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| Name | Funnyman 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume I, Part 2, Numbers 1 and 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B112027. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Synopsis | Funnyman uses a chest-mounted retractable boxing glove to punch a gun-wielding thug. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Pencils | Marvin Stein |
| Inks | Marvin Stein |
| First Line | The creators of Superman present their new hero: |
| Text Story | Jerks in the Works (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A detective recounts a run-in with two crooks who let their fears and imaginations get the better of them. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Clancy (flashback); Fats Killen (flashback); Patsy Roth (flashback); an unnamed detective |
| Script | Ray Krank |
| First Line | The old detective leaned back and grinned. |
| Notes | On the inside front and back covers. |
| Story | Funnyman (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | TV comedian Larry Davis was convinced by his girlfriend and manager, June Farrell, to do a superhero-like publicity stunt where Larry would defeat Happy, an actor playing a criminal, as a crimefighting clown. However, Larry ends up defeating a real criminal by mistake. He decides he likes being a hero, and becomes Funnyman, the Comic Crimebuster, protector of Empire City -- much to the chagrin of June and Happy, who are the sole people who know his secret. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (layouts) John Sikela |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| First Line | Here he is, folks--Funnyman! |
| Comic Story | The Teen-Age Terrors! / Funnyman (19 pages) |
| Synopsis | Darlene and Hankie are robbed by teenage fans and Funnyman steps in to clean up, but has his family heirloom watch stolen by autograph seekers. He follows them to a warehouse where he sees them turn the watch over to Ants Pants and his gang, notes the plan by Ants to fence the watch and trails the gang to Fencie Finnegan's place and eventually rounds up the crooks. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Darlene Dalrymple (Hollywood starlet, introduction); John Jonathan; Hankie Sonota (a Frank Sinatra stand-in, introduction); Mike; "Ants" Pants (villain, introduction); Pants' gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (layouts) (signed) John Sikela |
| Inks | Dick Ayers ? Siegel and Shuster Studio |
| First Line | Is everybody slaphappy? If you're ready for laughs and thrills, don your broadest grin and prepare to race along the danger trail... |
| Comic Story | Funnyman, Comicman and Laffman / Funnyman (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Flathead Floogie escapes from the Police at Grand Central Station, and while Larry puts on his Funnyman attire, two costumed imitators of Funnyman, Comicman and Laffman, seek to capture the fugitive Flathead. The trio finally captures Flathead, and, after dispatching his irritating, smug competitors, Funnyman turns Flathead over to the authorities. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Flathead Floogie (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (layouts) Marvin Stein |
| Inks | Dick Ayers ? Siegel and Shuster Studio |
| First Line | Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery... but it's also a fine justification for mayhem! |
| Comic Story | The Truant Toy / Funnyman (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Larry buys a toy kangaroo on his way to a nightclub performance. A sneak thief, in the meantime, goes back stage and mishandles June, and Funnyman throws ink and assorted junk at the mean-spirited crook. For safekeeping, June hides her diamond ring inside the mechanical toy kangaroo, which then tears across the city landscape, followed by Funnyman, who finally captures the kangaroo and returns the ring to June. After the show ends, Larry goes out and buys five mechanical dogs. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | crook (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (layouts) Marvin Stein |
| Inks | Dick Ayers ? Siegel and Shuster Studio |
| First Line | Battling beligerent mugs is the everyday advocation of the dippy hipster known as Funnyman. |
| Notes | Inker on all four Funnyman stories in this issue appear to be the same person. |
| Publisher advertisement | A Killer-Diller! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promotional advertisement for Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #4. Contains an image of that issue's cover. |
| Feature | Manhunt |
| Letters | typeset |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney (cover) ? |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney (cover) ? |
| First Line | Get it at your favorite newsstand now! |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
