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Tom & Jerry Comics, #113

Published: December 1953

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Tom & Jerry Comics #113

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Mousetrap Sledding (1)
1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

While downhill sledding, Tom is passed by Jerry and Tuffy sledding on a mousetrap.

Characters
  • Tom
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
Credits
Reprint Notes

For the reprint in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 Series) #228 (February, 1966), the cover art was modified from the original printing to accommodate the removal of the vertical strip depicting the various MGM characters that appeared in each issue of Tom and Jerry Comics (Dell, 1949 series). This element regularly appeared on the left side of the cover (with some variations) thru issue #122. To compensate for the additional space afforded this cover reprint, Tom's tail was completed to its tip at the cover's left side, and Jerry and Tuffy were "moved forward" to be presented as moving further ahead of Tom toward the cover's right side. This issue's original printing had them closer to even.

Cold Dis-Comfort (1)
Story 1 10 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Wintertime is snowball time, eh, Tuffy?"

Storyline

Hopping a freight train to Florida to escape the winter freeze, Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy find themselves locked in a refrigerated rail car for the trip.

Characters
  • Tom
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
  • train conductor
Credits
'Snow-Bunny's Home (1)
Story 2 6 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Nonsense! (see note)"

Storyline

Tom is out to get a rare photo of a snowshoe rabbit, a trickster-bunny that heckles Tom mercilessly.

Characters
  • Tom
  • snowshoe rabbit
Credits
Story Notes

With the first line quote "Nonsense!", Tom is reacting to the following passage in a book: "In winter the snowshoe rabbit is so brilliantly white, he cannot be seen in the snow. The snowshoe rabbit is so shy that it is impossible to photograph the animal...".

The Moose That Wouldn't Leave! (1)
Story 3 7 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Well, anyway, the story was funny in Irish dialect, but you get the point -"

Storyline

It's after 11 p.m. and Barney and Benny can't get their annoying guest, the long-winded Mooseface McElk, to leave. How's a bear and a burro gonna get any sleep?

Characters
  • Barney Bear
  • Benny Burro
  • Mooseface McElk
  • cop
Credits
Story Notes

Pencils are Eisenberg's, but inks and lettering appear to be by someone else.

A Frozen Steak Is No Piece of Cake! (1)
Story 4 6 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Brr... It's sure cold livin' out here, isn't it, Pop?"

Storyline

On a zero-degree temperature day, Spike and Tyke foil a robbery at the neighborhood butcher shop. The grateful butcher gives them a wrapped, frozen steak as a reward... but what are two outdoor dogs to do with a frozen steak in freezing temperatures?

Characters
  • Spike
  • Tyke
  • butcher
  • steak-robber
  • cop
  • hen
  • the master
  • the mistress
Credits
Bertie Bird Goes to Sea
Story 5 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

""Hey! Guess what!" said Bertie Bird to his brother Billie one morning. "I'm going to the seashore!""

Storyline

Curious Bertie Bird once again gets into trouble against the warnings of his brother Billie, this time at the seashore where he gets knocked about by waves, taken out to sea by a seagull, and dropped on the deck of a ship.

Characters
  • Bertie Bird
  • Billie Bird
  • seagulls
  • Skippy Sandpiper
  • Pete Albatross
  • ship's captain
  • ship's crew
  • ship's passengers
Credits
Story Notes

Two illustrations of Bertie Bird by Harvey Eisenberg - one on each page.

Gliding and Hiding (1)
Story 6 6 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Let's go visit that old fort in the foothills, Sammy... the one the soldiers used back in the Indian days!"

Storyline

Wuff and Sammy build gliding wings out of balsa wood to best travel a long distance. Hungry Charlie Coyote commandeers an eagle to take him through the air in pursuit.

Characters
  • Wuff the Prairie Dog
  • Sammy Squirrel
  • Charlie Coyote
  • Elroy Eagle
  • mama bear
  • two bear cubs
Credits
Story Notes

Charlie Coyote is colored brown in this story, rather than his usual gray.

Crossing Wet Cement (1)
Story 7 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"I'll sure be glad to get home, Jerry!"

Storyline

Jerry and Tuffy find a way to cross wet cement without leaving mouse-footprints.

Characters
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
Credits
Dollars and Horse Sense (1)
Story 8 6 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Boy, we sure got a perfect likeness of him, eh, Fuzzy?"

Storyline

Barney gives nephews Fuzzy and Wuzzy five dollars to invest, on the condition that they turn a profit. They are conned into buying a broken-down old horse by Farmer Fox but find a way to double their money.

Characters
  • Barney Bear
  • Fuzzy
  • Wuzzy
  • Farmer Fox
  • Maude (horse)
  • stuck motorist #1
  • stuck motorist #2
Credits
Chopping Blocked (1)
Story 9 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

Envisioning a roast turkey dinner, Droopy positions the neck of a huge turkey on the chopping block. When the turkey gets wise, and stares him down, Droopy axes the chopping block into firewood.

Characters
  • Droopy
  • big angry turkey
Credits
Story Notes

Pantomime