(November 1945)

Eastern Color, 1934 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1945-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Famous Funnies Inc.
Editing
Stephen Douglas (editor, art director) (uncredited); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer)

Issue Notes

Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut.
Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York.

Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday or daily pages, reformatted to fit the comic book page. The dates of publication of these strips have been removed from the originals.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Big Chief Wahoo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Douglas ?
Pencils
Stephen Douglas (signed)
Inks
Stephen Douglas (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you seen a turkey around here?
Genre
humor
Characters
Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper

Corner That Paper Scrap! (Table of Contents: 1)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Carlson (signed)
Inks
George Carlson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
A game board that advocates for the collection of paper scrap for the war effort.

Famous Funnies Patterns (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Calkins (signed)
Inks
Dick Calkins (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That voice! Didn't th' rest o' you hear...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Black Barney; Ape; Captain Sissy; Imperial Majesty
Reprints
  • from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx
Keywords
The Black Planet

Indexer Notes

The character Buck Rogers does not appear in this issue.

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

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Russell Stamm (credited)
Pencils
Russell Stamm (credited)
Inks
Russell Stamm (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What the heck! Some bird ran...
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Red Penn; Bess Brown; Audrey Brown
Reprints
  • from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx - 1943-xx-xx

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
Inks
Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the shadow of the Washington Monument...
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Steve Roper; Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Mr. Watsiki; James Dale
Reprints
  • from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

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

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Holy Smoke! Sunshine's got away!
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Napoleon (dog); Sunshine (parrot); Uncle Elby; Willie
Reprints
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lafave]) 193x-xx-xx

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

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

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

News about upcoming releases; letters requesting pen pals. Mentions on sale dates for Famous Funnies 137 on sale 1945-11-16, Jingle Jangle Comics 18 on sale 1945-10-27.

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

The Pen Pal Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Names, ages and addresses of those seeking pen pals.

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

Jitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Arthur Poinier
Pencils
Arthur Poinier
Inks
Arthur Poinier
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So you think you can catch...
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Jitter (chimpanzee); Woody; Fred B. Fuddle
Reprints
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

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

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Farrell; ?
Pencils
Howell Dodd
Inks
Howell Dodd
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As Glider's plane vanishes from sight...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Scorchy Smith; Scoop; Glider
Reprints
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Bert Christman's last work on the strip was on 1938-06-xx, and Frank Robbins begins on 1939-05-22, with Howell Dodd handling the art chores during the intervening period. So, these reprints fall within that period.

Sea Trap (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dewey Triem
Pencils
? [as HF]
Inks
? [as HF]
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Teddy Anderson; Steve Wickers; Bill Anderson; Mike Christenson;

Indexer Notes

Two illustrations, each signed "HF".

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

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

Script
Coulton Waugh (credited, signed)
Pencils
Coulton Waugh (credited, signed)
Inks
Coulton Waugh (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dickie revealed his true identity to...
Genre
adventure; children
Characters
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; The Rajah; Electra Billings
Reprints
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

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

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
While keeping watch over the three...
Genre
adventure; historical; humor
Characters
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Daisy
Reprints
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Have you seen a turkey around here?"]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  2. 1. Corner That Paper Scrap!
  3. 2. Famous Funnies Patterns
  4. 3. ["That voice! Didn't th' rest o' you hear..."]
    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  5. 4. ["What the heck! Some bird ran..."]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  6. 5. ["In the shadow of the Washington Monument..."]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  7. 6. ["Holy Smoke! Sunshine's got away!"]
    Napoleon
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Let's Get into a Huddle!
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    The Pen Pal Page
  10. 9. ["So you think you can catch..."]
    Jitter
  11. 10. ["As Glider's plane vanishes from sight..."]
    Scorchy Smith
  12. 11. Sea Trap
  13. 12. ["Dickie revealed his true identity to..."]
    Dickie Dare
  14. 13. ["While keeping watch over the three..."]
    Oaky Doaks
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Bill Devine
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Thingvold