Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-04-16
Editing: Stephen Douglas (editor, art director) (uncredited); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer)
Cover Thumbnail for Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #70 Edit Cover
Cover Gallery 

The Nation's Comic Monthly
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Mescal Ike; Napoleon / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sorry! We need this rope for the cow-boy act!
Characters:
Uncle Elby; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut.
Editorial and circulation offices, 50 Church Street, New York, New York.
General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann, 19 West 44th Street, New York, New York.

On sale date from the feature "Let's Get Into a Huddle" from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 Series) #69 (April 1940).

Join Today! Buck Rogers Solar Scouts
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Buck Rogers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Head on His Shoulders
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The Gay Thirties / cartoon / 0.35 page

Script:
Hank Barrow (credited as Barrow)
Pencils:
Hank Barrow (credited as Barrow)
Inks:
Hank Barrow (credited as Barrow)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
Reprints (0)
  • from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

Can This Be Treason?
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Gay Thirties / cartoon / 0.4 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Willie; unnamed boy
Reprints (0)
  • from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

Indexer Notes

Bottom portion of cartoon was expanded to fill the remainder of the bottom of the page below the advertisements.

Fireworks
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Baltimore Fireworks Company, Inc. / advertisement / 0.05 page

Given Nothing to Buy
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Wilson Chemical Company, Inc. / advertisement / 0.05 page

Streamlined Bike for You!
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Crowell-Collier Publishing Company / advertisement / 0.15 page

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Goofie Gags / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Pencils:
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Inks:
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I just want to get my ball!

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated gag panels.

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Star Flashes / cartoon / 0.8 page

Script:
Bud Thompson (signed)
Pencils:
Bud Thompson (signed)
Inks:
Bud Thompson (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Clark Gable's first acting job was with a co-operative stock company.
Characters:
Clark Cable; Mary Carlisle; Jane Withers; Gene Autry; Trigger; Shirley Temple
Synopsis:
Fun facts about movie stars and trivia about Hollywood.
Reprints (0)
  • from Star Flashes dailies (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1938-09-12 {Clark Gable vignette.], 1938-11-23 [Mary Carlisle and Gene Autry vignettes.], 1938-12-15 [Jane Withers vignette.], ? [Shirley Temple vignette.]

Indexer Notes

The 11/23 date was not removed from the Gene Autry portion of the cartoon. Artwork was reformatted from several Star Flashes comic panels.

Free! Snake Triangle!
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The Mail Box Stamps for Collectors / advertisement / 0.2 page

[no title indexed]
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Roy Powers / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; teen; children; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Swell of you to take us in Captain!
Characters:
Roy Powers; Rocky Jones; Chunky; The Commissioner; Conway
Reprints (0)
  • from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1939-02-13, 1939-02-14 [First panel trimmed.],
    1939-02-15 [First panel trimmed.],
    1939-02-16 [Art trimmed on panels 2-4.],
    1939-02-17 - 1939-02-18, 1939-02-20 - 1939-02-25, 1939-02-27 [Last panels dropped from all reprinted strips.],
    1939-02-28, 1939-03-01 [Last panel trimmed.],
    1939-03-02 [First panel dropped.] [All dialogue simplified on all strips.]

Thrills Galore in Famous Funnies
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Let's Get into a Huddle! / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a short bit of information of artist M. E. Brady, and his then recent move to California and his mention in a local California newspaper. Also a short vignette of artist Bob Bliss and his recent mention in an unnamed major Boston newspaper.

States next issue #71 will be released on May 14th (1940).

Cavaliers and Roundheads
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High Lights of History / Highlights of History / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Pencils:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Inks:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction; history
Characters:
Charles I; James I; Duke of Buckingham
Reprints (0)
  • from High Lights of History Sunday (The Bell Newspaper Syndicate)

[no title indexed]
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Would You Believe It......? / comic story / 0.3 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:'Sterling,' the mark of the finest silver...
Characters:
Man o' War; Napolen Bonaparte; Louis Bonaparte; Hortense Beauharnais
Reprints (0)
  • from Would You Believe It......? Sunday (The Bell Newspaper Syndicate) 193X-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

The Would You Believe It......? is a topper (footer) to Highlights of History comic strip listed in the previous sequence.

