Funny Picture Stories #v2#7

(April 1938)

["If he gets that big a kick out of being in stocks..."] (Table of Contents)

Grin and Laff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kermit Jaediker (credited) [as Kermit Ray]

Pencils:

Ray Gill (signed) [as Kermit Ray]

Inks:

Ray Gill (signed) [as Kermit Ray]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Indexer Notes

four one-panel gag pieces.

["Don't look now - but I think they're wise to us!!"] (Table of Contents)

Don't Look Now / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Indexer Notes

four one-panel gags cartoons.

["Got any beef stew today?"] (Table of Contents)

Laughing At Life! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson (signed) [as PG overlapping initials]

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed) [as PG overlapping initials]

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed) [as PG overlapping initials]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Indexer Notes

five one-panel gag cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Star Dust / biography (nonfictional) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

bio

Characters:

Dick Powell; Man Mountain Dean

["What canal is represented here?"] (Table of Contents)

Brain Teasers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks:

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Indexer Notes

four one-panel cartoons with lame word puzzles and un-appealing prizes for the winners.

["I'm too old for the task, Jack"] (Table of Contents)

Jack Strand / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Pencils:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jack Strand; Diana Carlin; Doctor Powers; Marcus Stenzo (Dr. Power's former assistant)

Synopsis:

Jack and Diana are on a mission for Dr. Powers to make contact with an undersea race that he has discovered. The divers will use Dr. Powers' invention that lets them breath and talk at great depths without any apparatus. Marcus Stenzo wants his former employer's secret discovery to make himself wealthy. Jack and Diana make contact with the undersea race and are captured. Continued next issue.

["We have to do something!"] (Table of Contents)

Sweet Revenge / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Pencils:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Mayor Charlie Bulldog is running for re-election, but is worried by his opponent. The Mayor hires a ne'er-do-well to disrupt the speech and seal the election results.

Mel Ott (Table of Contents)

Sporting Facts / biography (nonfictional) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

bio

Characters:

Mel Ott (Major League Baseball); Man Mountain Dean; Strangler Lewis

["I was down in Greenwich Village, on a quaint old narrow street..."] (Table of Contents)

Dinky Pup / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Craig Fox (signed) [as Fox with fox logo below]

Pencils:

Craig Fox (signed) [as Fox with fox logo below]

Inks:

Craig Fox (signed) [as Fox with fox logo below]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["I can't escape from you..."] (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab (signed) [as F.S.]

Pencils:

Fred Schwab (signed) [as F.S.]

Inks:

Fred Schwab (signed) [as F.S.]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Wilbur makes his plea to a skeptical judge as to why he should be excused from jury duty.

["Newspaper man to see you, Sir."] (Table of Contents)

Phoney Crimes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson (signed) [as interlocking P. and G.]

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed) [as interlocking P. and G.]

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed) [as interlocking P. and G.]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Reprints:

• The Phoney Detective is shadowed by a newspaper man intent on learning his methods. The Detective solves a kidnapping case.

["I better phone the telephone company..."] (Table of Contents)

3rd Class Male / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab (signed) [as F.S.]

Pencils:

Fred Schwab (signed) [as F.S.]

Inks:

Fred Schwab (signed) [as F.S.]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Quick!! - Make me out a Wife Insurance policy!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A wife goes to Insurance Ike to take out an accident policy on her husband who had the accident earlier that day.

Jim Comes Through (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Maurice Gutwirth

Pencils:

Maurice Gutwirth

Inks:

Maurice Gutwirth

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Synopsis:

Jim gets passed over by his boss for a promotion, and is later solicited by a shady character in a scheme to rob his employer. Jim goes along with the mysterious thief, but notifies the police. It all turns out to be a ploy by his boss to test Jim's loyalty.

["The Greatest Spectacular of All Times"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Pencils:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Indexer Notes

a center-spread illustration of the Circus, populated with Dick Ryan's usual crew of talking zoo characters.

Black Night (Table of Contents)

text story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

C. D. Russell [as Claud Russell]

Pencils:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Colors:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Indexer Notes

text story with one illustration per page.

["This steak is so tough I can't bend the gravy!"] (Table of Contents)

Joe Dokes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab

Pencils:

Fred Schwab

Inks:

Fred Schwab

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

On the Air (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Harr (credited)

Pencils:

Al Hopkins (signed) [as A. F. H.]

Inks:

Al Hopkins (signed) [as A. F. H.]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Reprints:

• An honest political candidate is set to make a radio broadcast exposing the mob ties of his corrupt opponent.

Rattlesnake Gulch (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Curry (credited)

Pencils:

Maurice Kashuba

Inks:

Maurice Kashuba

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western