The Funnies #1

(October 1936)

["Of all the scary goofs..."] (Table of Contents)

The Worry Wart / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

J. R. Williams

Inks:

J. R. Williams

Colors:

? (red tones)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover. Actually four single panel gags titled: "Seconding the Motion," "The Rub-Off," "Oh, That's Different," and "Heroes Are Made Not Born."

["I've picked up these two out of town papers..."] (Table of Contents)

Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Norman Marsh

Pencils:

Norman Marsh

Inks:

Norman Marsh

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

["Quack, quack! Did your uncle, the one they shot..."] (Table of Contents)

Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bud Fisher

Pencils:

Bud Fisher

Inks:

Bud Fisher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[Baby - Angel or Devil?] (Table of Contents)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bud Fisher

Pencils:

Bud Fisher

Inks:

Bud Fisher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["What do they mean by going off the gold standard..."] (Table of Contents)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes

Inks:

Gene Byrnes

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

["There's the haunted house!"] (Table of Contents)

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes

Inks:

Gene Byrnes

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

[The Great Ant-Eater & The Skunk] (Table of Contents)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Ferguson

Pencils:

William Ferguson

Inks:

William Ferguson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact; animal

["Here are two "catches"..."] (Table of Contents)

Home Magic / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

A. W. Nugent

Pencils:

A. W. Nugent

Inks:

A. W. Nugent

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset

["Dern! There's Jim in there..."] (Table of Contents)

Boots / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edgar Everett Martin

Pencils:

Edgar Everett Martin

Inks:

Edgar Everett Martin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["We left Taggart parachuting down..."] (Table of Contents)

Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Hal Forrest

Pencils:

Hal Forrest

Inks:

Hal Forrest

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Indexer Notes

Each page has a Tailspin Tommy Flying Club strip on the bottom with instructional data on flying planes.

["Would you like to see my new dance?"] (Table of Contents)

Flapper Fanny / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gladys Parker

Pencils:

Gladys Parker

Inks:

Gladys Parker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Practice Makes Perfect (Table of Contents)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

C. D. Small

Pencils:

C. D. Small

Inks:

C. D. Small

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["You say Uncle Filbert has invented a way..."] (Table of Contents)

The Nut Bros. / comic story / 0.16 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Aherne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Carry your trunk?"] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Blotto / cartoon / 0.04 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Aherne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Hey, Alvin, run out and get your Dutch uncle a toothpick!"] (Table of Contents)

Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Aherne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Shorty, Pete drove t'town..."] (Table of Contents)

Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Harman

Pencils:

Fred Harman

Inks:

Fred Harman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

["Th' whole blame country has a hero complex..."] (Table of Contents)

On the Range / text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Harman

Pencils:

Fred Harman

Inks:

Fred Harman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

["Myra North, special nurse, while attending a man who was shot..."] (Table of Contents)

Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Thompson

Pencils:

Charles Coll

Inks:

Charles Coll

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

drama

["Pass these boys right in!"] (Table of Contents)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes

Inks:

Gene Byrnes

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

["What's your name?"] (Table of Contents)

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes

Inks:

Gene Byrnes

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

["Uncle Filbert suggested we give over this space..."] (Table of Contents)

The Nut Bros. / comic story / 0.16 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Aherne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Have a heart, officer..."] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Blotto / cartoon / 0.04 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Byrnes

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Look, Uncle Amos!"] (Table of Contents)

Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Aherne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Oboy! At last!"] (Table of Contents)

Otto Honk / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly

Inks:

Bela Zaboly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Breakfast is nearly ready..."] (Table of Contents)

Out Our Way / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. R. Williams

Pencils:

J. R. Williams

Inks:

J. R. Williams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Wee Coppy's heart was standing still..."] (Table of Contents)

The Tiny Mites / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Hal Cochran

Pencils:

George Scarbo

Inks:

George Scarbo

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustrations in black & white with instruction to "Read the story, then color the pictures." Second page appears between the second Stranger Than Fiction page and the first Herky page.

[King Edward] (Table of Contents)

Stranger Than Fiction / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Richard W. Thomas

Pencils:

Walter Galli

Inks:

Walter Galli

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

["Like rollicking school boys on a holiday vacation..."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Crane

Pencils:

Roy Crane

Inks:

Roy Crane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

["Hurry up - Betty..."] (Table of Contents)

Flapper Fanny / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gladys Parker

Pencils:

Gladys Parker

Inks:

Gladys Parker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Maybe They Better Take the Sign Down (Table of Contents)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

C. D. Small

Pencils:

C. D. Small

Inks:

C. D. Small

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

"Laugh, Clown, Laugh!" (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bud Fisher

Pencils:

Bud Fisher

Inks:

Bud Fisher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

[A Very Rainy Day] (Table of Contents)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bud Fisher

Pencils:

Bud Fisher

Inks:

Bud Fisher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Now that I've been exiled from Moo..."] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Includes a "Dinny's Family Album" panel on each page.

