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| The cover's not bad, but I can't believe FAMOUS FUNNIES replaced Buck Rogers by Rick Yager with the absolutely awful "Barney Carr, Space Detective" -- but I guess this is the point where Eastern Color Printing lost the license to Buck Rogers to Toby Press (who only managed to produce 3 issues of BUCK ROGERS -- confusingly numbered #100, #101, and #9 -- in six months). Toby Press' BUCK must have been a failure for them, because that's all they did with the character. Fortunately 18 months later FAMOUS FUNNIES realized their mistake and once more got Buck back for #209-218 (with Frank Frazetta covers!) and Buck now got 12 pages per issues instead of the former six. Which was just in time for the company to quit the comic book publishing business, after a 21-year run... SAD.
But doesn't Barney Carr look a lot like Adam Strange on that cover? |
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| Ye gods, Rodlow Willard's "Scorchy Smith" was awful. |
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| Publication | December 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | On the cover - A new science-fiction feature Barney Carr "Space Detective" |
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| Featuring | Barney Carr, Space Detective |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Barney Carr |
| Notes | On the cover - A new science-fiction feature Barney Carr "Space Detective" |
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| Synopsis | It is Yippee's birthday and his friends decide to make him a cake. But it is so large that they cannot get it through the door. |
| Featuring | Yipee |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Western-frontier | Characters: Yipee; Sheriff Star |
| Notes | The inside-front cover. |
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| Synopsis | Ricky and Marla respond to a request from Queen Ral for aid and journey to the planet Zorod, where their ship is brought down by a force beam and they are captured. Barney notices them missing and follows, only to meet the same fate. General Zar is rebelling against the queen, but Barney rallies the citizens and they rout the rebel forces. |
| Featuring | Barney Carr, Space Detective |
| Credits | Job #: F.F. #191-501 |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Barney Carr (Universe detective); Ricky (his young protege); Marla Canterbury; Queen Ral of Zorod; General Zar |
| Notes | Introduction. |
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| Synopsis | Bull pays Ali to guide Ben and his party into the Quicksands of Jabwa. |
| Featuring | Ben Friday |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Ben Friday; Brainbox; Raven Hood; Professor Bull; John Sheever; Ali |
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| Synopsis | Sonny is injured when disposing of a bomb, so Steve decides to take his place in the wrestling ring. Cupcake receives word from the famous surgeon Dr. Franz Mender that he is flying to America to operate on her, but he wants his fee in advance. |
| Featuring | Steve Roper and Wahoo |
| Credits | Letters: Elmer Woggon |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Sports | Characters: Steve Roper; Sonny Brawnski; Monocle Molly; Cupcake DeVine; Kit Karson; Officer Grady |
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| Synopsis | Dickie had lashed a camera to the prow when sailing into the maelstrom. He and Dan send the reel of film off to Hollywood, along with footage of Captain Svensen's daughter Gloria. This results in the offer of a contract for her, but Dickie's shots of the maelstrom are deemed inferior to studio-created effects made some years ago. He and Dan sail off to continue their vacation. |
| Featuring | Dickie Dare |
| Credits | Script: Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (credited) | Pencils: Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (credited) | Inks: Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Gloria Svensen |
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| Synopsis | Sheriff Star has a nightmare after eating barbecued goat. |
| Featuring | Yipee |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Western-frontier | Characters: Yipee; Sheriff Star |
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| Text Story | Buzz Pilot (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: John Scott Douglas (credited) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Buzz O'Connell |
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| Featuring | Bobby Sox |
| Credits | Script: Jerry Bundsen |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Alvin Applehead; Emmy Lou; her mother; her father |
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| Featuring | Napoleon |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal; Children | Characters: Napoleon; Willie |
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| Synopsis | Oaky escapes the fate planned for him by Haggie, namely falling under the spell of her niece Winnie. Elva de Selva reads about Oaky's bravery and orders her man Claud to find a dragon for Oaky to rescue her from. He returns with a baby dragon on a leash. |
| Featuring | Oaky Doaks |
| Credits | Script: William McCleery |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; Haggie the witch; Winnie; Elva de Selva; Claud |
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| Featuring | Let's Get Into a Huddle |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | Napoleon |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal; Children | Characters: Napoleon; Willie; Uncle Elby |
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| Featuring | Bobby Sox |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Emmy Lou; Alvin ; Judy |
| Notes | Two pages with six daily gags apiece. |
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| Featuring | Napoleon |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Featuring | Pen Pal Page |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Synopsis | On a rainy day in Shanghai Scorchy has his pocket picked, but the thief spots a policeman and drops it to the ground. By a circuitous route it is replaced in Scorchy's back pocket without his knowledge. Later, the "Flying Reporter" Toni Lovell persuades him to take her up for her flying lesson. She heads for a particular spot and Scorchy has to belly-flop the plane in the dense jungle. |
| Featuring | Scorchy Smith |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Toni Lovell |
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| Featuring | Napoleon |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Willie; Uncle Elby |
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