Famous Funnies #61

(August 1939)

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

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as Lance Kirby)

Inks

Jack Kirby (signed as Lance Kirby)

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Kirby

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Lone Rider

Reprints

• in The Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1 - 1917-1940 (1997), #1 - 1917-1940 (1997)

Indexer Notes

Promo piece for new series beginning the next issue.

[Fishing] (Table of Contents: 2)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Synopsis

Napoleon keeps interfering with Uncle Elby's fishing.

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-05-09

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Goofie Gags / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cut your lawn for 50¢, mister!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated gag panels.

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

Artistic Artie / cartoon / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady

Pencils

M. E. Brady

Inks

M. E. Brady

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Color these flowers for Artie...

Characters

Artistic Artie

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

Butty and Fatty / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm going back to sleep...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Butty; Fatty

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

Roy Powers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Roberts (credited as Paul Powell)

Pencils

Kemp Starrett ?

Inks

Kemp Starrett ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Golly! Look at that storm coming!

Genre

adventure; teen; children; detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Powers; Chunky; Rocky Jones; Mrs. Keeler; Phillip Jones

Reprints

• from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1938-10-xx to 1938-10-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Let's Get into a Huddle! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stephen Douglas

Pencils

Stephen Douglas

Inks

Stephen Douglas

Colors

?

Letters

?

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

Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Philip Nowlan

Pencils

Dick Calkins

Inks

Dick Calkins

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Darting in pursuit of the mysterious pair

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Dr. Elias Huer; Dercu; Avonna; Killer Kane; Ardala

Reprints

• from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1938-04-10 - 1938-05-01 [Sunday Story 23 - "Mysterious New World" - strips #420 - #423]

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

Nipper / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Clare Victor Dwiggins (credited as Dwig)

Pencils

Clare Victor Dwiggins (credited as Dwig)

Inks

Clare Victor Dwiggins (credited as Dwig)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Muriel; Algy Bray

Reprints

• from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Skyroads / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Keaton (signed)

Pencils

Russell Keaton (signed)

Inks

Russell Keaton (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're goin' back, Billy! There's something wrong down below!

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Speed McCloud; Billy Hill; Murphy; Sally Young; Doc Redfern

Synopsis

Doc Redfern tries to examine the children in the Maya village, but the medicine man says no.

Reprints

• from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.) 1937-02-xx - 1937-03-xx

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

Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Odds bodkins!

Genre

adventure; drama; humor

Characters

Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks

Reprints

• from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Neher (credited, signed)

Pencils

Fred Neher (credited, signed)

Inks

Fred Neher (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You said this type writer needed a ribbon.

Genre

humor; domestic; satire-parody

Reprints

• from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Six unrelated daily gag panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

War On Crime / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rex Collier (credited)

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson

Inks

Jimmy Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's Legenza all right! He'll bear watching!

Genre

crime

Characters

Mais; Legenza; Marie Legenza; Farrell; Wiley; Eckert

Synopsis

The FBI round up the last members of the Tri-State Gang, most of whom get the chair.

Reprints

• from War on Crime daily (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Final episode.

Now Shoot! (Table of Contents: 14)

Jitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)

Pencils

Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)

Inks

Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Jitter

Reprints

• from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four daily strips:

#1 - Now Shoot!
#2 - All Steamed Up!
#3 - Blamed Again!
#4 - Stopping Traffic!

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Chief, I'm afraid as a rollerskater - you're a flop!

Genre

humor

Characters

Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; The Great Gusto

Reprints

• from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1937-09-19

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Dickie Dare / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Pencils

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Inks

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dickie, Dan and Old Joe find themselves in an open boat.

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Old Joe

Synopsis

Dickie and the crew wash up on an island that is pretty close to bare rock.

Reprints

• from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-07-xx to 1936-07-xx

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

The Adventures of Patsy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mel Graff (signed)

Pencils

Mel Graff (signed)

Inks

Mel Graff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Your stupid little mind is now at my complete disposal!

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Huck

Synopsis

Phil is concerned by Patsy's very strange behavior. She acts as if she's been hypnotized (which she has).

Reprints

• from The Adventures of Pasty daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

The Barbary Pirates (Table of Contents: 18)

Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Inks

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

High Lights of History

Genre

non-fiction; historical; history

Characters

Captain Bainbridge; Captain Prebble; Lieutenant Richard Somers

Reprints

• from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Funland / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

The Pen Pal Page / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stephen Douglas

Inks

Stephen Douglas

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[House Burgled] (Table of Contents: 21)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Synopsis

Uncle Elby's house is burgled and Napoleon does a poor job of tracking the thief.

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-04-18

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Animals in the News / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (credited as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (credited as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (credited as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dog whistles instead of barking

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Frog Pond Ferry / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nossir!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

The Skipper

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

Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

William McCleery

Pencils

Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as R. B. Fuller)

Inks

Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as R. B. Fuller)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But I didn't say I wanted to marry Elisabeth

Genre

adventure; humor; historical

Characters

King Cedric; Sir Oaky Doaks; Queen Elisabeth

Synopsis

Queen Elisabeth insists she is going to marry Oaky.

