Tom & Jerry Comics, #200
Published: March 1961
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Issue Contents:
Swiss Goes Missing! (1)
Storyline
Cheese burglars Jerry and Tuffy yank the cheese from Tom's sandwich.
Characters
- Tom
- Jerry
- Tuffy
Credits
- Pencils: Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks: Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
If I were a tugboat
"I'd toot my whistle for Kraft Fudgies (both kinds - Chocolate and Vanilla.)"
Story Notes
Illustrated ad for Kraft Fudgies candy. Color ad on inside front cover. A note at the bottom of the page says: "See Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, NBC-TV, Wednesday nights".
The Rich-Tocrats
"(Sigh!) Wealthy people never call on me!"
Storyline
Tom invites an aristocrat to come calling on him, but a burglar shows up instead... a burglar with bad nerves.
Characters
- Tom
- Jerry
- Tuffy
- Bulldog McThug (burglar)
- fireman
- police officer
Credits
- Pencils: Lynn Karp
- Inks: Bill Wright (uncertain)
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters:
Pup Protector
"You may crawl on the grass for a while, honey!"
Storyline
Tyke tries to avoid baby Terrible Tommy at all costs.
Characters
- Spike
- Tyke
- Spike and Tyke's mistress
- Terrible Tommy (baby)
Credits
- Pencils: Lynn Karp
- Inks: Bill Wright (uncertain)
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters:
A Scary Crow
""Hey, Billie." Birtie Bird chirped one morning."
Storyline
Have Bertie and Billie found a haunted scarecrow?
Characters
- Bertie Bird
- Billie Bird
- Blackie Crow
Credits
- Pencils: Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks: Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters: Harvey Eisenberg
Upholding the Law
"Ha, ha! Some of these sandstone formations sure have funny shapes!"
Storyline
Wuff and Sammy accidently discover The Armadillo Kid hiding out among desert sandstone formations by covering himself with glue and sand. The pair camouflage themselves from the angry bandit by doing the same - but now find themselves glued together.
Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog
- Sammy Squirrel
- The Armadillo Kid (bandit)
- sheriff
- rabbit
Credits
- Script: Vic Lockman
- Pencils: Mike Slivka
- Inks: Mike Slivka
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters: Mike Slivka
Wow, What a Bow
"With this latest book on bowology, I'll learn to bow better than those Mouse Musketeers and win great favor with the King!"
Storyline
M'sieur Poosycat bones-up on his bowing in order to impress the King.
Characters
- Mouse Musketeers [Jerry
- Tuffy]
- M'sieur Poosycat [Tom]
- King
Credits
- Pencils: Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks: Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters:
New News
Storyline
Uncle Barney goes through heck to catch his newspaper, after nephews Fuzzy and Wuzzy use it to make a kite.
Characters
- Fuzzy
- Wuzzy
- Barney Bear
- newsboy
- various neighbors
- bird
Credits
- Pencils: Lynn Karp
- Inks: Lynn Karp
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
- Letters:
Taking a Powder
Storyline
Droopy avoids being doused with flea powder.
Characters
- Droopy
- Droopy's master
Credits
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Story Notes
Pantomime. On final interior page of the comic. Top half of page. Lettering is for the title only. No dialogue or sound effects.
Frightful Eyeful
Storyline
Droopy gets a peek at a sheepdog's normally hair-covered face.
Characters
- Droopy
- sheepdog
Credits
- Colors: Gilles Laplagne
Story Notes
Pantomime. On final interior page of the comic. Lower half of page. Lettering is for the title only. No dialogue or sound effects.
Nationally Famous Prizes for You
"Or Big Cash Profits"
Story Notes
Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards". Color ad on inside back cover.
Follow the Adventures of Twinkles on storybook packages of the delicious oat 'n corn cereal!
"You'll find exciting stories just like these on other packages of Twinkles - the star-shaped cereal in the storybook package!"
Characters
- Twinkles the Elephant
- Sanford the Parrot
- Fulton the Camel
Story Notes
Ad for General Mills' Twinkles cereal, coming in "storybook packages" telling of Twinkles the Elephant and his friends. Five different storybook packages are pictured. Per the ad: "Here's a new breakfast cereal with a 3-page storybook right on the package! The story starts on the front, goes 'round the side - and to the back. Then tear the magic line and your storybook package zips open! You'll love the delicious taste of Twinkles - toasted little stars of energy oats 'n corn! Start your day the "storybook way" with tasty new Twinkles!" Color ad on back cover.