu (Western, 1962 Series) #194 (December 1969) is reproduced.
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Turnabout Is Frog Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): princess; frog
Synopsis: A princess kissing a frog doesn't go quite as expected.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Lower half of page. On final interior page of the comic.

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