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| Date | | Number: 57 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Famous Funnies 57 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | 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 | Humor |
| Characters | The Great Gusto; Pigtails |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Remember! Don't go further than the corner! |
| Illustration | Hienie Himmlestoss / Scorchy Smith (1 page) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Hienie Himmlestoss |
| Pencils | Bert Christman |
| Inks | Bert Christman |
| 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 |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Okay! Okay! |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Story | The Gay Thirties |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Hank Barrow |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow |
| Inks | Hank Barrow |
| First Line | Jimminy! Can't I wait... |
| Notes | Two unrelated daily gag panels. |
| Story | Roy Powers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Chunky; Mr. Carter; Matt; Joe; Captain Madson |
| Script | Paul Roberts |
| Pencils | Kemp Starrett ? |
| Inks | Kemp Starrett ? |
| First Line | Here's where the coati was drinking! |
| Letter Column | Let's Get into a Huddle! (1 page) |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas (signed) |
| Story | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Algy Bray |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Thanks, Mom! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator. |
| Story | Footprints on the Sands of Time |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bill |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins |
| First Line | Here goes Bill to school... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Bull Benham; Hurricane Hawk; Billy Hill; Little Jerry |
| Script | Dick Calkins |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| First Line | And I thought I'd collapse when I saw you in jail, Bull! |
| 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 | Yes, if Signor Paletto... |
| 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 | Go ahead, Sonny... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Dr. Elias Huer; Dercu; Avonna |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Rick Yager (signed) |
| Inks | Rick Yager (signed) |
| First Line | Crashing the Novan's attractor trap with terrific impact, the exploring ship from Earth... |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Neher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Neher (signed) |
| First Line | We're jackin' Pa up fer dinner1 |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels. |
| Comic Story | The Tri-State Gang / War on Crime (2 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Mais; Legenza; Martin Farrell; Roy Wiley |
| Script | Rex Collier |
| Pencils | Jimmy Thompson |
| Inks | Jimmy Thompson |
| First Line | Where are we headed? |
| Comic Story | Free Wheeling! / Jitter (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Notes | Four daily strips: #1 - Free Wheeling! #2 - Here 'Tis! #3 - Bone Power! #4 - Oil 'er Up! |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; Pigtails |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Elmer Woggon |
| First Line | Now, run along... |
| Story | Dickie Dare (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wags, who's lost his way, falls in with a bad crowd. |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Smokey Sam; Pretty the Mex; Wags |
| Script | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| First Line | Wow! What a yarn... |
| Story | The Adventures of Patsy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Phil, Ginny and Pat trudge sadly back to the base camp only to find the lost Thimble has beaten them there. Back home again, Patsy and Huckleberry Hogan decide to form a detective agency. |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Phil Cardigan; Ginny; Patsy Cardigan; Thimble; Huckleberry Hogan; Sandy; Pierre |
| Script | Mel Graff (signed) |
| Pencils | Mel Graff (signed) |
| Inks | Mel Graff (signed) |
| First Line | We've lost one of the finest pals anyone could hope for! |
| Text Article | Haile Selassie I / High Lights of History / Highlights of History (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | Haile Selassie |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| First Line | In 1916 Zauditi... |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Letter Column | The Pen Pal Page (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Story | Animals in the News |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Cat trained to stamp out... |
| Story | 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 | Mumble! Grumble! |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Free from the haunted castle, Oaky and Cedric press on towards Mulonnga. Next they get caught in a blizzard. |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; The Earl of Juniper; Nellie |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | Look... Oaky's getting up! |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961. |
| Story | Seaweed Sam (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam; Jibby; Click |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Sam, Jibby and Click are in Africa... |
| Story | Big Chief Wahoo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Pigtails |
| Script | Allen Saunders |
| Pencils | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Elmer Woggon |
| First Line | Look, Chief! |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lona sends Mary to spy on Olly. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Lona Arbut; Mary; Von Klotz; Buddy Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | Lona sends Mary to get a job... |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Heinie Himmelstosse; Jake; Pinto; Betty |
| Script | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| Inks | Noel Sickles (signed) |
| First Line | Scorchy and Himmelstoss are off to Montana... |
| Comic Story | The Pie-Eyed Winner / Somebody's Stenog |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Mame |
| Script | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward (signed) |
| 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 |
| Pencils | A. E. Hayward |
| Inks | A. E. Hayward |
| First Line | I don't believe in the way the younger generation is trained |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Cartoon | Marthe Richer / Above the Crowd (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Marthe Richer |
| Script | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| First Line | Wae Spy! |
| Story | Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Young’un |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| First Line | He wants to know... |
| Notes | Four daily strips on a single comic book page. |
| Story | Magic Made Easy (1 page) |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Story | There's a Town (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Non-fiction |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | April, Tex |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Babe and Benjy sail off on a raft and lose sight of the showboat. |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy; Zinnia |
| Script | Roy L. Williams |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams |
| First Line | Benjy! |
| Story | Punky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Punky |
| Script | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Balk (signed) |
| First Line | Who put Mexican jumping beans in our seeds? |
| Notes | Four daily gag panels. |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; Uncle Phineas; Jack |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Connie, is that nice young fella coming over tonight? |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Susan |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | There's a young man... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Neher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Neher (signed) |
| First Line | Need a lawyer, mister? |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels. |
| Story | Queenie (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie; Aunt Prunella |
| Script | S. M. Iger |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger |
| Inks | S. M. Iger |
| First Line | Auntie's auto turned over... |
| Text Story | The Magic River (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Bertram Parke; Jimmy Parke |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| First Line | Drums! Those infernal drums! |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dad wires home that he's found Homer. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | Mother! Here's a wire from Dad! |
| Story | Butty and Fatty (1 page) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty; Spunky Dory |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Spunky Dory writes to Butty and Fatty |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Willie; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Napoleon, I'm going to teach you to skate! |
| Story | Artistic Artie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Artistic Artie |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Artie has been sign painting all day... |
| Story | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Fatty; Mr. Hoist |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | I'm moving Madame Chiffon's Gown Shoppe... |
| Comic Story | Now Try It! / Jitter (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Jitter |
| Script | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Poinier (signed) |
| Notes | Four daily strips: #1 - Now Try It! #2 - A Semaphore! #3 - Bounced Again! #4 - It Worked Too Well! |
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