[Perseverance]
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Historic Ships...... / cartoon / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction; history
Reprints (0)
  • from Historic Ships...... Sunday (The Bell Newspaper Syndicate) 193X-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

The Historic Ships...... is a topper (footer) to Highlights of History comic strip listed in the second sequence previous to this one.

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Skyroads / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh Ho- What a life! Three guards bowled over so far...
Characters:
Baron von Gluck; Speed McCloud; Baker; Billy Hill
Reprints (0)
  • from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.) 1937-06-21 [First panel dropped, second panel trimmed, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-06-23 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-06-22 [First panel dropped, third panel trimmed, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-06-24 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-06-23 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-06-25 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-06-24 [First panel dropped, second panel trimmed, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel with completely new dialogue but same message as Wing Tips panel from 1937-06-26.],
    1937-06-25 [First panel trimmed, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-06-28 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-06-26 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-06-29 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-06-28 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-06-30 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-06-29 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-02 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-06-30 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-03 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-07-01 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, artwork background edited, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-07 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-07-02 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, artwork background edited, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-08 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-07-03 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-06 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-07-06 [First panel dropped, second panel trimmed, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-09 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-07-07 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-14 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-07-08 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-13 with dialogue edited.],
    1937-07-09 [First panel dropped, dialogue simplified, Wing Tips panel replaced with Wing Tips panel from 1937-07-12 with dialogue edited.],

Indexer Notes

Last panel of each daily strip includes "Wing Tips", short factoids about flying.

Dick Calkins is credited on the original comic strip, not on the reprint, but he passed the strip over to Keaton in 1933.

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Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Pencils:
F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Inks:
F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I could sit like this forever dear
Characters:
Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
Reprints (0)
  • from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.

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High-Gear Homer / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
F. O. Alexander (signed as A)
Pencils:
F. O. Alexander (signed as A)
Inks:
F. O. Alexander (signed as A)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Rodeo souvenirs! Real Wild West hats!
Characters:
High-Gear Homer
Reprints (0)
  • from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]
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Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Near Goyaz, Allura was kidnapped and chained in a cavern
Characters:
Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Klawgor; Tigaw; Fangar
Reprints (0)
  • from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (National Newspaper Service) 1938-12-18 [Series I, Strip #456 of Story Arc #S25, concluding strip of "Earth Shifts on Axis" storyline.],
    1938-12-25 [Series I, Strip #457 of Story Arc #S26, first strip of "Martian Invasion of Earth" storyline, Part 1 sub-plot "Captured by Tigermen".],
    1939-01-01 [Series I, Strip #458 of Story Arc #S26, of Martian Invasion of Earth" storyline, Part 1 sub-plot "Captured by Tigermen".],
    1939-01-08 [Series I, Strip #459 of Story Arc #S26, of Martian Invasion of Earth" storyline, Part 1 sub-plot "Captured by Tigermen".]

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Jitter / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Pencils:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Inks:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; animal; sports
Characters:
Jitter; unnamed red-haired woman
Synopsis:
Jitter helps a a caddy to a woman playing golf
Reprints (0)
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Comic is almost wordless.

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Sergeant Stony Craig / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils:
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Inks:
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jeremy Blade and the U.S. Marshal continuing their search for Klondike Devlin's mine...
Characters:
Sergeant Stony Craig; Jeremy Blade; Devlin; Wise; Fink
Reprints (0)
  • from Sergeant Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines daily (The Bell Syndicate)

[no title indexed]
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Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)
Pencils:
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Inks:
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now children, as a reward for having a perfect lesson-...
Characters:
Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; Pigtails; unnamed kids; Kelly (greenhouse owner); Ammonia (Wahoo's horse)
Reprints (0)
  • from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-05-01 [Tabloid version reprinted, including logo header with art work.]

