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| Thank you, Secret Admirer, for this incredible upload of an awesome book! |
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| This is an exceptional addition to the fold and I'm so excited to see it. Hoping that one day issue #5 surfaces for its inclusion. Victor Dowling's rare work is always a blessed surprise. Love the prototypical works in that sweet spot just before Platinum-age transitions to Golden-age. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1936 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Despite the fact that the cover mentions the Spinner, the image is unrelated to either the Spinner himself or the story he tells in this issue. |
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| Cover | The Spinner Talks |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
| Notes | Despite the fact that the cover mentions the Spinner, the image is unrelated to either the Spinner himself or the story he tells in this issue. |
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| Credits | Contents (all Stories Complete) (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Quoted synopses for the various features in this index are all taken from this page. |
| Notes | The "Funny Picture Stories" banner at the top of this page includes drawings of six characters, although it is not clear if they are specific characters from anywhere in the book. |
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| Comic Story | Hare and Hound (A story in which the Clock has two faces.) (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | "The Clock again! A sinister figure of mystery. The police want to know his name." (from contents page) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Clock; Heintz; J. Perry Getmore; O'Malley; Cohen; Claymore; Brend |
| Notes | This issue has the same cover month as Funny Pages v1#7 but the plot in this story is unrelated to the continuing storyline in that series.
Much of this story is copied and reused in The Clock story in Feature Funnies #7 (April 1938). The main difference is that target of the police operation is that of a villain named The Owl. |
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| Comic Story | Daughter of the Apes (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brailey encounters a girl raised by baboons and reunites her with her father. |
| Featuring | Brailey of the Tropics |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Joe Brailey; Banda; Zuni (mandrill); Chakka (mandrill); Betty |
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| Comic Story | Smuggled Toys (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | "Inspector Scott took the trail in Chinatown and it lead to the stamping ground of Rat Larson, hoodlum of the high seas and China coast." (from contents page) |
| Featuring | Rat Larson |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Scott Ware; Rat Larson |
| Notes | While there is no "Rat Larson" feature logo, stories featuring Rat Larson appear in multiple issues of this book. Pages 1-2 are color; 3-4, 7 black, red and white; 5-6 black and white. |
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| Synopsis | FUNNY PICTURE STORIES Magazine is not all humor by any means. This is the magazine that readers of the popular FUNNY PAGES have asked for. Magazine fans the world over have waited for this-- Stories Complete in Pictures. And now you can read and see the action, the drama, the thrilling clashes of the hero who fights his way to glory in the tropics, the frozen north, the great west. |
| Featuring | Funny Picture Stories |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Includes a small black-and-white reproduction of the cover to this issue. Offers a subscription for a dollar per year. |
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| Comic Story | Easy Job (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | "He said his name was "Free" Smith and he smoked his way into their confidence. A yarn about the Coast Guard--and revenue men." (from contents page) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: "Free" Smith; Blackie; Jig |
| Notes | Pages 1-2 color; 3-4, 7-8 black and white; 5-6 black, white and red. |
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| Comic Story | Buckaroo Brand (A Complete Novelet) (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | "A puncher wins a spread and a herd with the turn of a card, and--it brings him and his partner face to face with Red River Brent of the rustler bunch." (from contents page) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Indian Joe Foster; Pecos Madden; Brent; the Sheriff |
| Notes | Page 7 is a full-page splash panel (black and white). Pages 1-2 are color; 3-4, 7-8 black and white; 5-6 black, red and white. |
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| Comic Story | The Monster Man (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | "A new Dick Kent yarn. Here Dick stacks his life against the death mania of a madman." |
| Featuring | Dick Kent |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Dick Kent; Professor Buck; Ridder; Rafah |
| Notes | Page 5 is a full-page splash panel (duo-tone). Pages 1-2 are color; 3-4 black and white; 5-6 black, red and white. |
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| Text Story | Battling Beau Brummel (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dynamite Devaney |
| Notes | Part one of a multi-part story. |
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| Comic Story | The Christmas Kid (A Complete Novelet) (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | "A great story of gold and snow and men gone "beasts" in Alaska, wherein the Kid swaps lead with a killer pack." (from contents page) |
| Featuring | The Spinner |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Spinner; Pop Kingsley, Christmas Kid; Rose |
| Notes | The Spinner is an old man who tells stories to his grandchildren. Page 4 has a panel that covers about 5/6 of a page (all but the lower left-hand corner). |
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| Comic Story | The Red Raider (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | "Hill tribes swarm on the outpost like wolves to a slaughter, but Lieutenant "Smoky" Battle led his bullettieres with Yankee courage to dare the Rango chief." (from contents page) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lt. "Smokey" Battle; Rango Osef |
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| Synopsis | Ad for Detective Picture Stories v1#1 (December 1936, same cover date as this issue). |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Contains a small reproduction of the cover to Detective Picture Stories v1#1. |
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