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| Name | Famous Funnies 72 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut. Editorial and circulation offices, 50 Church Street, New York, New York. General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut. Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York. On sale date from the text feature "Let's Get Into a Huddle" in Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #71 (June 1940). |
| Cover | The Nation's Comic Monthly / 1 page |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| Publisher advertisement | Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics / Hydroman (1 page) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Joyce Church; The Great One |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Includes indicia at bottom of the page. Promotional advertisement for Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 Series) #1 (August 1940). |
| Comic Story | Suiting Himself / The Gay Thirties |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Script | Hank Barrow |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow |
| Inks | Hank Barrow |
| Letters | Hank Barrow ? |
| Advertisement | Free! 5 Airplanes! |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for making home-made airplanes from Smart Flying of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Comic Story | Getting the Air / The Gay Thirties |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Script | Hank Barrow |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow |
| Inks | Hank Barrow |
| Letters | Hank Barrow ? |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Letters | Victor Pazmiño ? |
| First Line | Don't be afraid! It's only a little one! |
| Notes | Four gag cartoons. |
| Story | Artistic Artie |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| Letters | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Can you add the finishing touches... |
| Notes | Artistic Artie is a topper to Butty and Fatty comic strip listed in the next sequence. Activity panel inviting the reader to finish the drawing. |
| Story | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Letters | M. E. Brady ? |
| First Line | Buzz z buz-z buz-z" "Z-z-z z-z-z r |
| Story | Roy Powers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Chunky; Captain Conway; Olim Bhey |
| Script | Paul Roberts |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | Can you tell me why there's such a rush? |
| Letters Page | Bigger and Better Than Ever / Let's Get into a Huddle! (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Notes | Promotional page for Famous Funnies and letter snippets. Letter snippets from: Barbara Jean Ligget (Middletown, Ohio), and The Pen Pal Gang (Berkeley, California). |
| Comic Story | Cavaliers and Roundheads / High Lights of History / Highlights of History (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | King Charles I |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Letters | J. Carroll Mansfield ? |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Billy Hill; Freddie; Sally Young; Chang Foo; Clipper Williams |
| Script | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Letters | Russell Keaton ? |
| First Line | Where at is the plane? |
| Notes | Last panel of each daily strip includes "Wing Tips", short factoids about flying. |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Letters | F. O. Alexander ? |
| First Line | I hope I have every dance with you tonight! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
| Story | High-Gear Homer |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | High-Gear Homer |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Letters | F. O. Alexander ? |
| First Line | Homer, can you come right over? |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Black Barney |
| Script | Rick Yager |
| Pencils | Rick Yager |
| Inks | Rick Yager |
| First Line | Buddy and Alura had successfully cut off further pursuit by the Tiger Men, when -- |
| Comic Story | Keep Out / Jitter (1 page) |
| Genre | Drama; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier |
| Letters | Arthur Poinier ? |
| Story | Speed Spaulding (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Speed Spaulding; Ann Pendon; Professor Gale Pendon; Lieutenant Rex Dean; Torpedo; Spider; Secret Seven (two unnamed scientists); The President (unnamed) |
| Pencils | Marvin Bradley (signed) |
| Inks | Marvin Bradley (signed) |
| First Line | Speed Spaulding - college half-back - was calling on Ann Pendon... |
| Notes | First reprints of Speed Spaulding in comic books, reprinting the first comic strips published. Edwin Balmer; Philip Wylie (credited, original authors of book, but probably syndicate-authored). |
| Story | Dickie Dare (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Kit Karson; Norcross |
| Script | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Letters | Coulton Waugh ? |
| First Line | Let's Go, Norcross! |
| Story | The Adventures of Patsy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan |
| Script | Charles Raab (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Raab (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Raab (signed) |
| Letters | Mel Graff ? |
| First Line | Rark rark! |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Letters | Clifford McBride ? |
| First Line | Confound that dog! |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; Big Chief Wahoo; Rajah of Raz-Mah-Taz; Rajah's slaves |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Elmer Woggon ? |
| First Line | "So the magic carpet sailed over Bagdad..." |
| Notes | Last panel includes a scale up design for a lawn ornament cut out called "Chief Wahoo's Jig-Saw Do-Jiggers". |
| Letter Column | The Pen Pal Page (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Letters | Clifford McBride ? |
| First Line | This flat slowed me up for half an hour! |
| Publisher advertisement | Hi Fellers! Join Today! (1 page) |
| Feature | Buck Rogers Solar Scouts |
| Script | ? (promo copy) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Notes | Promotional advertisement to join the Buck Rogers Solar Scouts club. |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; Princess Osha; King Cedric; The Caliph of Badgag; General Ali Bar |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | Where are we going Mr. Doaks? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam; Prince Tiny |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Letters | Victor Pazmiño ? |
| First Line | C'mon, Tiny, let's shoot some rockets and fire crackers! |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; Wah-Wah (nephew) |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Elmer Woggon ? |
| First Line | Wahoo, take your nephew out in the park... |
| Notes | Last panel is called "Indian Slango" listing period gags on Native American slang. Dialogue edited out of the reprint at the bottom of the "Indian Slango" panel. |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Irma Hunkatin; Abe "A. G." Ginsberg; Ann; Reuben Hunkatin |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | A ransom note? |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Mickey Lafarge; Himmelstoss; M'sieu Ronique; Gus |
| Script | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Inks | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Letters | Noel Sickles ? |
