Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-01-15
Editing: Stephen Douglas (editor, art director) (uncredited); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer)
Cover Thumbnail for Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #91 Edit Cover
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Oaky Doaks / cover / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; adventure; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Lovely day to be caught in the rein! Tsk - tsk!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut.
Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York.

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 Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #90 in the feature Let's Get into a Huddle.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic; satire-parody
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How can I keep abreast?
Reprints (0)
  • from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Three unrelated gag panels.

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Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Calkins (signed)
Inks:
Dick Calkins (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look, Barney!
Characters:
Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Black Barney
Reprints (0)
  • from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1940-08-xx - 1940-08-xx

[no title indexed]
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Above the Crowd / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Stookie Allen (credited)
Pencils:
Stookie Allen (credited)
Inks:
Stookie Allen (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Spot Landing
Characters:
C. Champe Taliferro
Synopsis:
Incidents in the life of one of the most renowned air pilots.
Reprints (0)
  • from Sports Novels Magazine (Popular Publications) 19xx-xx-xx

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Fearless Flint / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; adventure
Characters:
Famous Flint [Jack Bradley]; John Anderson; June Anderson (John's daughter); Stanley (death); Livingston (death); Chong Wong (villain); Chong's coolies (villains)
Synopsis:
Puzzled by the mysterious disappearance of Pendleton, John Anderson's partner, Jack, John and June flee for their lives from Conajee Island after being attacked by a large horde of local natives, and head for Tanna Island, home to Stanley and Livingston. They find the island afire and both men dead, and the trio is captured by Chong Wong and his coolies.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Continued from previous issue and into next.

Peter signs in the penultimte panel.

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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
Characters:
Uncle Elby; Napoleon
Synopsis:
Napoleon spots a number of dogs who are pampered by their owners, and slinks dejectedly into his kennel.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lafave]) 194x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

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Connie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Inks:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Do you mean to say that that smoke is poison?
Characters:
Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; Dr. Chrono; Ko Lin (villain); Ko-Wai-Kong (villain, torturer)
Synopsis:
Connie, commander of the United Military Forces, has been captured by the nefarious Ko Lin and sent to the torture chamber. Jack and Dr. Chrono succeed in freeing her from her captors, but are quickly followed in space ships...which Chrono manages to hurl back into time with his time machine.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Thanks to Jon Ingersoll for dates of original syndication.

Continued from previous issue and continued in the next issue.

Story takes place in the year 2941.

[Danger Thin Ice]
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Jitter / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Jitter
Synopsis:
Some boys tie a toy duck to Jitter's tail, and, distracted by the quacking noise, he falls through the ice on the pond.
Reprints (0)
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

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Dickie Dare / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Pencils:
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Inks:
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mister Chairman!
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Okuk; Dan Flynn; Bill Beady
Synopsis:
Captured and caged by Beady, Dickie tricks him into eating so many pancakes that he gets sleepy and is caged in turn.
Reprints (0)
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1937-11-xx - 1937-12-xx

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Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Russell Stamm (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Russell Stamm (credited, signed)
Inks:
Russell Stamm (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Scarlet entered the apartment...
Characters:
Invisible Scarlet O'Neill; Paul Itch (Ivan's twin brother); Ivan Itch (villain); Shiltz (villain); Iltz (villain)
Synopsis:
Shiltz and Iltz come to see Ivan and discover that the two plan to destroy the aeronautics plant where Iva's twin brother is stationed. They plan for Ivan to take Paul's place at the plant and destroy it from within, but Scarlet invisibly follows them and is unknowingly knocked into a well.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story continued from previous issue and continued next issue.

Art and possible script were previously credited to Tom Dorr.

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Pen Pals / in-house column / 2 pages

Jacqueline of Holland
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High Lights of History / Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Though deserted by Humphrey of Gloucester...
Characters:
Jacqueline of Holland
Synopsis:
Incidents in the life of Countess Jacqueline of Mons.
Reprints (0)
  • from High Lights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

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Scorchy Smith / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I think he's above--listen!
Characters:
Scorchy Smith; Hawkins; Tex Wyman; Kay Kimberley
Synopsis:
Scorchy and Kay make a forced landing on a choppy ocean and are rescued by a sea plane from the ship "Tasmania". They then continue on to China, where they meet up with their old friend Tex.
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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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:Well, this is gonna take a lot of wind...
Characters:
Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Willie
Synopsis:
Elby is blowing up multiple ballons for a party. Napoleon panics and runs amok, balloons explode and Elby faints, much to Willie's amusement.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lafave]) 194x-xx-xx

