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| Name | Famous Funnies 25 | 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. The usual next issue’s on sale date is missing from the “Let's Get into a Huddle” page in #24, but this 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 | Omigosh! Jumbo is drinking up the water! |
| Story | Strange as It Seems (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Tamerlane |
| Script | John Hix |
| Pencils | John Hix |
| Inks | John Hix |
| Letters | John Hix ? |
| First Line | The murdering Mongol-Tamerlane... |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Letters | Victor Pazmiño ? |
| First Line | You're droppin' the lunch |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | The Nut Bros. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Ches Nut; Wal Nut |
| Script | Gene Ahern |
| Pencils | Gene Ahern |
| Inks | Gene Ahern |
| First Line | They tell me that every guy who's rich... |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Our Boarding House" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Our Boarding House |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Gene Ahern |
| Pencils | Gene Ahern |
| Inks | Gene Ahern |
| First Line | The Madam is running an ad for a room to rent... |
| Notes | The top tier is "The Nut Brothers", by the same creator. |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Jack; Willie; Algy |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | I wish I could think up an idea for our club's charity show |
| Foreword/Afterword | We Are Observing Our Birthday! (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle! |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Stephen Douglas |
| Comic Story | René Fonck / Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | René Fonck |
| Script | Stookie Allen |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen |
| Inks | Stookie Allen |
| First Line | A charmed life |
| Story | Captain Easy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Easy finds himself among a native tribe and is told he must marry the matriach, the fierce Wogga Zazula. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Captain Easy; Wogga Zazula |
| Script | Roy Crane (signed) |
| Pencils | Roy Crane (signed) |
| Inks | Roy Crane (signed) |
| First Line | Who's this creature you call Wogga Zazula? |
| Story | Alley Oop (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Alley Oop and Zabo have promoted a popular battle with axes between two fierce opponents. But they refuse to fight unless they get a bigger cut of the gate, so in a real frenzy Alley knocks them both out. |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | Alley Oop; Zabo; Killer Kid Kar; Zabo the Terrible |
| Script | V. T. Hamlin (signed) |
| Pencils | V. T. Hamlin (signed) |
| Inks | V. T. Hamlin (signed) |
| First Line | We sure got a crowd Foozy - How much did we take in? |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Such Is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Munson (signed) |
| First Line | I want to pretty her up a bit for the horse show tomorrow... |
| Notes | A single daily gag panel. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn ? Gar Schmitt (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn ? Gar Schmitt (signed) ? |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn ? Gar Schmitt (signed) ? |
| First Line | I suppose that you have travelled extensively |
| Notes | Two daily gag panels. A previous indexer identified Charles J. Dunn as the creator, but evidence elsewhere suggests it may have been Gar Schmitt. |
| Story | Dickie Dare (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn |
| Script | Milton Caniff (signed) |
| Pencils | Milton Caniff (signed) |
| Inks | Milton Caniff (signed) |
| First Line | Dickie and Dan, imprisoned in a rehabilitated submarine, are thrown violently to the floor as a charge of dynamite explodes close by... |
| Notes | First comic-book appearance. Begins "Dickie Dare and the Pirate Sub" several weeks into the continuity. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Boots |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Boots Ruggles; Billy |
| Script | Abe Martin |
| Pencils | Abe Martin |
| Inks | Abe Martin |
| First Line | Good morning, Skipper! |
| 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; Humor |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
| Story | High-Gear Homer |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | High-Gear Homer; Mr. Mint |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | What luck! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (3 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | They didn't want us! |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Magic Made Easy |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | "Holly" of Hollywood |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Holly |
| Script | Pop Momand |
| Pencils | Pop Momand |
| Inks | Pop Momand |
| First Line | Hey, Holly! |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Keeping Up With the Joneses" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Eddie Loses His Appetite For Rabbitt |
| Feature | Keeping Up With the Joneses |
| Genre | Humor |
| 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 (2 pages) |
| Feature | Flying to Fame |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Slim; Parker; Peg; Tubby; O'Brien; Miguel |
| Script | John Welch |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | The trip down the river is resumed with Peg, her ailing Dad and his two stricken companions.... |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Tex; Ann; Col. Patterson |
| Script | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Inks | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Letters | Frank Engli |
| First Line | Santilla is killed by one of his men... |
| Notes | First comic-book appearance. |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Muriel; Archie; Ruff Bumps |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Er-r-r, Muriel, I wanna tell you sumpin |
| 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 Aunt Lizzie orders him to put up her clothesline |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Amaze-A-Minute |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Story | Dan Dunn (3 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Dan Dunn; Irwin |
| Script | Norman Marsh |
| Pencils | Norman Marsh |
| Inks | Norman Marsh |
| First Line | Warden, Irwin would like to be shown around the prison |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Herky |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Herky |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Hurry - We're five minutes late now! |
| Comic Story | The Story of the Phillipines- Part V / 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 | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Keep your eye on it... |
| Comic Story | The Runaway Changes His Mind / The Nebbs |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Junior Nebb; Ma Nebb; Pa 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", both by the same creators. |
| Story | Simp O'Dill |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Simp O'Dill; Muggsy McGuiness |
| Script | Sol Hess |
| Pencils | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| Inks | Wallace Carlson (signed) |
| First Line | I'll hop over and tell Sadie... |
| Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill", both by the same creators. |
