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Issue: Tom and Jerry #249
Publication Date: February 1970
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Issues: #249 of 132 Issues (198 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10058-002.

Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (002) = February, 1970). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (6912 = December, 1969).
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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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Mice on Ice

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis: Tuffy steers a hockey puck around goal-keeper Tom’s stick, and into the net.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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How the Gang Caught Spiromania

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kenner Spirograph
Character(s): Billy; another boy; girl
First Line: Wow! Look at Billy!
Synopsis: Kids get "Spiromania" from drawing with a Kenner Spirograph, the primary symptom of which is having your eyes replaced by swirling Spirograph designs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color ad on inside front cover.
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Rain, Snow, and Hail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: In this kind of weather, all I do is swab the deck!
Synopsis: Tom, Jerry and Tuffy conduct their ongoing pranks and battles amid different winter weather conditions.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand"

Some lettering on page one (panels 1-2) and page three (panel 7) looks slightly different (slanted) from Eisenberg’s norm. It looks very much like Vic Lockman's lettering. Perhaps Lockman was pressed into service for some last-minute dialogue changes.
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Breakfast Motivation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: Uh-oh! Snowin' again!
Synopsis: To get Tuffy to shovel snow, Jerry uses a hot breakfast as motivation, in a most unusual way.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand"
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Umbrella Boat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy; swordfish
First Line: Look, Jerry! Who's afraid of the Big Bad Fish!
Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy use an overturned clear-plastic umbrella as a glass-bottomed boat, and narrowly escape a swordfish.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand"
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Huckleberry Hound; Moby Duck; Dimwitty
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A list of all Gold Key Comics on sale in January 1970, with focus blurbs on Walt Disney Comics Digest, Golden Comics Digest, Huckleberry Hound, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Family Affair, The Hardy Boys, and Moby Duck. No issue numbers are given.
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Doodles

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reader-submitted "doodles", made from various letters of the alphabet and numbers.
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Inventions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reader-submitted wacky inventions.
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Military Men - Your Credit Is Good!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Military Diamond Sales
First Line: Any item on this page only $10 twice monthly or $20 per month
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various diamond rings, sold on credit terms to members of the military.
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Pincushion Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Spike; Tyke; dogcatcher; Pork the Porcupine
First Line: Hey, Pop, it snowed last night!
Synopsis: Pork the Porcupine can’t make friends because of his prickly sharp quills – until he saves Spike and Tyke from a dogcatcher.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand"
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Busy as a Beehive

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bertie Bird; Mother Bird; Billie Bird; Buzzy Bee; Buzzy's family; Tabby Cat
Synopsis: Bertie and Billie Bird do a good deed for Buzzy Bee, and are repaid in kind.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Indoor Joggers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: …And it’s getting even colder, during this, our worst winter ever!
Synopsis: Snowed in, Jerry and Tuffy put Tom’s new “hypnotically tape recorded teacher and tester” device to good use… on Tom.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Figuring Eights

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): two competing skaters
Synopsis: Two competing skaters demonstrate increasingly difficult ways to make “figure eights”.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Top half of page.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for September 30, 1969. Prepared by Richard W. Eiger. Reported total distribution: 260,752 (12 month average), 271,359 (nearest issue). Lower half of page.
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Tell Mom and Dad About This Wonderful Gift Idea

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Western Publishing; Golden Magazine
First Line: The Golden Magazine for boys and girls says "Merry Christmas" 12 times a year
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Western Publishing house ad. Subscription offer for Golden Magazine. One-year, two-year, and three-year subscriptions are offered. On final interior page of the comic.
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The Real One Is Here! "Matchbox" Superfast

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: This is the one the experts have been waiting for!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Matchbox "Superfast" miniature cars. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Challenge Dad to a Race in the Hot Wheels Grand Prix

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: You take the McLaren and give Dad the Chaparral.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hot Wheels Grand Prix racing sets. Color ad on back cover.

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