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Issue: Tom and Jerry Summer Fun #1
Publication Date: October 1967
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 30014-710. All reprint issue. Cover and comic contents are all reprint. No ads in this issue. All 68 pages are comics or comics-related text material.

Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (710 = October, 1967). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (677 = July, 1967).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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An Intense Tent!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painting)
Inker(s): ? (painting)
Colorist(s): ? (painting)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Tyke; Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel
Synopsis: The smaller characters keep Tom tied by the neck to his tent.
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From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover illustrations painted over Harvey Eisenberg's pencils (and inks?).
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Treasure Trail

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Spike; Tyke
First Line: Spike and Tyke are out to find the picnic treasure!
Synopsis: Lead Spike and Tyke through a maze to a treasure chest of bones.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.
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Nutcracker (Not So) Sweet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
First Line: I'm in a cake-bakin' mood today!
Synopsis: Tom bakes a very delicate cake, that could fall with the slightest jarring, while Jerry and Tuffy become determined to noisily crack a large number of walnuts they've just harvested.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTom & Jerry Comics #131 published June 1955
was Nutcracker (Not So) Sweet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Fourth-Wall Flouting: Jerry directly addresses the readers on page ten, panel six, to close the story.

The gags in this story, as Tom more and more desperately tries to keep the quiet – lest his cake be ruined, are evocative of the very first Tom and Jerry animated theatrical short: “Puss Gets the Boot” (1940).
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Who Watches the (Night) Watchman?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; toy store manager; lots of dancing mice
First Line: Here, kitty, kitty! Come catch mousie!
Synopsis: Tom gets a job as a toy store night watchman catching mice at a dollar a mouse. A one-gross carton of toy dancing mice, a mess of live ones, and Jerry and Tuffy's antics complicate matters.
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From Content Item: FlagTom & Jerry Comics #130 published May 1955
was Who Watches the (Night) Watchman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Bone of Contention

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Droopy; sewer worker; bulldog; hobo; dogcatcher; dog pound master; ship's captain; ship's crew
First Line: It was kind of my friend, the butcher, to give me a bone... but where will I bury it?
Synopsis: Droopy, while looking for a place to bury his bone, is chosen as the mascot for a ship headed for a tropical island in search of Bluebeard's buried treasure. Droopy hides his bone in various places around the ship, causing no end of consternation for the ship's captain.
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From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1954
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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From Little Sprouts, Big Trees (and Headaches) Grow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Spike; Tyke; Mama Squirrel; Hazel Squirrel (daughter); bluebird; kitten
First Line: Let's go away on a vacation, Pop!
Synopsis: To please Tyke and restore his faith in the miracles of nature, Spike uproots a nearby tree and transplants it in their yard where the pup had previously planted a tree sprout. All goes well until two squirrels and a bluebird who lived in the tree show up and move back into their old homes - followed by a mischievous kitten.
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From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1954
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Frog Pond Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Jerry; Tuffy; frog
First Line: At those rates, we couldn't stay there a split second, Tuffy!
Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy camp around a backyard pond as a substitute for visiting a swanky lakeside resort. A shifty frog fraudulently charges them all sorts of resort fees for use of the free public pond.
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From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #3 [25¢ Cover Price] published July 1956
was The Frog Pond Adventure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Seven League Boots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Two Mouse Musketeers
Character(s): Mouse Musketeers [Jerry; Tuffy]; M'sieur Poosycat [Tom]; King
First Line: Little friends, I have a beastly headache!
Synopsis: When the King takes off his heavy crown, the cause of his headaches, M'sieur Poosycat schemes to steal it.
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From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #3 [25¢ Cover Price] published July 1956
was The Seven League Boots [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The feature, called "Two Mouse Musketeers" for this story (and had also been known as "The Two Mouseketeers"), would eventually settle on "Mouse Musketeers" as its regular feature title.
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Summer Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): The Downhearted Duckling
Character(s): Little Quacker; Tom; Jerry; Doc Stork; Toby (bulldog)
First Line: WAH! Boo Hoo! (Sniff!)
Synopsis: Little Quacker has a bad case of the "cry-cups" (like hiccups, but with crying), leading to Jerry getting an equally bad case of the hiccups. They both seek a bad scare to shock them out of their respective conditions and turn to Tom for a good, scary chase. But Tom's feeling too lazy to chase anyone, so the mouse and duck force the issue, to Tom's great suspicion and fright.
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From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #3 [25¢ Cover Price] published July 1956
was Summer Blues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The feature and character, called "The Downhearted Duckling" for this story would become better known as "Little Quacker". Despite the feature title, Jerry refers to the duck as "Li'l Quacker" in the story.

Tuffy does not appear in this story, making it reminiscent of a classic-era Tom and Jerry theatrical animated short.
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Myrtle the Turtle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Myrtle the Turtle; art critic; various art customers; other turtles
First Line: Gonna have a good time this summer, painting this great scenery!
Synopsis: Myrtle, a turtle who thinks she's ugly, asks Tom to paint pretty pictures on her shell.
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Pages: 6
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Droopy the Spool Hound

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Droopy
First Line: Have fun making your own Droopy Spool Hound.
Synopsis: How to make a figure of Droopy with a thread-spool as its body.
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Pages: 1
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Tom's Tiddly Baseball Game

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Barney Bear; Spike
First Line: Summertime is baseball time and here is a game Tom invented so that you can play indoors.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advance your baserunners, or be called out, by flipping coins or buttons tiddlywinks-style. On final interior page of the comic.
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Draw Droopy

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Droopy; girl drawing Droopy
First Line: Droopy doesn't think a picnic is complete without a little fishing.
Synopsis: Draw Droopy line-by-line within the small, numbered segments of a rectangle.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The figure of Droopy is penciled and inked by Harvey Eisenberg. The figure of the girl is drawn by another artist. Black and white on inside back cover.
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Butterfly Winged Cast Portraits

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painting)
Inker(s): ? (painting)
Colorist(s): ? (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Spike; Wuff the Prairie Dog; Barney Bear; featured butterfly; other butterflies
Synopsis: Jerry chases butterflies with a net, in particular one large, featured butterfly with portraits of Tom, Spike, Wuff, and Barney on its wide-spread wings.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagM-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover illustrations painted over Harvey Eisenberg's pencils (and inks?). Color on back cover.

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