["Salty! Hurry..."] (Table of Contents)

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Merrill Blosser

Pencils:

Merrill Blosser

Inks:

Merrill Blosser

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Herdaley Family] (Table of Contents)

Stranger Than Fiction / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Richard W. Thomas

Pencils:

Walter Galli

Inks:

Walter Galli

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

["Vot kind uf ize gream do you got?"] (Table of Contents)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clyde Lewis

Pencils:

Clyde Lewis

Inks:

Clyde Lewis

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

["I ain't gonna pay for no turkey dinner this year."] (Table of Contents)

Otto Honk / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly

Inks:

Bela Zaboly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["I don't know what you'd do without me..."] (Table of Contents)

Out Our Way / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. R. Williams

Pencils:

J. R. Williams

Inks:

J. R. Williams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["He's dropped it again!"] (Table of Contents)

A Dog's Life / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Beck

Pencils:

Beck

Inks:

Beck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Four single panel cartoons, three of which are titled: "The Freshly Varnished Floor," "Envying the Lucky Dog That 'Belongs' to the Butcher," and "The Tip-Off."

Concluding "Death Masquerade" (Table of Contents)

From the Notes of Maj. Cosmo Strange, D.S.O. / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Baker

Pencils:

? (illustrations)

Inks:

? (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

detective

["How far do we have to go, Elmer?"] (Table of Contents)

Ben Webster's Page / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jay Jerome Williams

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

["Not knowing that they are overheard..."] (Table of Contents)

Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Moore

Pencils:

Carl Pfeufer

Inks:

Carl Pfeufer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Split over three pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Scissor Sketches / activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Moore

Pencils:

Carl Pfeufer

Inks:

Carl Pfeufer

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

animal

Indexer Notes

Circus animals to cut out and make into small standees. Feature shares top third of three pages with Tad of the Tanbark.

["Simbi rescued from a horrible fate..."] (Table of Contents)

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Moore

Pencils:

Carl Pfeufer

Inks:

Carl Pfeufer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Spread over three pages.

["Have you seen Shorty...?"] (Table of Contents)

Happy Mulligan / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Contains a racist depiction of an African-American.

["Well, so you finally got us a job..."] (Table of Contents)

The Adventures of 'Sparagus and Chubby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Just wait till you see Andy in action..."] (Table of Contents)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clyde Lewis

Pencils:

Clyde Lewis

Inks:

Clyde Lewis

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Everybody's Playmate / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

A. W. Nugent

Pencils:

A. W. Nugent

Inks:

A. W. Nugent

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

"Puzzles, Tricks & Games"

[Toucans & Water Buffalo] (Table of Contents)

This Curious World / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Ferguson

Pencils:

William Ferguson

Inks:

William Ferguson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fact; animal

["What am I lookin' for?"] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bud Fisher

Pencils:

Bud Fisher

Inks:

Bud Fisher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[Bubbles] (Table of Contents)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bud Fisher

Pencils:

Bud Fisher

Inks:

Bud Fisher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["How didja ever get that eye?"] (Table of Contents)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes

Inks:

Gene Byrnes

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

["It's just too bad, Daisybelle!"] (Table of Contents)

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes

Inks:

Gene Byrnes

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

[Ches Nut Clothes Pressing Co.] (Table of Contents)

The Nut Bros. / comic story / 0.16 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Aherne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Zz-z-z-buz-z-zog"] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Blotto / cartoon / 0.04 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Aherne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Egad, I fear I'm a bit late..."] (Table of Contents)

Our Boarding House / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Aherne

Pencils:

Gene Aherne

Inks:

Gene Aherne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Stories in Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

I. S. Klein

Pencils:

? (illustrations)

Inks:

? (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

The stories behind three stamps: "Ancient City - New Name." "The Great Marquis," and "The Flying Dutchman."

["Howdy Miss..."] (Table of Contents)

Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Harman

Pencils:

Fred Harman

Inks:

Fred Harman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

["Gosh, Martha - My big toe is killing me..."] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Bill / comic story / 0.16 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Harman

Pencils:

Fred Harman

Inks:

Fred Harman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Smoke Gets in Your Nose (Table of Contents)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

C. D. Small

Pencils:

C. D. Small

Inks:

C. D. Small

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[Popular Comics Ad] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (various)

Inks:

? (various)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Ad for next issue of Popular Comics, on sale September 25th.