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| Name | Famous Funnies 70 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | 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, 50 Church Street, New York, New York. General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut. Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann, 19 West 44th Street, New York, New York. On sale date from the feature "Let's Get Into a Huddle" from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 Series) #69 (April 1940). |
| Cover | The Nation's Comic Monthly / 1 page |
| Feature | Napoleon; Mescal Ike |
| Letters | Victor E. Pazmiño ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle] |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Sorry! We need this rope for the cow-boy act! |
| Publisher advertisement | Join Today! Buck Rogers Solar Scouts / Buck Rogers (1 page) |
| Pencils | Dick Calkins |
| Inks | Dick Calkins |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Anthony "Buck" Rogers |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Promotional advertisement for the Buck Rogers Solar Scouts fan club, with coupon to fill out to join the club. Indicia at bottom of the page. |
| Cartoon | Head on His Shoulders / The Gay Thirties |
| Letters | Hank Barrow ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Hank Barrow |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow |
| Inks | Hank Barrow |
| Cartoon | Can This Be Treason? / The Gay Thirties |
| Letters | Hank Barrow ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Willie; unnamed boy |
| Script | Hank Barrow |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow |
| Inks | Hank Barrow |
| Notes | Bottom portion of cartoon was expanded to fill the remainder of the bottom of the page below the advertisements. |
| Advertisement | Fireworks |
| Feature | Baltimore Fireworks Company, Inc. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Advertisement for fireworks from the Baltimore Fireworks Company, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland. Shares page with The Gay Thirties cartoons. |
| Advertisement | Given Nothing to Buy |
| Feature | Wilson Chemical Company, Inc. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Advertisement offering kids and opportunity to sell premium items like chrome cases and Cloverine Brand Salve from Wilson Chemical Company, Inc. of Tyrone, Pennsylvania. Shares page with The Gay Thirties cartoons. |
| Advertisement | Streamlined Bike for You! |
| Feature | Crowell-Collier Publishing Company |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (comic art); ? (illustration) |
| Inks | ? (comic art); ? (illustration) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Advertisement with an illustration and a very basic comic panel to sell a prize catalog from Crowell-Collier Publishing Company of Springfield, Ohio. Shares page with The Gay Thirties cartoons. |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Letters | Victor E. Pazmiño ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | I just want to get my ball! |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Synopsis | Fun facts about movie stars and trivia about Hollywood. |
| Feature | Star Flashes |
| Script | Charles Bruno (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Bruno (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Bruno (signed) |
| Letters | Charles Bruno ? |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | Clark Cable; Mary Carlisle; Jane Withers; Gene Autry; Trigger; Shirley Temple |
| First Line | Clark Gable's first acting job was with a co-operative stock company. |
| Notes | The 11/23 date was not removed from the Gene Autry portion of the cartoon. Artwork was reformatted from several Star Flashes comic panels. |
| Advertisement | Free! Snake Triangle! |
| Feature | The Mail Box Stamps for Collectors |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Shares page with the The Mail Box Stamps for Collectors is an advertisement section for stamp collectors. Advertisements are from the Seminole Stamp Company of Baltimore, Maryland and Potomac Stamp Company of Washington, D.C. |
| Story | Roy Powers (4 pages) |
| Script | Paul Powell (credited) |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Rocky Jones; Chunky; The Commissioner; Conway |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | Swell of you to take us in Captain! |
| Letters Page | Thrills Galore in Famous Funnies (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle! |
| Script | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Letters | typeset; Stephen Douglas |
| Notes | Includes a short bit of information of artist M. E. Brady, and his then recent move to California and his mention in a local California newspaper. Also a short vignette of artist Bob Bliss and his recent mention in an unnamed major Boston newspaper. States next issue #71 will be released on May 14th (1940). |
| Comic Story | Cavaliers and Roundheads / High Lights of History / Highlights of History |
| Letters | J. Carroll Mansfield ? |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | Charles I; James I; Duke of Buckingham |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Would You Believe It......? |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | Man o' War; Napolen Bonaparte; Louis Bonaparte; Hortense Beauharnais |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Letters | J. Carroll Mansfield ? |
| First Line | 'Sterling,' the mark of the finest silver... |
| Notes | The Would You Believe It......? is a topper (footer) to Highlights of History comic strip listed in the previous sequence. |
| Cartoon | Perseverance |
| Feature | Historic Ships...... |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Letters | J. Carroll Mansfield ? |
