Price: 0.40 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1980-08
Editing: Del Connell (editor); Larry Mayer (art director)
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[Raspberry Blowback]
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Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Editing:
Chase Craig (original editor)
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:
Tom; Jerry
Synopsis:
Jerry blows a cone-full of ice cream into Tom's face.
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

All reprint issue. Cover and comic contents are all reprint.

Cover code: 90058-010. One of several scarce Whitman bagged issues of later 1980.

No cover date appears on cover or in indicia. Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (010 = October, 1980). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (808 = August, 1980).

Spider-Man Meets the Bikers!
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Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[How to Stop a Purring Puss]
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Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
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Editing:
Chase Craig (original editor)
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Polly (parrot); The Mistress
Synopsis:
A depressed Tom eats some cat food that makes the following promise: "Put a Purr in Pussy. Have a Contented Cat!". This miracle food puts him into a contented stupor, characterized by lots of loud purring. Jerry and Tuffy, who are being driven crazy by the incessant purring, find ways to silence it by changing Tom's mood. Tom counters by scarfing down more of the cat food and resumes purring all the more. To purr, or not to purr, becomes the question as Tom undergoes rapid fire mood swings.
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Indexer Notes

If, during their days at MGM's animation studio, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera had lent Tom and Jerry to Tex Avery, this is what might result. The introduction of an "outside agent" rapidly affecting a character (or characters) in counteracting ways is reminiscent of Avery's animated masterpiece "King Size Canary" (1947) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039535/ but with mood swings taking the place of physical growth.

The Exciting New! Flipit
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Flipits / advertisement / 1 page

Looney Tunes
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Whitman Comics; Looney Tunes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Mystery, Adventure, Science Fiction Much, Much More
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Original Radio Broadcasts / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Pink Panther
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Whitman Comics; The Pink Panther / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Catch (Cold) as Cats Can]
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Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
Editing:
Chase Craig (original editor)
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis:
Tom fears catching a cold from Jerry and Tuffy, who are trying to build a mouse-sized boat in their basement.
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Super Pocket Toy Values
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Super Pocket Toy Values / advertisement / 1 page

Denim Embroidered Iron-On Sta-Ons
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Sta-Ons / advertisement / 1 page

Woody Woodpecker
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Whitman Comics; Woody Woodpecker / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Snippys
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Snippys Cartoon Scissors / advertisement / 1 page

Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge
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Whitman Comics; Uncle Scrooge / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat!
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Whitman Comics; Tweety and Sylvester / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Something to Crow About
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Bertie Bird / text story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
Harvey Eisenberg (title lettering only)
typeset
Editing:
Chase Craig (original editor)
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:
Bertie Bird; Sassy Starling; Blackie the Crow
Synopsis:
Bully Sassy Starling takes over Bertie's home, which he regains with the help of Blackie the Crow.
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[The Impaired Umpire]
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Droopy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
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Letters:
Editing:
Chase Craig (original editor)
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:
Droopy; bulldog catcher; sheepdog umpire
Synopsis:
Unfairly called out on strikes, Droopy takes a pair of shears to the shaggy headedness of a sheepdog umpire.
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Authentic Stone - Perfect Condition Apache Arrowheads
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Perfect Arrowheads / advertisement / 1 page

Buy Direct And Save!
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United Mail Mart / advertisement / 1 page

Super Posters by R&R Associates
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R&R Associates / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [Raspberry Blowback]
    Tom and Jerry
  2. Spider-Man Meets the Bikers!
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  3. [How to Stop a Purring Puss]
    Tom and Jerry
  4. The Exciting New! Flipit
    Flipits
  5. Looney Tunes
    Whitman Comics; Looney Tunes
  6. Mystery, Adventure, Science Fiction Much, Much More
    Original Radio Broadcasts
  7. The Pink Panther
    Whitman Comics; The Pink Panther
  8. [Catch (Cold) as Cats Can]
    Tom and Jerry
  9. Super Pocket Toy Values
    Super Pocket Toy Values
  10. Denim Embroidered Iron-On Sta-Ons
    Sta-Ons
  11. Woody Woodpecker
    Whitman Comics; Woody Woodpecker
  12. Snippys
    Snippys Cartoon Scissors
  13. Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge
    Whitman Comics; Uncle Scrooge
  14. I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat!
    Whitman Comics; Tweety and Sylvester
  15. Something to Crow About
    Bertie Bird
  16. [The Impaired Umpire]
    Droopy
  17. Authentic Stone - Perfect Condition Apache Arrowheads
    Perfect Arrowheads
  18. Buy Direct And Save!
    United Mail Mart
  19. Super Posters by R&R Associates
    R&R Associates
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