Pack O' Fun #v1#3
(January 1943)

Magna Publications, 1942 Series
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1
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0.25 USD
Pages
100
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bi-monthly
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Magna Publications Inc.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? [as Steve] (signed)
Inks
? [as Steve] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Santa Claus
Keywords
Christmas

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. Cramer
Pencils
A. Cramer
Inks
A. Cramer
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ma got mixed up.
Genre
humor; military

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Did anyone ever tell you you were beautiful?
Genre
humor; military

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No, Lucille, a corporal isn't a commissioned officer...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Wise to the Army! / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll be back to work, boss, the draft board said...
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Pencils
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Inks
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get a doctor somebody!
Genre
humor; medical

The Fool (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ken Gunall (signed)
Pencils
Ken Gunall (signed)
Inks
Ken Gunall (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kinda suspicious, ain't it, Lem?
Genre
humor
Keywords
Nazis

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

Sugarpuss / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Inks
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How much will 500 of these cost?
Genre
humor

Trains for Little Egbert (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Joe the Jeep]
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[Child in Soap Box Car Next to Roadster] (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A child in a soap box car sticks their tongue out at a motorist driving a roadster.

[Cannon Goes Downhill] (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?

Genre
humor; war
Synopsis
When a cannon is fired it rolls backwards down a hill.

Good Morning, Sarge! (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Charles House (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. Cramer
Pencils
A. Cramer
Inks
A. Cramer
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's vanilla, chocolate and butter pecan, sir.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Horace / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aw, Horace, what if she ain't in the social register?
Genre
humor; military

Philosophy of an Ex-Yardbird (Table of Contents: 16)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Did you say my allotment will be $50 a month...
Genre
humor; military

I Got It (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Hamilton] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Hamilton] (signed)
Inks
? [as Hamilton] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I feel homesick. Please stand here and nag me.
Genre
humor; military

Army Bunk (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military

A Fellow Named Adolf (Table of Contents: 21)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Laszlo Fodor (credited); Wallace Thorsen (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Worryin' Willy / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Pencils
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Inks
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Willy's worried.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Jeep Dust / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Inks
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is this seat taken?
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Steve] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Steve] (signed)
Inks
? [as Steve] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's Jim.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Gettin' Around / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Newcombe (signed)
Pencils
Bill Newcombe (signed)
Inks
Bill Newcombe (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Halt, or I'll blow your brains out!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Sugarpuss / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Inks
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've resolved to be true to the infantry...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Uncle Frod's Agony Column / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop blow your horn
Genre
humor

Secret Weapon #1 (Table of Contents: 31)

text story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Paul Bunyan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Horace / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aw, go on and do it, Horace...
Genre
humor; military

Hiking Song (Table of Contents: 33)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Inks
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They're pictures of barracks that have pictures of me...
Genre
humor

Corporal Hep-Cat's Dictionary (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

G.I. Pick-Ups / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack O'Brien (signed as Sgt. O'Brien)
Pencils
Jack O'Brien (signed as Sgt. O'Brien)
Inks
Jack O'Brien (signed as Sgt. O'Brien)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sir, please don't send me to Fort Isimo...
Genre
humor; military

News on the Home Front (Table of Contents: 38)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ken Gunall (signed)
Pencils
Ken Gunall (signed)
Inks
Ken Gunall (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And furthermore - stop reading my male!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Ricochets / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Military secret, huh?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Buresch (signed as Joe E. Buresch)
Pencils
Joe Buresch (signed as Joe E. Buresch)
Inks
Joe Buresch (signed as Joe E. Buresch)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My ex-husband.
Genre
humor

Those W's! (Table of Contents: 43)

text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Pencils
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Inks
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sh-h, they'll be needing some silver.
Genre
humor
Characters
Santa Claus
Synopsis
Santa Claus meets a burglar who has just robbed a house and tells Santa what the people need.
Keywords
Christmas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But I know Colonel Van Gulp'll like it set like mine.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Typewriter Strategist / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Napoleon Bilge]
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't bother to knit me a sweater for Christmas, dear.
Genre
humor; military

Writin' vs. Fightin' (Table of Contents: 48)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
H. Gittelson (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Pencils
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Inks
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What are the odds on my getting a furlough, sarge?
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gerald Green (signed)
Pencils
Gerald Green (signed)
Inks
Gerald Green (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Give you a lift?
Genre
humor

A Letter from Grandmaw (Table of Contents: 51)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ken Gunall (signed)
Pencils
Ken Gunall (signed)
Inks
Ken Gunall (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The last man sets the pace.
Genre
humor; military

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Pencils
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Inks
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll sure be glad when he's finished with that box...
Genre
humor; military

Play Biographical Golf (Table of Contents: 54)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Bates] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Bates] (signed)
Inks
? [as Bates] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I said halt!
Genre
humor; military

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Pencils
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Inks
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The way these shortages are creating a demand...
Genre
humor

Hic, Where Do We Stop? (Table of Contents: 57)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ken Gunall (signed)
Pencils
Ken Gunall (signed)
Inks
Ken Gunall (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hy, Mac! What's cookin'?
Genre
humor

Sports Kwiz (Table of Contents: 59)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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

