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| Name | Famous Funnies 16 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Almost all of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, mainly Sunday pages in their original format. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed. Issue #25 contains the statement, “For two years now we have been coming to you in FAMOUS FUNNIES every month - on the 15th of every month.” |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Madam, have you seen a turkey around here? |
| Story | Fisher's History of Boxing |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Sports |
| Characters | Jack Dempsey; Jim Flynn |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Ham Fisher |
| Inks | Ham Fisher |
| First Line | In February 1917... |
| Notes | Inside front cover. The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Joe Palooka |
| Synopsis | Joe gives a boxing lesson to a trio of rude roughnecks on the waterfront. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Ann Howe |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Ham Fisher |
| Inks | Ham Fisher |
| First Line | Isn't it interesting along the waterfront? |
| Notes | inside front-cover The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Flight |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | W. D. Tipton |
| Pencils | John Hollis Mason |
| Inks | John Hollis Mason |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Fred; Mr. Magnus; Professor Morston |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Connie, I'm in a jam.... |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | Boy! - I've got great news for you... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Joe Palooka |
| Synopsis | At the rodeo, Joe saves the life of a thrown rider by wrestling a steer to the ground, thereby establishing a new world record. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Ham Fisher |
| Inks | Ham Fisher |
| First Line | Oh boy! I got a letter from the rodeo... |
| Contents | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle! |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | synopses of some of the contents |
| Story | Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Stookie Allen |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen |
| Inks | Stookie Allen |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Mrs. Whickendoodle |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Mrs. Whickendoodle, have you got any work we can do to earn a dime apiece? |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator. |
| Story | Footprints on the Sands of Time |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bill |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| First Line | Bill starts to school |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | "Good Deed" Dotty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | "Good Deed" Dotty |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy |
| Pencils | John Striebel |
| Inks | John Striebel |
| First Line | Wa-al, Maw - I done my best... |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Dixie Dugan |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Dixie Dugan; Don; Eddie |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy |
| Pencils | John Striebel (signed) |
| Inks | John Striebel (signed) |
| First Line | Hi-ya, Dixie! |
| Notes | The top tier is ""Good Deed" Dotty", by the same creators. |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Willie [not named] |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | I'm going' to put my sister's stockin' on you... |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Say - ! There's something wrong with this picture |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Bobby |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Bobby |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | Ah-h! Now I got a good look at him! |
| Story | Magic Made Easy (1 page) |
| Story | The Frog Pond Ferry (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Nutsy Squirrel |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Yessir! The nut business is all cracked up these days! |
| Story | Strange as It Seems (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | John Hix |
| Pencils | John Hix |
| Inks | John Hix |
| 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 | Remember gal - If you don't have the mortgage money by noon - Out you go! |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Urlur |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | On Vulcan-- a planet even nearer to the sun than Mercury... |
| Comic Story | Rudy Buys a Turkey / The Nebbs |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John “Junior” Nebb; Rudy Nebb; Fanny Nebb |
| Script | Sol Hess |
| Pencils | Wallace Carlson |
| Inks | Wallace Carlson |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill". |
| Story | Simp O'Dill |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Simp O'Dill; Ima Bore |
| Script | Sol Hess |
| Pencils | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Inks | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| First Line | I'd like to know how to get rid of this guy... |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill". |
| 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 | Oh well, I deserve the honor! |
| 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 | Two minds with ideas of their own |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Notes | puzzle-page |
| Comic Story | The Black Hole of Calcutta / High Lights of History / Highlights of History (1 page) |
| Genre | Historical |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Story | Butty and Fatty (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | I wonder what that swishing is... |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Pete; Brad |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | Everybody quiet now! |
| Notes | This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period. |
| Story | S'Matter Pop? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Pop Wimpus; Ambrose Wimpus |
| Script | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Payne (signed) |
| First Line | Oh, look! Ya sat down in tha dirt |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator. |
| Story | Honeybunch's Hubby |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Honeybunch; her hubby |
| Script | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Payne (signed) |
| First Line | There you are with your face buried in that newspaper as usual! |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam; The Mandarin of Honk Honk |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Well, Sam's goat has been taken to the palace... |
| Story | Flying to Fame (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Slim; Tubby; O'Brien |
| Script | John Welch |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| First Line | Who stole the map of the secret entrance... |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Willie; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | We're forty-niners, Napoleon... |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks; Speck; Muggsy; Jim Izzo; Bud Reeves; Al Morgan |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | I am entrusting you with one million bucks, Harry... |