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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; historical; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There's Certiorari!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Flugg, Dictator of Certiorari; Felicia Flugg; Willow
Synopsis:
Oaky and Cedric sail to Certiorari, where Cedric is to tutor the daughter of Flugg the Dictator. Imagining a willowy blonde, he is disappointed to find his pupil is a pig-tailed kid. Meanwhile, Oakey gets fitted for a new suit of armor.
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1938-09-06 - 1938-09-21

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Skyroads / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ulp!
Characters:
Lt. Clipper Willams; Lt. Billy Hill; Mary Lou Hughes; Tommy Hughes
Synopsis:
Clipper and Mary Lou get married on the spur of the moment. Her brother Tommy feels betrayed, until Clipper makes him second-in-command of the squadron.
Reprints (0)
  • from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

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Roy Powers / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; teen; children; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I think we may have found something important!
Characters:
Roy Powers; Chunky; Sam; Captain Winters; Mr. Sharp
Synopsis:
The boys narrowly escape an explosion planted to destroy the lighthouse
Reprints (0)
  • from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1940-01-xx - 1940-01-xx

[no title indexed]
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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:Look at my silk hat!
Characters:
Uncle Elby; Napoleon
Synopsis:
Elby buys a mousetrap, but feels sorry for the mice he catches, and makes a special trip to the store to buy them some cheese.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lafave]) 194x-xx-xx

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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:We'll have to shoot all of his scenes over...
Characters:
Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Skip Allen; Don; Maxie
Synopsis:
Skip has gone missing, and Olly uses a radio broadcast to appeal to him to return to the movie studio.
Reprints (0)
  • from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx to 1937-xx-xx

Nothing Could Happen
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Harry Peter (2 spot illustrations)
Inks:
Harry Peter (2 spot illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The weather was perfect.
Characters:
Art MacNab; Ted Ashley; Stimson

Finders Keepers!
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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
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Sally, could you lend me a lamp?
Characters:
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
Reprints (0)
  • from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four daily strips:

1 - Finder Keepers!

2 - Dishwater Consomme!

3 - Something New Has Been Added!

4 - Short Changed!

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Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
Inks:
Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Shh! This is Uncle Zeke's cabin!
Characters:
Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Betsy Boone; Uncle Zeke; Prince Lucky; Mrs. Boone
Synopsis:
Wahoo and Steve force Zeke to tell where he took the kidnapped Prince Lucky. They then rescue him from an island in the middle of a lake.
Reprints (0)
  • from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx - 1940-xx-xx

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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:Gee, it snowed last night!
Characters:
Napoleon; Willie
Synopsis:
Pretending they are climbing in the Alps, Willie and a friend take Napoleon up a snow covered slope. They are all tied together, but when Napoleon smells the meat van he scampers down the hill, pulling the boys behind him.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lafave]) 194x-xx-xx
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Lovely day to be caught in the rein! Tsk - tsk!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. ["How can I keep abreast?"]
    Life's Like That
  4. ["Look, Barney!"]
    Buck Rogers
  5. ["Spot Landing"]
    Above the Crowd
  6. ["Trapped by frenzied man-eating savages..."]
    Fearless Flint
  7. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  8. ["Do you mean to say that that smoke is poison?"]
    Connie
  9. [Danger Thin Ice]
    Jitter
  10. ["Mister Chairman!"]
    Dickie Dare
  11. ["Scarlet entered the apartment..."]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  12. [no title indexed]
    Pen Pals
  13. Jacqueline of Holland
    High Lights of History / Highlights of History
  14. ["I think he's above--listen!"]
    Scorchy Smith
  15. ["Well, this is gonna take a lot of wind..."]
    Napoleon
  16. ["There's Certiorari!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  17. ["Ulp!"]
    Skyroads
  18. ["I think we may have found something important!"]
    Roy Powers
  19. ["Look at my silk hat!"]
    Napoleon
  20. ["We'll have to shoot all of his scenes over..."]
    Olly of the Movies
  21. Nothing Could Happen
  22. Finders Keepers!
    Mescal Ike
  23. ["Shh! This is Uncle Zeke's cabin!"]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  24. ["Gee, it snowed last night!"]
    Napoleon
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