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| Notes | Published while paper shortages were still the norm. A curious mix of different papers and colours of ink. This part contains Ah Wong,Gentleman Jim,Rennett of the CID, Bring 'em in Hank, Krakos the Egyptian plus other adventure & humor strips. A Jolly good read. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
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| Name | Funnies Album 1949 Part 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 3/6 [0-3-6 GBP] | Pages: 96 |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | A world of laughs |
| Contents | Funnies Album 1949 (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | Contents |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Tiny is given a shilling when he promises not to fight anymore. |
| Feature | Tiny |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Harry Banger |
| Pencils | Harry Banger |
| Inks | Harry Banger |
| Letters | Harry Banger |
| First Line | Har-har! Here comes Tiny! I’ll play a trick on him! |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fake Ah Wong is killed at Ah Wong's desk, a list of friends in Japanese territory is lost and Terry is captured. |
| Feature | Ah Wong |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | Good ‘eavens! Mr Wong I swear you came in half an hour ago! You spoke to me! |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Crackers & Co. The Barmy Builders |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | ’Ow is that stray dog you picked up getting’ on, Boss? |
| Notes | Series of jokes. |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | When a young woman's pearls are stolen at a nightclub, Jim investigates when he learns that the girl isn't the owner of the pearls. |
| Feature | Gentleman Jim |
| Genre | Crime |
| Script | Bill McCail |
| Pencils | Bill McCail |
| Inks | Bill McCail |
| Letters | Bill McCail |
| First Line | A very full house tonight, Simpkins! Who is the young thing over there? |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rennett follows the released man, Ross, and uncovers a counterfeiting operation. |
| Feature | Rennett of the C.I.D. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | The Bulls reckoned they’d get me to squeal, but they sure made a big mistake. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bill sets out to capture an escaped crocodile with a chop. |
| Feature | Brainy Bill |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Pencils | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Inks | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Letters | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| First Line | I’ll go and make them wilder! |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the past, Hank is arrested for being his own Great, Great, Great Uncle, but escapes and drags Dick Turpin back to his own time. |
| Feature | Bring 'Em in Hank |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | Hank, I want some facts about Dick Turpin, would you take the time machine back to his time and find out for me? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Skit boards a ship and eats some fish before being tied to a kettle and thrown overboard only to land around the Captain's neck. |
| Feature | Skit the Kat |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Script | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Letters | Harry Banger (signed) |
| First Line | Savoury perfume |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Krakos goes up against some businessmen who plan to withhold a new drug until they can release it at a much higher price. |
| Feature | Krakos the Egyptian |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Script | William Ward |
| Pencils | William Ward |
| Inks | William Ward |
| Letters | William Ward |
| First Line | Gentlemen! I am happy to say we control Penepsin now - completely. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Stoogie climbs a hill only to be knocked back down it by a wild goat. |
| Feature | Stoogie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Harry Banger |
| Pencils | Harry Banger |
| Inks | Harry Banger |
| Letters | Harry Banger |
| First Line | Go to the top of that hill and keep a sharp look out! |
| Comic Story | First Man on the Moon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Professor Workfast builds a rocket and flies to the Moon only to find he's been beaten to it by some Scotsmen. |
| Genre | Humor; Science Fiction |
| Script | Bill McCail |
| Pencils | Bill McCail |
| Inks | Bill McCail |
| Letters | Bill McCail |
| First Line | Professor Workfast looks on the Moon - then thinks! |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Red and Nobby are kidnapped and have to race to New York by horse, car and plane in order to compete in a race. |
| Feature | Red Martin |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Script | Bill McCail |
| Pencils | Bill McCail |
| Inks | Bill McCail |
| Letters | Bill McCail |
| First Line | They’ve fixed up Red Martin and that big nosed mechanic of his Boss! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Micky causes some amusing incidents with his mirror. |
| Feature | Micky's Magic Mirror |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | Pop over to the store, Micky, and get me a couple of razor blades! |
| Comic Story | Fight the Menace of the Killer Plants (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | King investigates a vampiric weed. |
| Feature | Darrell King |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | Come in Mrs Briggs. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Stoogie thinks that a bottle floating in the sea might have a message in it. |
| Feature | Stoogie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Letters | Harry Banger (signed) |
