Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944-05-16
Editing: ?
Cover Thumbnail for Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #119 Edit Cover
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Napoleon / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
?
Inks:
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Colors:
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  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

All content of this comic are newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. The dates of publication of these strips have been removed.
On sale date from the previous issue's Let's Get into a Huddle page.

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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Inks:
?
Colors:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

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Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:But Doc -- the outlet o' this stream may be in some bottomless...
Reprints (0)
  • from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)

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Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Russell Stamm (signed)
Pencils:
Russell Stamm (signed)
Inks:
Russell Stamm (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let's go, Skeeter. I'm afraid we won't be welcome...
Characters:
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Skeeter; Sam; Marthy
Reprints (0)
  • from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate) 1942-XX-X - 1942-XX-XX

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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

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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:
?

Indexer Notes

Puzzles and games.

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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:In his panic Wags streaks for the one safe-looking spot...
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; MacKenzie; Zomba
Reprints (0)
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)

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Let's Get into a Huddle / text article / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
Synopsis:
news about Famous Funnies comics, and penpal info

Waste Paper, Weapon of War
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public service announcement / 1 page

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?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Comic books both advocate and predict their own future scarcity as we see an "Old Comic" on legs march itself into the Local Salvage Station.

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Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page

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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:non-fiction; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:An incident of ancient medicine...
Reprints (0)
  • from Highlights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Six unrelated panels of historical fact.

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Scorchy Smith / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's suicide! You can't navigate that ship!
Characters:
Scorchy Smith; Buzz; Bonnie; Boss
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)

Indexer Notes

Christman worked on the strip between 1936-11-23 and 1938-06, so these reprints fall within that perios.

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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

no dialogue, but there's a sign encouraging recycling

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Chief Wahoo / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
Inks:
Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I only know what I am told, sir!
Characters:
Big Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Wildcat Willie
Reprints (0)
  • from Big Chief Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate)

Terry Breaks a Record
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:sports
Characters:
Terry Foster (baseball player)

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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; historical; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oaky has planted a suitcase filled with rocks...
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Polly
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1939-07-11 [Original strip title, "So Far, So Good". Panel 1 omitted.]
  • 1939-07-12 [Original strip title, "Practical Hoax". Panels 1 and 2 omitted]
  • 1939-07-13 [Original strip title, "This Will Simply Slay Them". Panel 1 omitted and panel 3 cropped at right-hand edge.]
  • 1939-07-14 [Original strip title, "The Choke's on Him".]
  • 1939-07-15 [Original strip title, "Sheep in Wolf's Clothing". Panel 2 omitted.]
  • 1939-07-17 [Original strip title, "Now for Some Deep Thinking". Introductory text and panel 1 omitted.]
  • 1939-07-18 [Original strip title, "No Fair Peeking". Panel 3 omitted.]
  • 1939-07-19 [Original strip title, "The Not-So-Innocent Spectator". Introductory text and panel 2 omitted.]

Indexer Notes

Text is relettered, with some alterations and abbreviations.

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Jitter / comic story / 1 page

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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where'd the kid come from?
Characters:
Jitter
Reprints (0)
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)

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Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Please, we would like to see Miss Olly.
Characters:
Olly Lane; Faro
Reprints (0)
  • from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The strip ran from 1934-01-22 to 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.

A Fuzzy Future
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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

Indexer Notes

4x4 panel dailies:
A Fuzzy Future.
A Pot-Shot Snap-Shot!
He's Up - He's Down!
A Change of Heart!

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Famous Funnies Patterns / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Editing
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  2. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  3. ["But Doc -- the outlet o' this stream may be in some bottomless..."]
    Buck Rogers
  4. ["Let's go, Skeeter. I'm afraid we won't be welcome..."]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  5. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  6. [no title indexed]
    Funland
  7. ["In his panic Wags streaks for the one safe-looking spot..."]
    Dickie Dare
  8. [no title indexed]
    Let's Get into a Huddle
  9. Waste Paper, Weapon of War
  10. ["An incident of ancient medicine..."]
    Highlights of History
  11. ["It's suicide! You can't navigate that ship!"]
    Scorchy Smith
  12. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  13. ["I only know what I am told, sir!"]
    Chief Wahoo
  14. Terry Breaks a Record
  15. ["Oaky has planted a suitcase filled with rocks..."]
    Oaky Doaks
  16. ["Where'd the kid come from?"]
    Jitter
  17. ["Please, we would like to see Miss Olly."]
    Olly of the Movies
  18. A Fuzzy Future
    Mescal Ike
  19. [no title indexed]
    Famous Funnies Patterns
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Len Wolinsky
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