Reprints

• from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1937-03-09 - 1937-03-24

Indexer Notes

Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961.

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

Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sam, Jibby and Click are in a land inhabited by giants!

Genre

humor

Characters

Seaweed Sam, Jibby; Click; Prince Tiny

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Chief, we're going to enjoy some real sport!

Genre

humor

Characters

Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; The Great Gusto

Reprints

• from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Pencils

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Inks

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Klotz has been killed!!

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Olive Lane; Mary Davis; Helen Wood; Lona Arbut; Don Martin; Click; Cluck

Synopsis

Klotz is found dead at a party. All of the guests are interviewed by the police. Click and Cluck also investigate.

Reprints

• from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1936-05-xx - 1936-05-xx

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

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Noel Sickles (signed)

Pencils

Noel Sickles (signed)

Inks

Noel Sickles (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dontcha see? Them fellers'll trim Pop sure as fate!

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Scorchy Smith; Heinie Himmelstoss; Lafarge; Mickey Lafarge; Rufus Krag; Broge

Synopsis

Scorchy and Mickey stop her father from signing away his land to Krag.

Reprints

• from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-10-xx - 1935-10-xx

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

Somebody's Stenog / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

A. E. Hayward (credited)

Pencils

A. E. Hayward (credited)

Inks

A. E. Hayward (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Miss O'Flage I don't wish to be disturbed

Genre

humor; drama

Characters

Cam O'Flage; Sam Smithers; Mame

Reprints

• from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Capt. Albert W. Stevens (Table of Contents: 30)

Above the Crowd / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Pencils

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Inks

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; biography

All Mopped Up! (Table of Contents: 31)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley (credited)

Pencils

Art Huhta (signed)

Inks

Art Huhta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Young’un

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four daily strips:

#1 - All Mopped Up!
#2 - Muley Gets Inspiration!
#3 - Pa Feeds Them!
#4 - Wrong Way, Pa!

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

Magic Made Easy / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stephen Douglas

Inks

Stephen Douglas

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[Golfing] (Table of Contents: 33)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Synopsis

Napoleon brings a hockey stick to Uncle Elby for golfing.

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-05-02

Keywords

golf; pantomime; wordless comic

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

There's a Town / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

School, Virginia...

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

full-page single-panel cartoon

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Babe Bunting / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Pencils

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Inks

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Couldn't you take us somewhere so we can telephone?

Genre

adventure; children; drama

Characters

Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy Boles; Jake Heep; Molly Heep

Synopsis

Benjy and Babe escape from the Heeps after Jake steals their money.

Reprints

• from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1936-08-xx - 1936-08-xx

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

Punky / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Balk (signed)

Pencils

Fred Balk (signed)

Inks

Fred Balk (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay, Uncle Martin, I'm all set for my first airplane ride

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Punky; Uncle Martin

Reprints

• from Punky daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx

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

Connie / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Frank Godwin (credited)

Pencils

Frank Godwin (credited)

Inks

Frank Godwin (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Alec, did you see this article about that escaped lunatic...

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Connie Kurridge; Alec Smart; Mr. Worthington; Billy

Reprints

• from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Neher (credited)

Pencils

Fred Neher (credited)

Inks

Fred Neher (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't worry - don't all your checks come back to you.

Genre

humor; domestic; satire-parody

Reprints

• from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features) 193x-xx-xx

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

Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)

Pencils

S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)

Inks

S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yoo-hoo! Queenie!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Colonel Chauncey Clambake; Jitters

Valley of Doom (Table of Contents: 40)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Hyatt (credited as Robert M. Hyatt)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Swen Harvey; Crag Harvey

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

Homer Hoopee / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Locher (signed)

Pencils

Fred Locher (signed)

Inks

Fred Locher (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've got a letter from Obregado! I've got a chance to make $50,000!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Homer Hoopee; Cousin Egbert

Synopsis

Obregado offers Homer fifty grand if he can remember where the buried treasure is.

Reprints

• from Homer Hoopee daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-xx-xx - 1935-xx-xx

Leaving Him High and Dry (Table of Contents: 42)

The Gay Thirties / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Hank Barrow (signed)

Pencils

Hank Barrow (signed)

Inks

Hank Barrow (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Five unrelated daily gag panels.

[Mattress Delivery] (Table of Contents: 43)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Synopsis

Napoleon helps Uncle Elby carry his new mattress into the house.

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-04-25

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

From the Desert... (Table of Contents: 44)

Spunky Dory / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; humor; western-frontier

Characters

Spunky Dory; Duchess the goat

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

Star Flashes / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Bud Thompson

Pencils

Bud Thompson

Inks

Bud Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wallace Beery

Genre

non-fiction

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño

Inks

Victor Pazmiño

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Naw! I want that one!

Genre

humor

Keywords

World's Fair

Indexer Notes

On back cover. Evidently an alternative front cover.