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Tom & Jerry Comics, #165

Published: April 1958

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Issue Contents:
Wedding Cake Cupid
Storyline

Angelic archer Jerry hits Tom's chef's hat with a suction-cup arrow.

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Droopy's Dippy Questions

"What flower do we always carry with us?"

Storyline

Five riddles from Droopy.

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Story Notes

Top half of page. Lower half of page filled by an ad for Jumping-Jacks shoes.

Rainy Day Doings

"It's raining, Fuzzy!"

Storyline

It's a rainy day, so Fuzzy and Wuzzy decide to play indoors all day. With hopes of having some quiet to take a nap, Uncle Barney tries every trick in the book to get the kids to play outside in the rain. ...He needs to get a bigger book.

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Royal Pantry Pilferers

"Lots of goodies here, but I wish I could find some pie!"

Storyline

The Mouse Musketeers and M'sieur Poosycat jointly plan to raid the King's royal pantry... until M'sieur Poosycat pulls a double-cross.

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The Flood Over Furniture

"Ouch!"

Storyline

In order to get Wuff and Sammy's comfy furniture to replace his own, Charlie Coyote arranges for a flash flood to wash Wuff and Sammy away and claim their furniture as abandoned property.

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Story Notes

Oddly, Charlie Coyote does not scheme to eat Wuff and Sammy as he usually does but covets their furniture instead.

Wagging the Dog

"(Yawn!) I'd better get up and chase the mice out for the day!"

Storyline

Jerry and Tuffy believe they've found an ally to keep Tom at bay in the form of a large mean hound dog, but they soon realize that the angry hound immediately turns nice and docile whenever a pat on the head or a kind word starts his tail wagging. The cat and mice wage a wagging-war, with Tom patting and complimenting the dog to start his tail wagging, and Jerry and Tuffy doing anything they can to stop it.

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Story Notes

This could very easily have been the plot for a classic-era Tom and Jerry theatrical short, with no Tuffy and the dog being the only character that speaks (probably voiced by an uncredited Daws Butler, and with composer Scott Bradley's music score suddenly shifting comedically back and forth from "loud-and-angry" to "soft-and-placid"). Harvey Eisenberg's lively pencil art gives the story the feel of such a fully-animated short.

The Contrary Canary

""It's the first day of spring!" cried Bertie Bird joyfully to his friend Pinky Crossbill."

Storyline

Bertie and Pinky free a caged canary from her cage to enjoy the freedom of a nice spring day, but all the canary does is complain about the woodland conditions until Bertie and Pinky return her to her cage, and to the little girl who misses her.

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Tyke Minds Mike

"This looks like a good chance to sneak off for some fun!"

Storyline

The Mistress leaves Spike to watch her little boy, Mike. Spike, in turn, shifts those responsibilities to his pup Tyke.

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Free Acro-Pets with Regular Rolls of Scotch Cellophane Tape

"Look... they jump... they flip... they somersault!"

Storyline

Boy playing with a frog Acro-Pet.

Story Notes

Ad for Scotch Brand Cellophane Tape offering six different "Acro-Pets", one each attached to regular rolls of Scotch Tape. Color ad on back cover.

Boys! Girls! Get This Amazing "10-in-1" Electric Trail-Kit!

"Send for this electric 10-in-1" Sgt. Preston Trail-Kit complete with battery only 50¢ and Quaker boxtop"

Story Notes

Ad for Quaker Puffed Rice, Puffed Wheat, and Muffets Shredded Wheat offering an electric 10-in-1" Sgt. Preston Trail-Kit for only 50¢ and one Quaker boxtop. The Trail-Kit is described as an "amazing pen-shaped kit that includes 10 special, useful devices... yet fits together into a compact, plastic kit designed to go wherever you go." Color ad on inside back cover.

Get a Dell Comic Play Slate

"Here's the familiar magic slate all set and ready to go with four of your favorite games like "tic-toc-tow" [sic] and "Boxes.""

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Story Notes

Offer to subscribe to Tom and Jerry Comics at the regular rate of $1.20 for twelve issues and receive a free Dell Comics Play Slate and a Dell Comics Club Membership Certificate as additional premiums. Color ad on inside front cover. The ad includes the "Dell Comics Pledge to Parents", and (repurposed?) figures of Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy which are not drawn by Harvey Eisenberg. While spelled "tic-toc-tow" in the ad copy (noted above) the "game of X's and O's" is spelled "Tick-Tack-Toe" on the illustration of the Play Slate itself. Internet searches reveal the "correct" spelling to be "tic-tac-toe", making both versions of the name appearing in the ad incorrect.

Ready... get set...for SPRING in new Jumping-Jacks

"America's finest fitting shoes for children"

Story Notes

Ad for Jumping-Jacks children's shoes, offering free comic booklets as a premium. This clearly refers to the "March of Comics" series of giveaway-premium comic books, produced by Western Publishing specifically for businesses such as this. The cover of March of Comics (Western, 1946 Series) #173 Tom and Jerry (May 1958) is reproduced in the ad. On final interior page of the comic. Lower half of page. Upper half is "Droopy's Dippy Questions".