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| Name | Famous Funnies 88 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Stephen Douglas (editor, art director) (uncredited); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer) |
| Notes | Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut. Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Ave., New York, New York. General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut. Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York. Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday or daily pages, reformatted to fit the comic book page. The dates of publication of these strips have been removed from the originals. On sale date from the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| First Line | Dickie Dare, there is no escape! |
| Story | Life's Like That |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| First Line | I ate my spinach... |
| Notes | Three daily gag panels, the ruled borders of which have been removed. The remainder of the page consists of advertisements. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Script | Phil Nolan |
| Pencils | Dick Calkins |
| Inks | Dick Calkins |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Dr. Elias Huer; Black Barney |
| First Line | That voice! From the radio! It was Huer's! |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Fearless Flint |
| Pencils | Harry G. Peter |
| Inks | Harry G. Peter |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| First Line | Starts in the next issue |
| Notes | House ad for the "Fearless Flint" strip that begins in the next issue. |
| Letters Page | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Get Into a Huddle |
| Pencils | Harry G. Peter |
| Inks | Harry G. Peter |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Uncle Sam's boys read Famous Funnies |
| Notes | This includes one reader letter but is mostly an editorial with info about the comic. Art includes one illustration of "Fearless Flint" and a reproduction of the cover of "Strictly Private." |
| Story | Dickie Dare (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Okuk; Mam'selle; Dan Flynn; Bill Beady |
| Script | Coulton Waugh |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh |
| First Line | What kind of animal is this "Wendigo" of yours, Okuk? |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | It's certainly fun to revive old customs! |
| Comic Story | Jacqueline of Holland / High Lights of History / Highlights of History |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | Jacqueline of Holland |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Would You Believe It? |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Animal; Nature |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| First Line | An elephant seal is larger than an elephant |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Historic Ships |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield |
| First Line | The famous 'Savannah' |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Frankie Future |
| Genre | Children; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Frankie Future; "Cosmic" Ray |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Frankie and his friend "Cosmic" Ray, are on a desert planet |
| Story | Jitter (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier |
| First Line | I'm going out and dig up some fish worms! |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry (1 page) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
| Script | F. O. Alexander ? |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander ? |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander ? |
| First Line | I study the magazines I deliver! |
| Notes | F. O. Alexander left the strip in 1939 but is still credited on this (the date of the original newspaper comic strip reprinted here is unknown). |
| Story | Connie (3 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; Dr. Chrono |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Following a strange ant like creature through a sort of air-lock... |
| Notes | This particular sequence is science-fiction oriented, although the strip as a whole was generally a realistic adventure strip. |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Dr. Dismal Horror |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | It's great to be alive! |
| Story | Invisible Scarlet O'Neil (4 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Mike; Mr. Badly |
| Script | Russell Stamm (signed) |
| Pencils | Russell Stamm (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Stamm (signed) |
| First Line | Have you all your belongings together, Mike? |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Funland |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| First Line | Mrs. K. Ann Garew is drying these fish for seven of her animal friends |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Lt. Clipper Willams; Lt. Billy Hill; Lovejoy; Prince Sin; Mary Lou Hughes; Tommy Hughes |
| Script | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| First Line | We turn out attention to Clipper Willams, somewhere else in Mongolia |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Willie |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Uncle Elby said he'd give me a dollar for my tooth |
| Letters Page | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | The Pen Pal Page |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | List of name and addresses of readers wishing to have pen pals. One small cartoon illustration. |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Pencils | Frank Goodwin ? |
| Inks | Frank Goodwin ? |
| Genre | Drama; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy Boles; Dick Rockwell |
| First Line | Benjy, go tell Peggy us hard working men are getting hungry! |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; Amy; Weasel; King Cedric |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | What is it you must tell me, Amy? |
| Notes | Script previously credited to R. B. Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961. |
| Story | Roy Powers (4 pages) |
| Script | Paul Powell ? |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Chunky; Sam |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | This is my workshop, boys |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Chief Wahoo |
| Script | Allen Saunders ? |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Zeke Flint; Prince "Lucky" Michael of Sylvania; Betsy Boone |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | A little renegade, that's what he is! |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Skip Allen; Brad Nelson; The Rajah |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | He's just knocked unconscious! |
| Notes | Tarpe Mills was previously suggested as artist, but the style is consistent with all earlier Ollendorff efforts, and bears his highly distinctive signature. |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Cam O'Flage; Mame Doodle; Count Yam |
| Script | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Pencils | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Nichols (signed) |
| First Line | I got a book tells how to do magic tricks |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Johnny Smiles; his father; Tex Wyman; Kay Kimberley |
| Script | Bert Christman (signed) |
| Pencils | Bert Christman (signed) |
| Inks | Bert Christman (signed) |
| First Line | Dad! She passed the tests! |
| Notes | Christman worked on the strip between 1936-11-23 and 1938-06-xx, so these reprints fall within that period. |
| Comic Story | Wishful Thinking! / Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Doctor Gulguy Thripsnortle; Chief Snozzle-in th'-Puss |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Notes | Four daily strips: #1 - Wishful Thinking! #2 - Proof Enough! #3 - Follow the Leader! #4 - Double Talk! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Br-r-r! Sam has been captured by the 'Frigid Men'! |
| Text Story | Moon's End / Buck Rogers (2 pages) |
| Script | Dick Calkins |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Pencils | Harry Peter (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Peter (signed) |
| Notes | Two spot illustrations. |
| Story | The Adventures of Patsy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama; Children |
| Characters | Patsy Cardigan; Jeff Gaylord; Mr. Millen; Carol Laine; "Dimples" Duvalle; her mother; Boris |
| Script | Charles Raab (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Raab (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Raab (signed) |
| First Line | No mere director can insult MY darling and get away with it! |
| Story | Speed Spaulding (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Speed and his friends escape as the earth is destroyed in a planet-wide explosion. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Speed Spaulding; Lt. Rex Dean; Jerry; Goldie; Torpedo; Lefty; Ann Pendon; Najort; Mitisuki |
| Pencils | Marvin Bradley (signed) |
| Inks | Marvin Bradley (signed) |
| First Line | Their left wheel is missing! |
| Notes | Final appearance. |
| Comic Story | Cold Air / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Napoleon hates the cold air in Uncle Elby's room so takes his blankets. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride |
| Inks | Clifford McBride |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| First Line | Get the most for your dime |
| Notes | House ad for Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics, with a reproduction of the cover of issue #9. |
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