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| Name | Famous Funnies 91 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Stephen Douglas (editor, art director) (uncredited); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer) |
| Notes | Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut. Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut. Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York. Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday or daily pages, reformatted to fit the comic book page. The dates of publication of these strips have been removed from the originals. On sale date from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #90 in the feature Let's Get into a Huddle. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric |
| Script | Stephen Douglas ? |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| First Line | Lovely day to be caught in the rein! Tsk - tsk! |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Notes | inside front cover |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| First Line | How can I keep abreast? |
| Notes | Three unrelated gag panels. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Black Barney |
| Script | Dick Calkins ? |
| Pencils | Dick Calkins (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Calkins (signed) |
| First Line | Look, Barney! |
| Story | Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Incidents in the life of one of the most renowned air pilots. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | C. Champe Taliferro |
| Script | Stookie Allen |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen |
| Inks | Stookie Allen |
| First Line | Spot Landing |
| Story | Fearless Flint (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Puzzled by the mysterious disappearance of Pendleton, John Anderson's partner, Jack, John and June flee for their lives from Conajee Island after being attacked by a large horde of local natives, and head for Tanna Island, home to Stanley and Livingston. They find the island afire and both men dead, and the trio is captured by Chong Wong and his coolies. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Famous Flint [Jack Bradley]; John Anderson; June Anderson (John's daughter); Stanley (death); Livingston (death); Chong Wong (villain); Chong's coolies (villains) |
| Pencils | Harry Peter (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Peter (signed) |
| First Line | Trapped by frenzied man-eating savages... |
| Notes | Continued from previous issue and into next. Peter signs in the penultimte panel. |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Napoleon spots a number of dogs who are pampered by their owners, and slinks dejectedly into his kennel. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Story | Connie (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Connie, commander of the United Military Forces, has been captured by the nefarious Ko Lin and sent to the torture chamber. Jack and Dr. Chrono succeed in freeing her from her captors, but are quickly followed in space ships...which Chrono manages to hurl back into time with his time machine. |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; Dr. Chrono; Ko Lin (villain); Ko-Wai-Kong (villain, torturer) |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Do you mean to say that that smoke is poison? |
| Notes | Thanks to Jon Ingersoll for dates of original syndication. Continued from previous issue and continued in the next issue. Story takes place in the year 2941. |
| Comic Story | Danger Thin Ice / Jitter (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Some boys tie a toy duck to Jitter's tail, and, distracted by the quacking noise, he falls through the ice on the pond. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Story | Dickie Dare (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captured and caged by Beady, Dickie tricks him into eating so many pancakes that he gets sleepy and is caged in turn. |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Okuk; Dan Flynn; Bill Beady |
| Script | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| First Line | Mister Chairman! |
| Story | Invisible Scarlet O'Neil (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Shiltz and Iltz come to see Ivan and discover that the two plan to destroy the aeronautics plant where Iva's twin brother is stationed. They plan for Ivan to take Paul's place at the plant and destroy it from within, but Scarlet invisibly follows them and is unknowingly knocked into a well. |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy |
| Characters | Invisible Scarlet O'Neill; Paul Itch (Ivan's twin brother); Ivan Itch (villain); Shiltz (villain); Iltz (villain) |
| Script | Russell Stamm (signed) |
| Pencils | Russell Stamm (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Stamm (signed) |
| First Line | Scarlet entered the apartment... |
| Notes | Story continued from previous issue and continued next issue. Art and possible script were previously credited to Tom Dorr. |
| No Title (2 pages) | |
| Feature | Pen Pals |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas (spot illustration) ? |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas (spot illustration) ? |
| Notes | A two page centerfold listing addresses of readers seeking pen pals. The age divisions - 13, 14, 15, 16 - suggest a readership demographic which is significantly higher than the received wisdom of 'comics are for children aged 8 to 12'. |
| Comic Story | Jacqueline of Holland / High Lights of History / Highlights of History (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Incidents in the life of Countess Jacqueline of Mons. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | Jacqueline of Holland |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| First Line | Though deserted by Humphrey of Gloucester... |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scorchy and Kay make a forced landing on a choppy ocean and are rescued by a sea plane from the ship "Tasmania". They then continue on to China, where they meet up with their old friend Tex. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Hawkins; Tex Wyman; Kay Kimberley |
| Script | Bert Christman (signed) |
| Pencils | Bert Christman (signed) |
| Inks | Bert Christman (signed) |
| First Line | I think he's above--listen! |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Elby is blowing up multiple ballons for a party. Napoleon panics and runs amok, balloons explode and Elby faints, much to Willie's amusement. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Well, this is gonna take a lot of wind... |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Oaky and Cedric sail to Certiorari, where Cedric is to tutor the daughter of Flugg the Dictator. Imagining a willowy blonde, he is disappointed to find his pupil is a pig-tailed kid. Meanwhile, Oakey gets fitted for a new suit of armor. |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Flugg, Dictator of Certiorari; Felicia Flugg; Willow |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | There's Certiorari! |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Clipper and Mary Lou get married on the spur of the moment. Her brother Tommy feels betrayed, until Clipper makes him second-in-command of the squadron. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Lt. Clipper Willams; Lt. Billy Hill; Mary Lou Hughes; Tommy Hughes |
| Script | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| First Line | Ulp! |
| Story | Roy Powers (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The boys narrowly escape an explosion planted to destroy the lighthouse |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Chunky; Sam; Captain Winters; Mr. Sharp |
| Script | Paul Roberts ? |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | I think we may have found something important! |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Elby buys a mousetrap, but feels sorry for the mice he catches, and makes a special trip to the store to buy them some cheese. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Look at my silk hat! |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Skip has gone missing, and Olly uses a radio broadcast to appeal to him to return to the movie studio. |
| Genre | Drama; Humor |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Skip Allen; Don; Maxie |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | We'll have to shoot all of his scenes over... |
| Text Story | Nothing Could Happen (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Art MacNab; Ted Ashley; Stimson |
| Script | E. Albert Willard |
| Pencils | Harry Peter (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | Harry Peter (2 spot illustrations) |
| First Line | The weather was perfect. |
| Comic Story | Finders Keepers! / Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| First Line | Miss Sally, could you lend me a lamp? |
| Notes | Four daily strips: #1 - Finder Keepers! #2 - Dishwater Consomme! #3 - Something New Has Been Added! #4 - Short Changed! |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wahoo and Steve force Zeke to tell where he took the kidnapped Prince Lucky. They then rescue him from an island in the middle of a lake. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Betsy Boone; Uncle Zeke; Prince Lucky; Mrs. Boone |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | Shh! This is Uncle Zeke's cabin! |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pretending they are climbing in the Alps, Willie and a friend take Napoleon up a snow covered slope. They are all tied together, but when Napoleon smells the meat van he scampers down the hill, pulling the boys behind him. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Gee, it snowed last night! |
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