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| Name | Famous Funnies 20 | 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 |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Got a match? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty; Grandpappy |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Make a pirate... |
| Notes | inside front cover The strip was discontined on 1934-06-06. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Goofie Gags |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | This sieve leaks! |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Story | Fisher's History of Boxing |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Luis Angel Firpo |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Al Capp (signed) |
| Inks | Al Capp (signed) |
| First Line | Early in the 1920s... |
| Notes | The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Joe Palooka |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Mr. Machamer |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Al Capp (signed) |
| Inks | Al Capp (signed) |
| First Line | This is what I always wanted t'do. |
| Notes | The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | The Adventures of Jabby |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Script | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Pencils | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Foreword/Afterword | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle! |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | synopses of some of the contents |
| 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 | Hey! Goin' to the game, mister? |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Out Our Way" Sunday page. The strip was discontinued in 1936. |
| Comic Story | The Willets / Out Our Way |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Notes | The top tier is "Otto Honk". |
| Story | Alley Oop (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Alley Oop; Foozy; The Queen; King Guzzle |
| Script | V. T. Hamlin (signed) |
| Pencils | V. T. Hamlin (signed) |
| Inks | V. T. Hamlin (signed) |
| First Line | I thought I'd die laffin... |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Butch |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | I'll wait for you over on the lot, Nipper! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | 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 to the Post Office... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Captain Easy; Pippy |
| Script | Roy Crane (signed) |
| Pencils | Roy Crane (signed) |
| Inks | Roy Crane (signed) |
| First Line | Ho there! Whoa! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Herky |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Hercules; his mother; Mrs. Moosemug |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Mrs. Moosemug is in here... |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam; Chris Columbus |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | We find Sam and Chris Columbus in jail |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Magic Made Easy |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | The Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Carmichael |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | I've got to run the ferry every night this week... |
| Notes | The strip was discontined on 1934-06-06. |
| 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 | But Belinda! This is too dangerous! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
| Story | High-Gear Homer |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | High-Gear Homer; Mr. Fungus |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| First Line | I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday, Mr. Fungus |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Buddy Deering; Princess Alura |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | Buddy and Alura undertook to capture Gug... |
| Comic Story | Meet The World's Laziest Man / The Nebbs |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | John “Junior” Nebb; 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'Dill". |
| Comic Story | Simp's Got A Lot To Learn About Banks / 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 (2 pages) |
| Feature | Boots |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Boots Ruggles; Rod Ruggles; Davey Ruggles; Clara Budd; Dudley Budd; Cora Tutt; Steve Tutt; Pug High; Mrs. Horner; Harvey Horner |
| Script | Abe Martin |
| Pencils | Abe Martin |
| Inks | Abe Martin |
| First Line | Hold everything! |
| 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". |
| Comic Story | Clive Settles The Score / 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 | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Crumpet; Miss Grimshore; Roger Weston |
| Script | Roy L. Williams |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams |
| First Line | Babe and Mrs. Crumpet go shopping |
| 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 wonder where Mutzie is today? |
| Story | Apple Mary (4 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Mary Worth [Apple Mary]; Bill Biff; Miss Hetty; Dennie; Mr. Craftee |
| Script | Martha Orr (signed) |
| Pencils | Martha Orr (signed) |
| Inks | Martha Orr (signed) |
| First Line | For five long years, Apple Mary has dreamed about returning to Greenacres... |
| Notes | First comic-book appearance of Mary Worth aka Apple Mary. |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride |
| Inks | Clifford McBride |
| First Line | Watch me slip on a cat costume... |
| Comic Story | The Great Balloon Mystery. |
| Feature | S'matter Pop? |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Pop Wimpus; Ambrose |
| Script | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Honeybunch's Hubby |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Honeybunch; her hubby |
| Script | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Payne (signed) |
| First Line | I won't like them people! |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | The Nut Bros. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Ches Nut; Wal Nut |
| Script | Gene Ahern (signed) |
| Pencils | Gene Ahern (signed) |
| Inks | Gene Ahern (signed) |
| First Line | Ugh - I want an upper berth to Yokyhoky! Ugh! |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Our Boarding House" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Our Boarding House |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Uncle Amos; Alvin; Clyde |
| Script | Gene Ahern (signed) |
| Pencils | Gene Ahern (signed) |
| Inks | Gene Ahern (signed) |
| First Line | I was reading, Uncle Amos... |
| Notes | The top tier is "The Nut Brothers", by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | This Curious World |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | William Ferguson |