| 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 (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| First Line | In the sales letter... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Little Brother |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Brother |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill |
| First Line | Whoo! What a far way I walked. |
| Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Home-Work In Hunting / The Bungle Family |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | George Bungle |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Notes | The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator. |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage; Mrs. Smithers |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | Oh Mister Smithers... |
| 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 |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward |
| First Line | Sweetheart, I'm going to buy you a swell feed! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Such is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Munson (signed) |
| First Line | I want something real smart and dressy. |
| Story | Dumb-Bells |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn ? |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn ? |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn ? |
| Comic Story | Highway Hank / Dizzy Dramas |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Notes | Two daily strips - "Highway Hank" and "Pancake Pete". |
| Story | Magic Made Easy (1 page) |
| Story | "Good Deed" Dotty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | "Good Deed" Dotty |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy |
| Pencils | John Striebel |
| Inks | John Striebel |
| First Line | Poor old fella... |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Dixie Dugan |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Dixie Dugan; Pa Dugan; Ma Dugan |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy |
| Pencils | John Striebel (signed) |
| Inks | John Striebel (signed) |
| First Line | No use talkin' Ma... |
| Notes | The top tier is ""Good Deed" Dotty", by the same creators. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Ned Brant of Carter |
| Genre | Drama; Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant; Sally; Coach Dave Meecham; Joe Bender |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| First Line | Hope you don't mind... |
| Story | Strange as It Seems (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | John Hix |
| Pencils | John Hix |
| Inks | John Hix |
| Story | Fisher's History of Boxing |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Sports |
| Characters | Jack Dempsey |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Ham Fisher |
| Inks | Ham Fisher |
| First Line | The Dempsey scowl. |
| Notes | The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Joe Palooka |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Ham Fisher |
| Inks | Ham Fisher |
| First Line | Gee, yer luck t'be invited on a hunt by th' prince! |
| Notes | The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators. |
| Story | Jane Arden (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Lena Pry |
| Script | Monte Barrett Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Jack W. McGuire (signed) Jack W. McGuire (signed) |
| Inks | Jack W. McGuire (signed) Jack W. McGuire (signed) |
| First Line | Tim West attempted to kill Jane... |
| Notes | Four 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), all by the same creators. |
| Story | Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| First Line | Good mawnin' Miss Sally -- Whoa! |
| Story | The Frog Pond Ferry (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Yessir - I'm getting fed up with the ferry business! |
| Text Article | Tim McKee and the Talking Sign (2 pages) |
| Feature | Tim McKee |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Tim McKee; Professor Edwards; George Malo |
| Script | Ralph Daigh |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Willie |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Where you taking us, Connie? |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | How'd you come out in that history test, son? |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Queenie (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Chauncey; Jitters |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | I have brought this bottle of rare wine... |
| Story | Amaze-A-Minute (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Comic Story | An Ill Wind / The Nebbs |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John “Junior” Nebb |
| Script | Sol Hess |
| Pencils | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Inks | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill". |
| Comic Story | Simp Is Obliging / Simp O'Dill |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Simp O'Dill |
| Script | Sol Hess |
| Pencils | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Inks | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill". |
| Story | Dan Dunn (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Dan Dunn; Babs; Dorothy |
| Script | Norman Marsh |
| Pencils | Norman Marsh |
| Inks | Norman Marsh |
| First Line | Anxious to find and get evidence... |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Notes | puzzle-page |
| Story | Butty and Fatty (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Yes - But my dog can say his prayers and... |
| Cartoon | The Crossing / Vignettes of Life (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | J. Norman Lynd (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Norman Lynd (signed) |
| Inks | J. Norman Lynd (signed) |
| Notes | A series of unrelated gag panels. |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Aunt Sue |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Oh, Nipper! Will you chop the turkey's head off for me now? |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator. |
| Story | Footprints on the Sands of Time |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bill |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| First Line | Bill's mother sends him running to the grocery... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Screen Oddities (1 page) |
| Pencils | Thompson ? |
| Inks | Thompson ? |
| Script | Roscoe Fawcett |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Story | Little Brother |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Brother |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill |
| First Line | Bow wow wow |
| Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Cured - Almost / The Bungle Family |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | George Bungle; Jo Bungle; Homer Clinch; Mrs. Clinch |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Notes | The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator. |
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