Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1935-11-15
Editing: Stephen Douglas (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #17 Edit Cover
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Christmas in Famous Funnyland
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Hairbreadth Harry; Joe Palooka; S'Matter Pop? / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; adventure; drama; sports; domestic
Characters:
Rudolph Rassendale; Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Sam Smithers; Nipper Tucker; Pop Wimpus; Santa Claus; Joe Palooka; Bobby

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Almost all of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, mainly Sunday pages in their original 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.

Buck Rogers 25th Century Disintegrator Pistol; Daisy Air Rifles
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Buck Rogers / advertisement / 1 page

[Jabby and the Dog Catcher]
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The Adventures of Jabby / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Jabby
Reprints (0)
  • from The Adventures of Jabby Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 193x-07-06

Indexer Notes

Original newspaper strip drawn in gray wash and colored over that.

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Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
S. M. Iger (credited as Sam Iger) (signed as Sam Iger)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (credited as Sam Iger) (signed as Sam Iger)
Inks:
S. M. Iger (credited as Sam Iger) (signed as Sam Iger)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good Heavens! What's the matter, son?
Characters:
Petey ["Pee Wee"]; his father

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Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Phil Boyle ? (ghosted for Ham Fisher)
Inks:
Phil Boyle ? (ghosted for Ham Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports; non-fiction; biography; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dempsey rushed out.
Characters:
Jack Dempsey; Carpentier
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators.

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Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Pencils:
Phil Boyle ? (ghosted for Ham Fisher)
Inks:
Phil Boyle ? (ghosted for Ham Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; humor; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, migosh - - I'm not kiddin'...
Characters:
Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators.

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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:The Mekkanos laid down their burden - ready to fight...
Characters:
Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; The Mekkano of Ra
Reprints (0)
  • from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1934-12-09 - 1934-12-30 [Sunday story 14, 'Mekkanos of Planet Vulcan', Series I, strips #246-249]

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Let's Get Into a Huddle! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

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

Indexer Notes

synopses of some of the contents

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Somebody's Stenog / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Pencils:
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Inks:
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; drama
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Mr. H[ayward] - Wouldn't it be funny to see how your comic people would look fifty years from now?
Characters:
Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Reggie Smithers; Noah
Synopsis:
A story set many decades in the future, where all have aged except the stenographer Cam.
Reprints (0)
  • from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The story was suggested by a letter to the creator headed "Dear Mr. H[ayward]", from Erlinda Ortiz of Santa Fe, N. M.

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Buck Rogers / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The wall disappeared where the ray struck it...
Reprints (0)
  • From Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)

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Buck Rogers / advertisement / 1 page

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Bobby / comic story / 1 page

Script:
S. M. Iger (credited, signed)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (credited, signed)
Inks:
S. M. Iger (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There's Ted Turner over there maybe he can tell me
Characters:
Bobby; Ted Turner; Uncle Jimmy

The World's Duration Record
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Flight / comic story / 1 page

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

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Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
F. O. Alexander (credited)
Pencils:
F. O. Alexander (credited)
Inks:
F. O. Alexander (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, this is swell, chief!
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 (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Pencils:
F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Inks:
F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You haven't sold anything all week!
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.

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Goofie Gags / 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:Hm'm! Nobody home!
Characters:
Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated gag panels.

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Flying to Fame / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
John Welch (credited)
Pencils:
Russell Ross (credited) (signed as Ross)
Inks:
Russell Ross (credited) (signed as Ross)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:O'Brien is boiling because that guy is aboard
Characters:
O'Brien; Slim; Tubby; Miguel Alzan
Synopsis:
Slim and Tubby are in South America searching for the lost explorer McIntosh.
Reprints (0)
  • from Flying To Fame daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)

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Magic Made Easy / activity / 1 page

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

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Butty and Fatty / comic story / 1 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:Gee - Turkeys have a tough life...
Characters:
Fatty
Reprints (0)
  • from Butty and Fatty Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx

The Sepoy Rebellion
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High Lights of History / Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page

Script:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Pencils:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Inks:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:historical; non-fiction; history
Reprints (0)
  • from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1934-xx-xx

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Above the Crowd / comic story / 1 page

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

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Jane Arden; Lena Pry / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Monte Barrett (credited)
Pencils:
Jack W. McGuire (credited, signed)
Inks:
Jack W. McGuire (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is Carlos Rey - He's the Sheik!
Characters:
Jane Arden; Carlos Rey; Lura; Tom; Lena Pry
Synopsis:
Jane Arden has been given a part in the new motion picture she is covering for her paper. Meanwhile her co-star accuses her of theft.
Reprints (0)
  • from Jane Arden Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages, each one featuring a sequential "Jane Arden" storyline (0.5), a self-contained "Lena Pry" story (0.33), and a fashion panel "Jane Arden's Wardrobe" (0.17), all by the same creators.

