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Seems to be the first Famous Funnies issue in which the titles aren’t constantly shown at the top of the pages. |
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Publication | August 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2013-10-13, verified by Blake Bell in The Bill Everett Archives #2. |
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Cover | Eagle Scout - Roy Powers Zooms to the Rescue |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Roy Powers |
Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2013-10-13, verified by Blake Bell in The Bill Everett Archives #2. |
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Comic Story | Mutiny |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Two unrelated daily gag panels. |
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Featuring | Frankie Future |
Content | Genre: Humor; Science Fiction | Characters: Frankie Future |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Willie |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Cecelia; Spike; Brenda; Hershel Mandy |
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Letters Page | Let's Get Into a Huddle (1 page) |
Notes | publisher's news |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Lt. Clipper Williams; Tommy Hughes; Mary Lou Hughes; Scarlett; Lovejoy; Billy Hill; Prince Sin |
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Comic Story | Skanderbeg (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Skanderbeg |
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Comic Story | Good Fishing 400 Miles (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Buddy Deering; Princess Alura |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jitter |
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Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Speed Spaulding; Goldie; Lt. Rex Dean; Spike; One-Eye |
Notes | Edwin Balmer; Philip Wylie (credited, original authors of book, but probably syndicate-authored) |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Dr. Henry Murdock; Andy; O'Donnell; Connery |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Himmelstoss; Mickey Lafarge; Phyllis Johnson |
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Featuring | Pen Pals |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | reader's names list |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy Boles; Aunt Jane Gorum; Eben Gorum; Peggy Allenby |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Mervin the Chancellor; The Emperor; Amy Zona |
Notes | Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961. |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Teen | Characters: Roy Powers; Chunky |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; Prince "Lucky" Michael of Sylvania; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Rain-Crow |
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Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Olive Lane; Skip Allen; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; The Claw; Pete |
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Comic Story | Old Flint Heart |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Mame Doodle |
Notes | The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: John Smith; Mary Smith (both unnamed here) |
Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Patsy Cardigan; Jeffersey Gaylord |
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Featuring | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Seaweed Sam; Davy Jones |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Connie Kurridge; Londi; Jack Brown; Dr. Chrono; Ko Lin; Prof. Tragnon |
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Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: High-Gear Homer; Harvey |
Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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Text Story | Feud in the Forest (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Swen Swenson; Selby |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels. |
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Comic Story | Now It's His Turn to Burn! (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Young ’un |
Notes | Four daily strips:
#1 - Now It's His Turn to Burn!
#2 - Double Talk!
#3 - You Can't Pull the Wool Over His Eyes!
#4 - Here's One For Ripley! |
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Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation | Characters: Ensign Henry A. Tyburc |
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Notes | Puzzle page |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Willie |
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Publisher advertisement | full-page ad for Dickie Dare #1 (1 page) |
Notes | Inside back cover.
Front cover of "Dickie Dare" #1 reproduced with Everett signature. |
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Publisher advertisement | full-page ad for Buck Rogers #2 (1 page) |
Notes | Back cover.
Front cover of "Buck Rogers" #2 reproduced, with signature by Calkins. |
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