The Funnies #29

(February 1939)

[Photos While U Wait] (Table of Contents: 1)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Famous Features) 1938-01-23

Indexer Notes

Black and Red. Newspaper reprints. Famous Features Syndicate. 1-23-1938.
On inside front cover.

[The Royal Moovian Circus] (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

?

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Alley Oop; Ooola; Umpa; King Guzzle; Foozy

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by NEA Service

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

Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Captain Colorful has refused Mr. Von Goldstein's offer...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Bernie von Goldstein; Captain Colorful; Vivien Darling

Synopsis

Vivien Darling comes up with an idea to get Captain Colorful to fall for her. She will go down to Mexico, and Bernie will send Colorful to the same rancho that she'll be staying at. A few days later, Bernie and Scribbly receive a telegram from Vivien stating that she and Colorful have gotten married, and they are quitting the movie business and staying in Mexico.

Why Big Brudders Leave Home by Scribbly (Table of Contents: 4)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (credited as Scribbly)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh my, Scribbly - did you lasso that wild steer all by yourself?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Daphne Dimples

Synopsis

Daphne asks Scribbly if he lassoed a wild steer all by himself, but Scribbly's kid brother points out that it's only a cow.

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

Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While Von Goldstein is ranting and raving about the loss of his new star...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Roscoe T. Rooney; Bernie von Goldstein; Professor Twitchel

Synopsis

In preparation for their first production, Roscoe T. Rooney and Professor Twitchel practice a scene from "Romeo and Juliet" on a park bench. A crowd soon gathers, laughing at what they believe are two drunks. Scribbly and Bernie arrive and find the act very funny. Bernie hires them as his new comedy team.

[Nicknames For Scribbly's Kid-Brudder] (Table of Contents: 6)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Walter Babcock of...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet (in shadow only)

Synopsis

A reader tells Scribbly that he calls his kid-brother "Shadow" because wherever he goes his brother is right behind him.

Indexer Notes

Based on an idea sent in by Walter Babcock.

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

Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scribbly has not heard from his girl Daphne, back home, for some time...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Daphne Dimples (in dream); Butch O'Flannigan (in dream, named in this issue)

Synopsis

Scribbly dreams that his friend Butch is hitting on his girl Daphne. The next morning, Scribbly tells his mother that he thinks it's time they went back to New York.

Why Big Brudders Leave Home by Scribbly (Table of Contents: 8)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (credited as Scribbly)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, Ma.. why'dja hit me fer...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet

Synopsis

Scribbly's mother spanks him for raiding the ice-box, but it was actually his kid brother that did it.

Indexer Notes

Based on an idea sent in by Mary Louise Davis.

"Scribbly" feature continues by DC Comics in All-American Comics (1939 series) #1.

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

Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Inks

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All right, we'll say I'm a editor

Feature Logo

The Worry Wart

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

4 panel cartoons. Copyright 1938 by NEA Service. Dated 2-12, 3-6 and 2-14. 1st cartoon undated.

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

Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Ahern

Pencils

Gene Ahern

Inks

Gene Ahern

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look Uncle Amos! This spider's got a fly in his web!

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

NEA Syndicate

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here! Sit on my lap lil' feller!

Genre

children

Reprints

• from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Famous Features) xxxx-xx-xx

[On the Movie Lot] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Hal Forrest

Pencils

Hal Forrest

Inks

Hal Forrest

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; aviation

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

United Features Syndicate. Topper to Tailspin Tommy.

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

Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Pencils

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Inks

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fer gosh sakes Sam, git on th' job, will ya

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) 1935-xx-xx - 1935-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1935 NEA Service.

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

Hold Everything / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis

Pencils

Clyde Lewis

Inks

Clyde Lewis

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Your honor, this man said you were a fathead

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Hold Everything daily (NEA) 1934-xx-xx - 1934-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1934 by NEA Service

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Out Our Way / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Inks

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh I'm glad she didn't see 'em yet

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

NEA Services

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

The Comic Zoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Scarbo

Pencils

George Scarbo

Inks

George Scarbo

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Strong, healthy and clean cut young man wanted

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

• from The Comic Zoo Sundays (NEA) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1937 NEA Services

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

Fred Harman

Pencils

Fred Harman

Inks

Fred Harman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't see nothin' strange 'cause I'm not out brandin' beef!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bronc Peeler; Cowboy Pete

Indexer Notes

John F. Dille Co.

