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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published September-November 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
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Cover Details

Characters Spike; Tyke
Synopsis Spike and Tyke are walking, with Spike carrying a stick holding a bag with his belongings and Tyke carrying a stick holding a bone.
Genre Funny animals
Reprinted in Tom und Jerry (Neuer Tessloff, 1959 series) #16

1 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "This hole diggin' is tiring business!"

Characters Spike; Tyke
Synopsis Spike is getting tired digging a hole so Tyke shows him an open manhole. They drop their bones in but are chased away by an angry worker with lumps on his head.
Genre Funny animals
Notes Inside front cover, black & white

8 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "Man's Best Friend"

Characters Spike; Tyke; Snowball
Synopsis Spike is trying to become the head of "Man's Best Friend Society" and promises to protect people at all times and not have anything to do with cats. He then finds Tyke playing with a cute little kitten and makes him promise to stop. When the kitten finds out what is going on he dresses up like a baby to get Tyke to play with him. When Tyke sees through the disguise and smacks him Spike thinks he is hitting a baby. Snowball runs away so that Spike won't see through the disguise and ends up in a pond. Spike saves him but the disguise comes off and the other dogs don't want anything to do with him because he saved a cat. An adult sees him save the kitten and makes him the honorary president of the pussycat protective association instead.
Genre Funny animals

6 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "Doggy Diners"

Characters Spike; Tyke
Synopsis Spike and Tyke are heading home for supper but stop to help a dachsund that can't keep up with the rest of his family. When they finally get home they find out that the cat ate their food because he didn't think they were coming. They go to the dog they helped and he helps them to look like one big dachsund so that he can eat with them.
Genre Funny animals

8 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "Just Dogs"

Characters Spike; Tyke; Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Hamm; Billy
Synopsis Mrs. Jones yells at Spike and Tyke for digging in the yard and tells them to get out of the yard. They try to help people so that Mrs. Jones won't be mad at them anymore, but every time they try the people misunderstand and get them in trouble with Mrs. Jones. When their last idea backfires and the police bring them home Mrs. Jones tells them to do whatever they want but to stay in the yard.
Genre Funny animals

1 page Sammy Squirrel and Wuff, the Prairie Dog text story "Smoke Screen"

Characters Sammy Squirrel; Wuff, the Prairie Dog; Charlie Coyote
Synopsis Wuff is practicing making smoke signals for his Desert Rat Master badge. Sammy Squirrel makes fun of him for practicing two weeks before the test and leaves. Later, Charlie Coyote sneaks up on Wuff who is distracted and catches him. He plans to cook him on his own fire. Just then, Sammy Squirrel who saw him sneaking up throws the signal blanket on the fire causing so much smoke that Charlie Coyote runs away. Wuff tells Sammy that his smoke signal was the best ever.
Genre Funny animals

4 page Tom and Jerry story "Pumpkin Head"

Characters Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis Jerry and Tuffy try to take a pumpkin out of Tom's pumpkin patch but he says they have to pay for it. They agree to pull weeds for it and work until they are exhausted. Tom then tells them that they can have a really little pumpkin. They accept it but say they will leave it attached to the vine until it is larger.
Genre Funny animals

5 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "Postman"

Characters Spike; Tyke; Mr. Jones
Synopsis Spike and Tyke find out that a postman is going to hand out doggie treats to keep dogs from bothering them so they go to each house on his route getting treats. They even try to get rid of the dogs that are already at the houses, but the postman figures it out and won't give them anymore. Since he won't give them the treats Spike and Tyke trick him and eat the rest of his treats. When the postman tells Mr. Jones what happened he makes Spike and Tyke make the rest of the dogs on the route leave the mailman alone.
Genre Funny animals

1 page Dell Comics Subscriptions promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe!...The Easy Way to Get Your Dell Comics"

Letters Typeset
Notes Dell Comics Subscription Form.

1 page Juicy Fruit Gum advertisement "Juicy Fruit Gum Safety Quiz"

Synopsis An advertisement for Juicy Fruit Gum using a "What's wrong with this picture" activity page.