Famous Funnies
#111
(October 1943)
Eastern Color,
1934 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-09-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Famous Funnies Inc.
- Editing
- Stephen Douglas (editor, art director); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer)
Issue Notes
Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 91, Connecticut.
Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 18, New York.
General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury 91, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York.
On sale date from the previous issue's Let's Get into a Huddle page.
Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 18, New York.
General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury 91, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York.
On sale date from the previous issue's Let's Get into a Huddle page.
[no title indexed]
Famous Funnies Patterns / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 8464; 8460; 8467
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
The inside-front cover.
[no title indexed]
Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Calkins (signed as
Dick Calkins) - Inks
- Dick Calkins (signed as Dick Calkins)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What -- Buck Rogers? False whiskers? Why -- you double-crosser...
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Anthony "Buck" Rogers
- Reprints
- from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Make the pockets this size.
- Genre
- humor; domestic; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
The daily gag panels, extensively reshaped from the originals.
Good Luck
Let's Get into a Huddle / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
With cover repros.
[no title indexed]
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Russell Stamm (credited)
- Pencils
- Russell Stamm (credited)
- Inks
- Russell Stamm (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There! You look fine, Beansie.
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Beansie; Warden of the Reformatory
- Reprints
- from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (signed)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (signed)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There, I've wasted three pumpkins...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Jitter / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Pencils
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Inks
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'll borrow one of Susie's pumpkins...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Jitter; Fred Fuddle; Susie Fuddle
- Reprints
- from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Dickie Dare / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Coulton Waugh (signed)
- Pencils
- Coulton Waugh (signed)
- Inks
- Coulton Waugh (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back in Link's cabin, near Seattle...
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Henrique Rodriguez; Cheeta
- Reprints
- from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
- Hey!
- Genre
- adventure; historical; humor
- Characters
- Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Princess Agatha; Morlin the Magician; Pogo; King Oscar
- Reprints
- from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1939-04-17 - 1939-04-25
Indexer Notes
Panels are reconfigured to fit the comic book page.
04-17 - A Pushover for Pogo [first two panels omitted]
04-18 - Any Change Would Be For the Better [first panel omitted]
04-19 - Willing Worker [introductory text panel omitted]
04-20 - Royal Reunion [first panel cropped]
04-21 - Break it Gently, Aggie
04-22 - Dragons Disagree With Him [Panel two omitted and Pogo's dialogue moved to panel three]
04-24 - All Tied Up Downstairs [first two panels omitted]
04-25 - Another Good Idea Gone Wrong [fourth panel omitted]
[no title indexed]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I must hurry or I'll be late...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Connie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Godwin (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Godwin (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Godwin (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, we're in a spot, all right...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; Dr. Chrono; Tynon; Morlon
- Reprints
- from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Bayard -- Part 2
Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- J. Carroll Mansfield (credited)
- Pencils
- J. Carroll Mansfield (credited)
- Inks
- J. Carroll Mansfield (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- France had not seen such a knight...
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Sir Bayard
- Reprints
- from High Lights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Scorchy Smith / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bert Christman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bert Christman (signed)
- Inks
- Bert Christman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Vaulting over the fence...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Scorchy Smith; Kerri; Jacques
- Reprints
- from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Christman worked on the strip between 1936-11-23 and 1938-06, so these reprints fall between those dates.
[no title indexed]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Keep th' ol' oven hot...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Wong
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Jitter / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Pencils
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Inks
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I invited the girls for supper...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Jitter; Fred Fuddle; Susie Fuddle
- Reprints
- from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Roy Powers / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Take it easy, you guys...
- Genre
- adventure; children; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Powers; Chunky; Spike Snider; Dip Sutter
- Reprints
- from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- Well, sweetheart, have you seen the posters...
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Skip Allen; Maxie; Lona
- Reprints
- 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.
The End Man!
Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- S. L. Huntley (credited as Huntkey)
- Pencils
- Art Huhta (signed)
- Inks
- Art Huhta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mebbe we better ast how they do it!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Pa Piffle; Miss Sally
- Reprints
- from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Four dailies on a single page:
1 - The End Man!
2 - Modern Design!
3 - No Blackout!
4 - Quite a Following!
Journey to Danger
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Claude Dunnagan (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry Peter (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Harry Peter (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, ya, Ham!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Doug Wilson; Big Brad Morgan; Dr. Diggs; Ike Jones; Jim Norris
[no title indexed]
Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pardon my boldness...
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Big Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Neeta; The Rajah; Premier Torro
- Reprints
- from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uncle Elby, can I borrow your camera...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Napoleon -
1.
["8464; 8460; 8467"]
Famous Funnies Patterns -
2.
["What -- Buck Rogers? False whiskers? Why -- you double-crosser..."]
Buck Rogers -
3.
["Make the pockets this size."]
Life's Like That -
4.
Good Luck
Let's Get into a Huddle -
5.
["There! You look fine, Beansie."]
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil -
6.
["There, I've wasted three pumpkins..."]
Napoleon -
7.
["We'll borrow one of Susie's pumpkins..."]
Jitter -
8.
["Back in Link's cabin, near Seattle..."]
Dickie Dare -
9.
["Hey!"]
Oaky Doaks -
10.
["I must hurry or I'll be late..."]
Napoleon -
11.
["Well, we're in a spot, all right..."]
Connie -
12.
Bayard -- Part 2
Highlights of History -
13.
["Vaulting over the fence..."]
Scorchy Smith -
14.
["Keep th' ol' oven hot..."]
Napoleon -
15.
["I invited the girls for supper..."]
Jitter -
16.
["Take it easy, you guys..."]
Roy Powers -
17.
["Well, sweetheart, have you seen the posters..."]
Olly of the Movies -
18.
The End Man!
Mescal Ike -
19.
Journey to Danger
-
20.
["Pardon my boldness..."]
Big Chief Wahoo -
21.
["Uncle Elby, can I borrow your camera..."]
Napoleon
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Daniel Thingvold
- Len Wolinsky
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