Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-10-15
Editing: Stephen Douglas (editor, art director) (uncredited); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer)
Cover Thumbnail for Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #112 Edit Cover
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Jitter / cover / 1 page

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?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Jitter

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.

On sale date from the previous issue's Let's Get into a Huddle page.

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Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Shhhh -- there's Sissy now...
Characters:
Anthony "Buck" Rogers
Reprints (0)
  • from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
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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:It was my own idea and very comfortable, too!
Reprints (0)
  • from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Two daily gag panels, extensively reshaped from original.

Be Useful and Beneficial
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Let's Get into a Huddle / text article / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
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?
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?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
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Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Pencils:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Inks:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, I guess Mrs. O'Leary finally rented that vacant room.
Characters:
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Mrs. O'Leary; Dr. David Spin; Marge; Eddie Spin
Reprints (0)
  • from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:By golly! Imagine my finding this old ancestral portrait...
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx

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Jitter / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I bought the turkey...
Characters:
Jitter; Fred Fuddle; Susie Fuddle
Reprints (0)
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

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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:I get it!
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Cheeta; Plug; Henrique Rodriguez
Reprints (0)
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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?
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?
  • Genre:adventure; historical; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The dope we gave him backfired!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Princess Agatha; Pogo
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1939-04-25 - 1939-05-05

Indexer Notes

Panels are reformatted to fit the comic book page:
04-25 - Another Good Idea Gone Wrong [final panel only]
04-26 - Any Port in a Storm
04-27 - Good Riddance
04-28 - Who? Me? [textual introduction omitted; second panel abbreviated to omit Oaky and Agatha]
04-29 - A Purely Platonic Pal [fourth panel omitted]
05-01 - Old Faithful [second panel omitted]
05-02 - Dragon Dragnet [first panel only]
05-03 - An Open and Shut Case [completely omitted]
05-04 - Thereby Hangs a Wail
05-05 - Exodus Marks the Spot [first two panels]

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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, well! My old photo album!
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
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Connie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Pencils:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Inks:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If you're not No 48...
Characters:
Connie Kurridge; Tynon; Morlon
Reprints (0)
  • from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Biruta, Pagan Princess
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High Lights of History / Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page

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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:From the 13th to the 15th century...
Characters:
Biruta; Grand Duke Kestutis; Vytautas the Great
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:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Blackie was a terrible fibber!!
Characters:
Scorchy Smith; Kerri; Jacques; The Impersonator (villain)
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Christman worked on this strip between 1836-11-23 and 1938-06, so these reprints fall within that period.

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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Nothing like a wood fire...
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx

[Catfight]
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Jitter / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Jitter
Synopsis:
Jitter tries to pet an alleycat but accidentally upsets an entire gang of cats.
Reprints (0)
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

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Roy Powers / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
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  • Genre:adventure; children; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm sorry we were so long getting that stuff here...
Characters:
Roy Powers; Chunky; Mayor Hobbs; Joan
Reprints (0)
  • from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

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Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come, Lona...
Characters:
Olive Lane; Lona; Windy; Skip Allen; Mame
Reprints (0)
  • from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

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

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Funland / activity / 1 page

Script:
A. W. Nugent (credited)
Pencils:
A. W. Nugent (credited)
Inks:
A. W. Nugent (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

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Pen Pals / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Saw-Head!
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Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page

Script:
S. L. Huntley (credited as Huntley)
Pencils:
Art Huhta (signed)
Inks:
Art Huhta (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
Characters:
Pa Piffle; Mescal Ike; Miss Sally
Reprints (0)
  • from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four dailies on a single page:

1 - Saw-Head!
2 - Fido the Fish Fetcher!
3 - The Real McCoy!
4 - Intercepted Pass!

Trucks Must Roll
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Carl Hodges (credited as Carl C. Hodges)
Pencils:
? (spot illustration)
Inks:
? (spot illustration)
Colors:
? ( spot illustration)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A red tail-light winked in the dusk...
Characters:
Ted Morf; Jim Craven; Mr. Esmond

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Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 4 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:So, Netah!
Characters:
Big Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Netah; Premier Torro
Reprints (0)
  • from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Slick for Girls
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Famous Funnies Patterns / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Jitter
  2. ["Shhhh -- there's Sissy now..."]
    Buck Rogers
  3. ["It was my own idea and very comfortable, too!"]
    Life's Like That
  4. Be Useful and Beneficial
    Let's Get into a Huddle
  5. ["Well, I guess Mrs. O'Leary finally rented that vacant room."]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  6. ["By golly! Imagine my finding this old ancestral portrait..."]
    Napoleon
  7. ["I bought the turkey..."]
    Jitter
  8. ["I get it!"]
    Dickie Dare
  9. ["The dope we gave him backfired!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  10. ["Well, well! My old photo album!"]
    Napoleon
  11. ["If you're not No 48..."]
    Connie
  12. Biruta, Pagan Princess
    High Lights of History / Highlights of History
  13. ["Blackie was a terrible fibber!!"]
    Scorchy Smith
  14. ["Nothing like a wood fire..."]
    Napoleon
  15. [Catfight]
    Jitter
  16. ["I'm sorry we were so long getting that stuff here..."]
    Roy Powers
  17. ["Come, Lona..."]
    Olly of the Movies
  18. [no title indexed]
    Funland
  19. [no title indexed]
    Pen Pals
  20. Saw-Head!
    Mescal Ike
  21. Trucks Must Roll
  22. ["So, Netah!"]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  23. Slick for Girls
    Famous Funnies Patterns
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
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