Famous Funnies
#180
(July 1949)
Eastern Color,
1934 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1949-06-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Famous Funnies Inc.
- Brand
-
This Is a Famous Funnies Publication
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
All content of this comic are newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book 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.
On sale date from the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page.
[no title indexed]
Bobby Sox / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stephen Douglas ?
- Pencils
- Stephen Douglas (signed as S. A. D.)
- Inks
- Stephen Douglas (signed as S. A. D.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you sure you delivered the last order?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Unnamed teenage boy and teenage girl.
- Keywords
- bicycles; eggs
Indexer Notes
"The FIRST and OLDEST comic book...15 years"
[no title indexed]
Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Calkins (credited)
- Pencils
- Rick Yager (credited)
- Inks
- Rick Yager (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wal, Buddy -- Sissy's gone! That man-made tornado wasn't much fer size...
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Buddy Deering
- Reprints
- from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
[no title indexed]
Steve Roper and Yahoo / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Allen Saunders (signed as Saunders)
- Pencils
- Elmer Woggon (signed as Woggon)
- Inks
- Elmer Woggon (signed as Woggon)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here now! Dry those tears!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Steve Roper; Chief Wahoo; Cupcake De Vine; Sonny Brawnski
- Reprints
- from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate)
[The Water Skier]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Uncle Elby; Napoleon
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Indexer Notes
pantomime; wordless comic
[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
- Boy, that water looks cool!
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Uncle Elby; Napoleon
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
[no title indexed]
Dickie Dare / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
- Pencils
- Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
- Inks
- Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boss, zat leetle sail-bot she have z' right of way
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Miss Shee
- Reprints
- from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Tommy's Promise
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- C. M. Steever (credited)
- Pencils
- Alfonso Greene (signed) (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Alfonso Greene (signed) (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Tommy; his borther Bill
[no title indexed]
Bobby Sox / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jerry Bundsen
- Pencils
- Marty Links (signed)
- Inks
- Marty Links (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jeepers---I have two whole weeks at this paradise!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bobby Sox; Bruce Smith; Alvin
- Reprints
- from Bobby Sox Sunday and daily (Consolidated News Features)
Indexer Notes
Four separate one page Sundays, plus two pages with four standalone daily gag panels each.
[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
- Am I man or mouse?
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Uncle Elby; Napoleon
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
[no title indexed]
Scorchy Smith / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rodlow Willard (signed)
- Pencils
- Rodlow Willard (signed)
- Inks
- Rodlow Willard (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scorchy's S.O.S. is heard...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Scorchy Smith; Gerda Smith
- Reprints
- from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Indexer Notes
Willard worked on the strip between 1946 and 1954.
[no title indexed]
Oaky Doaks / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- William McCleery
- Pencils
- Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as RB Fuller)
- Inks
- Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as RB Fuller)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh all hemlock.
- Genre
- adventure; humor; historical
- Characters
- Sir Oaky Doaks; Princess Patina; a genie
- Reprints
- from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Are you sure you delivered the last order?"]
Bobby Sox -
1.
["Wal, Buddy -- Sissy's gone! That man-made tornado wasn't much fer size..."]
Buck Rogers -
2.
["Here now! Dry those tears!"]
Steve Roper and Yahoo -
3.
[The Water Skier]
Napoleon -
4.
Enjoy a Good Summer
Let's Get into a Huddle -
5.
["Boy, that water looks cool!"]
Napoleon -
6.
["Boss, zat leetle sail-bot she have z' right of way"]
Dickie Dare -
7.
Tommy's Promise
-
8.
["Jeepers---I have two whole weeks at this paradise!"]
Bobby Sox -
9.
["Am I man or mouse?"]
Napoleon -
10.
["Scorchy's S.O.S. is heard..."]
Scorchy Smith -
11.
["Gosh all hemlock."]
Oaky Doaks
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Len Wolinsky
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