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| A classic mixture of prose stories and cartoonstrips. Such a pleasure to read a Max Miller strip. And The Frank Randle stories are great fun. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | 1950 | Price: 6/6 [0-6-6 GBP] | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy; Bud Abbott; Lou Costello; Kitty Riley; Old Mother Riley; Joe E. Brown; Frank Randle |
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| Illustration | Some Silent Stars of the Screen (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
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| Illustration | Favourites of the Film Fans (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | The Singular Affair at the Midcrest Hippodrome (8 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | Stan'-d and Deliver! (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy |
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| Text Story | Having the Last Word! (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Old Mother Riley |
| Credits | Script:? [as Arthur Lucan] | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Old Mother Riley |
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| Comic Story | A Run of Luck! (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Joe E. Brown |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe E. Brown |
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| Text Story | The Mystery of Black Monk Manor! (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Jack Keen |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jack Keen |
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| Comic Story | A Couple of Gay Dogs (4 pages) |
| Credits | Colors:? (red tones) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy |
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| Comic Story | Whoopee Out West! (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Abbott and Costello |
| Credits | Colors:? (red tones) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bud Abbott; Lou Costello |
| Notes | This story's feature is given as 'Bud and Lou' but in other instances in Film Fun, as 'Abbott and Costello'. |
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| Text Story | The Secret of the Bar-B Ranch! (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Bill Boyd |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bill Boyd; Topper |
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| Comic Story | An A-Bun-Dance of Fun! (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Old Mother Riley |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Old Mother Riley; Kitty Riley |
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| Comic Story | A Very Cosy Xmas! (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Max Miller |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Max Miller |
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| Comic Story | Joe Has a Go (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Joe E. Brown |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe E. Brown |
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| Text Story | A Command Performance (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Frank Randle] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Proof of the Pudding (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Old Mother Riley |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Old Mother Riley; Kitty Riley |
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| Comic Story | Cool Customers! (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Abbott and Costello |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bud Abbott; Lou Costello |
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| Text Story | Shadows of the Past (6 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Leonard Shields (illustrations, signed) | Inks: Leonard Shields (illustrations, signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | Caught Napping! (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy |
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| Comic Story | A Clean Sweep (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Frank Randle |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Frank Randle |
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| Text Story | The Bandits of Gunman's Gulch! (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Bill Boyd |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bill Boyd; Topper |
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| Text Story | Bertie, the Back-Slapper! (4.5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Eddie the Happy Editor] | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 'Eddie the Happy Editor' was originally Frederick George Cordwell, but he passed away in 1949. |
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