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| Name | Famous Funnies 17 | 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. On sale date from the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page. |
| Cover | Christmas in Famous Funnyland / 1 page |
| Genre | Humor Victor Pazmiño |
| Characters | Rudolph Rassendale; Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Sam Smithers; Nipper Tucker; Pop Wimpus; Santa Claus; Joe Palooka; Bobby Victor Pazmiño |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño Victor Pazmiño |
| Advertisement | Buck Rogers 25th Century Disintegrator Pistol; Daisy Air Rifles / Buck Rogers (1 page) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Anthony "Buck" Rogers |
| Notes | Full-page ad for Disintegrator pistol (large picture of Buck Rogers) on inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Jabby and the Dog Catcher / The Adventures of Jabby |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jabby |
| Script | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Pencils | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Notes | Original newspaper strip drawn in gray wash and colored over that. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Pee Wee |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Petey ["Pee Wee"]; his father |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | Good Heavens! What's the matter, son? |
| Story | Fisher's History of Boxing |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Jack Dempsey; Carpentier |
| Script | Ham Fisher |
| Pencils | Phil Boyle ? |
| Inks | Phil Boyle ? |
| First Line | Dempsey rushed out. |
| Notes | The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Joe Palooka |
| Genre | Drama; Humor |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh |
| Script | Ham Fisher |
| Pencils | Phil Boyle ? |
| Inks | Phil Boyle ? |
| First Line | Oh, migosh - - I'm not kiddin'... |
| Notes | The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; The Mekkano of Ra |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | The Mekkanos laid down their burden - ready to fight... |
| Foreword/Afterword | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle! |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Stephen Douglas |
| Notes | synopses of some of the contents |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Synopsis | A story set many decades in the future, where all have aged except the stenographer Cam. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Reggie Smithers; Noah |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | Dear Mr. H[ayward] - Wouldn't it be funny to see how your comic people would look fifty years from now? |
| Notes | The story was suggested by a letter to the creator headed "Dear Mr. H[ayward]", from Erlinda Ortiz of Santa Fe, N. M. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (1 page) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | The wall disappeared where the ray struck it... |
| Story | Buck Rogers (1 page) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Notes | Buck Rogers Junior Caster (make your own lead die-cast figures) |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Bobby |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Bobby; Ted Turner; Uncle Jimmy |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | There's Ted Turner over there maybe he can tell me |
| Comic Story | The World's Duration Record (1 page) |
| Feature | Flight |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | W. D. Tipton |
| Pencils | John Hollis Mason |
| Inks | John Hollis Mason |
| 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 | Gee, this is swell, chief! |
| 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 | You haven't sold anything all week! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Santa Claus |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Hm'm! Nobody home! |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Story | Flying to Fame (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Slim and Tubby are in South America searching for the lost explorer McIntosh. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | O'Brien; Slim; Tubby; Miguel Alzan |
| Script | John Welch |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| First Line | O'Brien is boiling because that guy is aboard |
| Story | Magic Made Easy (1 page) |
| Story | Butty and Fatty (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Fatty |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Gee - Turkeys have a tough life... |
| Comic Story | The Sepoy Rebellion / 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 | Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Stookie Allen |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen |
| Inks | Stookie Allen |
| Story | Jane Arden (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jane Arden has been given a part in the new motion picture she is covering for her paper. Meanwhile her co-star accuses her of theft. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Carlos Rey; Lura; Tom; 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 | This is Carlos Rey - He's the Sheik! |
| 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 | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Let 'er go! |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Well, I got Nipper's Christmas gift today |
| 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 out to shovel the snow... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” 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 |
| 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 | Wal, whatcha a-doin', Pa? |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Ned Brant of Carter |
| Genre | Drama; Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant; Jack Perrin; Coach Dave Meegan |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| First Line | I don't think you meant that, Jack... |
| Comic Story | Junior and Cubby Do A Santa Claus Act / The Nebbs |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John “Junior” Nebb; Jimmie |
| 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 | Happy New Year / 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". |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Well, it seems the end! Sam and his goat are about to be sacrificed to the purple dragon |
