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| Date | | Number: 40 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Famous Funnies 40 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Stephen Douglas |
| 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 | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Uncle Elby |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Goodbye forever |
| Illustration | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | My name is Seaweed Sam, mates... |
| Notes | One page illustration showing Seaweed Sam at the wheel of a boat singing one verse of a song. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | "Holly" of Hollywood |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Holly |
| Script | Pop Momand |
| Pencils | Pop Momand |
| Inks | Pop Momand |
| First Line | That's strange! Where could it be? |
| Notes | The top tier of the “Keeping Up With the Joneses” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | The Shock Was Too Much |
| Feature | Keeping Up With the Joneses |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Aloysius P. McGinis; Clarice McGinis |
| Script | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Pencils | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Inks | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Notes | The top tier is “”Holly” of Hollywood”, by the same creator. |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Goofie Gags |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Now, I wonder who told him? |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Screen Oddities |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Roscoe Fawcett |
| Pencils | Bud Thompson |
| Inks | Bud Thompson |
| First Line | Anita's Louise's beautiful hands... |
| Story | Roy Powers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Chunky; Rocky; Jack Stuart |
| Script | Paul Roberts |
| Pencils | Kemp Starrett |
| Inks | Kemp Starrett |
| First Line | Here! This looks like what we want! |
| Letter Column | Let's Get into a Huddle! (1 page) |
| Script | Stephen Douglas |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Life's Like That |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| First Line | Boy! What I couldn't do with those!! |
| Notes | Three daily gag panels. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Dr. Huer; Dr. Stryker; Dr. Jones; Buddy Deering; The Commissioner |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Dick Calkins (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Calkins (signed) Rick Yager (see notes) ? |
| First Line | Wilma and I were summoned to a mobilization of the interplanetary space fleet off Mars... |
| Notes | Rick Yager worked on the strip from 1933, ghosting some of the pencils and inking some of the strips. |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Hurricane Hawk; Skid Bankhead; Little Jerry; Colonel Vandervoort; Dagmar Collingway |
| Script | Dick Calkins |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton |
| Inks | Russell Keaton |
| First Line | At Timor, an official threatened our friends with arrest |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
| Script | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander (signed) |
| First Line | People of Earth, descend! |
| 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 |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | For your kiddies, Mrs. Bush... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Life's Like That |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| First Line | Hello, Mom - they just gave me the leading part. |
| Notes | Six unrelated gag panels. |
| Comic Story | The Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping (4 pages) |
| Feature | War on Crime |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Bill Mahan; Margaret Waley; Harmon Waley; Edward Fliss |
| Script | Rex Collier |
| Pencils | Kemp Starrett ? |
| Inks | Kemp Starrett ? |
| First Line | And the government will show... |
| Story | Dickie Dare (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Lily; Dan Flynn; Wags; Walla-Walla |
| Script | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| First Line | Quick! Get over to the boat and hang on! |
| Story | The Adventures of Patsy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy |
| Characters | Patsy; The Phantom Magician; Thimble; Queen Sylvia; Kogg; King Goof |
| Script | Mel Graff |
| Pencils | Mel Graff |
| Inks | Mel Graff |
| First Line | Suppose King Goof's man wins and turns on us! |
| Comic Story | Piano Recital / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Napoleon chases away a pianist for disturbing his rest. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | The Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Charlie |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | I'll be all set for the party just as soon... |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | There's A Town |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Notes | Gag panel using odd sounding town names. |
| 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 | Congratulations, sir! |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Animals in the News |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Runaway horse stops for red light... |
| Cartoon | Ida Lewis / Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Stookie Allen |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen |
| Inks | Stookie Allen |
| Notes | reprint from Sports Novels Magazine (Popular Publications) |
| 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 | I think it's terrible the way Muley Bates stays out nights |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; General Webster; Empress Sheela |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | The Empress will give you an audience... |
| Notes | The panels are relettered, with some altered and abbreviated text. |
| 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 | Away runs Sam, and escapes from the animals! |
| Comic Story | Hannibal (Conclusion) / High Lights of History / Highlights of History |
| Genre | Historical |
| Characters | Hannibal |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Olly of the Movies |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Jack North; Lala Palooza; Skip Allen; Buddy |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | I told you the picture was bad, Jack! |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Knucks Maddox; Mark Devitt |
| Script | Noel Sickles |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles |
| Inks | Noel Sickles |
| Letters | Frank Engli |
| First Line | Pouring a murderous fire from their turret guns… |
| Story | Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Cam O'Flage; Mame |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| First Line | The boss said have a nice vacation... |
| 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 | The trailer's packed! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Dot and Dan in Santaland |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Santa Claus; Dot; Dan; Whitest-and-Best (a snowman) |
| Script | Bob Pilgrim (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Pilgrim (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Pilgrim (signed) |
| First Line | Look who's here! |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Magic Made Easy |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | There's A Town |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Butler, PA... |
| Notes | A gag panel suggested by Donald Byrne, Langstaff, Ontario, Canada. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty; Grandpa |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Gee! Poor old Spunky! |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Detective Keen; Mary; Miss Young; Elmer Rakestraw; Grandma Rakestraw |
| Script | Roy L. Williams |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams |
| First Line | While Babe continues to peek, Mary prowls around a bit |
| Story | Punky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Punky; Weener |
| Script | Fred Balk |
| Pencils | Fred Balk |
| Inks | Fred Balk |
| First Line | Those tonsils should come out... |
| Notes | Four daily gag panels. |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Drama; Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Jack |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Hi, Connie, come on and join a poor lonesome guy for lunch! |
| 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 | What are you reading? |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Muriel; Algy Bray |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | It ain't fair, Nipper! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator. |
| Cartoon | 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 Het sends him running to the radio store... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Queenie |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Colonel Chauncey Clambake |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Inks | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| First Line | I left a lolly-pop in here, Auntie! |
| Text Story | Old Kilauea Erupts (1.8 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Colonel Jason Bradley; Don; Rutledge, Mario |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| Cartoon | 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 bakery... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page. |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | As the order to sink the motor boat is given, Homer decides to disclose himself |
| Cartoon | The Overflow Will Be Taken Care of |
| Feature | The Gay Thirties |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Hank Barrow |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow |
| Inks | Hank Barrow |
| Comic Story | Straightened Picture / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Elby is trying to straighten a picture on his wall but Napoleon carelessly knocks it askew. |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Uncle Elby; Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Comic Story | The Battle of Zama / High Lights of History / Highlights of History |
| Genre | Historical |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
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