Indexer Notes

Last panel is called "Indian Slango" listing period gags on Native American slang. Dialogue edited out of the reprint at the bottom of the "Indian Slango" panel.

[no title indexed]
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Dickie Dare / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Pencils:
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Inks:
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Got to hand it to ya kid! You know how ta handle a boat!
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn: Wags; Mike
Reprints (0)
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-11-13 [Dialogue simplified. First panel trimmed.],
    1936-11-14 [Dialogue simplified. First panel trimmed. Third panel containing "Dickie's Nautical Nuggets" dropped.],
    1936-11-16 [Dialogue simplified. First panel dropped. Fourth panel trimmed.],
    1936-11-17 [Dialogue simplified. Second and third panels dropped.],
    1936-11-18 [Dialogue simplified. First and fourth panels trimmed.],
    1936-11-19 [Dialogue simplified. Fourth panel trimmed.],
    1936-11-20 [First panel trimmed.],
    1936-11-21 [Dialogue simplified. Second panel trimmed. Third panel dropped.],
    1936-11-23 [Dialogue simplified. Second and third panels trimmed.],
    1936-11-24 [Dialogue simplified. First panel trimmed.],
    1936-11-25 [Dialogue simplified. Third panel trimmed.],
    1936-11-26 [Dialogue simplified. First panel trimmed.],
    1936-11-27 [Dialogue simplified. Fourth panel dropped.],
    1936-11-28 [Dialogue simplified. Third panel containing "Dickie's Nautical Nuggets" dropped.],
    1936-11-30 [Dialogue simplified. Second panel dropped. Fourth panel trimmed.],
    1936-12-01 [Dialogue simplified. Second and third panels trimmed.]

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The Adventures of Patsy / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, come on, Pat, this deserted farm-house...
Characters:
Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Georgia; her father, the Colonel
Reprints (0)
  • from The Adventures of Pasty daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

[Uncle Elby and Napoleon Get Back at Speed Boaters]
(Table of Contents: 24)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Synopsis:
Napoleon and Uncle Elby's quiet time fishing is ruined by the splashing waters from two people in a speed boat. Elby buys an engine for his boat from a Marine store and fills up a tub of water. They chase down the boaters and Elby dumps the tub and water on them causing them to crash on the shore. Now they can return to their fishing.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

[no title indexed]
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Daredevils of Destiny / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils:
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Inks:
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:biography; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Not all medals are won on battlefields.
Characters:
Private Albert Smith; Machinist Mate P. M. Phelps
Reprints (0)
  • from Daredevils of Destiny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)

[no title indexed]
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The Pen Pal Page / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (logo art)
Inks:
? (logo art)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've been waiting a week for that dancing lesson broadcast...
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

Only first panel has dialogue, remainder of the strip is wordless.

Children's Crusade for Children
(Table of Contents: 28)

public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:advocacy

Indexer Notes

Public service announcement to encourage donations for helping refugee children during the period of April 22 to 30, 1940.

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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Buck up! The magic carpet must be right around here!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Princess Osha; Kashn Kari; Lulu
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1937-09-02,
    1937-09-03 [Third panel trimmed.],
    1937-09-04 [First panel trimmed.],
    1937-09-07 [Second panel dropped.],
    1937-09-08 [Second panel dropped.],
    1937-09-09, 1937-09-10 [First and fourth panels trimmed.],
    1937-09-11 [First panel trimmed, fifth panel dropped.],
    1937-09-13 [First and fourth panels dropped. Dialogue redone.],
    1937-09-14, 1937-09-15 [Third panel trimmed, fourth panel dropped.],
    1937-09-16 [Fourth panel dropped.],
    1937-09-17 [Second panel dropped.],
    1937-09-21 [First and second panels expanded.],
    1937-09-22 [Second panel trimmed.],
    1937-09-23 [First panel only.]