| Story | Alec and Itchy |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Alec; Itchy |
| Script | Jimmy George |
| Pencils | Merle Mulholland (signed) |
| Inks | Merle Mulholland (signed) |
| First Line | I cert'ny wisht I had enough money t'buy that marble clock |
| Story | Queenie |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters; Colonel Chauncey |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | Hey, Auntie! I'm taking a "train" ride! Tee! Hee! |
| Story | Little Brother |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Brother |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill |
| First Line | It's kinda silly for him to be standing there in the wind |
| Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Bundle Week / 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) |
| Notes | The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (1 page) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | Helpless-- they were carried into the building... |
| 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 | I would hate to git my day spoiled again |
| 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; Cousin Sarah Ann |
| Script | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Payne (signed) |
| First Line | Comes distant cousin Sarah Ann & younguns |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (1 page) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | Their plight seemed hopeless- then- |
| Story | Such is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Munson (signed) |
| First Line | Aw - That's all right... |
| Notes | Two daily gag panels. |
| Story | Dumb-Bells |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn |
| Comic Story | Hey, boy! / Dizzy Dramas |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Story | Dan Dunn (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan is disguised as Frisco and making friends with Spider Slick. But Dorothy and Bruno are suspicious and want to find out who Dan really is. |
| Genre | Adventure; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Dan Dunn; Babs; Bruno; Wolf; Dorothy; Fat Sing |
| Script | Norman Marsh |
| Pencils | Norman Marsh |
| Inks | Norman Marsh |
| First Line | The alley is clear --- Not a light showing from any window! |
| Story | The Frog Pond Ferry (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Rollo Rooster |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Hm-m! There's Rollo Rooster... |
| Story | Magic Made Easy (1 page) |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Olly's servants believe she is really the lost heir of Bokavia. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Pete McCue; Lala Palooza; Tony |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | Princess, you struggle! - Hamilton hits the picture of Solomon; it crashes on his head and knocks him senseless! |
| Notes | This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period. |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride |
| Inks | Clifford McBride |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Story | Screen Oddities (1 page) |
| Pencils | Thompson ? |
| Inks | Thompson ? |
| Script | Roscoe Fawcett |
| Story | Fisher's History of Boxing |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Jack Dempsey; Firpo |
| Script | Ham Fisher |
| Pencils | Phil Boyle ? |
| Inks | Phil Boyle ? |
| First Line | As Firpo's mighty roundhouse sent Dempsey through the ropes... |
| Notes | The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Joe Palooka |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Jeremiah Francis Looney |
| Script | Ham Fisher |
| Pencils | Phil Boyle ? |
| Inks | Phil Boyle ? |
| First Line | The cattle are mighty uneasy sir. |
| Notes | The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators. |
| Story | Strange as It Seems (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | John Hix |
| Pencils | John Hix |
| Inks | John Hix |
| Text Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | When the World Exploded |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jeffrey Doble; Sandford Leer |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| 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 going to stay over here till after the holidays... |
| Story | Connie |
| Synopsis | Connie ferrets out a phony Santa. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Swindler Swank |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Since Mrs. Ritzibilt has engaged me to arrange her Christmas party, I'll start by engaging an actor to play Santa Claus |
| 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 | Ah, it's good to get away from cares... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" 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 |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage; Mame |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | Sounds like the boss' wife is on the phone |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Stuffy |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Fellers, our club here... |
| 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 with 50 cents... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| 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 | See!! Nothing harms me!! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
| Story | High-Gear Homer |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | High-Gear Homer; Mrs. Smythe |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| First Line | You're known as a philanthropist, Mrs. Smythe... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Warren Hastings / High Lights of History / Highlights of History (1 page) |
| Genre | Historical |
| Characters | Warren Hastings |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Comic Story | Junior's Technique In Asking For What He Wants / The Nebbs |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John “Junior” Nebb; Rudy Nebb; Fanny Nebb |
| Script | Sol Hess |
| Pencils | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Inks | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| 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 | Now for the finishing touch... |
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