| Story | Fisher's History of Boxing |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Firpo; Jack Dempsey |
| Script | Ham Fisher |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| First Line | Firpo and Dempsey... |
| 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; Lord Ian Fusspotte |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| First Line | Joe and Knobby are back in London after a holiday in Scotland. |
| Notes | The top tier is "Fisher's History of Boxing", by the same creators. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Happy Daze |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Happy Daze |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | My employers are giving an affair in my honor... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Pee Wee |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Pee Wee |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | Do you think Teddy will know, Tag? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Queenie |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | Oh, boy! There's gonna be a lotta swing music on th' radio tonight! |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Ned Brant of Carter |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant; Shotgun Sheldon |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| First Line | That's the way to make your teeth shine, Son! |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee; Helen Hoopee; Cousin Egbert |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | So! Our furniture violates the artistic sense of the interior decorator, eh? |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Notes | puzzle-page |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | The Adventures of Jabby |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jabby (a dog) |
| Script | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Pencils | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Carlisle (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| 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 | No - You can't keep him... |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Oaky, a sheep herder, decides he wants to join the royal court, so he hammers a suit of iron from a sheet taken from the roof, dragoons the old cart horse Nellie as his steed, and off he rides into adventure and romance. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; Pa Doaks; King Cedric |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | How many sheep have you got Oaky? |
| Notes | First comic-book appearance. Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but McCleery was the author for forty years. |
| Text Story | Mickey in the Lions' Den (2 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Lou Rostane; Mickey Breen |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| First Line | Monte! King! Norma! |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Old Ezra; Ezra's wife; Zenas; Jasper Scrawn; Miss Grimstone |
| Script | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| First Line | I feel like a little animal livin' in a cave... |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Wally Street; Monte Roberts; Lona Arbut |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | Cut! Now we'll shoot the scene where Jimmy boards the yacht. |
| 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 | "What runs but never walks..." |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Such Is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Munson (signed) |
| First Line | Ah, my good woman! |
| Notes | A one panel daily gag. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn ? Gar Schmitt ? |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn ? Gar Schmitt ? |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn ? Gar Schmitt ? |
| First Line | What's A. D. mean? |
| Notes | Three daily gag panels. Charles J. Dunn has generally been credited as the creator, but evidence elsewhere suggests it may have been Gar Schmitt. |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Jane Arden / Lena Pry |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Lena Pry |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| First Line | After meeting him a second time, just outside Carter Black's office, Jane wonders if Oscar Beal is really head of the Beal Investment Co. |
| 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). |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Screen Oddities |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | May Robson; Glenda Farrell; Jean Harlow; Ann Harding; Ann Dvorak; Merle Oberon |
| Script | Roscoe Fawcett |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Inks | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Bobby |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Bobby; Stub; Spec |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | D'ya like rain drops, Stub? |
| 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 (3 pages) |
| Feature | Apple Mary |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Mary Worth; Dennie; Bill; Louise Worth |
| Script | Martha Orr (signed) |
| Pencils | Martha Orr (signed) |
| Inks | Martha Orr (signed) |
| First Line | A swell day like this reminds me of a picnic in the country |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Flapper Fanny |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Fanny |
| Script | Gladys Parker |
| Pencils | Gladys Parker |
| Inks | Gladys Parker |
| First Line | I'd like to see some materials, please. |
| Comic Story | Business of Stretching a Point |
| Feature | Salesman Sam |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Salesman Sam Howdy |
| Script | C. D. Small (signed) |
| Pencils | C. D. Small (signed) |
| Inks | C. D. Small (signed) |
| Story | Little Brother |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Brother |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill |
| First Line | Come on! One more sniff! |
| Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Radio Trouble / 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 | George! What is it? |
| Notes | The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Otto Honk |
| Characters | Otto Honk |
| Script | Bill Zaboly (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Zaboly (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Zaboly (signed) |
| First Line | Gee, if I sell a dozen of these gadgets... |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Out Our Way" Sunday page. The strip was discontinued in 1936. |
| Comic Story | The Willetts / Out Our Way |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| First Line | Step on it! |
| Notes | The top tier is "Otto Honk". |
| 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 | Achoo! |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page, by the same creators. |
| Story | Dixie Dugan |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Dixie Dugan; Mickey; Madame Sylph |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy |
| Pencils | John Striebel (signed) |
| Inks | John Striebel (signed) |
| First Line | Listen Mickey, that's Madame Sylph... |
| Notes | The top tier is "Good Deed" Dotty, by the same creators. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Advertisement for novelties for sale from the Johnson Smith and Company of Detroit, Michigan. |
| Advertisement | New is the Daisy watchword for 1936 (1 page) |
| Feature | Daisy Air Rifles |
| Notes | Back cover Daisy air rile catalogue |
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