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Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Pencils:
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Inks:
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:C'mon, Tiny, the circus is in town!
Characters:
Seaweed Sam; Prince Tiny

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Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)
Pencils:
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Inks:
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I promised Minnie Ha-Cha I'd see to it that you got a new hat, today!
Characters:
Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; unnamed male sales clerk; unnamed female sales clerk; unnamed female customer
Reprints (0)
  • from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-03-06 [Tabloid format reprinted, including header banner logo.]

Indexer Notes

Last panel includes "Chief Wahoo's Dizzy Dictionary."

[no title indexed]
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Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're on your way to Hollywood, Irma!
  • Keywords:blackface
Characters:
Olive Lane; Irma Hunkatin; Maxie
Reprints (0)
  • from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1936-07-28 {Third panel trimmed.], 1936-08-29 - 1936-07-31, 1936-08-01, 1936-08-03 - 1936-08-05 [Dialogue simplified on all of reprinted strips.]

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 33)

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Noel Sickles (signed)
Pencils:
Noel Sickles (signed)
Inks:
Noel Sickles (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Scorchy, Mickey and Himmelstoss return to the Lafarge cabin.
Characters:
Scorchy Smith; Himmelstoss; Mickey Lafarge
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-01-22 - 1936-01-23 [First panel dropped. Second panel trimmed.], 1936-01-24,
    1936-01-25 [First and fourth panels trimmed.],
    1936-01-27 [First panel dropped. Second panel rimmed.],
    1936-01-28 [First and second panels trimmed.],
    1936-01-29 [Fourth panel dropped.],
    1936-01-30 [First and second panels trimmed.] [Dialogue simplified on all strips.]

Queen of the May
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Somebody's Stenog / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Sam Nichols (credited as A. E. Hayward) (signed as A. E. Hayward)
Pencils:
Sam Nichols (credited as A. E. Hayward) (signed as A. E. Hayward)
Inks:
Sam Nichols (credited as A. E. Hayward) (signed as A. E. Hayward)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; drama
Characters:
Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; unnamed Bonbon College co-eds; unnamed Bonbon college dean; unnamed police officer; unnamed judge
Reprints (0)
  • from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator.

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The Back-Seat Driver / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If I do say it - I am strong minded!
Characters:
John Smith; Mary Smith (both unnamed here)
Reprints (0)
  • from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]
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Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Several hours have elapsed...
Characters:
Lone Rider; Pat; reggie van Smyth; The Panther (villain); Ramon (henchman); Luis (henchman)
Reprints (0)
  • from Lightnin' and the Lone Rider daily (Associated Features Syndicate) 1939-03-31 - 1939-04-01, 1939-04-03 - 1939-04-08 [Found in only one known newspaper originally, "New Brunswick Home News" of New Brunswick, New Jersey.]

Indexer Notes

Reprint information from the Stripper's Guide blog (http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2017_09_24_archive.html, retrieved 27 September 2017) based on research by Allan Holtz and Jeffrey Lindenblatt.

[no title indexed]
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Above the Crowd / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Inks:
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Benjamin D. Allen ?
  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:FIS-S-S-H!
Characters:
Captain A. L. Kahn
Reprints (0)
  • from Above the Crowd Sunday (King Features Syndicate, Inc.)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 38)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Golly, Napoleon. We've been becalmed here for an hour - I'm going to take a swim!
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

The first four panels were reprinted in Napoleon and Uncle Elby daily (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 1941-07-02 with slightly altered dialogue.

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Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)
Pencils:
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Inks:
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Scram! You brats!
Characters:
Big Chief Wahoo; Dixie Down ["Butch" Mahoney] (blacksmith); Gravyface; Tubby; unnamed kids; Oscar the Octopus
Reprints (0)
  • from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-05-22 [Dialogue simplified on some panels. Tabloid version reprinted, including logo header with art work.]

