Funny Picture Stories #v1#6

(April 1937)

Guns For General Sing (Table of Contents: 1)

Tom Campbell / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Moore (credited as E. McD. Moore, Jr.) (signed)

Pencils

Ed Moore (credited as E. McD. Moore, Jr.) (signed)

Inks

Ed Moore (credited as E. McD. Moore, Jr.)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Atop the walls of a West China city...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tom Campbell; General Sing

Synopsis

Tom Campbell is fighting in the service of General Sing, who orders him to make his way through enemy lines and head for Bai-pan, where he will buy guns and ammunition. He eventually comes upon a supply train carrying ordnance, hijacks it and brings it back to Sing.

Reprints

• in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v2#1 (January 1939)

Indexer Notes

The first page is also used as the cover, with the captions removed.

Moore signs on the final page.

The Fighting Spirit (Table of Contents: 2)

Tod Perry / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Dowling (credited as Victor J. Dowling)

Pencils

Victor Dowling (credited as Victor J. Dowling)

Inks

Victor Dowling (credited as Victor J. Dowling)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tod Perry runs his greatest race against nature, time and death

Genre

sports

Characters

Tod Perry; Dinky Blake; Greg Earls; Scotty; Kaye; Doris; Millie; Tubby

Synopsis

Tod Perry is a first rate athelete, but runs for the fun of it, rather than for the glory of his school.

Reprints

• in Little Giant Comics (Centaur, 1938 series) #4 (February 1939)

Indexer Notes

The story is in black and white.

Darts of Death (Table of Contents: 3)

Dick Kent / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Art Pinajian (credited as Arthur Pinajian) (signed as Pinajian)

Pencils

Art Pinajian (credited as Arthur Pinajian) (signed as Pinajian)

Inks

Art Pinajian (credited as Arthur Pinajian) (signed as Pinajian)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Prof., here we are on the island of Berbi...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dick Kent; Professor Benton; Redding; Dr. Roberts

Synopsis

Kent, Benton and Redding arrive on the island of Berbi to look for the missing Dr. Roberts. They quickly discover him in the company of some natives, and learn that when he became stranded there he was adopted as their medicine man. Now they feel he has betrayed the tribe and the chief sentences all four outsiders to death. During the native ritual dance the quartet escape and fight their way to the ocean and a waiting canoe.

Reprints

• in Little Giant Comics (Centaur, 1938 series) #4 (February 1939)

Indexer Notes

Pinajian signs the final panel (as "Pinajian"). The story is in black and white.

Dangerous Documents (Table of Contents: 4)

Terry Taylor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (credited as Robert L. Wood)

Pencils

Larry Riley (credited as Riley)

Inks

Larry Riley (credited as Riley)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The S.S. Eastern Empress is making her way..

Genre

spy

Characters

Terry Taylor; Doc (villain)

Synopsis

Terry Taylor has been entrusted with delivering secret documents to Shanghai. He is met by men claiing to be from the embassy, but is robbed and thrown from the car. He later tracks them down, but they escape and take off in an airplane. Taylor follows in a two-man plane, shoots them down, and reclaims the papers.

Reprints

• in Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v1#11 (December 1938)

Indexer Notes

The previous indexer misread the credits and gave Bob Wood as both penciller and inker.

On the contents page credits are given as 'R.L. Wood & L. Riley'

The Castaway (Table of Contents: 5)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Rodney Thomson (credited as Rodney Thompson) (signed as Thomson)

Inks

Rodney Thomson (credited as Rodney Thompson) (signed as Thomson)

Colors

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Genre

drama

Characters

A castaway on a sea shore peers out to sea hoping for a rescue.

Indexer Notes

A two-page spread with no caption beyond the title of the image and the name of the artist.

Blazes a Trail Between Two Planets (Table of Contents: 6)

Bob Steele, MD. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

George Brenner (credited as Geo. E. Brenner)

Pencils

George Brenner (credited as Geo. E. Brenner)

Inks

George Brenner (credited as Geo. E. Brenner)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

-----And medical authorities state...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Bob Steele; Prof. Kraft; Gail; Master of Satoon

Synopsis

Bob Steele and his sweetheart Gail rocket to the planet Satoon in order to find a cure for a rapidly spreading disease. Bob is attacked by a ferocious feline and mamages to stab it to death, only to be captured by locals who consider the animal sacred. After many trials, the couple are able to fly back to Earth with their precious cargo of antidote.

Lucky Wings (Table of Contents: 7)

The Further Adventures of the Newsreel Men / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Frollo (credited)

Pencils

Frank Frollo (credited)

Inks

Frank Frollo (credited)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This idea of a vacation's being restful is all bunk

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tom; Bill; Wong Fu

Synopsis

Newsreel cameramen Tom and Bill are assigned to cover a new reactionary group uprising in China. Before they can leave they are abducted by members of that group and taken to the headquarters of leader Wong Fu, who demands they film the forts of his enemies. They hijack the plane used for filming and fly homewards.

Reprints

• in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v1#3[a] (November 1938)
• in Little Giant Comics (Centaur, 1938 series) #4 (February 1939)

Indexer Notes

The story is in black and white.

Battling Beau Brummel (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Bruce (credited)

Pencils

Ray Burley (signed as R.A.B.) (spot illustration)

Inks

Ray Burley (signed as R.A.B.) (spot illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bout followed bout...

Genre

sports

Characters

Wabash Warner [Bob Brummel]; Helen Beresford; Papa Beresford; Mister Toxey; Battling Bannock; Carvington Sheldon Letheridge; Victor Sanchez; Ace Martin; Ruth Potter

Synopsis

As he enters the ring the fighter Wabash Warner is recognised as Bob Brummel by old friends.

The Isle of Mystery (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Gerhard Kramer (credited)

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dr. Held, the wellknown [sic] scientist...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dr. Held; Elkin; Dr. McFee

Synopsis

Dr. Held travels to the West Indies to help a friend and colleague, Dr. McFee, solve two murders and several robberies. Held tracks down the culprit, an escaped convict using a cave accessed only by diving into the sea.

Indexer Notes

The story is in black and white.

The Trapline Mystery (Table of Contents: 10)

Bob Colby / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Filchock (signed)

Pencils

Martin Filchock (signed)

Inks

Martin Filchock (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

M'sieu! There is a devil on my trapline!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Bob Colby; Brick; Pierre

Synopsis

In the far north, Bob Colby helps Pierre solve the problem of his empty traps. Prints of mink lead up to the traps, but the animals are gone.

Reprints

• in Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v2#1 (January 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Oscar / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Buresch (credited as Joe E Buresch)

Pencils

Joe Buresch (credited as Joe E Buresch)

Inks

Joe Buresch (credited as Joe E Buresch)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yep! It's here!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Oscar