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Issue Details

Issue #638
Published August 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "M.G.M.'s SPIKE AND TYKE, No. 638." Code number is S.+T.O.S. #638-558. Copyright 1955 by Loew's Incorporated. Third of three Spike and Tyke Four Colors. Continues as M.G.M.'s Spike and Tyke (Dell, 1956 series) #4 (December 1955-February 1956).

Cover Details

Characters Spike; Tyke
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell is proud to present one of its many awards..."

Synopsis Facsimile of Distinguished Achievement Award given Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. by Newsdealers Post Number 1169, American Legion, on November 14, 1954.
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Also includes typeset version of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." (not in usual form.)

8 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "Friendly Neighbors"

Characters Spike; Tyke; McTavish; Spot
Synopsis Spike is trying to set a good example for Tyke, but is frustrated by his neighbor McTavish's secretive actions.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "Big Spike and Little Tyke Meet Mr. Ingenuity"

Characters Spike; Tyke
Synopsis Spike tries to use ingenuity to help Tyke move rocks, but ends up making the job more work than it was before.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "Old News is Good News"

Characters Spike; Tyke
Synopsis Tyke goes hunting Indians in the forest. Spike dresses up as an Indian to play along with the game.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "The Cat Who Came to Dinner"

Characters Spike; Tyke; Snowball
Synopsis Spike and Tyke get Snowball the cat to carry their picnic basket to the park, but find that the park doesn't allow dogs. They try to find a way to get their basket of food back before Snowball eats it all.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes The title is a takeoff on the title of the 1939 Broadway play, later a movie, "The Man Who Came to Dinner." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "Trip to the Zoo"

Characters Spike; Tyke
Synopsis Spike is tired, but takes Tyke to the zoo anyway.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Big Spike and Little Tyke story "The Pretender"

Characters Spike; Tyke
Synopsis Tyke pretends to be a bird dog and a poodle.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)