Indexer Notes

Last panel includes an Oscar the Octopus gag panel. Dialogue edited out of the reprint at the bottom of the "Oscar the Octopus" panel.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 40)

Babe Bunting / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)
Pencils:
Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)
Inks:
Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; children; drama
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now don't you worry - In the morning - if I can walk - I'll look for that paper!
Characters:
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy Boles; Mary Moles; Mrs. Crumpet; Zenas
Reprints (0)
  • from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1936-11-07, 1936-11-09 [Dialogue simplified.],
    1936-11-10 [First dialogue panel dropped. Third panel expanded. Dialogue simplified.],
    1936-11-11 [Dialogue simplified.],
    1936-11-12 [Third panel removed. Dialogue simplified.],
    1936-11-13 [Dialogue simplified.],
    1936-11-14 [First panel only, no introductory word panel.]

Now For a Vacation!
(Table of Contents: 41)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page

Script:
S. L. Huntley (credited)
Pencils:
Art Huhta (signed)
Inks:
Art Huhta (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
Characters:
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Young’un
Reprints (0)
  • from Mescal Ike daily (Chicago Daily News or Associated Newspapers?)

Indexer Notes

Four daily strips:

1 - Now For a Vacation!

2 - What's Talk Anyway!

3 - Maybe He's Undersize?

4 - Safe at Home Plate!

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 42)

Connie / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Pencils:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Inks:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hullo, there, Connie! Goin' down town?
Characters:
Connie Kurridge; Uncle Phineas; Sammy Bradshaw
Reprints (0)
  • from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 1936-03-15

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 43)

The Wet Blanket / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:John, I'm going to stop worrying about my diet!
Characters:
John; his wife
Reprints (0)
  • from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 1936-03-15

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 44)

Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Fred Neher (credited)
Pencils:
Fred Neher (credited)
Inks:
Fred Neher (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; domestic; satire-parody
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I know it looks good on me -
Characters:
Squeaky
Reprints (0)
  • from Life's Like That daily (The Bell Syndicate) 193X-XX-XX {First, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth panels.], 1939-06-11 [Second panel, "Since I let you use the upper bunk".]

Indexer Notes

Six unrelated daily gag panels, one of which feature a boy named Squeaky.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 45)

Little Jackie Hornet / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Little Jackie Hornet flew into a cornet...
Characters:
Little Jackie Hornet
Reprints (0)
  • from Little Jackie Hornet Sunday (Brooklyn Eagle)

Indexer Notes

Little Jackie Hornet is a topper to Butty and Fatty comic strip listed in the next sequence.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 46)

Butty and Fatty / comic story / 0.8 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:Dang it! I forgot my key and now I've got to sneak in the house ...
Characters:
Butty; Fatty
Reprints (0)
  • from Butty and Fatty Sunday (Brooklyn Eagle)

Pearler's Three
(Table of Contents: 47)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Winifield Kent (credited)
Pencils:
? (illustrations)
Inks:
? (illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Ben Tomerson; Jim Endicott

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 48)

Homer Hoopee / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Fred Locher (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Locher (signed)
Inks:
Fred Locher (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey! Cut that out! Lie down Jo-Jo!
Characters:
Homer Hoopee; Jo-Jo (a monkey); Helen Hoopee; Mr. Bilker; Ed Goofus
Reprints (0)
  • from Homer Hoopee daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-12-23 [Last panel only.],
    1935-12-24 - 1935-12-28,
    1935-12-30 [First panel dropped.] [Dialogue simplified on all strips.]

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 49)

Funland Everybody's Playmate / activity / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:These happy animals are taking a walk...
Reprints (0)
  • Reprints Funland Sunday (The Associated Newspapers) 193X-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

Puzzle and activity page.

Aesop's Fables
(Table of Contents: 50)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-12-xx

Indexer Notes

Except for one panel, this comic is mostly wordless.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 51)

Magic Made Easy / activity / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now how can I make him disappear?

Indexer Notes

Activity page of magic tricks.

