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Famous Funnies
Date | Number: 53 | Lang: English (en)
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PublicationDecember 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Pigtails
 
IllustrationRoy Powers and Chunky (1 page)
ContentGenre: Adventure; Teen | Characters: Roy Powers; Chunky
NotesOn inside front cover.
 
Comic StoryRestoring Hair / Logging
SynopsisJitter uses hair restoring formula on a fur coat. Jitter starts a tug-of-war contest in order to saw through a log.
ContentGenre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Jitter (chimp)
NotesTwo daily strips. pantomime; wordless comic
 
SynopsisSanta Claus hangs up his stocking and tries to deliver toys to a trailer.
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Santa Claus
 
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesTwo daily panels.
 
Bob Showed Them How Spies Work!
FeaturingChemcraft
 
CreditsScript: Paul Powell (credited)
ContentGenre: Adventure; Teen | Characters: Roy Powers; Chubby
 
FeaturingLet's Get into a Huddle
 
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesFive unrelated daily gag panels.
 
ContentGenre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Hurricane Hawk; Bull Benham; Apette; Billy Hill
 
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
NotesThe bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: High-Gear Homer
NotesThe bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.
 
ContentGenre: Science Fiction | Characters: Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Dr. Elias Huer; Wilma Deering; Killer Kane; Ardala
 
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesSix unrelated daily gag panels.
 
FeaturingWar on Crime
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Suhay; Applegate
NotesTHe second page has the conclusion of the Suhay and Applegate story, and the beginning of the Tri-State Gang story.
 
Comic StoryStealing Candy (1 page)
SynopsisJitter tries to steal candy; teases a dog; tries to turn out a light; and plays marbles with a boy in the road.
ContentGenre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Jitter
Notespantomime; wordless comic Four daily pages.
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto
 
ContentGenre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags (dog)
 
ContentGenre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Patsy Cardigan; Miss Ginny; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Thimble
 
Comic StoryTheodora, the Empress (1 page)
ContentGenre: History | Characters: Theodora; Justinian
 
ContentGenre: Non-fiction
 
Comic StoryNapoleon Attacks a Bass Fiddle (1 page)
SynopsisNapoleon mistakes a bass fiddle for a giant insect.
ContentGenre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon
 
FeaturingThe Pen Pal Page
 
ContentGenre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Uncle Elby; Willie; Napoleon
 
FeaturingCat o' 9 Lives
ContentGenre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
 
FeaturingFrog Pond Ferry
ContentGenre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: The Skipper
 
SynopsisOaky Doaks battles the giant and defeats him. The friendly giant then accompanies Oaky back to the city and campaigns for King Cedric in the election.
ContentGenre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; King Konk; King Cedric; Constance Considine; President Cadwell Morgan
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Seaweed Sam; Jibsail Jerry; Santa Claus
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Pigtails; Paw Upsnoot; Mrs. Upsnoot; Senor Gonzales
 
ContentGenre: Drama | Characters: Olive Lane; Buddy Lane
 
ContentGenre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Himmelstoss
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Cam O'Flage; Sam Smithers; Mame; Nellie
NotesThe bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator.
 
SynopsisJohn's wife meets an old friend playing Santa Claus on the street - she's a bearded lady.
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: John Smith; Mrs. Smith; Sally
NotesThe bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.
 
CartoonDoris Dawley (1 page)
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Doris Dawley
 
ContentGenre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Miss Sally; Young Bates
NotesFive daily strips on a single comic book page.
 
FeaturingMagic Made Easy
 
Comic StoryStuck Drawer (1 page)
SynopsisUncle Elby's dresser drawer won't open. Napoleon tries to help.
ContentGenre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby
 
ContentGenre: Non-fiction
NotesBrady presumably drew the three panels of the top tier, plus the Kicking Horse panel. The remainder are drawn by readers who sent them in, probably then inked by Brady.
 
ContentGenre: Drama; Children | Characters: Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy; Mrs. Bunting; Sally Smart; Mrs. Smart
 
ContentGenre: Humor; Children | Characters: Punky
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Connie Kurridge; her father
NotesThe bottom tier is "The Wet Blanket", by the same creator.
 
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesThe bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.
 
ContentGenre: Humor; Children | Characters: Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Pip; Butch
NotesThe bottom tier is "Footprints in the Sands of Time", by the same creator.
 
FeaturingFootprints on the Sands of Time
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Bill
NotesThe bottom tier of the "Nipper" Sunday page, by the same creator.
 
FeaturingQueenie
ContentGenre: Humor; Children | Characters: Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters
 
Text StoryThe Ghost of Pirate's Roost (2 pages)
CreditsScript: John A. Thorne (credited) | Letters: typeset
ContentGenre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Froggy Ryan; Tubby Quinn; Jimmy Sands
 
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Homer Hoopee
 
FeaturingArtistic Artie
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Artistic Artie; Butty
 
FeaturingButty and Fatty
ContentGenre: Humor; Children | Characters: Butty; Fatty; Grandpop
 
ContentGenre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Uncle Elby; Napoleon
 
FeaturingAnimals in the News
ContentGenre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Polly
 
FeaturingFrog Pond Ferry
ContentGenre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: The Skipper
 
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