| Notes | The Historic Ships...... is a topper (footer) to Highlights of History comic strip listed in the second sequence previous to this one. |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Baron von Gluck; Speed McCloud; Baker; Billy Hill |
| Script | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| First Line | Oh Ho- What a life! Three guards bowled over so far... |
| Notes | Last panel of each daily strip includes "Wing Tips", short factoids about flying. Dick Calkins is credited on the original comic strip, not on the reprint, but he passed the strip over to Keaton in 1933. |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Letters | F. O. Alexander ? |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| First Line | I could sit like this forever dear |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
| Story | High-Gear Homer |
| Letters | F. O. Alexander ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | High-Gear Homer |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| First Line | Rodeo souvenirs! Real Wild West hats! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Script | Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) |
| Pencils | Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Klawgor; Tigaw; Fangar |
| First Line | Near Goyaz, Allura was kidnapped and chained in a cavern |
| Comic Story | 18 / Jitter (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jitter helps a a caddy to a woman playing golf |
| Letters | Arthur Poinier ? |
| Genre | Humor; Animal; Sports |
| Characters | Jitter; unnamed red-haired woman |
| Script | Arthur Poinier |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier |
| Notes | Comic is almost wordless. |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Sergeant Stony Craig |
| Script | Frank Rentfrow (credited) |
| Genre | Military |
| Characters | Sergeant Stony Craig; Jeremy Blade; Devlin; Wise; Fink |
| Pencils | Don Dickson (signed) |
| Inks | Don Dickson (signed) |
| First Line | Jeremy Blade and the U.S. Marshal continuing their search for Klondike Devlin's mine... |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Letters | Elmer Woggon ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; Pigtails; unnamed kids; Kelly (greenhouse owner); Ammonia (Wahoo's horse) |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | Now children, as a reward for having a perfect lesson-... |
| 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 | Dickie Dare (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn: Wags; Mike |
| Script | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| First Line | Got to hand it to ya kid! You know how ta handle a boat! |
| Story | The Adventures of Patsy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Georgia; her father, the Colonel |
| Script | Charles Raab (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Raab (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Raab (signed) |
| First Line | Well, come on, Pat, this deserted farm-house... |
| Comic Story | Uncle Elby and Napoleon Get Back at Speed Boaters / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Napoleon and Uncle Elby's quiet time fishing is ruined by the splashing waters from two people in a speed boat. Elby buys an engine for his boat from a Marine store and fills up a tub of water. They chase down the boaters and Elby dumps the tub and water on them causing them to crash on the shore. Now they can return to their fishing. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Daredevils of Destiny |
| Script | Frank Rentfrow (credited) |
| Genre | Biography; Military |
| Characters | Private Albert Smith; Machinist Mate P. M. Phelps |
| Pencils | Don Dickson (signed) |
| Inks | Don Dickson (signed) |
| First Line | Not all medals are won on battlefields. |
| Letters Page | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | The Pen Pal Page |
| Pencils | ? (logo art) |
| Inks | ? (logo art) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Letters | Clifford McBride ? |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | I've been waiting a week for that dancing lesson broadcast... |
| Notes | Only first panel has dialogue, remainder of the strip is wordless. |
| PSA | Children's Crusade for Children (1 page) |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Notes | Public service announcement to encourage donations for helping refugee children during the period of April 22 to 30, 1940. |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Princess Osha; Kashn Kari; Lulu |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | Buck up! The magic carpet must be right around here! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Letters | Victor E. Pazmiño ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam; Prince Tiny |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | C'mon, Tiny, the circus is in town! |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; unnamed male sales clerk; unnamed female sales clerk; unnamed female customer |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | I promised Minnie Ha-Cha I'd see to it that you got a new hat, today! |
| Notes | Last panel includes "Chief Wahoo's Dizzy Dictionary." |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Letters | Julian Ollendorff ? |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Irma Hunkatin; Maxie |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | You're on your way to Hollywood, Irma! |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Himmelstoss; Mickey Lafarge |
| Script | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Inks | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| First Line | Scorchy, Mickey and Himmelstoss return to the Lafarge cabin. |
| Comic Story | Queen of the May / Somebody's Stenog |
