| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1937 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mr. Monk |
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| Advertisement | Our Sensational New 1937 Catalog Now Ready! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Thumbnail advertisements for a number of products by Johnson Smith and Co. Located on inside front cover.
The colouring consists of red highlighting over a number of the illustrations. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Two unrelated gag cartoons occupying the left two thirds of the page. The right hand third is an advertisement. |
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| Advertisement | Nix on Parties...I'm Through! |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | An advertisement for Hohner Harmonicas that occupies right third of page, left 2 thirds is occupied by the "Laughs" strip. The advertisement consists of a short colour strip plus a typeset blurb. |
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| Comic Story | Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | This page has a second indicia which differs from that on page 2 (inside front cover). It states that "Funny Pages" is published by Ultem Publications and that each issue costs 12 cents. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Five unrelated gag panels. |
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| Featuring | Jest a Minute |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Salute to Our Firemen (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | The artist signs "Fred Guardineer '37". |
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| Content | Characters: The Great Boodini |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Toots; her mother |
| Notes | credit from Jerry Bails |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mrs. Jungle-Flapper; Mrs. Slingo |
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| Synopsis | Chancellor Von Strumen, regent for the boy king, over taxes the workers and threatens them with violence. Kris Lopez starts a revolt and kidnaps the king. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: King Louis; Captain Eric Hagert; Chancellor Von Strumen; Kris Lopez |
| Notes | continued. |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Featuring | Slippery Sam |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slippery Sam |
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| Comic Story | Thomas A. Edison (1 page) |
| Featuring | Empire Builders |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Thomas A. Edison |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Block; Fall |
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| Text Article | Why does the opossum go into a trance..." (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Nature |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe |
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| Comic Story | Detective Shultz's Overcoat (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Schultz keeps missing out on major crime busts, by having a haircut or buying a new overcoat. Eventually, an accident causes him to capture a dangerous criminal. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Detective Schultz; Detective Riordan; "Mad" Mike Megan |
| Notes | credit from Jerry Bails |
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| Synopsis | Penny Aunty is staying at her relative's farm in the country and falls down a well. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Penny Aunty; Martha |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Runt; Tuffy |
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| Featuring | Turning Point in History |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Eight pages are missing (four centerfolds) from the indexed copy, which can be downloaded from https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Funny-Pages/Issue-13?id=185157. This story and the one that follows it account for the first seven missing pages, as can be determined from the Contents (page 4). How many pages each feature contains cannot be determined from the available information. |
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| Featuring | The Third Alarm |
| Notes | Eight pages are missing (four centerfolds) from the indexed copy, which can be downloaded from https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Funny-Pages/Issue-13?id=185157. This story and the one that precedes it account for the first seven missing pages, as can be determined from the Contents (page 4). How many pages each feature contains cannot be determined from the available information. |
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| Text Story | Loot of the Bengal Sea [Part 1] (6 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Drama | Characters: Dave Dean; Shorty |
| Notes | Eight pages are missing (four centerfolds) from the indexed copy, which can be downloaded from https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Funny-Pages/Issue-13?id=185157. The eighth missing page is the first (text) page of this story. |
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| Comic Story | Dangerous Seas (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A Russian charters Dave's schooner for a shady mission. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dave Dean; Shorty |
| Notes | Inking credit by Jim Vadeboncoeur via error report. |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Synopsis | Pierrot the clown is jealous of Jacques' success, so he cuts the trapeze rope. Jane sees him and takes her father's place to save his life. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jacques; Jaritza; Pierrot; Mr. Stokes; Jane |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smart Alec |
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| Featuring | Great Work of the Ancients |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels.
Includes a promo for Funny Picture Stories as the bottom tier. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | On inside back cover in red tones. |
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| Advertisement | Greatest Bargain (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for typewriters from Remington Rand inc. On rear cover. |
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