| First Line | It’s nice to be beside the seaside again! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Charlie must paper his landlady's kitchen because he can't pay the rent. |
| Feature | Cheerful Charley |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Pencils | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Inks | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Letters | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| First Line | I can’t pay my rent! |
| Comic Story | No Title (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Headline is assigned to a kidnapping case when the victim is a director of his newspaper. |
| Feature | Headline Henderson |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Script | Bill McCail |
| Pencils | Bill McCail |
| Inks | Bill McCail |
| Letters | Bill McCail |
| First Line | Get your coat on ‘Money Bags’ you’re on a ransom run, Buddy - jump to it - an’ no foolin’. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tough Guy is sent to capture Frog Faced Furgi. |
| Feature | Tough Guy |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Pencils | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Inks | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Letters | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| First Line | I’m stony broke! |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill and Pat rescue the prince of an undersea city from the Attilans, an enemy race. |
| Feature | Secrets of the Sargasso Sea |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | We are going on a hunting expedition on the sea bed. Would you care to join us? |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nobby and Pip find out that 'a few letters' means many sacks of letters. |
| Feature | Over Here |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Script | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Letters | Harry Banger (signed) |
| First Line | Now I want two smart men to volunteer to carry a few letters! |
| Comic Story | Treachery in the Snows (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rupert leaves Jim to die on the ice so that he can claim an inheritance. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | By Jove! Rupert, Uncle Dave has died, and left me ‘Hillden Hall’ and estates, gosh! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Dozey sits in some wet paint and is kicked out of the park still attached to a chair. |
| Feature | Dozey |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Letters | Harry Banger (signed) |
| First Line | Ah, now to rest my poor old tootsies! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Grabber takes a lift to the top floor and thinks he's run into a police convention. |
| Feature | Grabber the Gangster |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Douglas Lovern West |
| Pencils | Douglas Lovern West |
| Inks | Douglas Lovern West |
| Letters | Douglas Lovern West |
| First Line | Suits me! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A detective investigates the death of a Lieutenant, seemingly in a car crash. |
| Feature | Spot the Clue |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Script | Douglas Lovern West |
| Pencils | Douglas Lovern West |
| Inks | Douglas Lovern West |
| Letters | Douglas Lovern West |
| First Line | Well, dear, I hope you haven’t been too lonely whilst I was away… any visitors? |
| Comic Story | Versus the Evil from the East (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dene is summoned to protect a man whose son has returned from the East, partially possessed by an evil priest who uses wax figures to kill from a distance. |
| Feature | Dene Vernon |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | Is that Mr. Vernon? - Please - oh! |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sheriff Fox invites a temperance speaker to town but Pete gets him drunk by spiking his lemonade. |
| Feature | Sheriff Fox |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | William Ward |
| Pencils | William Ward |
| Inks | William Ward |
| Letters | William Ward |
| First Line | Foxey’s mighty busy writin’ letters now - who’s he writin’ to? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated facts. |
| Feature | Heard This? |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Bill McCail |
| Pencils | Bill McCail |
| Inks | Bill McCail |
| Letters | Bill McCail |
| First Line | In the year 1878 a white rainbow was seen in Edinburgh - no! It wisna' Hogmanay! |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Snoopy observes some men hiding something in the woods but when he investigates and discovers stolen jewels, he's captured. |
| Feature | The Terrors of St. Titus |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | Binks Minor, have you got your catapult with you? |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sam plans to cook a whale that the ship has just harpooned. |
| Feature | Starfish Sam |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Douglas Lovern West (signed) |
| Pencils | Douglas Lovern West (signed) |
| Inks | Douglas Lovern West (signed) |
| Letters | Douglas Lovern West (signed) |
| First Line | Boo-hoo! It’s no good - I’m just a great big ‘blubber’ - that’s all! |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Synopsis | Busty's father tries to get rid of him while he eats but a hedgehog helps Busty get hold of a pie to share. |
| Feature | Busty |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Banger (signed) |
| Letters | Harry Banger (signed) |
| First Line | Put the picnic basket down here, Busty! |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Synopsis | A plant turns out to be a hippopotamus. |
| Feature | Exploring |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Harry Banger |
| Pencils | Harry Banger |
| Inks | Harry Banger |
| Letters | Harry Banger |
