Feature Funnies #5

(February 1938)

"Hurry up an git th' eleven o'clock at Grand Central." (Table of Contents)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ham Fisher

Pencils:

Ham Fisher

Inks:

Mo Leff ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

Luise Rainer (Table of Contents)

Screen Snapshots / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Luise Rainer

["Stop the fight!"] (Table of Contents)

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Zuppke (signed)

Pencils:

R. W. Depew (signed)

Inks:

R. W. Depew

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Off the Record / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Reed (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Reed (signed)

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Ghost Spy (Table of Contents)

Strange As It Seems / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Hix (signed)

Pencils:

John Hix (signed)

Inks:

John Hix

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rube Goldberg

Pencils:

Rube Goldberg

Inks:

Rube Goldberg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

The Courage of Glenn Cunningham (Table of Contents)

They're Still Talking / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Glenn Cunningham

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Off The Record / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Reed

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

["Episode 5"] (Table of Contents)

Big Top / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Strange As It Seems / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Hix

Inks:

John Hix

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Part-Time Brothers (Table of Contents)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

H. J. Tuthill

Pencils:

H. J. Tuthill

Inks:

H. J. Tuthill

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Puzzle Phun / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don DeConn

Pencils:

Don DeConn

Inks:

Don DeConn

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

["The Annual Meeting of The Gown and Gavel, a fraternity formed by a select few..."] (Table of Contents)

The Clock Strikes / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George E. Brenner (signed)

Pencils:

George E. Brenner (signed)

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Clock [Brian O'Brien]

The Pirate Hero of France (Table of Contents)

Pirates Ahoy! / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Charles B. Driscoll

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Jean Bart (French corsair)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jane Arden / Lena Pry / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Monte Barrett

Pencils:

Russell E. Ross

Inks:

Russell E. Ross

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Keywords:

soap opera

Indexer Notes

strip reprints; 'Lena Pry' takes up the bottom-left quarter of each page; 'Jane Arden's Wardrobe' takes up the bottom-right corner

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Strange As It Seems / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Hix (signed)

Pencils:

John Hix (signed)

Inks:

John Hix

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Off Side / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jo Metzer (signed)

Pencils:

Jo Metzer (signed)

Inks:

Jo Metzer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

gags

["Episode 5"] (Table of Contents)

Slim and Tubby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John J. Welch (signed)

Pencils:

J. W. McGuire (signed)

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

["Auntie Dixie- Kin I have some peanuts?"] (Table of Contents)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. P. McEvoy (signed)

Pencils:

J. H. Striebel (signed)

Inks:

J. H. Striebel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Keywords:

soap opera

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

Frank Gotch (Table of Contents)

They're Still Talking / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

biography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Off The Record / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Reed (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Reed (signed)

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["The Hawk escapes from jail by a trick and returns to the governor's mansion."] (Table of Contents)

Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner [as Willis Rensie]

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Hawk

Indexer Notes

Reformatted from original form, which was published overseas, and reprinted -- re-translated into English -- in Will Eisner's Hawks of the Seas (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1986 series). This page contains 6 panels missing from Page 10.

The Winner (Table of Contents)

Modern 'Planes / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lee Marshall (signed)

Pencils:

Lee Marshall (signed)

Inks:

Lee Marshall

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Off The Record / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Reed (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Reed (signed)

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Cast adrift by the hoodlums who have taken possession of the Coast Guard boat..."] (Table of Contents)

Jim Swift / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Cronin (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Cronin (signed)

Inks:

Ed Cronin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jim Swift

["See it means nothin' in this town t'be a checker champ"] (Table of Contents)

Toddy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Marcoux (signed)

Pencils:

George Marcoux (signed)

Inks:

George Marcoux

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

This strip takes up two half-pages; the other half is Flossie (see next entry)

"C'mon fellers- let's play follow the leader!" (Table of Contents)

Flossie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Zere (signed)

Pencils:

Al Zere (signed)

Inks:

Al Zere

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

this strip takes up the bottom half of 2 pages (see previous entry)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Strange As It Seems / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Hix (signed)

Pencils:

John Hix (signed)

Inks:

John Hix

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

["Here-here you fellas!! You don't want fight this way!"] (Table of Contents)

Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lank Leonard (signed)

Pencils:

Lank Leonard (signed)

Inks:

Lank Leonard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mickey Finn

Indexer Notes

strip reprints