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NameFamous Funnies 76 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly
NotesPrinted in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives Gilman, Nicoll & Ruthman of New York, New York.

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.
 
CoverThe Nation's Comic Monthly / 1 page
Letterstypeset
GenreHumor; Animal
CharactersNapoleon; Willie; unnamed kid
PencilsClifford McBride
InksClifford McBride
 
Publisher advertisementWho is the Hydroman? / Hydroman (1 page)
Script? (promo copy)
Letterstypeset
GenreSuperhero
CharactersHydroman
PencilsBill Everett (illustration)
InksBill Everett (illustration)
NotesInside front cover. Indicia at the bottom of the page.

Promotional advertisement for Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #3 (November 1940). Includes small reproduction of the cover of that issue. Hydroman illustration probably reproduced from one of his stories.
 
CartoonThrowing Cold Water / The Gay Thirties
GenreHumor; Children
Script
PencilsHank Barrow
InksHank Barrow
LettersHank Barrow
NotesHenry “Hank Barrow” took over the daily gag panel from Milton Canniff in October 1934.
 
AdvertisementPrizes! Choose Yours Now! / American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
Script? (ad copy)
Pencils? (illustrations)
Inks? (illustrations)
Letterstypeset
CharactersRed Ryder; Papoose; Gene Autry
PencilsFred Harman (Red Ryder and Papoose figures) (signed)
InksFred Harman (Red Ryder and Papoose figures) (signed)
NotesAdvertisement for selling Christmas seals for prizes from the American Specialty Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Prizes include Daisy's 1000 Shot Red Ryder Carbine and Gene Autry's Holster Set.
 
StoryGoofie Gags (1 page)
GenreHumor; Sports
Script (signed)
PencilsVictor Pazmiño (signed)
InksVictor Pazmiño (signed)
LettersVictor Pazmiño (signed)
First LineDo you mind? We needed a dummy for tackling practice!
 
CartoonWendell Willkie / Above the Crowd (1 page)
SynopsisBiography of businessman Wendell Willkie.
GenreBiography
CharactersWendell Willkie
Script
PencilsStookie Allen
InksStookie Allen
LettersStookie Allen
NotesLikely from 1940 as Willkie was the Republican Party candidate for President for the 1940 United States election.
 
StoryRoy Powers (4 pages)
GenreAdventure
CharactersRoy Powers; Phil; Chunky; Sheriff Barker; Nels Nellson-Shan; Shan's henchmen; unnamed G-Man (F.B.I. agent)
Script
PencilsFrank Godwin
InksFrank Godwin
LettersFrank Godwin ?
First LineLook Phil! Do you see those lights on the ground?
 
Text StoryEight-Two-Seven-Shift Back to Work (1 page)
FeatureLet's Get into a Huddle
Letterstypeset
GenreNon-fiction
PencilsStephen Douglas (logo illustration) (signed) Bill Everett (Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #3 cover)
InksStephen Douglas (logo illustration) (signed) Bill Everett (Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #3 cover)
NotesMentions Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern, 1940 series) #3 (November 1940) was already on sale, and the next issue of Famous Funnies (Eastern, 1934 series) #77 (December 1940) would be on sale November 15, 1940.

Future comic book creator, Allen Bellman, going by his original name Isidore Bellman, is mentioned in the From Out of the Mail Bag segment as organizing the United Amateur Cartoonist Association from out of his home at 212 East 34th Street, Brooklyn, New York. The association distributes an official organ entitled, The Cartoon Journal.
 
Comic StoryRoyal Pawns / High Lights of History / Highlights of History (1 page)
GenreNon-fiction; History
CharactersEdward Seymour; King Edward VI; Thomas Seymour; Lord John Dudley
Script (signed)
PencilsJ. Carroll Mansfield (signed)
InksJ. Carroll Mansfield (signed)
LettersJ. Carroll Mansfield (signed)
 
StorySkyroads (4 pages)
GenreAdventure; Aviation
CharactersThe Flying Legion [Lieutenant Clipper Williams; Tommy; Juniper [as Junipah]; Billy Hill]; Lovejoy [Flyin's Phantom; Stroud]; Harris; Indian Joe; spies [Count; Toto; one unnamed]; unnamed radio operator; unnamed naval commander
Script (signed)
PencilsRussell Keaton (signed)
InksRussell Keaton (signed)
LettersRussell Keaton (signed)
First LineThere's the place for you, Williams!
 
