| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1936 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sally the Soph |
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| Publisher advertisement | Watch the Next Issue of This Magazine for a Very Important Announcement (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "The readers of FUNNY PAGES have a great treat in store for them. Remember now... the big announcement will be in the next issue. Watch for it!" |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | inside front cover. |
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| Text Article | Thanks a Million (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Letter from the editors to the readers. |
| Featuring | Editorial |
| Credits | Script:? [as The Editors] | Letters: typeset |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sophie; Phil |
| Notes | racist humor
Continued. |
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| Synopsis | Jane and Johnny are locked up in Lane's ranch house, while Captain Bill continues to search for them. He forces the truth from "Rio Red", but when Lane hears about this he moves the children to a cave. Meanwhile Captain Bill and his possee arrive at the ranch house to find them gone. |
| Featuring | The Further Adventures of Jane & Johnny |
| Content | Genre: Children; Western-frontier | Characters: Jane; Johnny; Captain Bill; "Rio Red" (crook); Lane (villain); Lane's Chinese servant (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Chopping Wood (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Windy is paid to chop some wood. |
| Featuring | Windy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy |
| Notes | Wordless story. |
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| Featuring | University Al |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Al; "Unk" Hiram McBean; Emmet |
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| Featuring | The Stone Age |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Johnny; Cookie; Big Ben Bear |
| Notes | caveman humor; was "The Age of Stone" |
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| Synopsis | Jonesie is hungry and sees everyone else eating, but has no money for food. He decides to throw a stone at a cop, gets arrested and eatsin jail. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jonesie |
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| Synopsis | Tired of the ongoing war, the Skipper proposes a truce to Sultan Sourpuss. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Skipper Ham Shanks; Spike; Poss; Sultan Sourpuss (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Koko; Bill |
| Notes | racist humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Freddie Bell; Freddies' mother |
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| Synopsis | Thugs trying to take over Joachin's claim kill his wife Rosita, and he vows revenge. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Joaquin; Rosita; Wilson; Butch Dugan (villain) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Subscription Ad |
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| Advertisement | Swappers' Mart |
| Featuring | Swappers' Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ads from readers "run without profit" by Funny Pages. |
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| Activity | Lesson 5. Hands (1 page) |
| Featuring | Learn Cartooning |
| Credits | Script: John Patterson | Pencils: John Patterson (signed) | Inks: John Patterson | Letters: John Patterson? |
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| Synopsis | Evolution of horses. |
| Featuring | Natural History |
| Credits | Script: Howard L Hastings (signed) | Pencils: Howard L Hastings | Inks: Howard L Hastings |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Animal |
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| Featuring | Now I'll Tell One |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Ripley-esque humor. A series of unrelated fact panels. |
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| Credits | Script: Will Eisner? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Fred Murray; Norrie Murray; Jim Murray; Princess Nadja (introduction; not named) |
| Notes | Eisner signed later installments of this (and did the art, or at least someone from the Eisern/Iger shop did), but has no signature here. Also, Jerry Bails' Who's Who credits Eisner as wr/pen/ink starting in 1937, so this writing credit seems suspicious in the absence of corroborating evidence. |
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| Synopsis | Captain Clark answers questions on Aeronautics. |
| Featuring | Aeronautical Advisory Service |
| Credits | Script: Captain Raymond Clark (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Dinky [Willie Schmaltz] |
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| Illustration | The Night Stampede (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (caption) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | centerfold pin-up |
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| Featuring | Junior Library |
| Credits | Script: Frances Hope (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | book reviews |
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| Synopsis | King Bunko is told to exercise by horse riding, so he has his tailor fashion a riding outfit then sits on a merry-go-round horse. |
| Featuring | King Bunko |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: King Bunko; Clarence |
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| Comic Story | Floating Treasure (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Standish; Captain Rader; Mr. Bigelow; Mr. Fletcher; Miss Gordon; Charles Graydon; ship's maid; Tony Petillo |
| Notes | Only the first two pages are colored. |
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| Featuring | Stamp Collectors |
| Credits | Script: Prof. Phillip Pace (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | text with stamps illustrated or otherwise replicated on the page. |
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| Featuring | Dolittle |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jack Dolittle; Manager Winn; Jimmy Ferguson |
| Notes | Feature previously bannered as "Jack Dolittle." |
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| Featuring | Bubs N' Snubs |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bubs; Snubs |
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| Featuring | The CC Kid |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Curly Collins; Alice Collins; Mr. Collins; Miss Davis |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Dickie Duck; Farmer Gray |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Whiskers; Whiskers' owner; Mr. McGruff |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Sally the Soph; Ann; Joe Gabby |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hezzy; Pa |
| Notes | hillbilly humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Louie; Chester |
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| Content | Genre: Drama; Children | Characters: Stubbie |
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| Featuring | Pals and Pastimes |
| Notes | hobby |
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| Featuring | Fashions for Fun |
| Credits | Pencils: Fay R. (signed) | Inks: Fay R. |
| Content | Genre: Fashion |
| Notes | paper cut-out doll and clothes |
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| Advertisement | Learn Cartooning (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: John A. Patterson? | Pencils: John A. Patterson? | Inks: John A. Patterson? | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | inside back cover- John Patterson 1119 N. Jefferson, Springfield, Missouri will grade your work and advise you for 50 cents + return postage |
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| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover.
There is some red in the borders and arrows, but not comic-story-style colorist work. |
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