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| Name | Famous Funnies 42 (alt) | 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 pages in their original format or five daily strips to the page. 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 | Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Sam Smithers |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| First Line | Happy New Year! |
| Story | Dickie Dare (1 page) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Dickie Dare |
| Script | Coulton Waugh |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh |
| Notes | The inside-front cover. |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride |
| Inks | Clifford McBride |
| First Line | You wait out here, Napoleon, while I have a nice quiet supper! |
| Story | Goofie Gags (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | In case I fall asleep before 12, Happy New Year! |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Dizzy Dramas |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Bowers (signed) |
| First Line | I'm gonna shoot you like a dog |
| Statement of Ownership | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | George G. Janosik (business manager) |
| Notes | Famous Funnies Inc. 50 Church ST, New York, NY Editor Harold A. Moore Bus Mgr. George G. Janosik Owners: Eastern Color Printing 61 Leavenworth St, Waterbury, Ct American-Republican Inc. 61 Leavenworth St, Waterbury, CT E. Robert Stevenson, Eric Pape, James H. Darcey, B. H. Dupuy, Wm. B. Pape, George G. Janosik |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Such Is Life |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Goofy Saunders |
| Script | Walt Munson |
| Pencils | Walt Munson |
| Inks | Walt Munson |
| First Line | Goofy Saunders happens to be one of those whistling snorers |
| Story | Roy Powers (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Teen |
| Characters | Roy Powers; Rocky Jones; Chunky |
| Script | Paul Roberts |
| Pencils | Kemp Starrett ? |
| Inks | Kemp Starrett ? |
| First Line | Quick - This way - We're not licked yet! |
| Notes | Page begins with strip #B45 |
| Letters Page | A Happy New Year / Let's Get into a Huddle! (1 page) |
| Script | Stephen Douglas |
| Pencils | Stephen Douglas |
| Inks | Stephen Douglas |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Nipper |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Mr. Barron |
| Script | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| Pencils | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| Inks | Clare Victor Dwiggins (signed) |
| First Line | There's six! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | 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 dad sends him... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Skyroads (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Hurricane Hawk; Jerry; Been Potts [sic]; Billy Hill |
| Script | Dick Calkins |
| Pencils | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Keaton (signed) |
| First Line | Little Jerry, left alone, heard approaching footsteps... |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Genre | Adventure |
| 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 | Since we have proved our magic, Priestess, may we move about at will? |
| 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 | Young man, you've babbled about international currency and the Einstein theory... |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Story | Buck Rogers (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Buck and Huer are captured by the Ordlans after failing to put Mars back in its orbit. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Doctor Elias Huer; an Ordlan leader |
| Script | Philip Nowlan |
| Pencils | Dick Calkins (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Calkins (signed) |
| First Line | When the strange inhabitants of Ordla found their own world was dying - they determined on the theft of Mars |
| Notes | Relettered from the original with fewer words. |
| Story | Life's Like That (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Neher |
| Pencils | Fred Neher |
| Inks | Fred Neher |
| First Line | If it's all the same to you, Mom... |
| Notes | Six unrelated gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | George Weyerhaeuser and the police on the trail of Mahan, the man who kidnapped him. |
| Feature | War on Crime |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Harmon Waley; Margaret Waley; Bill Mahan (villain); Ed Fliss [aka Red Lane] (villain) |
| Script | Rex Collier |
| Pencils | Kemp Starrett ? |
| Inks | Kemp Starrett ? |
| First Line | Which way now, Waley? |
| Story | Dickie Dare (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags |
| Script | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Pencils | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| Inks | Coulton Waugh (signed) |
| First Line | Dan-Dan! We gotta make that destroyer see us! |
| Story | The Adventures of Patsy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | After rescuing the Queen, Patsy asks the Phantom Magician to take her home to her own world. |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy |
| Characters | Patsy; The Phantom Magician [Phil Cardigan]; Queen Silvia; King Goof |
| Script | Mel Graff |
| Pencils | Mel Graff |
| Inks | Mel Graff |
| First Line | Suddenly the Queen's abductor stops, throws her roughly to the floor and turns to face King Goof... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Sam Snake |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Sam Snake |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Aw, you snakes are dumb... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Butty and Fatty |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Butty; Fatty; Grandpa; Spunky Dory |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | No sir! Spunky Dory won't get here today! |
| Story | Funland (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Boo! Hoo! |
| Comic Story | A Black Eye for The Joneses (1 page) |
| Feature | Keeping up with The Joneses |
| Genre | Humor; Domestic |
| Script | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Pencils | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Inks | Pop Momand (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Spotlighter (1 page) |
| Feature | Above the Crowd |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Sports |
| Characters | Con Colleano |
