Funny Pages #v2#1
(September 1937)

Ultem, 1937 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Ultem Publications Inc.
Editing
Harry "A" Chesler (Editor); George Nagle (Managing Editor)

Issue Notes

From indicia on inside front cover:
FUNNY PAGES is published monthly at 404 N. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, Ill., for Comics Magazine Company, Inc., 1213 W. 3rd St., Cleveland, Ohio. EDITORIAL OFFICE, 11 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. From indicia on contents page: FUNNY PAGES is published monthly by Ultem Publications, Inc., Mount Morris, Illinois. EDITORIAL OFFICE, 276 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Incorrectly listed as v2#2 in indicia on inside front cover; correct numbering on contents page. Index created from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

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Missing Links / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's Echo. His father is keeper at the zoo!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Laughs / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Ryan; ? (see Notes)
Inks
Dick Ryan; ? (see Notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop! Have you forgotten anything???
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Five unrelated gag panels by different artists, including Dick Ryan (the center panel).

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

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

Jest a Minute / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy oh boy! Wasn't this a swell summer?

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

Missing Links / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder what this is --
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[Chicken Dinner] (Table of Contents: 5)

Simpy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Simpy

Indexer Notes

Wordless atrip.

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

Block and Fall / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I see deys a guy named 'Potshot' Hogan what escaped from jail...
Genre
humor
Characters
Block; Fall; Dinny O'Rourke (crook)

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

Peanut O'Hooligan / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Wood (credited, signed)
Pencils
Bob Wood (credited, signed)
Inks
Bob Wood (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That mugg tried to make a date with me, 'Peanut.'
Genre
humor
Characters
Peanut O'Hooligan; Suzie

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

Circus Days / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Claire S. Moe
Pencils
Claire S. Moe
Inks
Claire S. Moe
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good-bye Nell. They let me go this morning...
Genre
humor
Characters
Pop; the ringmaster

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

Do You Know Why? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Speed
Pencils
Richard Speed
Inks
Richard Speed
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Baby quail, when hatched under a bantam hen...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Compared with signed work in More Fun Comics #19.

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

Lovey Dovey / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're home early tonight...
Genre
humor
Characters
Dovey
Reprints

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

Jungle Town / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your [sic] two coconuts short in your pay...

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

It's Really a Fact / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Wood (credited, signed)
Pencils
Bob Wood (credited, signed)
Inks
Bob Wood (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the course of a season...
Genre
non-fiction

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

Smart Alec / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm leaving this town tomorrow...
Characters
Smart Alec

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

Good Mornin' Judge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Wood
Pencils
Bob Wood
Inks
Bob Wood
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your neighbor charges you began to croon...
Genre
humor
Characters
The Judge
Synopsis
The Judge hears testimony from five different defendants.
Reprints

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

Penny Aunty / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Pencils
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Inks
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How about a picnic?
Genre
humor
Characters
Penny Aunty

[Ah feels confidunt Ah'll ketch plenty o' fish t'day!"] (Table of Contents: 16)

Black and Tan / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Black; Tan

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

Dick the Detective / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So you're a shore 'nuff detective now eh, Dick?
Genre
adventure; western-frontier
Characters
Dick the Detective

Aaron Burr (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Speed
Pencils
Richard Speed
Inks
Richard Speed
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Aaron Burr
Reprints

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

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When my kid wants something he gets it.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

A two page spread.

Jungle Getaway (Table of Contents: 20)

text story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Curry (credited)
Pencils
Frank Frollo ? (spot illustrations)
Inks
Frank Frollo ? (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Even when he heard the descending plane's roar...
Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Tad Martin; Sargus; Gomez; Harevson
Reprints

Devil of the Deep (Table of Contents: 21)

Dave Dean / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Norman Daniels (credited)
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What if them natives are right...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Dave Dean (introduction); Shorty (introduction)
Synopsis
Dave Dean searches for pearls but finds a mysterious demon guarding the waters.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Guardineer signs in the final panel.

This story is rewritten and redrawn by Fred Guardineer in Fantastic Adventures (A.C.E. Comics, 1987 Series) #1 (July 1987).

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

Runt and Tuffy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
O'kay. Let's hitchhike!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Runt (a dog); Tuffy (a dog)
Synopsis
Runt and Tuffy decide to hitchike. Several cars pass them, but one stops and invites them to hop into the back. They run for their lives when they see it is the dog catcher.