StoryHairbreadth Harry
GenreAdventure
CharactersHairbreadth Harry [Harold Hollingsworth]; Belinda Blinks; Relentless Rudolph Ruddigore Rassendale (villain)
Script (signed)
PencilsF. O. Alexander (signed)
InksF. O. Alexander (signed)
LettersF. O. Alexander ?
First LineWho's next? Wear a 'mum at the big game!
NotesThe bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.
 
StoryHigh-Gear Homer
GenreHumor
CharactersHigh-Gear Homer; two unnamed kids
Script
PencilsF. O. Alexander
InksF. O. Alexander
LettersF. O. Alexander ?
First LineGwan! Heave it ya sissy!
NotesThe bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.
 
Comic StoryMartian Invasion of Earth, Part 2: The Island of Doom / Buck Rogers (1 page)
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersBuddy Deering; Alura; Black Barney; a Tigerman; unnamed masked man
Script (signed)
PencilsRick Yager (signed)
InksRick Yager (signed)
LettersRick Yager ?
First LineAs prisoners of war Buddy and Alura are in chains...
 
Comic StoryMartian Invasion of Earth, Part 2: The Island of Doom / Buck Rogers (1 page)
GenreScience Fiction
Charactersunnamed Tigermen; Black Barney; Buck Rogers; Buddy Deering; Alura; unnamed masked man
Script
PencilsRick Yager
InksRick Yager
LettersRick Yager ?
First LineLook our prison ship it's out of control - crashing.
NotesDick Calkins name does not show up in this strip.
 
Comic StoryMartian Invasion of Earth, Part 2: The Island of Doom / Buck Rogers (1 page)
GenreScience Fiction
Charactersunnamed Tigermen; Black Barney; Buck Rogers; Buddy Deering; Alura; unnamed masked man
Script
PencilsRick Yager
InksRick Yager
LettersRick Yager ?
First LineSilence! A Message!
NotesDick Calkins name does not show up in this strip.
 
Comic StoryMartian Invasion of Earth, Part 2: The Island of Doom / Buck Rogers (1 page)
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersBlack Barney; Buck Rogers; Buddy Deering; Alura; unnamed masked man
Script (signed)
PencilsRick Yager (signed)
InksRick Yager (signed)
LettersRick Yager ?
First LineWal here I be - at the bottom of th' Bay O' Doom!
 
Comic StoryJitter Chases After Woman's Hat / Jitter (1 page)
GenreHumor; Animal
CharactersJitter; Millie; unnamed boy; unnamed soda jerk clerk
Script
PencilsArthur Poinier
InksArthur Poinier
 
StorySpeed Spaulding (4 pages)
GenreAdventure; Science Fiction
CharactersSpeed Spaulding; Madame Nobody; Rex; Mr. Torpedo; Lefty; Jerry
Script (see notes) (see notes)
PencilsMarvin Bradley (signed)
InksMarvin Bradley (signed)
First LineMadame Nobody! That's Phoney!
NotesEdwin Balmer and Philip Wylie were credited as the creators on the original comic strip but their names are not listed here in this reprint. It is likely neither actually wrote the comic strip.
 
StoryDickie Dare (4 pages)
GenreAdventure; Children
CharactersDickie Dare; Doctor Murdock; Captain Yakovac; Dan Flynn; Wags
Script (signed)
PencilsCoulton Waugh (signed)
InksCoulton Waugh (signed)
LettersCoulton Waugh ?
First LineHere it is, Doc! Th' treasure-
 
StoryThe Adventures of Patsy (2 pages)
GenreAdventure; Children
CharactersPatsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan
Script (signed)
PencilsMel Graff (signed)
InksMel Graff (signed)
LettersMel Graff ?
First LineGuess Uncle Phil was pretty keen 'bout Miss Georgia...
 
