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Tom & Jerry Comics, #132

Published: July 1955

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Tom & Jerry Comics #132

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Issue Contents:
Sink-ing in the Shower (1)
1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

Jerry's small size allows him to use a sink as a shower.

Characters
  • Tom
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
Credits
Ball Catcher (1)
Story 1 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

Sometimes catching the ball ruins the game.

Characters
  • Droopy
  • kids playing baseball
Credits
Story Notes

Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.

Beware the Petnapper! (1)
Story 2 10 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Gosh, Jerry, we'd better stick close to home with that petnapper around!"

Storyline

The Petnapper stalks the town, prompting paranoia in Jerry and Tuffy. Tom scoffs until he is pet-napped, with Jerry and Tuffy along for the ride.

Characters
  • Tom
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
  • The Petnapper
  • cop
Credits
Fetching vs. Fishing (1)
Story 3 5 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Wonder what the master's up to, Pop?"

Storyline

Spike and Tyke want to play fetch with their master, while the master wants to go fishing. Who will prevail in this battle of wills?

Characters
  • Spike
  • Tyke
  • Spike and Tyke's master
  • first guy tossing a beachball
  • second guy tossing a beachball
  • fish
  • frog
  • game warden
  • dogcatcher
Credits
Bertie Bird's Picnic Adventure
Story 4 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Bertie Bird and his brother Billie peered over the branch that held their nest home in Apple Tree Lane, watching the Family from the Big House load packages into their car."

Storyline

Tagging along on a humans' picnic, the birds alert the parents to a danger to their son, and the parents alert the birds to the presence of the family cat.

Characters
  • Bertie Bird
  • Billie
  • Tabby Cat
  • Bobbie (human child)
  • human mother
  • human father
Credits
Story Notes

Middle left page of centerfold.

Droopy's Faux Following (1)
Story 5 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

After seeing kittens following a cat, chicks following a hen, and even tiny wormlets following a worm, Droopy wants his own line-up of mini versions to follow him. He ends up proudly marching at the head of a line-up he's furnished himself.

Characters
  • Droopy
  • cat
  • kittens
  • hen
  • chicks
  • worms
Credits
Story Notes

Pantomime. Middle right page of centerfold.

The Late Lobster Laughs Last! (1)
Story 6 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"You kids better stay out of that pool or that lobster will nab you!"

Storyline

Flip and Dip trap a lobster so that they might swim in a jungle pool without getting caught by the lobster's claws. Mom sees the trapped lobster and cooks it for the family's supper. But, even as the main course on the Monkeys' menu, the lobster has the last laugh on the kids who caught him.

Characters
  • Flip
  • Dip
  • Mom
  • Pop
  • lobster
Credits
Story Notes

“Copyright 1955 by Western Printing & Litho Co.” Not MGM characters. The lobster actually meets its boiling death between panels 2 and 3 of page two. While alive it is colored green and once becoming the family's featured food it is colored red.

Getting a Fox Tail Without Fail (1)
Story 7 5 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Fuzzy, we'll never be in style till we've got a fox tail for our car!"

Storyline

Fuzzy and Wuzzy want a fox tail for their car, as was a popular fad in the 1950s, and get one in a rather unorthodox way.

Characters
  • Barney Bear
  • Fuzzy
  • Wuzzy
  • fox
Credits
Story Notes

Despite being described in the story as "little cub bears", Fuzzy and Wuzzy have - and drive - their own hot rod.

On Burro-ed Time (1)
Story 8 5 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

">Puff! Pant!< Jeepers, Wuff... I'm beginning to think maybe building this wagon wasn't such a hot idea!"

Storyline

Wuff and Sammy try to catch a wild burro to pull them around in their wagon.

Characters
  • Wuff the Prairie Dog
  • Sammy Squirrel
  • Charlie Coyote
  • big burro (father)
  • little burro (son)
Credits
Banana Boat (1)
Story 9 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Jerry, I'm hungry! Lets eat lunch!"

Storyline

Jerry and Tuffy picnic across a river. Too full to walk back, Tuffy uses the banana skin as a boat.

Characters
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
Credits
Bird Bath Wrath (1)
Story 10 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

When Droopy cools himself off in a bird bath, an angry flock of birds takes action.

Characters
  • Droopy
  • Droopy's master
  • flock of birds
Credits
Story Notes

Pantomime. On final interior page of the comic. Top 3/4 of page. Lower tier filled by an ad for Dell's Lassie comics and Tom and Jerry Summer Fun.

Two Great New DELL Comics… Another adventure of America's great movie dog LASSIE Comics 10¢

Featuring Dell Comics; Lassie; Tom and Jerry's Summer Fun

Story 11 0 pages

"A giant DELL Comic filled with stories, games and puzzles TOM and JERRY'S SUMMER FUN 25¢"

Characters
  • Lassie
  • Tom
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
  • Spike
  • Tyke
  • Barney Bear
Credits
Story Notes

Ad for Dell Comics' Lassie and Tom and Jerry's Summer Fun titles. Bottom tier of page. On final interior page of the comic. Shares page with a Droopy comic story (see previous entry). The covers of M-G-M's Lassie (Dell, 1950 Series) #23 (July-August 1955) and Tom and Jerry's Summer Fun (Dell, 1954 Series) #2 (July 1955) are reproduced for the ad.

Tom Foolery
Story 12 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Tom is taking four trips this summer."

Storyline

Help Tom solve four separate rebus puzzles that will reveal the destinations of his four summer trips.

Characters
  • Tom
Credits
Story Notes

Black and white on inside back cover. Top half of page.

Droopy's Dippy Questions
Story 13 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Why did the banana run away from the string bean?"

Storyline

Six riddles from Droopy.

Characters
  • Droopy
Credits
Story Notes

Black and white on inside back cover. Lower half of page.

An Exciting New Subscription Offer for All Tom and Jerry Fans!

Featuring Dell Comics

Story 14 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Here's your chance to get a powerful magnifying glass with a plastic case for just pennies!"

Characters
  • Tom
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
Credits
Story Notes

Offer to subscribe to Tom and Jerry Comics at a discounted rate and receive a pocket magnifying glass as a premium for an additional fifty cents. Color ad on back cover. Per the ad copy: "Send just $1 for 12 hilarious issues of Tom & Jerry Comics and 50¢ more entitles you to this Pocket Magnifying Glass. It's a double value offer! You save on your Tom & Jerry Comics and you save on the magnifying glass." One-year, two-year, and three-year subscriptions are offered at both USA and slightly higher Canada rates. The ad includes the "Dell Comics Pledge to Parents", and (repurposed?) figures of Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy which may be penciled by Harvey Eisenberg, but appear to be inked or finished by someone else.