| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Hello Boys and Girls (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Editorial introducing "Uncle Joe" as the new editor of Funny Pages, Funny Picture Stories, Star Comics, and Star Ranger Comics. Includes a questionnaire for readers to fill out and send in to win cash and/or be named as "assistant editor." |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Highfalutin'! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Editorial indicating Funny Picture Stories will be changing and improving. |
| Featuring | Between Ourselves |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Cartoon art in masthead and an illustration on the right-hand side of the page. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | A line drawing of a man and a woman is seen behind the printed table of contents.
Also includes answers to "Who's Zoo" puzzle and publisher's indicia at bottom of page. |
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| Featuring | Laughing At Life |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 3 one-panel gag cartoons.
Signed in last panel with a little monogram symbol.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Cartoon | Ann Shirley (1 page) |
| Featuring | Hollywood |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Ann Shirley |
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| Featuring | Brain Teasers |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Signed in panel 3.
Four panels barely concealing the names of famous persons and one magazine. |
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| Synopsis | Jack and Diana escape from the realm of the under-Earth people, but are followed and the under-Earthers menace the town of Rankin. |
| Featuring | Jack Strand |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Jack Strand; Diana |
| Notes | Frollo signs in the final panel. |
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| Featuring | Sweet Revenge |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Ryan signs n the final panel. |
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| Cartoon | Lou Gehrig (1 page) |
| Featuring | Sporting Facts |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Lou Gehrig |
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| Comic Story | At the Barber Shop (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dinky Pup |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wilbur; Looe the laundryman |
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| Comic Story | Abraham Lincoln (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Abraham Lincoln |
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| Featuring | Third Class Male |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Phony Crimes |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mr. Gold Bags |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Featuring | Insurance Ike |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ike |
| Notes | Signed, as 'Cole', in the last panel. |
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| Featuring | Dusty |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dusty; Mammy |
| Notes | Signed in the first panel with a little cartoon that looks like a wolf's head. |
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| Featuring | Rough House Annie |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Rough House Annie |
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| Comic Story | Sir Isaac Newton (2 pages) |
| Featuring | He Who Serves Progress Serves the World |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Notes | Previous indexer credited writing and art to Jack Cole, but I doubt it is. |
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| Featuring | Who's Zoo |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | A two page spread. |
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| Text Story | Get Your Man (8 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Harold S. Martin | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Mounted Patrolman Paul Glennon; Sergeant Randall; Captain Blake; Luis Ortiba |
| Notes | A poster on the wall in one illustration has : "Read Star Comics". |
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| Featuring | Joe Dokes |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Six unrelated gag panels illustrating platitudes. |
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| Synopsis | Schultz is possibly the most incompetant detective on the force. |
| Featuring | Detective Schultz |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Detective Schultz; Riordan |
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| Featuring | Good Mornin' Judge |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Six otherwise unrelated gag panels featuring defendants brought before a judge. |
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| Synopsis | The Kingdom of Kaspiana comes under attack from a foreign government formenting revolt. One act of terrorism involves blowing up a train carrying the young king, and as he lays wounded in bed, Chancellor Hagert vows to find the people responsible. |
| Featuring | His Highness |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: King Louis; Chancellor Eric Hagert; Captain Kris Lopez; Jon Ritzomann |
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| Featuring | Are You Handicapped? |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
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| Synopsis | Stage actress Alice is shot by her understudy, for the chance of a big break. |
| Featuring | Backstage Mystery |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Alice; Dick; Raglin; Maloney |
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| Comic Story | The Picket (1 page) |
| Featuring | Joe Ticket |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe Picket |
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| Featuring | Nothing But the Truth |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons in which the protagonist speaks the truth
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Cartoon | Ages of Animals and Birds (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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