Tom & Jerry Comics #83

Jerry has Tom in a precarious spot on this June 1951 Dell cover: the little mouse perches atop a wooden post wielding a giant pair of scissors, poised to snip the rope that's the only thing keeping a wide-eyed, pole-clutching Tom from tumbling over the fence. Harvey Eisenberg's crisp linework captures the duo's eternal dynamic perfectly — resourceful underdog versus flustered cat — while a colorful lineup of animal character portraits decorates the left-hand border. At a dime for 52 all-comics pages, this is a cheerful slice of early-'50s cartoon fun.