The Funnies #23

(August 1938)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Funnies Letters Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils

V. T. Hamlin

Inks

V. T. Hamlin

Colors

?

Letters

V. T. Hamlin

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yippity-hoo! Lookit 'em go!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Alley Oop Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pinhead is a hot fisherman!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Captain Easy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane

Pencils

Roy Crane

Inks

Roy Crane

Colors

?

Letters

Roy Crane ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi ho! Broke again.

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

The Funnies Crossword Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

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

The Comic Zoo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Scarbo

Pencils

George Scarbo

Inks

George Scarbo

Colors

? (red tones)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sammy McTurtle, you have no personality.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

• from The Comic Zoo Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Forrest

Pencils

Hal Forrest

Inks

Hal Forrest

Colors

? (red tones)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Larry and Curley Dorgan quarreled…

Genre

adventure; aviation

Reprints

• from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Our Boarding House / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Freyse

Pencils

Bill Freyse

Inks

Bill Freyse

Colors

? (red tones)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I forgot to leave the door unlocked for the iceman…

Feature Logo

Our Boarding House with Major Hoople

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Hold Everything / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Pencils

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Inks

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I lost my hatpin, so I'm wearing their Osklaloosa representative!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Hold Everything Sundays (NEA) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Pencils

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Inks

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Use Zinko for your hair

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

• from Cicero's Cat Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

Home Magic / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Pencils

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Inks

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Letters

?

The Freighter (Table of Contents: 12)

Out Our Way / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams)

Inks

J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

The Worry Wart

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from The Worry Wart (NEA) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx

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

Stranger Than Fiction / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Thomas (credited as Richard W. Thomas)

Pencils

Walter Galli

Inks

Walter Galli

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In Shakespeare's time - school hours were from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.!!

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Stranger Than Fiction daily (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 1935-10-14 - 1935-10-16

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Bronc Peeler / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman

Pencils

Fred Harman (signed as Fred Harman)

Inks

Fred Harman (signed as Fred Harman)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With Larry Dalton and the masked bandit out of the way -

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Bronc Peeler Sundays (Consolidated News) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Out Our Way / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams)

Inks

J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, I've told you three times now, to put some coal in the furnace…

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

The Secret Visit! (Table of Contents: 16)

Ben Webster / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Edwin Alger (credited)

Pencils

Edwin Alger (credited)

Inks

Edwin Alger (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Ben Webster's Page

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Ben Webster's Page Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Sheldon Mayer)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scribbly's little brother has been given a leading role in a moving picture ---

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Mr. Barlowe; Roscoe T. Rooney; Bernie von Goldstein

Synopsis

When everyone gives all their attention to Scribbly's kid brother, Scribbly gets jealous and runs away.

Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribbly (Table of Contents: 18)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Sheldon Mayer)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Sheldon Mayer)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Sheldon Mayer)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yow! Tacks!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet

Synopsis

Scribbly's kid brother puts tacks in Scribbly's bed.

Indexer Notes

Based on an idea sent in by Donald Parker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let us leave Scribbly for a little while...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Captain Colorful (introduction); Professor Twitchel (introduction); Bo-Hunk Johnson (introduction, boxer)

Synopsis

A side-show barker asks for volunteers to fight Bo-Hunk Johnson. The winner will get $50 if they can last one full round. Captain Colorful agrees to fight, unaware that the barker plans to cheat. The barker accidentally knocks out the wrong fighter with a club. The crowd turns on him, but he is rescued by Colorful.

Knick-Names For Scribbly's Kid Brother! (Table of Contents: 20)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Sheldon Mayer)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I call my kid-brother "Pokey"...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet

Synopsis

A reader tells Scribbly that she calls her kid-brother "Pokey" because she'd like to poke him one.

Indexer Notes

Based on an idea sent in by Irma Clancy.

The Parker Kidnapping (Table of Contents: 21)

The Crime Busters / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)

Inks

Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)

Colors

? (red only)

Letters

?

Genre

crime

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Pencils

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Inks

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Letters

A. W. Nugent (credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Wizard of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Walt Spouse

Pencils

Walt Spouse (signed)

Inks

Walt Spouse

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oops!

Feature Logo

The Wonderland of Oz

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tip; Jack Pumpkinhead; Wooden Sawhorse

Synopsis

Tip and Jack continue on their path and bring a wooden sawhorse to life so they can ride it.

Reprints

• from Wonderland of Oz (Associated Newspapers) 1932-xx-xx - 1932-xx-xx

Redskin Renegade Part III (Table of Contents: 24)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Henry Sperry (credited as H. T. Sperry)

Pencils

W. C. Brigham (signed)

Inks

W. C. Brigham (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Curious Facts About Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Isidore Klein (credited as I. S. Klein)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Courage of the West (Table of Contents: 26)

Bob Baker / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Richard Rogers; ?

Inks

Richard Rogers; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the Universal motion picture.

Sir Claude de Crespigny (Table of Contents: 27)

Heroes' Hall of Fame / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen

Pencils

Stookie Allen

Inks

Stookie Allen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Jack-Knife Diver (Table of Contents: 28)

Be a Champion / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ed Cronin (signed)

Pencils

Ed Cronin (signed)

Inks

Ed Cronin (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

sports