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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:Let 'er go!
Characters:
Napoleon
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

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Nipper / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, I got Nipper's Christmas gift today
Characters:
Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker
Reprints (0)
  • from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.

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Footprints on the Sands of Time / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bill's mother sends him out to shovel the snow...
Characters:
Bill
Reprints (0)
  • from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator.

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Funland / activity / 1 page

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

Indexer Notes

puzzle-page

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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:Wal, whatcha a-doin', Pa?
Characters:
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
Reprints (0)
  • from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)

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Ned Brant of Carter / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Bob Zuppke (credited)
Pencils:
Walt Depew (signed)
Inks:
Walt Depew (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I don't think you meant that, Jack...
Characters:
Ned Brant; Jack Perrin; Coach Dave Meegan
Reprints (0)
  • from Ned Brant daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)

Junior and Cubby Do A Santa Claus Act
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The Nebbs / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Sol Hess (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic
Characters:
John “Junior” Nebb; Jimmie
Reprints (0)
  • from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill".

Happy New Year
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Simp O'Dill / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Sol Hess (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Simp O'Dill
Reprints (0)
  • from Simp O'Dill Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill".

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Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, it seems the end! Sam and his goat are about to be sacrificed to the purple dragon
Characters:
Seaweed Sam

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Alec and Itchy / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Jimmy George (credited as George)
Pencils:
Merle Mulholland (credited as Mulholland) (signed as Mulholland)
Inks:
Merle Mulholland (credited as Mulholland) (signed as Mulholland)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I cert'ny wisht I had enough money t'buy that marble clock
Characters:
Alec; Itchy

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Queenie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss) (signed)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss) (signed)
Inks:
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss) (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, Auntie! I'm taking a "train" ride! Tee! Hee!
Characters:
Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters; Colonel Chauncey

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Little Brother / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Pencils:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Inks:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's kinda silly for him to be standing there in the wind
Characters:
Little Brother
Reprints (0)
  • from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator.

Bundle Week
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The Bungle Family / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
H. J. Tuthill (credited) (signed as Tuthill)
Pencils:
H. J. Tuthill (credited) (signed as Tuthill)
Inks:
H. J. Tuthill (credited) (signed as Tuthill)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic
Characters:
George Bungle; Jo Bungle
Reprints (0)
  • from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator.

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Buck Rogers / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Helpless-- they were carried into the building...
Reprints (0)
  • from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)

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S'Matter Pop? / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Charles Payne (credited as C. M. Payne) (signed as Payne)
Pencils:
Charles Payne (credited as C. M. Payne) (signed as Payne)
Inks:
Charles Payne (credited as C. M. Payne) (signed as Payne)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I would hate to git my day spoiled again
Characters:
Pop Wimpus; Ambrose Wimpus
Reprints (0)
  • from S’matter, Pop? Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator.

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Honeybunch's Hubby / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Charles Payne (credited as C. M. Payne) (signed as Payne)
Pencils:
Charles Payne (credited as C. M. Payne) (signed as Payne)
Inks:
Charles Payne (credited as C. M. Payne) (signed as Payne)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Comes distant cousin Sarah Ann & younguns
Characters:
Honeybunch; her hubby; Cousin Sarah Ann
Reprints (0)
  • from S’matter, Pop? Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator.

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Buck Rogers / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Their plight seemed hopeless- then-
Reprints (0)
  • from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)

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Such is Life / comic story / 0.4 page

Script:
Walt Munson (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Walt Munson (credited, signed)
Inks:
Walt Munson (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Aw - That's all right...
Reprints (0)
  • from Such is Life daily (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Two daily gag panels.

