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| Name | Famous Funnies 26 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Almost all of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed. On sale date from the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Joe Palooka |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Better go home, boy... |
| Comic Story | The Raccoons |
| Feature | This Curious World |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Animal |
| Script | William Ferguson (signed) |
| Pencils | William Ferguson (signed) |
| Inks | William Ferguson (signed) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Freckles and His Friends |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Freckles McGoosey; Dolores Fisk |
| Script | Fred Fox |
| Pencils | Merrill Blosser (signed) |
| Inks | Merrill Blosser (signed) |
| First Line | My name is Dolores Fisk - |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Goofie Gags |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | If you need any help, I'll bring you a glass of water! |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Story | Fisher's History of Boxing |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Gene Tunney |
| Script | Al Capp (signed) |
| Pencils | Al Capp (signed) |
| Inks | Al Capp (signed) |
| First Line | With a bad left arm, Gene Tunney was forced to fight for money for medical attention... |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Joe Palooka" Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Joe Palooka |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Marmaduke |
| Script | Al Capp (signed) |
| Pencils | Al Capp (signed) |
| Inks | Al Capp (signed) |
| First Line | What ho! Welcome |
| Notes | The top tier is "Fisher's History of Boxing", by the same creators. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Alec and Itchy |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Alec; Itchy |
| Script | Jimmy George |
| Pencils | Merle Mulholland (signed) |
| Inks | Merle Mulholland (signed) |
| First Line | Pop's gonna get a heater put in our car |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Otto Honk |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Otto Honk |
| Script | Bill Zaboly (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Zaboly (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Zaboly (signed) |
| First Line | Lookit - Palm trees... |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Out Our Way" Sunday page. |
| Story | Out Our Way |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Junior Willet; Pa Willet; Ma Willet |
| Script | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| First Line | Gosh! This is slippery1 |
| Notes | The top tier is "Otto Honk". Script and art was previously credited to Neg Cochrane [really Cochran], but although he was an assistant to Williams he did not take over the strip until the death of the latter in 1957. |
| Comic Story | Skipper / Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Aviation; Biography |
| Characters | Captain Ernst Lehmann (captain of the Hindenburg zeppelin) |
| Script | Stookie Allen |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen |
| Inks | Stookie Allen |
| Notes | This issue was on the stands 9 months before the famous crash. Lehmann was on board only as an observer; he wasn't the captain on the fatal flight. |
| Comic Story | To Marry Wogga Zazula! (2 pages) |
| Feature | Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Captain Easy; Pippy; Wogga Zazula |
| Script | Roy Crane (signed) |
| Pencils | Roy Crane (signed) |
| Inks | Roy Crane (signed) |
| First Line | Easy is hailed by savages... |
| 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 | It's Wong's day off, Napoleon... |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Muriel; Jimmy; Algy Bray |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Baw-w-w! That big bully took my apple away from me |
| Story | Dickie Dare (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Mister Gus; The Captain |
| Script | Milton Caniff (signed) |
| Pencils | Milton Caniff (signed) |
| Inks | Milton Caniff (signed) |
| First Line | I have every ounce of our gold cargo aboard here! |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Boots |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Boots Ruggles; Billy; Gwendolyn |
| Script | Abe Martin |
| Pencils | Abe Martin |
| Inks | Abe Martin |
| First Line | Will ya tell me where we're goin', n' when we'll get there? |
| Notes | The actual name of the strip was “Boots and Her Buddies”, but some newspapers presented the strip under the shortened title “Boots”, as here. The final panel on each Sunday page is one of fashion, named "Boots cut outs". |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | Hooray! I know where these counterfeit notes are being made!! |
| Story | Buck Rogers (3 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | With Dattro, a captain of the Neptunian sea patrol... |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Magic Made Easy |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Such Is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Munson (signed) |
| First Line | Ah yes...Dough! |
| Notes | Single daily gag panel. |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn (signed) ? Gar Schmitt (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn (signed) ? Gar Schmitt (signed) ? |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn (signed) ? Gar Schmitt (signed) ? |
| First Line | These notes are accidentals! |
| Notes | Charles J. Dunn has generally been credited as the creator, but evidence elsewhere suggests it may have been Gar Schmitt. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Flying To Fame |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Slim; O'Brien; Miguel; Tubby; Peg; Michael "Beau" Geste; John Geste; Digby Geste; Claudia; Isobel; Aunt Patricia |
| Script | John Welch |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | O'Brien's injured arm... |
| Notes | In a bizarre twist, the fourth daily reproduced on page two segues into the "Beau Geste" strip, with the existing cast of characters assuming new roles: Pat is now Michael “Beau” Geste, Slim is Digby Geste, Peg is Claudia, Tubby is John Geste, Peg is Isobel. |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Tex; Colonel Patterson |
| Script | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Inks | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Letters | Frank Engli |
| First Line | Early next morning, Scorchy heads south... |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Fatty - You'll have to do the carving! |
| Notes | The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06. |
| Story | Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Pa Piffle; Miss Sally; Mescal Ike |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| First Line | I'll learn yuh to chuck rocks at me! |
| Notes | Five dailes on a single page. |
| Story | Dan Dunn (3 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Dan Dunn; Irwin; Miss Fields; Minkso |
| Script | Norman Marsh (signed) |
| Pencils | Norman Marsh (signed) |
| Inks | Norman Marsh (signed) |
| First Line | I'm sure Slure was at the bottom of the murder of Bell -- |