Sugarpuss / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Inks
? [as Anthony] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why don't you take them in alphabetical order?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 61)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. Cramer
Pencils
A. Cramer
Inks
A. Cramer
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From now on, we're makin' only tens and twenties...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 62)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Pencils
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Inks
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's the biggest, most destructive aerial bomb...
Genre
humor

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

Crossword Puzzle / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Brenda Manson (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 64)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Buresch (signed as Joe E. Buresch)
Pencils
Joe Buresch (signed as Joe E. Buresch)
Inks
Joe Buresch (signed as Joe E. Buresch)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Roadhog!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 65)

2,000,000 B.C. / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You may not miss me when you get in the army...
Genre
humor
Keywords
cavemen

[Soldier Flees Rainy Foxhole] (Table of Contents: 66)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Pencils
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Inks
George H. Green (signed as GHG)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A soldier in a foxhole doesn't react to bullets or shells but rain causes him to flee.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 67)

Soldiers' Scrapbook / text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 68)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Me? Oh, I'm waiting for that cute little blonde...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 69)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Bates] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Bates] (signed)
Inks
? [as Bates] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just remember, if the captain doesn't like this...
Genre
humor; military
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Ma got mixed up."]
  3. 2. ["Did anyone ever tell you you were beautiful?"]
  4. 3. ["No, Lucille, a corporal isn't a commissioned officer..."]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Wise to the Army!
  6. 5. ["I'll be back to work, boss, the draft board said..."]
  7. 6. ["Get a doctor somebody!"]
  8. 7. The Fool
  9. 8. ["Kinda suspicious, ain't it, Lem?"]
  10. 9. ["How much will 500 of these cost?"]
    Sugarpuss
  11. 10. Trains for Little Egbert
  12. 11. [Child in Soap Box Car Next to Roadster]
  13. 12. [Cannon Goes Downhill]
  14. 13. Good Morning, Sarge!
  15. 14. ["There's vanilla, chocolate and butter pecan, sir."]
  16. 15. ["Aw, Horace, what if she ain't in the social register?"]
    Horace
  17. 16. Philosophy of an Ex-Yardbird
  18. 17. ["Did you say my allotment will be $50 a month..."]
  19. 18. I Got It
  20. 19. ["I feel homesick. Please stand here and nag me."]
  21. 20. Army Bunk
  22. 21. A Fellow Named Adolf
  23. 22. ["Willy's worried."]
    Worryin' Willy
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
    Jeep Dust
  25. 24. ["Is this seat taken?"]
  26. 25. ["There's Jim."]
  27. 26. [no title indexed]
    Gettin' Around
  28. 27. ["Halt, or I'll blow your brains out!"]
  29. 28. ["I've resolved to be true to the infantry..."]
    Sugarpuss
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Uncle Frod's Agony Column
  31. 30. ["Stop blow your horn"]
  32. 31. Secret Weapon #1
  33. 32. ["Aw, go on and do it, Horace..."]
    Horace
  34. 33. Hiking Song
  35. 34. ["They're pictures of barracks that have pictures of me..."]
  36. 35. Corporal Hep-Cat's Dictionary
  37. 36. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Pick-Ups
  38. 37. ["Sir, please don't send me to Fort Isimo..."]
  39. 38. News on the Home Front
  40. 39. ["- And furthermore - stop reading my male!"]
  41. 40. [no title indexed]
    Ricochets
  42. 41. ["Military secret, huh?"]
  43. 42. ["My ex-husband."]
  44. 43. Those W's!
  45. 44. ["Sh-h, they'll be needing some silver."]
  46. 45. ["But I know Colonel Van Gulp'll like it set like mine."]
  47. 46. [no title indexed]
    Typewriter Strategist
  48. 47. ["Don't bother to knit me a sweater for Christmas, dear."]
  49. 48. Writin' vs. Fightin'
  50. 49. ["What are the odds on my getting a furlough, sarge?"]
  51. 50. ["Give you a lift?"]
  52. 51. A Letter from Grandmaw
  53. 52. ["- The last man sets the pace."]
  54. 53. ["I'll sure be glad when he's finished with that box..."]
  55. 54. Play Biographical Golf
  56. 55. ["I said halt!"]
  57. 56. ["The way these shortages are creating a demand..."]
  58. 57. Hic, Where Do We Stop?
  59. 58. ["Hy, Mac! What's cookin'?"]
  60. 59. Sports Kwiz
  61. 60. ["Why don't you take them in alphabetical order?"]
    Sugarpuss
  62. 61. ["From now on, we're makin' only tens and twenties..."]
  63. 62. ["It's the biggest, most destructive aerial bomb..."]
  64. 63. [no title indexed]
    Crossword Puzzle
  65. 64. ["Roadhog!"]
  66. 65. ["You may not miss me when you get in the army..."]
    2,000,000 B.C.
  67. 66. [Soldier Flees Rainy Foxhole]
  68. 67. [no title indexed]
    Soldiers' Scrapbook
  69. 68. ["Me? Oh, I'm waiting for that cute little blonde..."]
  70. 69. ["Just remember, if the captain doesn't like this..."]
This issue was modified by
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin