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| Name | Famous Funnies 52 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Stephen Douglas |
| Notes | 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 the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Gosh! Mister, you scared me at first! |
| Notes | The cover character is "Samuel Smithers" from the "Somebody's Stenog" comic strip drawn by A.E. Hayward. However, the Famous Funnies covers were often drawn by artists other than the original creator of the characters depicted. |
| Story | Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Young 'Un |
| Pencils | Art Huhta |
| Inks | Art Huhta |
| First Line | All right! All right! |
| Notes | This is just a drawing of Young 'Un on a horse astride a canyon, as Pa Piffle and Mescal Ike look on. There is no story or even a gag. A number of "Famous Funnies" issues have these character "pin-ups" in this position in the comic. |
| Story | Jitter |
| Synopsis | Two daily strips: Jitter sees a rattlesnake in the zoo and is later spooked by toothpaste coming out of a tube as a child plays with a rattle. Jitter has the family dog lick the dinner dishes clean. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter (chimp) |
| Script | Arthur Poinier |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier |
| First Line | Danger Rattlesnake |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic The bottom half of the page is an advertisement, encouraging children to sell "Xmas packs" and win prizes. |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Remember, tackle only the man with the ball! |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons, two about football and two about Thanksgiving. |
| Story | The Gay Thirties |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Alvin |
| Script | Hank Barrow |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow |
| Inks | Hank Barrow |
| First Line | What's th' matter? |
| Notes | Two unrelated daily gag cartoons. |
| Story | Roy Powers (4 pages) |
| Script | Paul Powell (credited) |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Uncle Bob; Tommy Glover |
| Pencils | Kemp Starrett |
| Inks | Kemp Starrett |
| First Line | That old rotted hull back of the shop. |
| Text Article | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Stephen Douglas |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas |
| Notes | Editorial page with various comments about the comic book. Two illustrations by Stephen Douglas [who was "the effective day-to-day editor" of Famous Funnies, according to Ron Goulart, Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History. Collector's Press, Inc. 2000. pp. 11-12.] |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Killer Kane; Princess Ardala; Dr. Elias Huer |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | I followed Kane and Ardala |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Synopsis | Goofy says he wasn't blowing a hockey player a "razzberry" (aka Bronx Cheer), he just has a cold and was blowing his nose. |
| Feature | Such is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Goofy Saunders |
| Script | Walt Munson |
| Pencils | Walt Munson |
| Inks | Walt Munson |
| First Line | No, I wasn't razzin' you. |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn (signed) |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn (signed) |
| First Line | I think the baby is going to be a song writer... |
| Notes | Two daily gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Synopsis | A woman breaks a 5,000 year old vase at a museum and tells the guard "you're lucky it wuzn't bran' new." |
| Feature | Dizzy Dramas |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Joe Bowers |
| Pencils | Joe Bowers |
| Inks | Joe Bowers |
| First Line | Closing time! |
| Notes | There are three separate comic features on this page. The last 0.25 of the page is a black-and-white ad for the "Erectorscope." |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bull and Hurricane chase the kidnapper, Silky Sims, while Jerry and Gilly talk about airplanes. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Bull Benham; Hurricane Hawk; The Pima Kid; Silky Sims; Puma; Little Jerry; Gilly |
| Script | Dick Calkins |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| First Line | Ah, Lolita, my leetle one, another day--another peso! |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Synopsis | Marooned on an island with crocodiles. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Belinda Blinks |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| First Line | We're aground! |
| 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 |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | A special in umbrellas today, sir! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| First Line | He's got the measles and I'm taking no chances of getting it. |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | War on Crime |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Agent Baker; Dr. S. M. Hibbard; Agent Applegate; Agent Suhay |
| Script | Rex Collier |
| Pencils | Jimmy Thompson ? |
| Inks | Jimmy Thompson ? |
| First Line | After the Topeka Post Office gun battle. |
| Notes | "Jimmy Thompson" tentative art ID from this site: http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/search?q=war+on+crime |
| Story | Jitter (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| First Line | Slurp, slurp. |
| Notes | Four dailies on one comic book page. pantomime; wordless comic |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; Mrs. Upsnoot |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | Teepees all heap small out here in Greenwich Village! |
| Story | Dickie Dare (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan and Dickie sail back to America and are sent by Dickie's father out to New Mexico to track down a new mystery. |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags (dog); John Barrington; Richard Dare; Mrs. Dare; Smutty |
| Script | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| First Line | Dickie and Wags are alone. |
| Story | The Adventures of Patsy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Patsy Cardigan; Miss Ginny; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Thimble |
| Script | Mel Graff (signed) |
| Pencils | Mel Graff (signed) |
| Inks | Mel Graff (signed) |
| First Line | Something must have happened to Phil! |
| Comic Story | Theodora--Her Girlhood / High Lights of History / Highlights of History |
| Genre | Biography; History |
| Characters | Empress Theodora |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Notes | The Sunday page is completed by two single tiers - "Boys and Girls the World Over" and "Would You Believe It---? |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Synopsis | Information on Guatemala. |
| Feature | Boys and Girls the World Over |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| First Line | Guatemala--a Republic of Central America. |
| Notes | The third tier of the "Highights of History" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Would You Believe It? |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| First Line | The sturdy Dutch burghers of Nieuw Amsterdam played Kolf! |
| Notes | The fourth tier of the "Highights of History" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Seven different panels, each with an activity or puzzle. |
| Feature | Funland |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Joe Ballot |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | That looks like our candidate's dog across the street! |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Animals in the News |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Cat moves brood of kittens to tree-top. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Gink Goat |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | You say you didn't have lunch yet, Gink? |
| 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 | Come on Napoleon, go through your tricks to earn your dinner. |
| Comic Story | Cat O' 9 Lives |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Reminders of 4 departed lives |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Barkley |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Here comes that little pup who thinks he's so hard-boiled! |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sergei Shadows makes his living haunting castles. Then Oaky is summoned back to Maple Island to fight a giant. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Sergei Shadows; The Giant |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | Put down that plank! |
| Story | Seaweed Sam (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam; Jibsail Jerry |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Quick! Dive! |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; Mrs. Upsnoot |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | Chief Wahoo and Pigtails are getting the low-down on high society. |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two schemers try to convince Olly they've kidnapped Buddy. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Buddy Lane; Jum; Bill |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | There's the letter to Olly! |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The adventure over, Scorchy takes his reward money and goes to buy his own plane. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Jay; Tanta Armara; Randolph; General Armara; Himmelstoff; Mr. Treling; Schmidt |
| Script | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Inks | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| First Line | Hello, Randolph! |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | Smithers lands in jail. |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Back-Seat Driver |
| Synopsis | from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John Smith; Mrs. Smith [both unnamed here] |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | Oh, what an awful dream! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Biography of 19th century photographer W.H. Jackson. |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | W.H. Jackson |
| Script | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| First Line | The Mysterious Peak! |
| Story | Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Miss Sally; Young Bates |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| First Line | The jam was right there just a moment ago. |
| Notes | Five daily strips on a single comic book page. |
| Activity | Magic Made Easy (1 page) |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas ? |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Napoleon! I want you to remember you're a pirate! |
| Story | There's a Town (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Non-fiction |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Republican City is in Nebraska... |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Bunting gets a job on a showbozt. |
| Genre | Drama; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Bunting; Captain Lucifer Mulberry; Benjy |
| Script | Roy L. Williams |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams |
| First Line | This envelope has money in it! |
| Story | Punky (1 page) |
| Script | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| First Line | I think I see somebody tryin' to find us... |
| Notes | Four daily gag panels. |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Mr. Kurridge; Johnny |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Connie, I've decided to buy a new car. |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Ted |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | You like quail on toast, don't you, Ted! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Neher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Neher (signed) |
| First Line | I didn't put a knife and fork at Uncle Earl's place... |
| Notes | Six daily gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Queenie |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters |
| Script | S. M. Iger |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger |
| Inks | S. M. Iger |
| First Line | I wanna go in th' auto! |
| Text Story | The Ghost of Devil Key (2 pages) |
| Script | Connye M. Hyatt (credited) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Janey; Anne |
| Pencils | Harold DeLay (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | Harold DeLay (2 spot illustrations) |
| First Line | It rose like a misshapen witch's head... |
| Notes | The "Let's Get Into a Huddle" page says Connye Hyatt is the wife of Robert M. Hyatt who "has been writing stories for you for the past four years." |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Homer is searching for buried treasure - but only under duress. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee; Pasquale; Obregado |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | Weel you help us... |
| Activity | No Title |
| Feature | Artistic Artie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Artistic Artie |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Artie has drawn a "figgerhead"... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty; Spunky Dory |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | The next part of Spunky Dory's life story is about to begin, folks! |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Story | Jitter |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| First Line | Home Teem |
| Notes | Three daily strips on a single comic book page. The bottom third of the page is an ad urging "Boys 12 to 15!" to sell magazine subscriptions and win a bike or other prizes. |
| Text Article | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | List of pen pals for readers to correspond with. |
| Feature | Pen Pal Page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas |
| Notes | Masthead illustration. |
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