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Issue: Tom and Jerry #249
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Mice on Ice

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

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Kenner Spirograph
Billy; another boy; girl
Wow! Look at Billy!
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
1
Color ad on inside front cover.
Rain, Snow, and Hail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
In this kind of weather, all I do is swab the deck!
Tom, Jerry and Tuffy conduct their ongoing pranks and battles amid different winter weather conditions.
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Miscellaneous
10
"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.
Breakfast Motivation

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

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

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Huckleberry Hound; Moby Duck; Dimwitty
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Miscellaneous
1
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.
Doodles

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Reader-submitted "doodles", made from various letters of the alphabet and numbers.
Inventions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Reader-submitted wacky inventions.
Military Men - Your Credit Is Good!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Military Diamond Sales
Any item on this page only $10 twice monthly or $20 per month
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for various diamond rings, sold on credit terms to members of the military.
Pincushion Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Spike; Tyke; dogcatcher; Pork the Porcupine
Hey, Pop, it snowed last night!
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
5
"Reprinted by popular demand"
Busy as a Beehive

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
…And it’s getting even colder, during this, our worst winter ever!
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
6
New story.
Figuring Eights

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
two competing skaters
Two competing skaters demonstrate increasingly difficult ways to make “figure eights”.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Pantomime. Top half of page.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
0.5
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.
Tell Mom and Dad About This Wonderful Gift Idea

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Western Publishing; Golden Magazine
The Golden Magazine for boys and girls says "Merry Christmas" 12 times a year
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Miscellaneous
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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.
The Real One Is Here! "Matchbox" Superfast

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
This is the one the experts have been waiting for!
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Matchbox "Superfast" miniature cars. Color ad on inside back cover.
Challenge Dad to a Race in the Hot Wheels Grand Prix

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
You take the McLaren and give Dad the Chaparral.
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for Hot Wheels Grand Prix racing sets. Color ad on back cover.

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