Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1936-03-15
Editing: Stephen Douglas (editor)

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Printer: [none printed]

Indexer Notes

First Famous Funnies Inc. issue.

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.

[no title indexed]

Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Muley Bates got hit...
Characters:
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover

Five daily strips on a single page.

[no title indexed]

The Nut Bros. / comic story / 0.3 page

Script:
Gene Ahern (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Gene Ahern (credited, signed)
Inks:
Gene Ahern (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What have you in the way of hats?
Characters:
Ches Nut; Wal Nut
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of the "Our Boarding House" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]

Our Boarding House / comic story / 0.7 page

Script:
Gene Ahern (credited as Ahern) (signed)
Pencils:
Gene Ahern (credited as Ahern) (signed)
Inks:
Gene Ahern (credited as Ahern) (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Aw, I dawanna practice on my violin!
Characters:
Alvin
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is "The Nut Brothers", by the same creator.

[no title indexed]

Connie / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Inks:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come on Connie - I'll take you on for 9 holes
Characters:
Connie Kurridge; Willy
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Let's Get into a Huddle! / letters page / 1 page

Charles "Speed" Holman

Above the Crowd / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Inks:
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:He died as he lived - thrillingly
Characters:
Charles "Speed" Holman
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Roy Crane (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Roy Crane (credited, signed)
Inks:
Roy Crane (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's easy to see how you got your name, with eyes on top of your head
Characters:
Captain Easy; Pippy; Neptune's daughters
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

Nude mermaids appear in several panels, but with nipples deleted.

[no title indexed]

Alley Oop / comic story / 1 page

Script:
V. T. Hamlin (credited) (signed as V. T. Hamlin)
Pencils:
V. T. Hamlin (credited) (signed as V. T. Hamlin)
Inks:
V. T. Hamlin (credited) (signed as V. T. Hamlin)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Th' king can climb from his tree - but, what's gonna happen to us?
Characters:
Alley Oop; Foozy
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Dumb-Bells / comic story / 0.3 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pay to get in?
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

Three daily gag panels.

[no title indexed]

Dizzy Dramas / comic story / 0.2 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Did you have a hard day at the office, dear?
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Otto Honk / comic story / 0.3 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah! Pretty knight...
Characters:
Otto Honk
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of the "Out Our Way" Sunday page. The strip was discontinued in 1936.

Out Our Way / comic story / 0.7 page

Script:
J. R. Williams (credited as Williams) (signed)
Pencils:
J. R. Williams (credited as Williams) (signed)
Inks:
J. R. Williams (credited as Williams) (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ain't that a sparkler?
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is "Otto Honk".

[no title indexed]

Magic Made Easy / activity / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]

Boots / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jump!
Characters:
Boots Ruggles
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The actual name of the strip was “Boots and Her Buddies”, but some newspapers presented the strip under the shortened title “Boots”, as here. The final panel on each Sunday page is one of fashion, named "Boots cut outs".

[no title indexed]

Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.8 page


  • Genre:adventure; drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Some thief has been robbing the ball players' lockers...
Characters:
Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks; Dosey Doane
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages


  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Neptunians were much upset...
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Holly of Hollywood / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pop Momand (credited)
Pencils:
Pop Momand (credited)
Inks:
Pop Momand (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I have a hunch...
Characters:
Holly; Percy Pinhead
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of the “Keeping Up With the Joneses” Sunday page, by the same creator.

Al Insists On His Right to Snore

Keeping Up with the Joneses / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Pop Momand (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Pop Momand (credited, signed)
Inks:
Pop Momand (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Aloysius P. McGinis; Clarice McGinis
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is “Holly of Hollywood”, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

[no title indexed]

Herky / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clyde Lewis (credited)
Pencils:
Clyde Lewis (credited)
Inks:
Clyde Lewis (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Great day for the carnival - eh, Herky?
Characters:
Hercules; Pop
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Flying To Fame / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
John Welch (credited)
Pencils:
Russell Ross (credited) (signed as Ross)
Inks:
Russell Ross (credited) (signed as Ross)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, Parker cleaned all the Alzans out...
Characters:
Slim, Tubby; O'Brien; Professor McIntosh; Parker
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Butty and Fatty / comic story / 1 page

Script:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Pencils:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Inks:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Fatty, where did you put the pair of kid gloves I loaned to you yesterday?
Characters:
Butty; Fatty
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06.

[no title indexed]

Nipper / comic story / 0.8 page


  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The shanty boat needs paintin'...
Characters:
Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Muriel
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]

Footprints on the Sands of Time / comic story / 0.2 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bill's mother sends him over to ask Mrs. Bingstipping...
Characters:
Bill
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]

Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Norman Marsh (credited) (signed as Marsh)
Pencils:
Norman Marsh (credited) (signed as Marsh)
Inks:
Norman Marsh (credited) (signed as Marsh)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You think Eviloff will send a radio message to his agents tonight, Dan?
Characters:
Dan Dunn; Ivan Eviloff; Skarge
Reprints (0)

Meet Nicodemus, The Tired Trick Dog

The Nebbs / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; domestic
Characters:
John “Junior” Nebb; Popcorn
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill".