| Letters | Alfred Earle Hayward ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; unnamed Bonbon College co-eds; unnamed Bonbon college dean; unnamed police officer; unnamed judge |
| Script | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Pencils | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| 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 |
| Pencils | Sam Nichols |
| Inks | Sam Nichols |
| First Line | If I do say it - I am strong minded! |
| 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; Pat; reggie van Smyth; The Panther (villain); Ramon (henchman); Luis (henchman) |
| Pencils | Frank Robbins |
| Inks | Frank Robbins |
| First Line | Several hours have elapsed... |
| Notes | 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. |
| Story | Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Letters | Benjamin D. Allen ? |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | Captain A. L. Kahn |
| Script | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| First Line | FIS-S-S-H! |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Golly, Napoleon. We've been becalmed here for an hour - I'm going to take a swim! |
| Notes | The first four panels were reprinted in Napoleon and Uncle Elby daily (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 1941-07-02 with slightly altered dialogue. |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; Dixie Down ["Butch" Mahoney] (blacksmith); Gravyface; Tubby; unnamed kids; Oscar the Octopus |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | Scram! You brats! |
| Notes | Last panel includes an Oscar the Octopus gag panel. Dialogue edited out of the reprint at the bottom of the "Oscar the Octopus" panel. |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Letters | Roy L. Williams ? |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy Boles; Mary Moles; Mrs. Crumpet; Zenas |
| Script | Roy L. Williams |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams |
| First Line | Now don't you worry - In the morning - if I can walk - I'll look for that paper! |
| Comic Story | Now For a Vacation! / Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Young’un |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Notes | Four daily strips: #1 - Now For a Vacation! #2 - What's Talk Anyway! #3 - Maybe He's Undersize? #4 - Safe at Home Plate! |
| Story | Connie |
| Letters | Frank Godwin ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Uncle Phineas; Sammy Bradshaw |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | Hullo, there, Connie! Goin' down town? |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John; his wife |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | John, I'm going to stop worrying about my diet! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Letters | Fred Neher ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Squeaky |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| First Line | I know it looks good on me - |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels, one of which feature a boy named Squeaky. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Little Jackie Hornet |
| Letters | M. E. Brady ? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Little Jackie Hornet |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Little Jackie Hornet flew into a cornet... |
| Notes | Little Jackie Hornet is a topper to Butty and Fatty comic strip listed in the next sequence. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Butty and Fatty |
| Letters | M. E. Brady ? |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Dang it! I forgot my key and now I've got to sneak in the house ... |
| Text Story | Pearler's Three (2 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Ben Tomerson; Jim Endicott |
| Script | Winifield Kent |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Letters | Fred Locher ? |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee; Jo-Jo (a monkey); Helen Hoopee; Mr. Bilker; Ed Goofus |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | Hey! Cut that out! Lie down Jo-Jo! |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Funland Everybody's Playmate |
| Script | Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed) |
| Inks | Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed) |
| Letters | Art Nugent ? |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | These happy animals are taking a walk... |
| Notes | Puzzle and activity page. |
| Comic Story | Aesop's Fables / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Letters | Clifford McBride ? |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Notes | Except for one panel, this comic is mostly wordless. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Magic Made Easy |
| Script | Stephen A. Douglas [as S. D.] (signed) |
| Pencils | Stephen A. Douglas [as S. D.] (signed) |
| Inks | Stephen A. Douglas [as S. D.] (signed) |
| Letters | Stephen A. Douglas ?; typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Now how can I make him disappear? |
| Notes | Activity page of magic tricks. |
| Comic Story | Scout Manual, Wood Craft, Campers Guide / Jitter (1 page) |
| Letters | Arthur Poinier ? |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | Announcing the Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine (1 page) |
| Feature | Red Ryder; Daisy Manufacturing Company |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters, signed); ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters, signed); ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Red Ryder; Little Beaver |
| Notes | Back cover. Advertisement using Red Ryder characters promoting the 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine Daisy Air Refile from the Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan. |
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