| First Line | That’s a strange plant! |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Boy Fish rescues a man adrift in a canoe but the man gets greedy when he sees the Boy's pirate treasure. |
| Feature | The Boy Fish |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | The Boy Fish was teasing his old enemy the sword-fish - |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Willie is tricked into breaking a store window for a man to steal some jewels. |
| Feature | Silly Willie |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | Bill McCail |
| Pencils | Bill McCail |
| Inks | Bill McCail |
| Letters | Bill McCail |
| First Line | Things is purty quiet in Tombstone today. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Series of schoolboy jokes. |
| Feature | Miss Whackem |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | Come here, my lad - why are you late this morning? |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A dying man sets Rick on the trail of a murderous gang who take on board ship young investors and then dump them overboard. |
| Feature | The Schoolboy 'Tec |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | Bingo, my dear Heinz, it is a month since we had a case. Old Mother Hubbard had a food dump, compared with our cupboard. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | More of the professor's crackpot inventions. |
| Feature | Professor Crackpot |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | Hello Professor! What new inventions can you dish up today? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | A Page to Entertain and Interest |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | Place the outside of a matchbox on top of the drawer as shown. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Looking for a clue, Soames drills a hole in the ceiling that punctures Lord Rollincash's bath, with him in it. |
| Feature | Sheerflop Soames and Bottson |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Script | Douglas Lovern West (signed) |
| Pencils | Douglas Lovern West (signed) |
| Inks | Douglas Lovern West (signed) |
| Letters | Douglas Lovern West (signed) |
| First Line | Hurry up and finish your toast and marmalade, Bottson, we are off to Lord Rollincash’s castle, today... he wants me to solve a money mystery. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Noddle escapes his chain and triggers the Professor's new invention. |
| Feature | Noddle |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Script | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Pencils | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Inks | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| Letters | Murdock Stimpson (signed) |
| First Line | Professor Stinks is coming to stay. |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tulip discovers an old student of his is planning to conquer the Earth from his underground city. |
| Feature | Tulip's Rock Gimlet |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Script | Bill McCail (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill McCail (signed) |
| Inks | Bill McCail (signed) |
| Letters | Bill McCail (signed) |
| First Line | The old Buddhist records were true. This is the city of Koo-La. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sammy seeks refuge in a tree when he spots a tiger ahead of him. |
| Feature | Sammy Specks |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Harry Banger |
| Pencils | Harry Banger |
| Inks | Harry Banger |
| Letters | Harry Banger |
| First Line | There be a tiger escaped from the zoo, around these parts Mister Constable! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Slim Sam knocks Granpop out and steals his costume for the fancy dress ball. |
| Feature | The Biggles Family |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | Sonny, I’m going the fancy dress ball. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Biff and Smack try to repossess a piano during a concert. |
| Feature | Biff and Smack |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Douglas Lovern West |
| Pencils | Douglas Lovern West |
| Inks | Douglas Lovern West |
| Letters | Douglas Lovern West |
| First Line | If I buy something from you up here, is that what they call higher purchase, Biff? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Brains Trust |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | We open our session with a catchy question from a smeller on a skunk farm! |
| Notes | Series of jokes. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim and Bill are lured to a warehouse and then trapped inside while their captors steal their launch and head out to sea. |
| Feature | Crime on the River |
| Genre | Crime |
| Script | Jock McCail |
| Pencils | Jock McCail |
| Inks | Jock McCail |
| Letters | Jock McCail |
| First Line | I say, Bill, see that flashing over there? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Muggins advice to his staff causes the manager to elope with his wife, another to take his daughter out to lunch and another to run off with the cash. |
| Feature | Muggins |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | This card ought to increase the efficiency of my staff - I’ll hang it up in the general office! |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Puzzle Page |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Pencils | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Inks | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| Letters | Glyn Protheroe (signed) |
| First Line | The black lines in the above diagram represent roads. How many alternative routes are there from A to B? |
| Publisher advertisement | Swan's Albums & Annuals (1 page) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Published 1st October each year. |
| Notes | Promo for Swan's 1949 albums and annuals. |
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