Simp Gets a Close-Up Telephone Connection

Simp O'Dill / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Simp O'Dill
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill".

Filipino Revolt of 1896

Script:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Pencils:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Inks:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:historical; non-fiction; history
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page


  • Genre:sports; non-fiction; biography; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:With a great string of kayos...
Characters:
Firpo; Jess Willard
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators.

[no title indexed]

Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page


  • Genre:drama; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes, Joe an' Knobby's in Yurrup...
Characters:
Joe Palooka; Mrs. Palooka; Mr. Cassidy
Synopsis:
Joe's mother relates a tale of Joe's exploits at age fifteen.
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators.

[no title indexed]

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You kids scram!
Characters:
Freckles McGoosey; Fred Flint; Ossie; Herman
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Butty and Fatty / comic story / 1 page

Script:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Pencils:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Inks:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! That sure was a spooky picture!
Characters:
Butty; Fatty; Grandpop
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06.

[no title indexed]

Queenie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss) (signed)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss) (signed)
Inks:
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss) (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oof! Eatin' just ruins yer appetite!
Characters:
Queenie; Aunt Prunella

[no title indexed]

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Funland / activity / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

puzzle-page

[no title indexed]

Ned Brant of Carter / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Jack - Come in a minute, will you?
Characters:
Ned Brant; Specs; Jack Perrin; Fay Chambers; Coach Dave Meegan
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Flapper Fanny / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't tell me you can talk to China...
Reprints (0)

Duzz Is Put in His Place!

Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
C. D. Small (credited as Small) (signed as Small)
Pencils:
C. D. Small (credited as Small) (signed as Small)
Inks:
C. D. Small (credited as Small) (signed as Small)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Sam Duffy; Duzz
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

The Adventures of Jabby / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Jabby
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

[no title indexed]

Alec and Itchy / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Jimmy George (credited as George)
Pencils:
Merle Mulholland (credited as Mulholland) (signed as Mulholland)
Inks:
Merle Mulholland (credited as Mulholland) (signed as Mulholland)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Didn't you say you had 20 cents...
Characters:
Alec; Itchy
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Amaze-A-Minute / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Arnold
Inks:
Arnold
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]

Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:After sailing and sailing the seas...
Characters:
Seaweed Sam; Chris Columbus

[no title indexed]

Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Julian Ollendorff (credited as Julian Ollendorf) (signed as Ollendorff)
Pencils:
Julian Ollendorff (credited as Julian Ollendorf) (signed as Ollendorff)
Inks:
Julian Ollendorff (credited as Julian Ollendorf) (signed as Ollendorff)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Olly is still missing!
Characters:
Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Jimmy Bangem; Pete
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.

[no title indexed]

Babe Bunting / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:adventure; children; drama
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Babe has seen Jasper Scrawn's car near the Crumpet home
Characters:
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Crumpet; Detective Keen; Zenas
Reprints (0)

text story / 2 pages


  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Constable Mick O'Connor; Sergeant Jerry Moran

[no title indexed]

Screen Oddities / comic story / 1 page


Characters:
Lionel Barrymore; Richard Dix; Claudette Colbert; Joe E. Brown; John Boles; Joan Bennett; Lewis Stone; Douglas Montgomery; Charles Laughton; June Knight; Edna May Oliver; Lucien Littlefield

[no title indexed]

Goofie Gags / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:These April showers are terrible!

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated gag panels.

[no title indexed]

Jane Arden; Lena Pry / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Monte Barrett (credited)
Pencils:
Jack W. McGuire (credited, signed)
Inks:
Jack W. McGuire (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Seizing their only chance...
Characters:
Jane Arden; Duke Victor; Lena Pry
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages, each one featuring a sequential "Jane Arden" storyline (0.5), a self-contained "Lena Pry" story (0.33), and a fashion panel "Jane Arden's Wardrobe" (0.17), all by the same creators.

[no title indexed]

The Frog Pond Ferry / comic story / 1 page

Script:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Pencils:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Inks:
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You haven't been across the pond in a long time, Sam...
Characters:
The Skipper; Sam the Snake
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06.

[no title indexed]

Flight / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]

Apple Mary / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Martha Orr (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Martha Orr (credited, signed)
Inks:
Martha Orr (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:drama
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Fearing that Apple Mary and Dennie were spying on him...
Characters:
Mary Worth [Apple Mary]; Dennie; Mr. Craftee; Bill Biff; Sprockett
Reprints (0)

[no title indexed]

Little Brother / comic story / 0.2 page


  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Only 21 more blocks to go
Characters:
Little Brother
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator.