| Notes | The last Dan Dunn page says Continued Next Month. Well this was the last appearance of Dan Dunn in Famous Funnies. The Strip would next appear in a different comics and a different company. Dan Dunn would next appear in the first issue of The Funnies for Dell Comics. Their first Sunday that they would reprinted was dated 1936-03-08. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Herky |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Herky |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | How are you this fine day, Herky? |
| Comic Story | The Story of the Phillipines- part VI / High Lights of History / Highlights of History |
| Genre | History |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Mame; Reggie Smithers |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | Waste! Waste! - It will ruin my business! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "The Back-Seat Driver", by the same creator. |
| Story | The Back-Seat Driver |
| 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 | The material for my new dress was only $95... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | War On Crime |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Crime |
| Notes | Centerfold promotion for next issue's new strip, "War on Crime", endorsed by J. Edgar Hoover. Includes photos, plus a line drawing of Hoover's head. |
| Story | Strange as It Seems (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | John Hix |
| Pencils | John Hix |
| Inks | John Hix |
| First Line | Betrayed by their god! |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Adventures of Jabby |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jabby |
| Script | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Pencils | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Ned Brant of Carter |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant; Shotgun Sheldon; Detective Sherman; Chief Edwards; Detctive Kennedy |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| First Line | When's Shotgun coming back? |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee; Mr. Flip |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | Now here are my disguises... |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| 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 | Why did you buy a return ticket when... |
| Story | Connie |
| Synopsis | Connie is now in college. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Bob; Miss Pruyn |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Are you going to take Political Economy, Bob? |
| Notes | Date of newspaper strip from Jon Ingersoll's research. |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Oaky Doaks; The Black Knight; Sir Cadwell Morgan; King Cedric |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | You will find The Black Knight a mighty fighter! |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but McCleery was the author for forty years. |
| Text Story | You Die - at Dawn! (1.8 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | Dennis O'Connor (aerial mapper); Padre Savalla; Manuelito; Juan Gregario; Billings |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| Notes | The final 0.2 of the page is an uncredited tier from "The Wet Blanket". |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | What did you say that other artist said about your face? |
| Notes | This appears with title uncredited. |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Crumpet; Miss Grimstone; Jasper Scrawn; Zenas |
| Script | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| First Line | What about Mrs. Bunting... |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Skip Allen; Wally; Jack |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | Commodore Street has ordered this would-be actor to help you... |
| Notes | This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam; Prof. A. Nutt, |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Prof. A. Nutt, noted Egyptologist... |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Such Is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Munson (signed) |
| First Line | And the next one who calls the referee a cock-eyed old walrus... |
| Notes | One daily gag panel. |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn |
| Notes | confirmed by Alan Holtz's The Stripper's Guide and American Newspaper Comics |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Jane Arden / Lena Pry |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Oscar Beal; Lena Pry |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| First Line | At the office of the real Oscar Beal... |
| Notes | Three Sunday pages, each one featuring a sequential "Jane Arden" storyline (0.5), a self-contained "Lena Pry" story (0.33), and a fashion panel "Jane Arden's Wardrobe" (0.17). |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Screen Oddities |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | George Raft; Colleen Moore; Helen Hayes; Marlene Dietrich; Maude Eburne; Shirley Temple; John Mack Brown; Edward G. Robinson; Mary Carlisle |
| Script | Roscoe Fawcett |
| Pencils | Bud Thompson (signed) |
| Inks | Bud Thompson (signed) |
| First Line | George Raft lived in a small apartment... |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Bobby |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Bobby; Ted |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | Do you want to go down to Bailey's store with me, Ted? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Flight |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Aviation |
| Script | W. D. Tipton |
| Pencils | John Hollis Mason |
| Inks | John Hollis Mason |
| First Line | Testing the airplane's strength |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Apple Mary |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Mary Worth; Dennie; Sonny; Bill |
| Script | Martha Orr (signed) |
| Pencils | Martha Orr (signed) |
| Inks | Martha Orr (signed) |
| First Line | I have an important errand today... |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | I did a good deed today - yes indeedy! |
| Notes | The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06. |
| Story | Little Brother |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Brother; Herman |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill |
| First Line | Herman, are you afraid of ghosts? |
| Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | A Draw / The Bungle Family |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | George Bungle; Jo Bungle |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| First Line | Hear the little woman dashing in... |
| Notes | The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | The Fish Are Biting Today / The Nebbs |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Popcorn; Pappy |
| Script | Sol Hess |
| Pencils | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Inks | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dell". |
| Story | Simp O'Dill |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Simp O'Dill |
| Script | Sol Hess |
| Pencils | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Inks | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| First Line | A plumber left his blow torch here... |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill". |
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