| First Line | The reporters and news-reel men are completely won over by Mickey... |
| Comic Story | Vacation Daze Romance / Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Mame Doodle |
| Script | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Pencils | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Letters | A. E. Hayward ? |
| First Line | Mame, you can hear th'great outdoors calling! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Back-Seat Driver |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John Smith; Mary Smith (both unnamed here) |
| Script | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Pencils | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| First Line | If you want a trailer so badly - you shall have one! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Lightnin' and the Lone Rider (2 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Lone Rider; The Panther (villain); Ramon (henchman); Luis (henchman); Reggie Van Smyth |
| Script | Bob Farrell |
| Pencils | Frank Robbins Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Robbins Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Letters | Jack Kirby |
| First Line | So you're with those foolish ones... |
| Notes | The first page reprints Robbins material, which is the last of the comic strip reprints. Story is continued on the second page with new material by Kirby. Inker credit from Craig Delich. Kirby letters on second page only. Reprint information from the Stripper's Guide blog (http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2017_09_24_archive.html, retrieved 27 September 2017) based on research by Allan Holtz and Jeffrey Lindenblatt. |
| Cartoon | The Senate's Adventurer / Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | Senator Hiram Bingham |
| Script | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Letters | Stookie Allen ? |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Mr. Jones |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Letters | Clifford McBride ? |
| First Line | This may look funny - but it saves gasoline! |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; unnamed poor kids; unnamed rich kids; Ammonia; Madam Zeemore; Oscar the Octopus |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Elmer Woggon ? |
| First Line | Well, Wahoo, how do you like your new job? |
| Notes | Last panel includes an Oscar the Octopus gag panel. |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Miss Tosy; Lawyer Hawks; Benjy Boles; Mrs. Crumpet |
| Script | Roy L. Williams |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams |
| Letters | Roy L. Williams ? |
| First Line | And I don't want to be seen talking to anyone! |
| Comic Story | Professional Advice! / Mescal Ike |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Notes | Mescal Ike logo above this strip. |
| Comic Story | A Desperado-By Choice! / Mescal Ike |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta |
| Inks | Art Huhta |
| Comic Story | What-No Dessert? / Mescal Ike |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta |
| Inks | Art Huhta |
| Comic Story | Rain, Rain, Go Away! / Mescal Ike |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; her father; Jack Brown |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Letters | Frank Godwin ? |
| First Line | Daddy's decided to take a cottage at some lake! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | Doctor, that reducing diet you gave me is the bunk! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Squeaky |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| Letters | Fred Neher ? |
| First Line | Leave it to Joe - the umpire use to be a school teacher... |
| Notes | Six daily gag cartoons, two of which feature a boy named Squeaky. |
| Comic Story | Campaign, Tennessee; Promise, Oregon; Windy, West Virginia; Sugar, Idaho / There's a Town (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Letters | M. E. Brady ? |
| Notes | Those credited for "discovering" these towns in their submission are: Loyd Anderson (San Ramon, California), Phyllis Penley (Asheville, North Carolina), Thomas Kitsch (Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania), James Asendorf (Jacksonville, Florida), Barbara Green (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania), Myron Nathan (Bronx, New York), and Joan Baxter (San Bernardino, California). Jane A. Whipple (Malone, New York) received credit for the suggestion of the “Picture Places” drawing within this feature. |
| Text Story | Long Live the King (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Harding's dog King is suspected of killing Mr. Heath's sheep. However, when King helps in the locating of Mr. Heath's missing son, Eddie, Mr. Heath knows it was not him. |
| Script | Eva Hanks Lycan (credited) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Alfred Harding; Ben Harding; King (dog); Mrs. Harding; Mr. Heath; Mrs. Heath; Eddie Heath; Hank Grenlow |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee; Miss Button |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Letters | Fred Locher ? |
| First Line | How is the Boss, Doctor? |
| Activity | Funland Everybody's Playmate / Funland (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Letters | A. W. Nugent ? |
| First Line | Farmer Jones can't find the animal thief... |
| Notes | Puzzle and activity page. |
| Comic Story | Piano Concert / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Willie; his mother; his music teacher |
| Script | Clifford McBride |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride |
| Inks | Clifford McBride |
| Letters | Clifford McBride ? |
| First Line | You're going to sit right there and practice til your teacher comes! |
| Story | Magic Made Easy (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Letters | Stephen Douglas ? |
| First Line | Arriving coin |
| Notes | Activity page of magic tricks. |
| Publisher advertisement | Hey Fellows... Here It Is!! (1 page) |
| Feature | Big Shot Comics |
| Script | ? (promo copy) |
| Pencils | various (cover vignettes) |
| Inks | various (cover vignettes) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Skyman; Charlie Chan; Joe Palooka; Marvelo (vignette); The Face (vignette); Rocky Ryan (vignette); a tiger |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney (cover Big Shot Comics #3) |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney (cover Big Shot Comics #3) |
| Notes | Inside back cover. House promotional advertisement for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 Series) #3 (July 1940) and #4 (August 1940, partial cover only). |
| Advertisement | Ready The Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine / Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Red Ryder; Little Beaver |
| Pencils | Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters) (signed) Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters) (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters) (signed) Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters) (signed) |
| Notes | Back cover. Advertisement featuring characters from the Red Ryder comic characters for the Red Ryder 1000-shot Carbine BB gun from Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan. |
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