The Old Trapper

The Bungle Family / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
H. J. Tuthill (credited) (signed as Tuthill)
Pencils:
H. J. Tuthill (credited) (signed as Tuthill)
Inks:
H. J. Tuthill (credited) (signed as Tuthill)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor; domestic
Characters:
George Bungle; Jo Bungle
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator.

[no title indexed]

Strange as It Seems / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]

The John Hix Scrapbook / comic story / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 0.8 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wowie! What a wind!
Characters:
Dixie Dugan; Imogene
Reprints (0)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    S'Matter Pop?
  2. ["Muley Bates got hit..."]
    Mescal Ike
  3. ["What have you in the way of hats?"]
    The Nut Bros.
  4. ["Aw, I dawanna practice on my violin!"]
    Our Boarding House
  5. ["Come on Connie - I'll take you on for 9 holes"]
    Connie
  6. [no title indexed]
    Let's Get into a Huddle!
  7. Charles "Speed" Holman
    Above the Crowd
  8. ["It's easy to see how you got your name, with eyes on top of your head"]
    Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune
  9. ["Th' king can climb from his tree - but, what's gonna happen to us?"]
    Alley Oop
  10. ["Pay to get in?"]
    Dumb-Bells
  11. ["Did you have a hard day at the office, dear?"]
    Dizzy Dramas
  12. ["Ah! Pretty knight..."]
    Otto Honk
  13. The Willets
    Out Our Way
  14. [no title indexed]
    Magic Made Easy
  15. ["Jump!"]
    Boots
  16. ["Some thief has been robbing the ball players' lockers..."]
    Hairbreadth Harry
  17. ["The Neptunians were much upset..."]
    Buck Rogers
  18. ["I have a hunch..."]
    Holly of Hollywood
  19. Al Insists On His Right to Snore
    Keeping Up with the Joneses
  20. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  21. ["Great day for the carnival - eh, Herky?"]
    Herky
  22. ["Well, Parker cleaned all the Alzans out..."]
    Flying To Fame
  23. ["Fatty, where did you put the pair of kid gloves I loaned to you yesterday?"]
    Butty and Fatty
  24. ["The shanty boat needs paintin'..."]
    Nipper
  25. ["Bill's mother sends him over to ask Mrs. Bingstipping..."]
    Footprints on the Sands of Time
  26. ["You think Eviloff will send a radio message to his agents tonight, Dan?"]
    Dan Dunn
  27. Meet Nicodemus, The Tired Trick Dog
    The Nebbs
  28. Simp Gets a Close-Up Telephone Connection
    Simp O'Dill
  29. Filipino Revolt of 1896
    High Lights of History / Highlights of History
  30. ["With a great string of kayos..."]
    Fisher's History of Boxing
  31. ["Yes, Joe an' Knobby's in Yurrup..."]
    Joe Palooka
  32. [no title indexed]
    This Curious World
  33. ["You kids scram!"]
    Freckles and His Friends
  34. ["Wow! That sure was a spooky picture!"]
    Butty and Fatty
  35. ["Oof! Eatin' just ruins yer appetite!"]
    Queenie
  36. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  37. [no title indexed]
    Funland
  38. ["Oh, Jack - Come in a minute, will you?"]
    Ned Brant of Carter
  39. ["Don't tell me you can talk to China..."]
    Flapper Fanny
  40. Duzz Is Put in His Place!
    Salesman Sam
  41. [no title indexed]
    The Adventures of Jabby
  42. ["Didn't you say you had 20 cents..."]
    Alec and Itchy
  43. [no title indexed]
    Amaze-A-Minute
  44. ["After sailing and sailing the seas..."]
    Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
  45. ["Olly is still missing!"]
    Olly of the Movies
  46. ["Babe has seen Jasper Scrawn's car near the Crumpet home"]
    Babe Bunting
  47. Men In Ice
  48. [no title indexed]
    Screen Oddities
  49. ["These April showers are terrible!"]
    Goofie Gags
  50. ["Seizing their only chance..."]
    Jane Arden; Lena Pry
  51. ["You haven't been across the pond in a long time, Sam..."]
    The Frog Pond Ferry
  52. [no title indexed]
    Flight
  53. ["Fearing that Apple Mary and Dennie were spying on him..."]
    Apple Mary
  54. ["Only 21 more blocks to go"]
    Little Brother
  55. The Old Trapper
    The Bungle Family
  56. [no title indexed]
    Strange as It Seems
  57. [no title indexed]
    The John Hix Scrapbook
  58. ["Wowie! What a wind!"]
    Dixie Dugan
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