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| Can't help but wonder if Funnyman was inspired by one of Danny Kaye's early movies,Wonder Man.In that one he plays twins,one a super intellect,the other an assassinated comedian. The ghost of the comedian merges with his brother to bust the crooks who killed him,it is not to far from a super hero movie.Funnyman is sure similar in many ways. |
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| Yes. Marvel has a character called Slapstick who is a direct psychological clone of Funnyman. Very likely, Slapstick's creators were unaware of Funnyman's existence, so the similarities were a coincidence. |
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| I guess Conan O'Brien didn't need to make his own superhero after all. He already was one. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Synopsis | Funnyman uses a chest-mounted retractable boxing glove to punch a gun-wielding thug. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Text Story | Jerks in the Works (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A detective recounts a run-in with two crooks who let their fears and imaginations get the better of them. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Clancy (flashback); Fats Killen (flashback); Patsy Roth (flashback); an unnamed detective |
| Notes | On the inside front and back covers. |
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| Synopsis | TV comedian Larry Davis was convinced by his girlfriend and manager, June Farrell, to do a superhero-like publicity stunt where Larry would defeat Happy, an actor playing a criminal, as a crimefighting clown. However, Larry ends up defeating a real criminal by mistake. He decides he likes being a hero, and becomes Funnyman, the Comic Crimebuster, protector of Empire City -- much to the chagrin of June and Happy, who are the sole people who know his secret. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | The Teen-Age Terrors! (19 pages) |
| Synopsis | Darlene and Hankie are robbed by teenage fans and Funnyman steps in to clean up, but has his family heirloom watch stolen by autograph seekers. He follows them to a warehouse where he sees them turn the watch over to Ants Pants and his gang, notes the plan by Ants to fence the watch and trails the gang to Fencie Finnegan's place and eventually rounds up the crooks. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Darlene Dalrymple (Hollywood starlet, introduction); John Jonathan; Hankie Sonota (a Frank Sinatra stand-in, introduction); Mike; "Ants" Pants (villain, introduction); Pants' gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | Funnyman, Comicman and Laffman (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Flathead Floogie escapes from the Police at Grand Central Station, and while Larry puts on his Funnyman attire, two costumed imitators of Funnyman, Comicman and Laffman, seek to capture the fugitive Flathead. The trio finally captures Flathead, and, after dispatching his irritating, smug competitors, Funnyman turns Flathead over to the authorities. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Flathead Floogie (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Truant Toy (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Larry buys a toy kangaroo on his way to a nightclub performance. A sneak thief, in the meantime, goes back stage and mishandles June, and Funnyman throws ink and assorted junk at the mean-spirited crook. For safekeeping, June hides her diamond ring inside the mechanical toy kangaroo, which then tears across the city landscape, followed by Funnyman, who finally captures the kangaroo and returns the ring to June. After the show ends, Larry goes out and buys five mechanical dogs. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: crook (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Inker on all four Funnyman stories in this issue appear to be the same person. |
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| Publisher advertisement | A Killer-Diller! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promotional advertisement for Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #4. Contains an image of that issue's cover. |
| Featuring | Manhunt |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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