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| this book seems transitional standing between joke books and comic books. compleat stories seem innovative for the time,weirdly primitive,art deco 30s vibe held my interest most of the way thru |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Signature attributed to Ramsey by David Saunders, who showcases other examples of Ramsey‘s signed work at https://www.pulpartists.com/Ramsey.html.
The first R in Ramsey's RR intials are backwards. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Signature attributed to Ramsey by David Saunders, who showcases other examples of Ramsey‘s signed work at https://www.pulpartists.com/Ramsey.html.
The first R in Ramsey's RR intials are backwards. |
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| Comic Story | Episode 2: Michael Fury Walked Into a Murder Trap... And -- (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Michael Fury of the Foreign Legion; Father Murro; Adjutant Michelet; Sergeant Duprez |
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| Comic Story | Trained Tiger (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Joe Brailey; Korni; Maudie; Fritz Kurt |
| Notes | The first two pages are in full color, followed by two in black and white, two in black and red, and the final page in black and white. |
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| Comic Story | Poachers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Forest ranger Rip Burns is instructed to search for poachers. He comes across a gang using a truck and a bright spotlight in order to 'freeze' the deer while being shot. Burns is knocked unconscious, but discovers the name of the culprit at a way station. |
| Credits | Colors:? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: "Rip" Burns; Butch; Bill Fike |
| Notes | The first two pages are in full color, followed by two in black and white, two in black and red, and the final page in black and white. |
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| Comic Story | The Amateur Murderer (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lilly Belle rejects Le Zard's proposal of marriage in favor of Norman Rogers. Le Zard murders Rogers, staging it to look like a suicide, but still has no luck gaining her affections. Eventually, proof of the murder takes Le Zard to the electric chair. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Lilly Belle Swidge; Whitney D. Le Zard; Norman Rogers |
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| Comic Story | Reynolds Comes Through (7 pages) |
| Credits | Colors:? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | The first two pages are red and black, followed by two pages in black and white, and three in full color. |
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| Comic Story | Canvas Dusters (5 pages) |
| Credits | Colors:? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Kid Dugan; Derby |
| Notes | Strip is bylined Irving Settel, who did write and illustrate the strip in 1939, but was just author here.
Paul Gustavson credit in bottom corner of first panel. Division of labor listed in index is a guess.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Pages one, three and four are in black and red, with two and five in black and white. |
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| Text Story | Silent Robbery (1.75 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. |
| Synopsis | Statement of ownership for Funny Picture Stories for October 1, 1938. |
| Credits | Script: Berta M. Holcepl (notary public) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | S. J. Fried (owner); Harle Publications, Inc. (owner); Centaur Pubications, Inc. (owner) |
| Notes | All persons and companies list 220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. as their address, except S. J. Fried at 291 Broadway, New York, N. Y. |
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| Comic Story | Mountain Murder (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | "Blood-red feud haunted the hills of Tennessee and Jim Tyson trailed his enemy to showdown under the moon." (Synopsis from table of contents in original.) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jim Tyson; Ma Tyson; Pa Tyson; Jake Carson; Jed Barclay; Jane Barclay |
| Notes | The first two pages are in full color, pages five and six in black and red, and the remainder in black and white. |
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