Comic StoryChampion / Napoleon (1 page)
GenreHumor; Animal
CharactersNapoleon; Uncle Elby
Script (signed)
PencilsClifford McBride (signed)
InksClifford McBride (signed)
 
StoryBig Chief Wahoo (1 page)
GenreHumor
CharactersBig Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Mooseface
Script
PencilsElmer Woggon (signed)
InksElmer Woggon (signed)
LettersElmer Woggon (signed)
First LineIt was thoughtful of you to carve Jack-O' Lanterns for all the children, Wahoo!
NotesLast panel includes a paper doll cut-out items called "Chief Wahoo Kut-Um-Outs".
 
Letter ColumnThe Pen Pal Page (2 pages)
Pencils? (logo art)
Inks? (logo art)
Letterstypeset
 
Comic StoryFashion Editor / Napoleon (1 page)
GenreHumor; Animal
CharactersNapoleon; Uncle Elby; unnamed tailor
Script (signed)
PencilsClifford McBride (signed)
InksClifford McBride (signed)
 
Comic StorySpunky Dory Writes His Story... / Spunky Dory (1 page)
GenreHumor; Western-frontier
CharactersSpunky Dory; Duchess (Spunky's goat); Marvin the Marvel; Joshua (Marvin's goat)
Script (signed)
PencilsM. E. Brady (signed)
InksM. E. Brady (signed)
LettersM. E. Brady (signed)
 
StoryOaky Doaks (4 pages)
GenreHumor; Historical
CharactersSir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Laura (a Mermaid); Mr. Flintside; Captain Blub; Miss Gilby; unnamed members of Blub's crew
Script
PencilsRalph Briggs Fuller (signed)
InksRalph Briggs Fuller (signed)
LettersRalph Briggs Fuller ?
First LineLaura- Couldn't I eat just a little, and still see you?
 
StorySeaweed Sam (1 page)
GenreHumor; Children
CharactersSeaweed Sam; Prince Tiny
Script (signed)
PencilsVictor Pazmiño (signed)
InksVictor Pazmiño (signed)
LettersVictor Pazmiño (signed)
First LineSam and Tiny are on a rocket ship...
 
StoryBig Chief Wahoo (1 page)
GenreHumor; Sports
CharactersBig Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; Butch; unnamed referee
Script
PencilsElmer Woggon (signed)
InksElmer Woggon (signed)
LettersElmer Woggon (signed)
First LineThis will be a great day in professional football!
NotesLast panel includes a paper doll cut-out items called "Wahoo Kut-Um-Outs".
 
StoryOlly of the Movies (2 pages)
GenreAdventure
CharactersOlly Lane [Olive Lane]; Skip Allen; Irma Hunkatin; unnamed bandits; Sheriff Longhorn Walt; Buddy Lane; unnamed airplane operator
Script (signed)
PencilsJulian Ollendorff (signed)
InksJulian Ollendorff (signed)
First LineWho are you? I'm Skip Allen - are you Miss Hunkatin?
 
StoryScorchy Smith (2 pages)
GenreAdventure; Aviation
CharactersScorchy Smith; Mickey Lafarge; Himmelstoss
Script (signed)
PencilsNoel Sickles (signed)
InksNoel Sickles (signed)
LettersNoel Sickles ?
First LineAn hour later - That's Rabat below, Mickey...
NotesNoel Sickles ghosted for creator John Terry from 1933 until Terry’s death on 1934-02-27, after which he signed his own name to the strip. Bert Christman took over the strip from Sickles on 1936-11-23, so these reprints fall between those dates.
 
