Famous Funnies
#218
(July 1955)
Eastern Color,
1934 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Famous Funnies Publications
- Brand
-
This Is a Famous Funnies Publication
- Editing
- Harold A. Moore (none listed on indicia, credit from statement of ownership)
[no title indexed]
Wee Three / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- David Gantz (signed as Gantz)
- Inks
- David Gantz (signed as Gantz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Harry; Larry; Sistie
Enroll in the Junior Red Cross
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Berrill (signed as Berrill)
- Inks
- Jack Berrill (signed as Berrill)
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
One page black and white Public Service Announcement on the inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Wee Three / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- David Gantz (signed)
- Inks
- David Gantz (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They were doin' th' mambo...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Harry; Larry; Sistie; their mother; Officer Clancy; Officer Woggehowiz; Officer Von Doongen
- Synopsis
- The boys try to dig a hole to China.
[no title indexed]
Jay J / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Berrill (signed as Berrill)
- Inks
- Jack Berrill (signed as Berrill)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd better clean up this mess before Mom sees it!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Jay J; his mother; his father; Socrates (Jay J's puppy, a talking dog)
- Synopsis
- Jay J decides to impress his mother by cleaning his room, washing up and dressing himself...all to convince his Dad to buy him a new puppy.
[no title indexed]
Melvin the Monster / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- David Gantz (signed as Gantz)
- Inks
- David Gantz (signed as Gantz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You know, dear. I think I should be more of a friend and less of a father to Melvin.
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Melvin; his father; his mother
- Synopsis
- Melvin's dad tries to bond with his son.
Challenge in the Artic
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Matt Christopher (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Len O'Malley; Captain Bill Stravis; Jake Wilkes; Dr. Barclay
[no title indexed]
Buck Rogers / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Rick Yager (signed)
- Pencils
- Rick Yager (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Yager (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blazes, Cap'n! What a queer lookin' monument!
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Sgt. Earthquake P. Jones; Dr. Immorta of Saturn
- Synopsis
- The residents of the planet Zora think Buck, Earthquake and Dr. Immorta are mythical figures that will restore their decaying society.
- Reprints
- from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1952-xx-xx
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Wee Three -
1.
Enroll in the Junior Red Cross
-
2.
["They were doin' th' mambo..."]
Wee Three -
3.
["I'd better clean up this mess before Mom sees it!"]
Jay J -
4.
["You know, dear. I think I should be more of a friend and less of a father to Melvin."]
Melvin the Monster -
5.
Challenge in the Artic
-
6.
["Blazes, Cap'n! What a queer lookin' monument!"]
Buck Rogers -
7.
[no title indexed]
Famous Funnies Patterns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Rick Sauceda
- Daniel Thingvold
- Matthew Torrance
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