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Tom & Jerry Comics, #125

Published: December 1954

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Issue Contents:
Washday Whiskers
Storyline

Jerry and Tuffy use a sleeping Tom’s whiskers as a clothesline.

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First Dell Tom and Jerry cover to be reprinted in the Gold Key (Western) series.

A Dog House for the Birds
Storyline

Droopy's failed doghouse makes a fine birdhouse.

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Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.

TV from a Distance

"TV Special $300.00"

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Droopy can’t afford a TV, but does the next best thing.

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Story Notes

Pantomime. Black and white on inside back cover.

The Big Birdhouse

"Fuzzy, here it is winter comin' on, and poor Pete's got no shelter!"

Storyline

Forbidden by Uncle Barney to build a treehouse, Fuzzy and Wuzzy build a huge, bear-sized birdhouse for Pete the Pelican.

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Southern Fried Penguin

"Hey, Wuff! Look what I just found... a keen book on animals!"

Storyline

Charlie's cousin, Cuthbert Coyote, angrily lectures Charlie on how any "self-respectin' coyote [should] be chasin' chickens" instead of squirrels and prairie dogs. Enter Ashley Wilkes Penguin, a lost and excentric escapee from a southern zoo, who is wandering the desert while trying to find his way to the South Pole - and whom Charlie believes to be a chicken. Can Wuff and Sammy keep the overly-obliging gentlemanly penguin out of Charlie's hungry clutches?

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Story Notes

MGM synergy between movies and comics: Ashley Wilkes (the penguin's namesake), a quintessential gentleman of the Old South, was a fictional character from the 1939 MGM film "Gone with the Wind", and the 1936 novel upon which it was based.

Rowboat Rivalry

"C'mon, kids, let's go for a boat ride!"

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Pop takes over Flip and Dip's rowboat, naming himself captain.

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Story Notes

“Copyright 1954 by Western Printing & Litho Co.” Not MGM characters. Page 1496 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. Flip ‘n' Dip. (In Tom and Jerry comics) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of Del Connell. © Western Print. & Litho. Co. Dec54. © 19Oct; B5-29223." ~Dave Porta

Cat and Mouse Cleaning

"Oh, me...this cold has got me down for sure!"

Storyline

When the housekeeper takes ill, Tom assumes her chores in order to get in her good graces. Jerry and Tuffy follow suit, with both cat and mice hastily cleaning while sabotaging the other's efforts. Will the housekeeper get any bed rest with a cleaning war going on downstairs?

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Story Notes

In this version of the story, as in the original theatrical animated shorts, the "housekeeper" was drawn as the African American maid character known as "Mammy Two-Shoes", with skin coloring reflective of that character. For the reprint in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 Series) #302 (January 1978), the character's skin coloring was modified to have her appear as Caucasian - again following some of the original shorts that "recast" her as an "Irish Maid". In both instances, as well as in the shorts, the character is never seen above the shoulders. Unofficial title is a play on "Mouse Cleaning", the title of a 1948 Tom and Jerry theatrical short, which has been omitted from DVD collections and banned from TV viewing.

Gooseneck Lamp

"Jerry, this looks like a really frantic place to stay tonight!"

Storyline

Jerry and Tuffy try to sleep in a chicken coop, but are kept awake by a pesky goose.

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Bertie Bird Gives a Warning

"One clear wintry day, Bertie Bird was getting himself all slicked up."

Storyline

Bertie issues warnings to all the animals that man has entered the forest.

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Pup School

"Here comes my pal, Mike!"

Storyline

To break Tyke of following little Mike to school, Spike starts a school for neighborhood pups.

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Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too!

"Say Merry Christmas this happy way with Dell Comics Christmas Gift Subscriptions."

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Story Notes

Ad offering one, two, and three-year subscriptions to a cross section of different Dell Comics titles at a discount off the newsstand price - $1.00 for one year, $1.85 for two years and $2.70 for two years. Titles offered are: Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, Tom and Jerry Comics, New Funnies, Little Lulu, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger; and Tarzan. Color ad on back cover.

Droopy’s Christmas Stocking
Storyline

Droopy uses a multi-pocketed shoe-holder as his Christmas stocking.

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Story Notes

Pantomime. On final interior page of the comic.