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Dumb-Bells / comic story / 0.2 page

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

Hey, boy!
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Dizzy Dramas / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Joe Bowers (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Joe Bowers (credited, signed)
Inks:
Joe Bowers (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Reprints (0)
  • from Dizzy Dramas daily (The Ledger Syndicate)

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Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Norman Marsh (credited)
Pencils:
Norman Marsh (credited)
Inks:
Norman Marsh (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The alley is clear --- Not a light showing from any window!
Characters:
Dan Dunn; Babs; Bruno; Wolf; Dorothy; Fat Sing
Synopsis:
Dan is disguised as Frisco and making friends with Spider Slick. But Dorothy and Bruno are suspicious and want to find out who Dan really is.
Reprints (0)
  • from Dan Dunn Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1934-11-25 - 1934-12-16

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The Frog Pond Ferry / comic story / 1 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; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hm-m! There's Rollo Rooster...
Characters:
The Skipper; Rollo Rooster

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Magic Made Easy / activity / 1 page

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

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Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Julian Ollendorff (credited as Julian Ollendorf) (signed as Ollendorff)
Pencils:
Julian Ollendorff (credited as Julian Ollendorf) (signed as Ollendorff)
Inks:
Julian Ollendorff (credited as Julian Ollendorf) (signed as Ollendorff)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Princess, you struggle! - Hamilton hits the picture of Solomon; it crashes on his head and knocks him senseless!
Characters:
Olive Lane; Pete McCue; Lala Palooza; Tony
Synopsis:
Olly's servants believe she is really the lost heir of Bokavia.
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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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

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

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

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Screen Oddities / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Thompson ?
Inks:
Thompson ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

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Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Phil Boyle ? (ghosted for Ham Fisher)
Inks:
Phil Boyle ? (ghosted for Ham Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports; non-fiction; biography; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As Firpo's mighty roundhouse sent Dempsey through the ropes...
Characters:
Jack Dempsey; Firpo
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators.

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Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Pencils:
Phil Boyle ? (ghosted for Ham Fisher)
Inks:
Phil Boyle ? (ghosted for Ham Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The cattle are mighty uneasy sir.
Characters:
Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Jeremiah Francis Looney
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators.

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Strange as It Seems / comic story / 1 page

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

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When the World Exploded / text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Jeffrey Doble; Sandford Leer

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The Frog Pond Ferry / comic story / 1 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; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yessir - I'm going to stay over here till after the holidays...
Characters:
The Skipper

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 53)

Connie / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Inks:
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Since Mrs. Ritzibilt has engaged me to arrange her Christmas party, I'll start by engaging an actor to play Santa Claus
Characters:
Connie Kurridge; Swindler Swank
Synopsis:
Connie ferrets out a phony Santa.
Reprints (0)
  • from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 54)

The Wet Blanket / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Pencils:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Inks:
Frank Godwin (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah, it's good to get away from cares...
Reprints (0)
  • from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 55)

Funland / activity / 1 page

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

Indexer Notes

puzzle-page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 56)

Somebody's Stenog / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Pencils:
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Inks:
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; drama
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sounds like the boss' wife is on the phone
Characters:
Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage; Mame
Reprints (0)
  • from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 57)

Nipper / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Fellers, our club here...
Characters:
Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Stuffy
Reprints (0)
  • from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 58)

Footprints on the Sands of Time / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bill's mother sends him with 50 cents...
Characters:
Bill
Reprints (0)
  • from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 59)

Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
F. O. Alexander (credited)
Pencils:
F. O. Alexander (credited)
Inks:
F. O. Alexander (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:See!! Nothing harms me!!
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.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 60)

High-Gear Homer / comic story / 0.2 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:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're known as a philanthropist, Mrs. Smythe...
Characters:
High-Gear Homer; Mrs. Smythe
Reprints (0)
  • from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

Warren Hastings
(Table of Contents: 61)

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

Script:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Pencils:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Inks:
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:historical; non-fiction; history
Characters:
Warren Hastings
Reprints (0)
  • from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)

Junior's Technique In Asking For What He Wants
(Table of Contents: 62)

The Nebbs / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Sol Hess (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic
Characters:
John “Junior” Nebb; Rudy Nebb; Fanny Nebb
Reprints (0)
  • from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 63)