Scout Manual, Wood Craft, Campers Guide
(Table of Contents: 52)

Jitter / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Pencils:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Inks:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Jitter
Reprints (0)
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Announcing the Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 53)

Red Ryder; Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Nation's Comic Monthly
    Mescal Ike; Napoleon
  2. Join Today! Buck Rogers Solar Scouts
    Buck Rogers
  3. Head on His Shoulders
    The Gay Thirties
  4. Can This Be Treason?
    The Gay Thirties
  5. Fireworks
    Baltimore Fireworks Company, Inc.
  6. Given Nothing to Buy
    Wilson Chemical Company, Inc.
  7. Streamlined Bike for You!
    Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
  8. ["I just want to get my ball!"]
    Goofie Gags
  9. ["Clark Gable's first acting job was with a co-operative stock company."]
    Star Flashes
  10. Free! Snake Triangle!
    The Mail Box Stamps for Collectors
  11. ["Swell of you to take us in Captain!"]
    Roy Powers
  12. Thrills Galore in Famous Funnies
    Let's Get into a Huddle!
  13. Cavaliers and Roundheads
    High Lights of History / Highlights of History
  14. ["'Sterling,' the mark of the finest silver..."]
    Would You Believe It......?
  15. [Perseverance]
    Historic Ships......
  16. ["Oh Ho- What a life! Three guards bowled over so far..."]
    Skyroads
  17. ["I could sit like this forever dear"]
    Hairbreadth Harry
  18. ["Rodeo souvenirs! Real Wild West hats!"]
    High-Gear Homer
  19. ["Near Goyaz, Allura was kidnapped and chained in a cavern"]
    Buck Rogers
  20. 18
    Jitter
  21. ["Jeremy Blade and the U.S. Marshal continuing their search for Klondike Devlin's mine..."]
    Sergeant Stony Craig
  22. ["Now children, as a reward for having a perfect lesson-..."]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  23. ["Got to hand it to ya kid! You know how ta handle a boat!"]
    Dickie Dare
  24. ["Well, come on, Pat, this deserted farm-house..."]
    The Adventures of Patsy
  25. [Uncle Elby and Napoleon Get Back at Speed Boaters]
    Napoleon
  26. ["Not all medals are won on battlefields."]
    Daredevils of Destiny
  27. [no title indexed]
    The Pen Pal Page
  28. ["I've been waiting a week for that dancing lesson broadcast..."]
    Napoleon
  29. Children's Crusade for Children
  30. ["Buck up! The magic carpet must be right around here!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  31. ["C'mon, Tiny, the circus is in town!"]
    Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
  32. ["I promised Minnie Ha-Cha I'd see to it that you got a new hat, today!"]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  33. ["You're on your way to Hollywood, Irma!"]
    Olly of the Movies
  34. ["Scorchy, Mickey and Himmelstoss return to the Lafarge cabin."]
    Scorchy Smith
  35. Queen of the May
    Somebody's Stenog
  36. ["If I do say it - I am strong minded!"]
    The Back-Seat Driver
  37. ["Several hours have elapsed..."]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  38. ["FIS-S-S-H!"]
    Above the Crowd
  39. ["Golly, Napoleon. We've been becalmed here for an hour - I'm going to take a swim!"]
    Napoleon
  40. ["Scram! You brats!"]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  41. ["Now don't you worry - In the morning - if I can walk - I'll look for that paper!"]
    Babe Bunting
  42. Now For a Vacation!
    Mescal Ike
  43. ["Hullo, there, Connie! Goin' down town?"]
    Connie
  44. ["John, I'm going to stop worrying about my diet!"]
    The Wet Blanket
  45. ["I know it looks good on me -"]
    Life's Like That
  46. ["Little Jackie Hornet flew into a cornet..."]
    Little Jackie Hornet
  47. ["Dang it! I forgot my key and now I've got to sneak in the house ..."]
    Butty and Fatty
  48. Pearler's Three
  49. ["Hey! Cut that out! Lie down Jo-Jo!"]
    Homer Hoopee
  50. ["These happy animals are taking a walk..."]
    Funland Everybody's Playmate
  51. Aesop's Fables
    Napoleon
  52. ["Now how can I make him disappear?"]
    Magic Made Easy
  53. Scout Manual, Wood Craft, Campers Guide
    Jitter
  54. Announcing the Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine
    Red Ryder; Daisy Manufacturing Company
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