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

Granny and Her Pets / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Pencils
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Inks
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Granny! Hurry with that packing...
Genre
humor
Characters
Granny
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Insurance Ike / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've tramped all over town...
Genre
humor
Characters
Insurance Ike; Mrs. Jones; Junior

Charles P. Steinmetz (Table of Contents: 25)

Are You Handicapped? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Speed ?
Pencils
Richard Speed ?
Inks
Richard Speed ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Charles P. Steinmetz

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Bingo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Schwab
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And top it off with a good cigar.
Genre
humor
Characters
Bingo; a waiter

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

Toots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Biro
Pencils
Charles Biro
Inks
Charles Biro
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mummy - why are the shades down in Mrs. Brown's house?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Toots; her mother; Arthur
Reprints

Indexer Notes

credit by Jerry Bails

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

Little Mary of the Circus / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Claire S. Moe (credited)
Pencils
Claire S. Moe (credited)
Inks
Claire S. Moe (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jim, why don't you let Mary play in public...
Genre
drama
Characters
Little Mary; Jim; Renar
Synopsis
Violin virtuoso Little Mary is kidnapped and is believed to have died in a fire. Her father goes into deep mourning, until he reads that a young female prodigy is to give a violin concert. He gets his nurse to take him and father and daughter are tearfully reunited.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

School Daze / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mama, can I have some writing paper and an envelope?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

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

Speed-a-Way / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Pencils
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Inks
John Lindermayer (signed as Linder Mayr)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, I'm almost finished!
Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Shanty O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Wood (signed as R. L. W.)
Pencils
Bob Wood (signed as R. L. W.)
Inks
Bob Wood (signed as R. L. W.)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Git up out'a that chair 'n go down to th' five and ten...
Genre
humor
Characters
Shanty O'Toole

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

Ann How! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm telling you it's coffee...
Genre
humor
Characters
Ann How
Reprints

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

Behind the Scenes / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...And I would strongly recommend...
Genre
humor

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

What a Man / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't forget to call me Ma...
Genre
humor
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["That's Echo. His father is keeper at the zoo!"]
    Missing Links
  2. 1. ["Stop! Have you forgotten anything???"]
    Laughs
  3. 2. Contents
  4. 3. ["Boy oh boy! Wasn't this a swell summer?"]
    Jest a Minute
  5. 4. ["I wonder what this is --"]
    Missing Links
  6. 5. [Chicken Dinner]
    Simpy
  7. 6. ["I see deys a guy named 'Potshot' Hogan what escaped from jail..."]
    Block and Fall
  8. 7. ["That mugg tried to make a date with me, 'Peanut.'"]
    Peanut O'Hooligan
  9. 8. ["Good-bye Nell. They let me go this morning..."]
    Circus Days
  10. 9. ["Baby quail, when hatched under a bantam hen..."]
    Do You Know Why?
  11. 10. ["You're home early tonight..."]
    Lovey Dovey
  12. 11. ["Your [sic] two coconuts short in your pay..."]
    Jungle Town
  13. 12. ["In the course of a season..."]
    It's Really a Fact
  14. 13. ["I'm leaving this town tomorrow..."]
    Smart Alec
  15. 14. ["Your neighbor charges you began to croon..."]
    Good Mornin' Judge
  16. 15. ["How about a picnic?"]
    Penny Aunty
  17. 16. [Ah feels confidunt Ah'll ketch plenty o' fish t'day!"]
    Black and Tan
  18. 17. ["So you're a shore 'nuff detective now eh, Dick?"]
    Dick the Detective
  19. 18. Aaron Burr
  20. 19. ["When my kid wants something he gets it."]
  21. 20. Jungle Getaway
  22. 21. Devil of the Deep
    Dave Dean
  23. 22. ["O'kay. Let's hitchhike!"]
    Runt and Tuffy
  24. 23. ["Granny! Hurry with that packing..."]
    Granny and Her Pets
  25. 24. ["I've tramped all over town..."]
    Insurance Ike
  26. 25. Charles P. Steinmetz
    Are You Handicapped?
  27. 26. ["- And top it off with a good cigar."]
    Bingo
  28. 27. ["Mummy - why are the shades down in Mrs. Brown's house?"]
    Toots
  29. 28. ["Jim, why don't you let Mary play in public..."]
    Little Mary of the Circus
  30. 29. ["Mama, can I have some writing paper and an envelope?"]
    School Daze
  31. 30. ["Well, I'm almost finished!"]
    Speed-a-Way
  32. 31. ["Git up out'a that chair 'n go down to th' five and ten..."]
    Shanty O'Toole
  33. 32. ["I'm telling you it's coffee..."]
    Ann How!
  34. 33. ["...And I would strongly recommend..."]
    Behind the Scenes
  35. 34. ["Don't forget to call me Ma..."]
    What a Man
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  • Chad
  • Henry Andrews
  • Keith Chandler
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Pat Lang
  • James Ludwig
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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