StorySomebody's Stenog
GenreHumor
CharactersMiss Cam O'Flage; James; Mary Doodle; unnamed sailor
Script ?
PencilsSam Nichols (signed) ?
InksSam Nichols (signed) ?
LettersSam Nichols ?
First LineJames, tell Mr. Rockwell I'll be using the yacht!
NotesThe bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator.
 
StoryThe Back-Seat Driver
GenreHumor
CharactersJohn Smith; Mary Smith (both unnamed here); Mrs Gab
Script ?
PencilsSam Nichols ?
InksSam Nichols ?
LettersSam Nichols ?
First LineIsn't that Mrs Gab of the Debating Society?
NotesThe bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.
 
StoryLightnin' and the Lone Rider (2 pages)
SynopsisCaleb has his henchmen capture the Lone Rider's girl. Dr. Chuda knocks out The Lone Rider to take care of Stone himself.
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersThe Lone Rider; Dr. Chuda, the Deathless One; Caleb Stone (villain); Stone's unnamed henchmen; unnamed female captive
Script ?
PencilsJack Kirby (signed)
InksJack Kirby (signed)
LettersJack Kirby (signed)
First LineThe Lone Rider sits stunned and awed as Dr. Chuda calmly reveals that he is 50,000 years old!
NotesLetters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014). Given the fantasy elements of the plotline Kirby may well be the writer. Original material. Not a strip reprint.
 
CartoonVictor McLaglen / Above the Crowd (1 page)
SynopsisBiography of actor Victor McLaglen.
GenreBiography
CharactersVictor McLaglen
Script (signed)
PencilsStookie Allen (signed)
InksStookie Allen (signed)
LettersStookie Allen (signed)
 
Comic StoryUncle Elby Tries to Iron his Pants / Napoleon (1 page)
GenreHumor; Animal
CharactersNapoleon; Uncle Elby
Script (signed)
PencilsClifford McBride (signed)
InksClifford McBride (signed)
 
StoryBig Chief Wahoo (1 page)
GenreHumor
CharactersBig Chief Wahoo; Ammonia (Wahoo's horse); Pigtails; The Great Gusto; Dave Gerard; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha
Script
PencilsElmer Woggon (signed)
InksElmer Woggon (signed)
LettersElmer Woggon
First LineIt's Midnight stranger - why don't you take off that mask?
NotesLast panel called "Indian Slango" which purports to list Native American slang.
 
StoryBabe Bunting (2 pages)
GenreAdventure; Children
CharactersDorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Bunting; Benjy Boles; Zenas; unnamed police officer; Drood (villain); two unnamed Drood thugs
Script
PencilsRoy L. Williams
InksRoy L. Williams
LettersRoy L. Williams ?
First LineMeanwhile - Babe gasping for breath, races on and on..
 
Comic StoryIs a Rabbit in Hand Worth Two Turkeys? / Mescal Ike
GenreHumor; Western-frontier
CharactersMescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Miss Sally Price
Script
PencilsArt Huhta
InksArt Huhta
 
Comic StoryWindy Must Be an Ear Bender! / Mescal Ike
GenreHumor; Western-frontier
CharactersMescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]
Script
PencilsArt Huhta
InksArt Huhta
 
Comic StoryThar's Gold in that Thar Tooth Pulling! / Mescal Ike
GenreHumor; Western-frontier
CharactersMescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Miss Sally Price; Young'un
Script
PencilsArt Huhta (signed)
InksArt Huhta (signed)
 
Comic StoryThe Mystery of the Missing Drumstick! / Mescal Ike
GenreHumor; Western-frontier
CharactersMiss Sally Price; Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Samanthey Buckstopple; Sheriff Lem Stebbins; Dirty Shirt Mulloney; Young'un; unnamed dog
Script
PencilsArt Huhta
InksArt Huhta
 
StoryConnie
GenreHumor
CharactersConnie Kurridge; Mr. Kurridge (Connie's father); Phineas Kurridge (Connie's uncle); Connie's three unnamed girlfriends
Script (signed)
PencilsFrank Godwin (signed)
InksFrank Godwin (signed)
LettersFrank Godwin ?
First LineThose bags belong to Uncle Phineas!
NotesThe bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator.
 
