Tom & Jerry Comics #176

In "How to Stop a Purring Puss," Tom’s life takes a bizarre turn after he eats a mysterious cat food that promises to "Put a Purr in Pussy." Soon, he’s locked in a blissful, ear-splitting purring trance, driving Jerry and Tuffy to desperate measures. As Tom bounces between moods—each more exaggerated than the last—the parrot Polly watches with amused detachment, while The Mistress tries to make sense of the chaos. Can Jerry and Tuffy outwit the purr before it becomes permanent?

When the eccentric prospector Rip Prairie Dog suddenly returns to Wuff and Sammy’s longtime home—claiming he’d only left it yesterday—his wild tale throws the two friends into a whirlwind of disbelief and confusion. With Rip’s dramatic story, a mysterious old claim, and the Calabasas Brothers on the loose, the prairie dog duo must sort fact from fiction before the sheriff steps in.

When M'sieur Poosycat concocts a fake elixir of youth to trick the aging king into handing over the throne, chaos brews—especially when a baby mouse resembling Jerry turns up. With the king convinced his loyal Musketeer has been reduced to infancy, the Mouse Musketeers must act fast to clear their name and stop Poosycat’s scheme before the kingdom is lost to a foul-tasting fraud.

Fuzzy and Wuzzy find themselves caught in a whirlwind of feathered frustration as a determined baby bluebird refuses to back down from a seemingly endless earthworm, diving headfirst into a series of increasingly absurd attempts to claim it. With the worm stretching farther than anyone expected, the two bears try to reason with the little bird—without much success.