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| Date | | Number: 56 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Famous Funnies 56 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Stephen Douglas |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Oops! I ought to put some ashes on this sidewalk! |
| Illustration | King Cedric / Oaky Doaks (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | King Cedric; Sir Oaky Doaks |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Comic Story | Napoleon Interrupts Pianist / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Napoleon chases a cat through a pianist's recital. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Bah! I'm not superstitious! |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Cartoon | Frostbite / The Gay Thirties |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Hank Barrow (signed) |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow (signed) |
| Inks | Hank Barrow (signed) |
| Notes | Two daily gag panels. |
| Story | Roy Powers (4 pages) |
| Script | Paul Powell (credited) |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Chunky; Rocky Jones; Mrs. Keeler; Phillip Jones |
| Pencils | Kemp Starrett ? |
| Inks | Kemp Starrett ? |
| First Line | I just got a letter from Dad... |
| Letters Page | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle! |
| Script | Stephen Douglas |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Dick Calkins |
| Inks | Dick Calkins |
| First Line | Dercu had been carried beneath the barren airless surface |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Muriel |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | We're gonna be first in this spring, Nipper! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Footprints on the Sands of Time |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bill |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| First Line | Bill's Pop sends him running to the laundry... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Silky Sims; Hurricane Hawk; Billy Hill; Little Jerry |
| Script | Dick Calkins |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| First Line | You won't have a chance! |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| First Line | Aw right! Aw right! Aw right! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
| Story | High-Gear Homer |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | High-Gear Homer |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | Bzzzt! Here comes the big boss! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| First Line | Give me a good last line... |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels. |
| Comic Story | The Tri-State Gang (3 pages) |
| Feature | War On Crime |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Mais; Walter Legenza |
| Script | Rex Collier |
| Pencils | Jimmy Thompson |
| Inks | Jimmy Thompson |
| First Line | Shortly after rumors of a plot... |
| Comic Story | Who Sleeps There? / Jitter (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Notes | Four daily panels: #1 - Who Sleeps There? #2 - A New Hazard! #3 - The Barrell Roll! [sic] #4 - Front Row Seat! |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; The Great Gusto; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Elmer Woggon |
| First Line | Zounds! If you must smoke that pipe... |
| Story | Dickie Dare (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags; "Pretty"; Nat McGrath |
| Script | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| First Line | A thundering crash - but "Pretty" grabs the golden image... |
| Story | The Adventures of Patsy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan |
| Script | Mel Graff (signed) |
| Pencils | Mel Graff (signed) |
| Inks | Mel Graff (signed) |
| First Line | Uncle Phil! Wait! |
| Comic Story | Adowa 1896 / High Lights of History / Highlights of History |
| Genre | Historical |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Text Article | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | The Pen Pal Page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas |
| Comic Story | Ping Pong / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Napoleon eats Uncle Elby's ping pong balls. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Cat O' 9 Lives |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | I have only one life left... |
| Notes | Final instalment. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Doc Turtle |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Wow! I'm looking terrible lately... |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; The Earl of Juniper |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | The door swings slowly open... |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961. |
| Story | Seaweed Sam (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | A certain Mr. Montgomery is out looking... |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Wahoo watches Gusto play golf. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Elmer Woggon |
| First Line | Come, Wahoo, watch the Great Gusto in action! |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Erix Klotz; Skip Allen; Brad Nelson; Lona Arbut; Don Martin |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | I won't do it again! |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Himmelstosse recovers from his airplane crash. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Heine Himelstosse |
| Script | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Inks | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| First Line | Ach! He iss dead! |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Cam O'Flage; Sam Smithers; Mame; Reggie Smithers |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | Maybe we can get the office running smoothly! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Back-Seat Driver |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John Smith; Mrs. Smith |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | Bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla- |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Cartoon | Major S. M. Montesinos / Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Major S. M. Montesinos |
| Script | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| First Line | Almost perfect! |
| Story | Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Young’un; Milo Blodgett |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| First Line | Hit's Milo Blodgett - he jest took sick! |
| Notes | Five daily strips on a single comic book page. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Magic Made Easy |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | I represent the Dog Feeder's Journal... |
| Story | There's a Town (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Non-fiction |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | March, Virginia... |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Benjy has run away because he doesn't want to go back to the orphanage. |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy; Mrs. Smart; Captain Mulberry |
| Script | Roy L. Williams |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams |
| First Line | Well, Babe, I guess Benjy has run away again! |
| Story | Punky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Punky |
| Script | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Balk (signed) |
| First Line | Ya-ah! Now we're even for all the times... |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels. |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | You used to have two of those China parrots... |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | What's wrong between you and Joe? |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Neher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Neher (signed) |
| First Line | Pay the cashier, please |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Queenie |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters |
| Script | S. M. Iger |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger |
| Inks | S. M. Iger |
| First Line | Jitters - we're driving up Breakneck Hill to go skiing... |
| Text Story | Spooky Joe (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Spooky Joe Montanez; Pat Donovan; Timmy Sells |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| First Line | He was a queer chap, this Spooky Joe. |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Homer regains his memory, but forgets where the buried treasure is located. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee; Obregado; Pasquale |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | His memory has returned... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty; Lotta Noyes |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | There's Lotta Noyes with her candid camera... |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Artistic Artie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Artistic Artie |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Artie has drawn his impression of his cousin, Dotty... |
| Comic Story | Tormented by Toys / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Napoleon keeps being bothered by toys. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride |
| Inks | Clifford McBride |
| Notes | Unusually, the creator credit has been omitted. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Animals in the News |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Rats steal gold from miners... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Nothing doing! |
| Comic Story | Where, Oh Where? / Jitter (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Notes | Four daily panels: #1 - Where, Oh Where? #2 - Jitter Takes the Cake! #3 - Now Shoot! #4 - Time Out! |
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