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:Now for the finishing touch...
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Christmas in Famous Funnyland
    Hairbreadth Harry; Joe Palooka; S'Matter Pop?
  2. Buck Rogers 25th Century Disintegrator Pistol; Daisy Air Rifles
    Buck Rogers
  3. [Jabby and the Dog Catcher]
    The Adventures of Jabby
  4. ["Good Heavens! What's the matter, son?"]
    Pee Wee
  5. ["Dempsey rushed out."]
    Fisher's History of Boxing
  6. ["Oh, migosh - - I'm not kiddin'..."]
    Joe Palooka
  7. ["The Mekkanos laid down their burden - ready to fight..."]
    Buck Rogers
  8. [no title indexed]
    Let's Get Into a Huddle!
  9. ["Dear Mr. H[ayward] - Wouldn't it be funny to see how your comic people would look fifty years from now?"]
    Somebody's Stenog
  10. ["The wall disappeared where the ray struck it..."]
    Buck Rogers
  11. [no title indexed]
    Buck Rogers
  12. ["There's Ted Turner over there maybe he can tell me"]
    Bobby
  13. The World's Duration Record
    Flight
  14. ["Gee, this is swell, chief!"]
    Hairbreadth Harry
  15. ["You haven't sold anything all week!"]
    High-Gear Homer
  16. ["Hm'm! Nobody home!"]
    Goofie Gags
  17. ["O'Brien is boiling because that guy is aboard"]
    Flying to Fame
  18. [no title indexed]
    Magic Made Easy
  19. ["Gee - Turkeys have a tough life..."]
    Butty and Fatty
  20. The Sepoy Rebellion
    High Lights of History / Highlights of History
  21. [no title indexed]
    Above the Crowd
  22. ["This is Carlos Rey - He's the Sheik!"]
    Jane Arden; Lena Pry
  23. ["Let 'er go!"]
    Napoleon
  24. ["Well, I got Nipper's Christmas gift today"]
    Nipper
  25. ["Bill's mother sends him out to shovel the snow..."]
    Footprints on the Sands of Time
  26. [no title indexed]
    Funland
  27. ["Wal, whatcha a-doin', Pa?"]
    Mescal Ike
  28. ["I don't think you meant that, Jack..."]
    Ned Brant of Carter
  29. Junior and Cubby Do A Santa Claus Act
    The Nebbs
  30. Happy New Year
    Simp O'Dill
  31. ["Well, it seems the end! Sam and his goat are about to be sacrificed to the purple dragon"]
    Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
  32. ["I cert'ny wisht I had enough money t'buy that marble clock"]
    Alec and Itchy
  33. ["Hey, Auntie! I'm taking a "train" ride! Tee! Hee!"]
    Queenie
  34. ["It's kinda silly for him to be standing there in the wind"]
    Little Brother
  35. Bundle Week
    The Bungle Family
  36. ["Helpless-- they were carried into the building..."]
    Buck Rogers
  37. ["I would hate to git my day spoiled again"]
    S'Matter Pop?
  38. ["Comes distant cousin Sarah Ann & younguns"]
    Honeybunch's Hubby
  39. ["Their plight seemed hopeless- then-"]
    Buck Rogers
  40. ["Aw - That's all right..."]
    Such is Life
  41. [no title indexed]
    Dumb-Bells
  42. Hey, boy!
    Dizzy Dramas
  43. ["The alley is clear --- Not a light showing from any window!"]
    Dan Dunn
  44. ["Hm-m! There's Rollo Rooster..."]
    The Frog Pond Ferry
  45. [no title indexed]
    Magic Made Easy
  46. ["Princess, you struggle! - Hamilton hits the picture of Solomon; it crashes on his head and knocks him senseless!"]
    Olly of the Movies
  47. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  48. [no title indexed]
    Screen Oddities
  49. ["As Firpo's mighty roundhouse sent Dempsey through the ropes..."]
    Fisher's History of Boxing
  50. ["The cattle are mighty uneasy sir."]
    Joe Palooka
  51. [no title indexed]
    Strange as It Seems
  52. [no title indexed]
    When the World Exploded
  53. ["Yessir - I'm going to stay over here till after the holidays..."]
    The Frog Pond Ferry
  54. ["Since Mrs. Ritzibilt has engaged me to arrange her Christmas party, I'll start by engaging an actor to play Santa Claus"]
    Connie
  55. ["Ah, it's good to get away from cares..."]
    The Wet Blanket
  56. [no title indexed]
    Funland
  57. ["Sounds like the boss' wife is on the phone"]
    Somebody's Stenog
  58. ["Fellers, our club here..."]
    Nipper
  59. ["Bill's mother sends him with 50 cents..."]
    Footprints on the Sands of Time
  60. ["See!! Nothing harms me!!"]
    Hairbreadth Harry
  61. ["You're known as a philanthropist, Mrs. Smythe..."]
    High-Gear Homer
  62. Warren Hastings
    High Lights of History / Highlights of History
  63. Junior's Technique In Asking For What He Wants
    The Nebbs
  64. ["Now for the finishing touch..."]
    Napoleon
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