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Tom & Jerry Comics, #150

Published: January 1957

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Issue Contents:
Mouse Cleaning

Story Featuring Tom and Jerry

Storyline

Tom vacuums the rug... and Jerry, too.

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Story Notes

"Mouse Cleaning" was the title of a 1948 Tom and Jerry theatrical short, which has been omitted from DVD collections and banned from TV viewing.

The Crow Who Came to Dinner

Story Featuring Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy

"That poor ol' crow looks like he needs a home, Fuzzy!"

Storyline

Fuzzy and Wuzzy take in a stray hungry crow that continually disrupts Uncle Barney's dinner.

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Oh, Brother!

Story Featuring Wuff, the Prairie Dog

"Bah! There they go separatin' again!"

Storyline

Charlie Coyote invites his brother Harley to come and live with him, so that the two coyotes together will have a better chance of catching the fast Wuff and Sammy.

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Rain, Snow, and Hail

Story Featuring Tom and Jerry

"In this kind of weather, all I do is swab the deck!"

Storyline

Tom, Jerry and Tuffy conduct their ongoing pranks and battles amid different winter weather conditions.

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Story Notes

Some lettering on page one (panels 1-2) and page three (panel 7) looks slightly different (slanted) from Eisenberg’s norm. It looks very much like Vic Lockman's lettering. Perhaps Lockman was pressed into service for some last-minute dialogue changes.

New Year's Resolutions

Story Featuring Bertie Bird

""My," Bertie Bird exclaimed to Brother Billie one frosty January morning, "did you hear all of those bells last night?""

Storyline

Bertie and Billie each make New Year's resolutions. Bertie resolves to keep out of trouble and not "go on any adventure that seems the least bit dangerous", while Billie resolves "not to be so terribly cross". In the process of saving a baby chick caught in a clump of vines, they both manage to break their resolutions.

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Displaced Dalmation

Story Featuring Big Spike and Little Tyke

"Yippeee! This is the life!"

Storyline

A perky dalmatian falls off a firetruck and is lost. Tyke helps him try to get back to the firehouse.

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Tom Foolery

Story Featuring Tom and Jerry

"Add up the numbers in Jerry's figure and you'll know how much that piece of cheese weighs."

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Story Notes

On final interior page of the comic. Top half of page.

The Breakfast Flub!

Story Featuring Tom and Jerry

"Come on, Tuffy, let's have an early breakfast!"

Storyline

Jerry and Tuffy's plans for an early morning breakfast are repeatedly disrupted by a sleepwalking Tom.

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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
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Story Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1956. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Lower 1/4 of page.

Guns of the West

"Harmless "Shootin' Outfits!""

Story Notes

Ad for Daisy cap pistol "Shootin' Outfits", inviting you to write for a free catalog. Several different varieties of Daisy cap pistol "Shootin' Outfits" are pictured. Color ad on back cover.

Have Fun... building exciting action models with world-famous Erector Sets

"Build a sturdy Ferris wheel, an oil drilling rig, a magnetic crane, and other thrilling models."

Story Notes

Ad for Gilbert Erector Sets, Gilbert Chemistry Sets, and Gilbert Microscope Sets. Color ad on inside back cover.

Dell Comic Christmas Gift Subscriptions Bring Joy all Year!

"Here's the ideal way to say Merry Christmas all year long."

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Story Notes

Quote from the ad: "A yearly subscription to any of the titles listed below is just $1.20... but, if you order five or more subscriptions to the same or different addresses, the price is only $1.00 each. Titles offered are: Roy Rogers and Trigger, Tom and Jerry, New Funnies, Lone Ranger, Tarzan, Little Lulu, Looney Tunes, and Gene Autry and Champion. Includes a "handsome vinyl plastic card, memo and autograph case" as an additional premium - "Free with every gift subscription!" No characters or comic book covers are pictured in the ad. Color ad on inside front cover.

We Love Those Cough Drops... [Merry-go-round version]

"...Wild Cherry Cough Drops..."

Storyline

Everybody's favorite bearded cough drop makers, The Smith Brothers, along with a girl and boy on a merry-go-round, sing the praises of Smith Brothers Wild Cherry Cough Drops.

Story Notes

On final interior page of the comic. Lower half of page.