Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1948-09-14
Editing: ?
Cover Thumbnail for Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #171 Edit Cover
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Bobby Sox / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen

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, in practically all cases, been removed.

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)

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:Now for the finishing touch...
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Dick Calkins (credited)
Pencils:
Rick Yager (credited)
Inks:
Rick Yager (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Huh!? Wh-who wuz callin' my name? Oh -- what a dream!

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Steve Roper and Wahoo / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Listen to me!
Characters:
Big Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Captain Croke; Professor Gudge; Zircon
Reprints (0)
  • from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate)

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

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

[no title indexed]
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Famous Funnies Patterns / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:8209; 8171; 8254

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Dickie Dare / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Unpleasant as is the thought...
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Bob Avery; Mrs. Avery
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Potential Killer
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Characters:
Jim; Big Rock; Lou; Ross Kenton

Indexer Notes

Text story with one illustration.

[Trying to Sleep]
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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

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

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Bobby Sox / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Marty Links (signed)
Inks:
Marty Links (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:'Lo, Nancy...I have so much to tell you...
Characters:
Bobby Sox; Alvin; Carol Friedman
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday and daily (Consolidated News Features) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sundays, plus two pages featuring four daily gag panels apiece.

[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:Guess I'll heat some milk...
Characters:
Unce Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Pen Pal Page / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
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Scorchy Smith / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here we are!
Characters:
Scorchy Smith; Jo Best; The Dragon (villain); Yoni
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)

[no title indexed]
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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; historical; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sir Oaky, look deep into my eyes!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; Morgan le Fay; Gus; Queen Guinevere; Princess Elaine
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-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:Yes, come quick and bring all your tools!
Characters:
Uncle Elby; Napoleon
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Bobby Sox
  2. ["Now for the finishing touch..."]
    Napoleon
  3. ["Huh!? Wh-who wuz callin' my name? Oh -- what a dream!"]
    Buck Rogers
  4. ["Listen to me!"]
    Steve Roper and Wahoo
  5. Famous Funnies Group
    Let's Get into a Huddle
  6. ["8209; 8171; 8254"]
    Famous Funnies Patterns
  7. ["Unpleasant as is the thought..."]
    Dickie Dare
  8. Potential Killer
  9. [Trying to Sleep]
    Napoleon
  10. ["'Lo, Nancy...I have so much to tell you..."]
    Bobby Sox
  11. ["Guess I'll heat some milk..."]
    Napoleon
  12. [no title indexed]
    Pen Pal Page
  13. ["Here we are!"]
    Scorchy Smith
  14. ["Sir Oaky, look deep into my eyes!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  15. ["Yes, come quick and bring all your tools!"]
    Napoleon
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  • Keith Chandler
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
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