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Tom & Jerry Comics, #141

Published: April 1956

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Tom & Jerry Comics #141

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Issue Contents:
Bandage Bondage (1)
1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

Tom sticks Jerry to the wall with an adhesive bandage.

Characters
  • Tom
  • Jerry
Credits
Hey Kids! It's Red Goose Treasurama Time Again

Featuring Red Goose Shoes

Story 1 1 page

"Name this Baby Goose! Win a glorious FREE vacation in any city served by American Airlines."

Characters
  • Red Goose
  • Baby Goose
Story Notes

Ad for Red Goose shoes running a contest to name a baby goose, with 100 prizes every two weeks. Per the ad: "Our famous Red Goose has a brand-new gosling, and she wants YOU to pick a name for it. Hurry and get your Official Treasurama Entry Blank from any Red Goose shoe dealer. One of the names you send in may win for you and both your parents the Grand Prize Flight and Expense-paid Vacation, or any of the other valuable prizes pictured below. Put on your thinking caps and get set to win!" Other prizes offered include: RCA 21" television sets, giant family pools, Columbia bikes, traveler record players, super scooters, and Globe roller skates. Color ad on inside front cover.

Homemade Houseboat (1)
Story 2 10 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Sizzling wiener! I'll go to Florida and build a home!"

Storyline

Tom hastily converts his house into a houseboat, intending to drift downriver to Florida. Jerry and Tuffy bedevil him all along the way.

Characters
  • Tom
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
Credits
The Great Bone Bank Robbery (1)
Story 3 5 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Go ahead and bury your bones, boys! We've got plenty of holes dug for you!"

Storyline

Spike and Tyke have turned their yard into a "bone bank", a place where all the neighborhood dogs can bury their bones. For every five bones the dogs bury, Spike and Tyke get one bone for themselves for keeping watch on them. A mischievous kitten, tired of the constant dog-traffic, schemes to undermine Spike and Tyke's enterprise.

Characters
  • Spike
  • Tyke
  • other dogs
  • kitten
  • gopher
Credits
Aunt Sassy's Rescue
Story 4 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Zipping past Farmer Barnes's orchard, one morning, Bertie Bird and Chippy Sparrow were suddenly startled by the angry, raucous caws of a crow and the frightened shrieks of a sparrow."

Storyline

Bertie Bird and Chippy Sparrow fancy themselves as rescuers.

Characters
  • Bertie Bird
  • Chippy Sparrow
  • Aunt Sassy
  • crows, Farmer Barnes
  • Mister Hoot Owl (stuffed owl)
Credits
A Tree Too Flexible (1)
Story 5 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

Flip and Dip climb a tree for bananas, but find the tree to be too flexible.

Characters
  • Flip
  • Dip
  • Pop
Credits
Story Notes

Pantomime. Story is presented in five large panels in two tiers. Unusual formatting for a Dell/Western funny comic. “Copyright 1956 by Western Printing & Litho Co.” Not MGM characters.

Getting Pop Over a Barrel (1)
Story 6 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"This old barrel we found makes a keen boat, Dip!"

Storyline

Flip and Dip use an old barrel to start a ferry service across the river. They get no takers as everyone swims or flies across, but find a better, more profitable use for the barrel thanks to Pop's carelessness.

Characters
  • Flip
  • Dip
  • Mom
  • Pop
  • turtle
  • jungle bird
  • lion
Credits
Story Notes

“Copyright 1956 by Western Printing & Litho Co.” Not MGM characters.

Zoo Little, Zoo Late (1)
Story 7 5 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Will you take us to the zoo again today, Uncle Barney?"

Storyline

Barney plans to break Fuzzy and Wuzzy of always wanting to go to the zoo, by costuming himself as a fierce ape.

Characters
  • Barney Bear
  • Fuzzy
  • Wuzzy
  • police officer
  • desk sergeant
  • zoo keeper
Credits
Charlie's Geyser Counter (1)
Story 8 5 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Now I've got you... Help! Glub!"

Storyline

Charlie rigs up a "geyser counter", a phony device he says will locate underground geysers in the desert, as a means of trapping Wuff and Sammy.

Characters
  • Wuff the Prairie Dog
  • Sammy Squirrel
  • Charlie Coyote
  • crowd of tough customers
Credits
Baby Bottled-Up (1)
Story 9 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"There must be some way I can put some life into Ol' Rip Van Mouse, here!"

Storyline

Tuffy annoys Jerry so he silences him along with a crying baby.

Characters
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
  • baby
Credits
To Hide a Bone (1)

Featuring Little Tyke

Story 10 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Storyline

Inspired by a human's wall safe, Tyke finds a safe place to hide his bone from a bone-stealing dog.

Characters
  • Tyke
  • bone-stealing dog
  • human
Credits
Story Notes

Pantomime.

Look Here - Tom! We've Got Personalized Pens for New Subscribers!

Featuring Dell Comics; Tom and Jerry

Story 11 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Here is one of the most exciting premium offers ever made to new subscribers to Tom & Jerry Comics."

Characters
  • Tom
  • Jerry
  • Tuffy
Credits
Story Notes

Color ad on inside back cover. Jerry invites readers and parents to subscribe to Tom & Jerry Comics and receive as a premium a pair of automatic push-button pens, each personalized with the name or names of your choice. Per the ad: "Both of these pens plus a full-year's subscription... 12 fun-filled issues of Tom & Jerry Comics... can be yours for just $1.50. A remarkable bargain offer open only to new Tom & Jerry Comic subscribers." A Dell Comics Club membership certificate is also included. The ad includes the "Dell Comics Pledge to Parents", and repurposed figures of Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy drawn by Harvey Eisenberg.

Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah! says Brer Rabbit, featured in Walt Disney's Technicolor movie, "Song of the South" (c) Walt Disney Productions
Story 12 1 page

"Win one of my... 25 Free Family Trips to Disneyland! ...or if you prefer, to New York City"

Characters
  • Brer Rabbit
Story Notes

Ad for Scotch Brand Cellophane Tape, hosted by Brer Rabbit, offering 25 free family trips to Disneyland or New York City. Per the ad: "Print your name and address on the official entry blank, or on a plain sheet of paper. Then complete this statement in 25 words of less: 'I like Scotch Brand Cellophane Tape because...' Each entry must be accompanied by the tab from a roll of [Scotch Brand Cellophane Tape] and must be received not later than midnight Monday, May 21, 1956." Color ad on back cover.