The San Onofre Collection
Kite Fun Book nn 1958 Pacific Gas and Electric Company

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Kite Fun Book #nn Universal
Grade: 8.5
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0147122017
Owner: San Onofre Collection

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: The San Onofre Collection
Date Added: 2/28/2008
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

<br />Tom and Jerry was a series of cartoon shorts made by William Hanna and Joe Barbara at Metro-Golden-Meyer (MGM.) The first of the cartoon shorts was called "Puss gets the Boot" and was released February 10, 1940. Altogether, 114 cartoon shorts featuring Tom and Jerry were made between 1940 and 1958. They were nominated thirteen times for Academy Awards, winning seven of those times. After the introduction of television to the masses, Tom and Jerry moved on from the big screen to the small screen.<br /><br />In comics, the first Tom and Jerry comic book was in Dell's "Our Gang" comics #1, date Oct, 1942. This duo's popularity continued to rise and by issue #33 (April, 1947) they started appearing on the left portion of the cover. By issue #37 (September, 1947), they had taken over the cover spot. The title of the book was changed for issue #40 (December, 1947) to "Our Gang with Tom & Jerry." The takeover was completed with issue #60 (July, 1949) when the "Our Gang" was dropped and the series title became just "Tom & Jerry." With their own comic magazine, this duo continued through the change over to Gold Key comics and finally wrapped it up with issue 327 in February of 1980.<br /><br />Besides their own series, various specials, giants, and giveaways over the years featured Tom and Jerry. This one, the 1958 Tom and Jerry Kite Fun Book was prepared in January of 1958 and released to school children in the Spring of 1958. Del Connell and Kellog Adams are credited for work on this book.<br /><br /><br />All copies are identical except for the issuing utility. Two utilities are documented here: Pacific Gas and Electric and Florida Power and Light. This copy given away by Pacific Gas and Electric is graded by CGC as Very Fine Plus (8.5) with White pages. It is the finer of two copies currently graded of these variant. <br /><br />(Note: There is no kite fun book with a 1957 copyright. The 1956 book was released in the spring on 1957, the year following the copyright date. This book was issued in the spring of 1958, the same year as the copyright date. This shift will be undone in 1963, when Western shifted back to using prior year copyright dates. The overall results is two books dated 1963 and none dated 1957)<br /><br />
  
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