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| Name | Famous Funnies 27 | 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 #26, but 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 |
| Feature | War On Crime |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo); ? |
| Genre | Drama |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño ? Victor Pazmiño ? |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño ? Victor Pazmiño ? |
| First Line | Hooray! The G-Men are here! |
| Notes | 1st photo-cover in comics (part photo, part-art) |
| Foreword/Afterword | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle! |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Stephen Douglas ? |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas ? |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas ? |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Adventures of Jabby |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jabby |
| Script | Tom Carlisle |
| Pencils | Tom Carlisle |
| Inks | Tom Carlisle |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Comic Story | The Urschal Case (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | As new director od the F.B.I., J. Edgar Hoover wheedles out the ineffectual flotsam and initiates a programme of intensive training for prospective agents. |
| Feature | War On Crime |
| Genre | Adventure; Crime |
| Characters | John Edgar Hoover; Buck Bailey (crook); Charles Urschal; Mrs. Urschal |
| Script | Rex Collier |
| Pencils | James Hammon (signed) ? |
| Inks | James Hammon (signed) ? |
| First Line | Gangland has been chastened by an army of public heroes dubbed by criminals - The G-Men! |
| Notes | First true-crime stories in comics. The newspaper strip began May 1936. |
| 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 |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn |
| First Line | When you were in the Alps did you hear the people yokel? |
| Notes | A single daily gag panel. |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Holloween tonight! |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Tex; Col. Patterson; Brook Patterson; Spencer Warburton |
| Script | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Inks | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Letters | Frank Engli |
| First Line | The first day of the search ends! |
| Comic Story | Veteran of 18 Wars / Strange as It Seems (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Henry R. D. MacIver |
| Script | John Hix (signed) |
| Pencils | John Hix (signed) |
| Inks | John Hix (signed) |
| Notes | Seven unrelated panels showcasing strange facts. |
| 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 | Gee, I though I could beat Buttons home. |
| Notes | The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06. |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale [The Great Pineli] (villain); Belinda Blinks; One-Eyed Ike |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | Benefit performance by the Great Pinelli |
| 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 | Hey! Those cigars you sold me are no good! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Verna; Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Captain Dattro |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | Annilhating rays ripped and tore across the sky- stabbing at the elusive patrol ship- |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn |
| First Line | Can you punctuate? |
| Comic Story | A Matter of Diet and Literature |
| Feature | Keeping Up With the Joneses |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Aloysius McGinis; Clarice McGinis |
| Script | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Pencils | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Inks | Pop Momand (signed) |
| 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 | So! Der S. S. Wolverine iss to be der next victim! |
| Comic Story | The Story of the Philippines - Part VII / High Lights of History / Highlights of History (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Historical |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Notes | puzzle-page |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; George Headly |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | I don't know what's the matter with Jack - He seems to take me for granted... |
| 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 | Dad, Do you believe all the bad news you hear? |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | The Frog Pond Ferry |
| 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 | A beautiful day - beautiful! |
| Notes | The strip was discontinued on 1934-17-06. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Beau Geste with Slim and Tubby |
| Script | ? (adaption) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Michael “Beau” Geste; Digby Geste; Claudia; John Geste; Isobel; Aunt Patricia |
| Script | P. C. Wren (original story) |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| First Line | Some days after the mysterious visit of a Hindoo to Aunt Patricia... |
| Story | Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Miss Sally |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| First Line | Tweetle te-dee |
| Notes | Five daily strips on a single page. |
| Comic Story | The Saviour of Death Valley / Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | R. J. "Dad" Fairbanks |
| Script | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| First Line | In Utah as a youth... |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Queenie pesters artist 'Bob' until he loses his tempers and spanks her. |
| Feature | Queenie |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie; Bob |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | What cha doin', Bob? |
| Notes | The artist in the story is presumably Iger himself (signing as 'Bob Bliss'). |
| 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 | Yessir - That's a pretty good bird bungalow! |
| Notes | The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06. |
| Comic Story | Junior Learns a Lot about Signs and Omens / The Nebbs |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Junior Nebb; Popcorn |
| 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 | The Music Lesson / Simp O'Dill |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Simp O'Dill; Professor Snitzelband |
| 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 | Joe Palooka |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh |
| Script | Ham Fisher ? |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| First Line | I git a great kick outa watchin' th' monkeys - |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Screen Oddities |
| Script | Roscoe Fawcett |
| Pencils | Jimmy Thompson ? |
| Inks | Jimmy Thompson ? |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | S'matter Pop? |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Pop Wimpus; Ma Wimpus |
| Script | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Payne (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Payne (signed) |
| First Line | Feel my muscle! Bet ya I could throw a cannibal offa a island! |
| Story | Ned Brant (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant; Shotgun Sheldon |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| First Line | Sherman first to reach the shack in which Shotgun is held... |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Magic Made Easy |
| Story | Toddy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Toddy; Dinney |
| Script | George Marcoux (signed) |
| Pencils | George Marcoux (signed) |
| Inks | George Marcoux (signed) |
| First Line | Let's try aroun' the bend! |
| Notes | Five daily strips on a single page. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Flight |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | W. D. Tipton |
| Pencils | John Hollis Mason (signed) |
| Inks | John Hollis Mason (signed) |
| First Line | Flying Loads |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Such Is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Munson (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Munson (signed) |
| First Line | Boss, that new man you hired stutters something awful! |
| Notes | One daily gag panel. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Dumb-Bells |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Charles J. Dunn |
| Pencils | Charles J. Dunn |
| Inks | Charles J. Dunn |
| First Line | Sometimes I think my husband's got tired of me! |
| Notes | Two daily gag panels. |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Skip Allen; Wally Street; Big Dave |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | A sudden tropical storm separates the yacht from the lifeboat... |
| Notes | This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period. |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks, The Duke of Dunderpate; King Cedric; Princess Mercedes; Sir Bulwarky |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | Is there a doctor in the house? |
| Notes | Script was previously credited to R. B. Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961. |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage |
| Script | A. E. Hayward |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward |
| First Line | If promptness is the heart of modern business, I'm in Ancient Egypt |
| 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 | Bla - Bla - Bla... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) |
| 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 | To the Park |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Feature | Jane Arden / Lena Pry |
| Genre | Adventure; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Lena Pry |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| First Line | With Steve's help, Jane is trying to discover where the two swindlers are hiding out... |
| 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). |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Golly, if I only had one more tail on that kite it'd fly! |
| 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 thinks Sam is the mummy of King Tut-Tut come to life! |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Roger Weston; Detective Dick Keen; Aunt Mary; Jasper Scrawn; Zenas; Mrs. Crumpet |
| Script | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams (signed) |
| First Line | We must find that ... |
| 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 | This home you have bought is a great bargain! |
| 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 | Let me show you madam... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| 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 |
| Text Story | The Killer Car (2 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Harlan Corby; Ray Hooker; Ding Burkett; Stan Lewis; Mel Springer |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| First Line | Roaring down the back stretch... |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee; Mr. Flip |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | I think this case is closed! |
| Story | Little Brother |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Brother; Miss Olson |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill |
| First Line | Oh, hello Miss Olson |
| Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Big Game / The Bungle Family |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | George Bungle |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| First Line | That fixes that |
| Notes | The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Amaze-A-Minute |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Monixide Poisoning |
| 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 | I notice you were late for school again this morning |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | The Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Sam Snake; Nutsy Squirrel |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | If this boat looked more like a real ferry boat you'd get more commuters! |
| Notes | Inside back cover The strip was discontinued on 1934-17-06. |
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