| Script | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Animals in the News |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | Cows do not care for sopranos on the radio, says farmer |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| 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 | Gee, everybody in the village sent me cards this Christmas... |
| Story | Oaky Doaks (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Oaky and King Cedric return home only to find there's been a revolution in their absence. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Historical |
| Characters | Sir Oaky Doaks; his father; King Cedric; Lady Cameo; President Cadwell Morgan; Lord Howlingstone |
| Script | William McCleery |
| Pencils | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| Inks | Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed) |
| First Line | Where are we headed, Captain? |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Seaweed Sam; The Genie of the Lamp |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| First Line | Sam found himself grown into a huge size... |
| Comic Story | Cleopatra / High Lights of History / Highlights of History (1 page) |
| Genre | Historical |
| Characters | Cleopatra |
| Script | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) |
| Story | Olly of the Movies (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Brad Nelson; Lona'; Skip Allen |
| Script | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Pencils | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| Inks | Julian Ollendorff (signed) |
| First Line | Well, folks, I'm glad we're all together again and everybody is friends with each other! |
| Story | Scorchy Smith (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Scorchy Smith; Pudge; Spike; Knucks Maddox; Armara |
| Script | Noel Sickles |
| Pencils | Noel Sickles |
| Inks | Noel Sickles |
| Letters | Frank Engli |
| First Line | Scorchy reassembles the train lying on a siding at the mouth of the tunnel |
| Story | 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) |
| First Line | What do you bet the old dump has burned down? |
| 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 | Well, I'll meet you in the ball park, sweetheart! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Bobby |
| Genre | Drama; Children |
| Characters | Bobby |
| Script | S. M. Iger |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger |
| Inks | S. M. Iger |
| First Line | Bobby was told to deliver a grocery order... |
| Notes | copyright Eisner-Iger |
| Story | Mescal Ike (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Mrs. Buckstopple |
| Script | S. L. Huntley |
| Pencils | Art Huhta (signed) |
| Inks | Art Huhta (signed) |
| First Line | Oh, we're having a delightful time! |
| Activity | Color Spots (1 page) |
| Feature | Magic Made Easy |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Story | Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| First Line | Why don't you take Napoleon along... |
| Cartoon | Shoe Tree in Pedestria |
| Feature | Woozy World Tours |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| 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 | I thought the rush season was over... |
| Story | Babe Bunting (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Zenas; Detective Keen; Miss Young; Irene Rakestraw; Gladys Rakestraw; Grandma Rakestraw; Mary Mole; Mrs. Mole |
| Script | Roy L. Williams |
| Pencils | Roy L. Williams |
| Inks | Roy L. Williams |
| First Line | Zenas, I came up to thank you for savin' me from the explosion! |
| Story | Punky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Punky |
| Script | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Balk (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Balk (signed) |
| First Line | An' you ought to keep your eye on me a little more... |
| Notes | Four daily gag panels. |
| Story | Connie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Connie Kurridge; her father |
| Script | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Godwin (signed) |
| First Line | Daddy I don't know what I'm going to do - I'm broke! |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
| Story | The Wet Blanket |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Dr. Yates |
| Script | Frank Godwin |
| Pencils | Frank Godwin |
| Inks | Frank Godwin |
| First Line | I want to get a tooth pulled, Dr. Yates! |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
| Cartoon | Beehive, Montana / There's a Town (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Notes | Five gag panels based on unusual town names. |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Queenie |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters |
| Script | S. M. Iger |
| Pencils | S. M. Iger |
| Inks | S. M. Iger |
| First Line | You left th' tub runnin', auntie! |
| Text Story | The Strange Deception (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Guy Winthrop; Mindar Zhal |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| Story | Homer Hoopee (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Homer Hoopee; The Doctor |
| Script | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Locher (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Locher (signed) |
| First Line | How about those two guards in the next room - What if they hear us? |
| Story | The Gay Thirties (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Hank Barrow |
| Pencils | Hank Barrow |
| Inks | Hank Barrow |
| First Line | Just look at this, Willie! |
| Comic Story | The Frog / Napoleon (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Animal |
| Characters | Napoleon |
| Script | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Pencils | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Inks | Clifford McBride (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Animals in the News |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Wilbur |
| Script | M. E. Brady |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady |
| Inks | M. E. Brady |
| First Line | Bird flys across country on wings of airplane [sic]... |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | The Frog Pond Ferry |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | The Skipper; Katie Cow; Gorgonzola Mouse |
| Script | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Pencils | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| Inks | M. E. Brady (signed) |
| First Line | I had a horned uncle... |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Amaze-a-Minute |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| First Line | One pound of hydrogen gas... |
| Notes | The inside-back cover. |
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