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

Stranger Than Fiction / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Thomas (credited as Richard W. Thomas)

Pencils

Walter Galli

Inks

Walter Galli

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Robert Mallory

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Stranger Than Fiction daily (Watkins Syndicate) 1937-01-07

Indexer Notes

1-7-37 Watkins Syndicate

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Ahern

Pencils

Gene Ahern

Inks

Gene Ahern

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You can leave your big grips

Genre

humor

Characters

Major Hoople

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

NEA Service

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

Roy Crane

Pencils

Roy Crane

Inks

Roy Crane

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What bitter irony!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Easy

Reprints

• from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) 1934-xx-xx - 1934-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1934 by NEA Service

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

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 1 page (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

Meow! Meow!

Genre

humor; animal

Reprints

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

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Today is Pinhead's birthday

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Famous Features) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by Gene Byrnes

Next appearance in All-American Comics #1 (DC, 1939)

What They Saw! (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script

Edwin Alger (credited)

Pencils

Edwin Alger (credited)

Inks

Edwin Alger (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in All-American Comics #1 (DC, 1939 series)

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

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

Script

Walt Spouse (adaptation); L. Frank Baum (original story)

Pencils

Walt Spouse (signed)

Inks

Walt Spouse (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tip and his companions listen while the Wogglebug finishes his life story

Feature Logo

The Wonderland of Oz

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Jack Pumpkinhead; Sawhorse; Wogglebug

Reprints

• from The Wonderland of Oz Sundays (C. C. Winningham) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

adapted from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

[A Spring Day] (Table of Contents: 26)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 1 page (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

?

Genre

humor; animal

Reprints

• from Cicero's Cat Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

copyright 1938 by Bud Fisher

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Ahern

Pencils

Gene Ahern

Inks

Gene Ahern

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee! It was swell

Genre

humor

Characters

Major Hoople

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

NEA Service

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Stranger Than Fiction / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Thomas (credited as Richard W. Thomas)

Pencils

Walter Galli

Inks

Walter Galli

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The name George means "peasant

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Stranger Than Fiction daily (Watkins Syndicate) 1937-01-08

Indexer Notes

1-8-37 Watkins Syndicate

Al Brady (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al McWilliams (signed)

Inks

Al McWilliams (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Indexer Notes

original material

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

The Comic Zoo / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

George Scarbo

Pencils

George Scarbo

Inks

George Scarbo

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My stars! Buried Treasure!!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

NEW Syndicate. Topper strip to Out Our Way.

[Crossword Puzzle Solution] (Table of Contents: 31)

Scribbly / activity / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer

Inks

Sheldon Mayer

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, kids.. here's da solutions to da crossword puzzles in dis issue!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet

Synopsis

Scribbly and his kid brother give the readers the answers to the crossword puzzles that appear elsewhere in the issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Out Our Way / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Inks

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With this paddin in my shoulders and th' walnuts in my cheeks I look like I'm old enough to drive

Genre

humor

Characters

Willis Willet

Reprints

• from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) 1934-xx-xx - 1934-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

NEA services Inc 1934

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Hold Everything / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis

Pencils

Clyde Lewis

Inks

Clyde Lewis

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How's business Sally Lou?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Hold Everything daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Pencils

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Inks

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Huh! A comic valentine!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

NEA Service.

Trouble In Tahiti (Table of Contents: 35)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Pencils

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Inks

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

M'gosh Duzz! I fergot to put the grating down last night.

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

NEA Service.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Ahern

Pencils

Gene Ahern

Inks

Gene Ahern

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Football! By Jove

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Inks

J. R. Williams (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Smokin' hah?

Feature Logo

The Worry Wart

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

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

Song of the Buckaroo (Table of Contents: 40)

Tex Ritter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

John Rathmell

Pencils

Frank Frollo ?

Inks

Frank Frollo ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Original Material.

The one-time-only feature logo "Tex Ritter as Texas Dan" is used on this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Pencils

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Inks

Charles Small (credited as Charles D. Small)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yep Sammy the wife has gone away to visit her mother

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) 1935-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

NEA Services 1935.