StoryThe Wet Blanket
GenreHumor; Domestic
CharactersJunior; Junior's unnamed father
Script
PencilsFrank Godwin
InksFrank Godwin
LettersFrank Godwin ?
First LineNow Junior - I want you to be good - understand?
NotesThe bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.
 
StoryLife's Like That (1 page)
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsFred Neher
InksFred Neher
LettersFred Neher
First LineMy wife said if I didn't have nerve enough to ask the Boss for a raise...
NotesSix unrelated daily gag panels.
 
StoryThere's a Town (1 page)
SynopsisFull page drawing showing Native Americans on a river's edge.
GenreNon-fiction
Script (signed)
PencilsM. E. Brady (signed)
InksM. E. Brady (signed)
LettersM. E. Brady (signed)
First LineIndian, VA...
Notes"Odd" names of towns and cities submitted by readers, this time, with a Native American theme. Submissions were from Lee Collins of Cincinnati, Ohio; Tommye Jeanne Milling "Just Plain Jean" of Coleanor, Alabama; Betty Joe Edgerton of Masquero, New Mexico; Barbara Bunton of Baltimore, Maryland; Laurel Keams of Jarbidge, Nevada; Margaret Smith of Blanchard, Pennsylvania; Dorothy Smith of Key West, Florida; Chuck Billow of Akron, Ohio; Jim A. Parks of New York, New York; and Dwayne Clawson of Lafayette, Indiana.
 
Text StoryWhile the Radio Played (2 pages)
Letterstypeset
GenreHumor; Crime
CharactersDave Ormsby; Dynamite (Dave's ram); Mr. Ormsby (Dave's father); Luke (bandit); unnamed bandit; Sheriff Jenkins
Script
PencilsBill Everett (first illustration) (signed) Bill Everett (second illustration) (signed)
InksBill Everett (first illustration) (signed) Bill Everett (second illustration) (signed)
 
StoryHomer Hoopee (2 pages)
GenreAdventure
CharactersHomer Hoopee; Hoopee's Boss; Felix; Ramon Alvarez; unnamed police officers; Mr. Hoopee (Homer's dad)
Script
PencilsFred Locher
InksFred Locher
LettersFred Locher ?
First LineThere's the man who poisoned the boss!
 
StoryFunland (1 page)
GenreNon-fiction
Script (signed)
PencilsA. W. Nugent (signed)
InksA. W. Nugent (signed)
LettersA. W. Nugent (signed)
First LineOur friend, Puss C. Katt, has a little problem in marking.
NotesPuzzle and activity page.
 
Comic StoryFirst Prize / Napoleon (1 page)
GenreHumor; Animal
CharactersNapoleon; Uncle Elby
Script (signed)
PencilsClifford McBride (signed)
InksClifford McBride (signed)
LettersClifford McBride (signed)
 
StoryMagic Made Easy (1 page)
Letters?; typeset
GenreNon-fiction
PencilsStephen Douglas (signed)
InksStephen Douglas (signed)
First LineIt ain't the chant of the tobacco auctioneer
NotesActivity page of magic tricks.
 
Publisher advertisementJoin the Buck Rogers Solar Scouts / Buck Rogers (1 page)
Script? (promo copy)
Letters?; typeset
CharactersBuddy Deering; Princess Alura; Black Barney
PencilsStephen Douglas (signed)
InksStephen Douglas (signed)
NotesInside back cover.

Promotional advertisement to join the Buck Rogers Solar Scouts club.
 
AdvertisementBe a Cowboy! / Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page)
Script? (ad copy)
Letters?; typeset
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersFred Harman (photo); Little Beaver; Red Ryder
PencilsFred Harman (signed) Fred Harman (signed)
InksFred Harman (signed) Fred Harman (signed)
NotesBack cover.

Advertisement featuring characters from the Red Ryder and Fred Harman comic for Red Ryder 1000-shot Carbine BB gun from Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan.
 
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