Tom & Jerry Comics, #145
Published: August 1956
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Beachfront Bathtub (1)
Storyline
Tom finds that Jerry and Tuffy have fashioned his bathtub into a mouse-sized beach.
Characters
- Tom
- Jerry
- Tuffy
Credits
- Pencils: Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks: Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Do You Need Extra Money?
"$35.00 is yours for selling only 50 boxes of our Christmas Card Style line."
Story Notes
Ad for selling Christmas cards, all occasion greeting cards, and stationery for the Cheerful Card Company. Color ad on inside front cover.
The Pains of Painting (1)
"Yaaa -- You can't squirt me!"
Storyline
Jerry and Tuffy blame their mischievous ways on their being "underprivileged", so Tom takes them to an art museum to "bring out their better qualities". There, the mice are taken with a mural of modern art and Tom, in an unusual gesture of generosity and kindness, buys them a complete set of paints and other art supplies to stimulate their newfound creativity. For his troubles, Tom is driven daffy by the art-obsessed mice painting their modernist-murals all over the house.
Characters
- Tom
- Jerry
- Tuffy
Credits
- Pencils: Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks: Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters:
Story Notes
Uncharacteristically, Tom is the story's sympathetic character.
No Pig Deal (1)
"Now you are all nice and clean, and I want you to stay that way - do you hear?"
Storyline
Tyke and a guinea pig (and, ultimately, Spike as well) find themselves mistaken for pigs.
Characters
- Spike
- Tyke
- Spike and Tyke's master
- kid next door
- guinea pig
- Mrs. Sow (mama pig)
- three piglets
- dogcatcher
Credits
- Pencils: Lynn Karp
- Inks: Lynn Karp
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters:
Droopy the Rock Hound
"One day, as Wuff and Sammy were walking in the mountains, they heard strange noises behind a large hill of rocks among them."
Storyline
While assisting "rock hound" Droopy in his search for valuable rocks, Wuff and Sammy are nabbed by Charlie Coyote.
Characters
- Droopy
- Wuff the Prairie Dog
- Sammy Squirrel
- Charlie Coyote
Credits
- Pencils: Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks: Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters: Harvey Eisenberg
Story Notes
A rare instance of characters appearing in one of the comic stories in the issue (Wuff, Sammy, and Charlie) also appearing in the required text story - seemingly in violation of the postal regulations that then governed the mailing of second-class matter (for mail subscriptions). Usually, Birtie Bird, a character that rarely appeared in comic stories, was the subject of the regularly published text stories in Tom and Jerry Comics.
You Can Lead a Horse to... um, Sorta? (1)
"Boys, I want you to take Hoover out and exercise him today!"
Storyline
A convoluted series of events results when Barney asks Fuzzy and Wuzzy to exercise their horse, Hoover, and the horse balks at leaving the barn.
Characters
- Barney Bear
- Fuzzy
- Wuzzy
- Hoover (horse)
- Smithy (blacksmith)
Credits
- Pencils: Lynn Karp
- Inks: Lynn Karp
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters:
The Flying Coyote (1)
"Golly gee! I still can't figure out who mailed us this buried treasure map!"
Storyline
Wuff and Sammy set up Charlie for a (literal) fall by getting him to use a pair of supposedly defective artificial wings from Archie Armadillo's Trading Post. To their surprise, however, the wings work perfectly and Charlie is able to swoop down and capture Sammy, with Wuff next in the coyote's sights.
Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog
- Sammy Squirrel
- Charlie Coyote
- Archie Armadillo
Credits
- Pencils: Mike Slivka
- Inks: Mike Slivka
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters: Mike Slivka
Mexican Jumping Mice (1)
"Those snoring mice kept me awake all night!"
Storyline
Fed up with Jerry and Tuffy's snoring, Tom scoops-up the mice and dumps them in Mexico, locking them in a shed with a bunch of Mexican mice. He then learns that a Mexican cat's master will pay one peso for each mouse caught, and doubles back for Jerry and Tuffy and their new Mexican mouse friends - who've become much harder to catch for having swallowed Mexican jumping beans. To complicate matters, the mice have hopped across the border into the United States.
Characters
- Tom
- Jerry
- Tuffy
- Mexican customs officer
- Mexican mice
- Mexicat
Credits
- Pencils: Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks: Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters:
Your Subscription Order has Bigger Value Today!
Featuring Dell Comics; Tom and Jerry
"If you're a Tom & Jerry Comics reader be sure to take advantage of this special subscription offer. Look at the extra values you get for just $1.50!"
Characters
- Tom
- Jerry
- Tuffy
Credits
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Story Notes
Offer to subscribe to Tom and Jerry Comics and receive three colored pens as a premium. On final interior page of the comic. PER THE AD: "First - your copies of Tom and Jerry Comics come right to your home each month for 12 months. No more watching and waiting and no chance of missing an issue." "Second - as a special inducement to try a Tom and Jerry Comics subscription, we will include all three of these handsome automatic push-button pens. You'll get a big thrill out of being able to write in red, green, or blue ink at the push of a button. We'll also include a membership card in the Dell Comics Club." The ad includes the "Dell Comics Pledge to Parents", and figures of Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy not drawn by Harvey Eisenberg, where Tom appears to be wearing white gloves rather this simply having white paws.
Dopey Dan and Safety Sam
"Brought to you by Juicy Fruit Gum"
Characters
- Dopey Dan
- Safety Sam
Story Notes
Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum featuring safety tips for bicycle riding. Color ad on inside back cover.
New Foil Wrapped Cracker Jack ...with Lots More Peanuts
"Get Cracker Jack today The More you Eat - the More you Want!"
Story Notes
Ad for Cracker Jack candy-coated popcorn with peanuts and a prize inside each package. The ad touts "Lots More Peanuts", and many different Cracker Jack prizes are pictured. Color ad on back cover.