| Pencils | William Ferguson |
| Inks | William Ferguson |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Freckles and His Friends |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Freckles McGoosey |
| Script | Fred Fox |
| Pencils | Merrill Blosser (signed) |
| Inks | Merrill Blosser (signed) |
| First Line | Two more tubs... |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage; Mary; Reggie Smithers |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | If I'm going to make that sweater... |
| 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 | We must stop at a grab and eat it store... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Flying To Fame |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Slim; Tubby; O'Brien; Parker |
| Script | John Welch |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| First Line | Slim, Tubby and O'Brien are "summoned to court" |
| 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 | Say, yuh folks jest missed hit! |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Jimmy Bangem; Pete |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | Attention, everybody! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | The Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Henrietta |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | I wish Henrietta would do her own shopping! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Flight |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | W. D. Tipton |
| Pencils | John Hollis Mason |
| Inks | John Hollis Mason |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Ned Brant of Carter |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant; Coach Dave Meecham; Fay Chambers; Jack Perrin; Specs |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| First Line | Come on - You can't back out... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Flapper Fanny |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Fanny; Betty |
| Script | Gladys Parker |
| Pencils | Gladys Parker |
| Inks | Gladys Parker |
| First Line | Run back home, Betty... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Salesman Sam |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Duffy |
| Script | C. D. Small (signed) |
| Pencils | C. D. Small (signed) |
| Inks | C. D. Small (signed) |
| First Line | Gosh, what a break for our business! |
| Story | Holly of Hollywood |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Holly |
| Script | Pop Momand |
| Pencils | Pop Momand |
| Inks | Pop Momand |
| First Line | If the food in here was only as fresh as the boss... |
| Notes | The top tier of the “Keeping Up With the Joneses” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Retribution, or The Worm Turns |
| Feature | Keeping Up With the Joneses |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bowers; Elmore |
| Script | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Pencils | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Inks | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Notes | The top tier is “Holly of Hollywood”, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Strange As It Seems |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | John Hix |
| Pencils | John Hix |
| Inks | John Hix |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | The John Hix Scrapbook |
| Script | John Hix |
| Pencils | John Hix |
| Inks | John Hix |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Happy Daze |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Happy Daze |
| Script | S. M. Iger |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger |
| Inks | S. M. Iger |
| First Line | Oh me, oh my! |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Pee Wee |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Pee Wee Myers; his father; Curly |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | Gosh! I'll get the very Dickens for breaking Dad's pipe! |
| 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 |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Such Is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Munson (signed) |
| First Line | No, no! Never drop your guard! |
| Notes | Two daily gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn ? |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn ? |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn ? |
| Comic Story | Hep! Hep! Hep! |
| Feature | Dizzy Dramas |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Feature | Jane Arden / Lena Pry |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Duke Victor; Lena Pry |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Jack W. McGuire (signed) |
| Inks | Jack W. McGuire (signed) |
| First Line | Realizing that Duke Victor must be exposed... |
| 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. |
| Text Story | King Joko Comes Clean (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Ted Mikels; Grandfather Mikels; Bill Murdock |
| Script | Armand Serent |
| Story | Dan Dunn (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Dan Dunn; Babs; Ivan Eviloff; Skarge |
| Script | Norman Marsh (signed) |
| Pencils | Norman Marsh (signed) |
| Inks | Norman Marsh (signed) |
| First Line | Mr. Dan, now that you found out who killed Judge Boland, can't we finish our vacation? |
| Story | Little Brother |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Brother |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill |
| First Line | You lost your dog? |
| Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | The Annual Scare / The Bungle Family |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | George Bungle; Jo Bungle; Uncle Sam |
| 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. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Screen Oddities |
| Pencils | Thompson ? |
| Inks | Thompson ? |
| Script | Roscoe Fawcett |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | "Good Deed" Dotty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | "Good Deed" Dotty |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy |
| Pencils | John Striebel |
| Inks | John Striebel |
| First Line | Mister - I know somebody who needs some ice... |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Dixie Dugan |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Dixie Dugan |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy |
| Pencils | John Striebel (signed) |
| Inks | John Striebel (signed) |
| First Line | Oh - Somebody's left Gargalino's cage open! |
| Notes | The top tier is ""Good Deed" Dotty", by the same creators. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Amaze-A-Minute |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Deeper than high... |
| Notes | inside back cover |
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