Famous Funnies #67

(February 1940)

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

Buck Rogers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Napoleon / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've been drying this rubbish for 3 weeks and it ought to be ready to burn!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-11-xx

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

Goofie Gags / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen, now, no more cracks!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated gag panels.

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

The Gay Thirties / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Hank Barrow

Pencils

Hank Barrow

Inks

Hank Barrow

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That makes three games in a row - what's th' matter with th' champ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

Indexer Notes

A single daily gag panel.

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

Roy Powers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Powell (credited)

Pencils

Kemp Starrett ?

Inks

Kemp Starrett ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen Mister, you're going to get in trouble holding me here!

Genre

adventure; teen; children; detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Powers; Chunky; The Sheriff; Mr. Porter; Doc Morgan; Williams

Reprints

• from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1938-12-xx - 1939-12-xx

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

Let's Get Into a Huddle! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Steve Douglas

Pencils

Steve Douglas

Inks

Steve Douglas

Colors

?

Letters

?

Simon Bolivar (Table of Contents: 7)

Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Inks

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

High Lights of History

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Simon Bolivar

Reprints

• from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)

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

Skyroads / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Noel Sickles (signed)

Pencils

Noel Sickles (signed)

Inks

Noel Sickles (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Open up! You can't do this to me!

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Speed McCloud; Sally Young; Michaelov

Reprints

• from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.) 1937-05-xx to 1937-05-xx

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

Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)

Pencils

F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)

Inks

F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Great Scott! My hometown paper says there's a Sheriff Sale...

Genre

adventure; drama; humor

Characters

Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks

Reprints

• from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.

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

High-Gear Homer / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

F. O. Alexander

Pencils

F. O. Alexander

Inks

F. O. Alexander

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heck! Some smart kid is ruining my business!

Genre

humor

Characters

High-Gear Homer

Reprints

• from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.

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

Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Philip Nowlan

Pencils

Dick Calkins

Inks

Dick Calkins

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look! The sun is right over us!

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Senor Gomez

Reprints

• From Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1938-09-25 - 1938-10-16 [Sunday Story 25 - "Earth Shifts on Axis" - strips #444 - #447]

Hot Dog! (Table of Contents: 12)

Jitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)

Pencils

Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)

Inks

Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Jitter

Reprints

• from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

Indexer Notes

Four daily strips:

#1 - Hot Dog!
#2 - Going Up!
#3 - Batter Up!
#4 - The Bull in the China Shop!

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

Sergeant Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Rentfrow (credited)

Pencils

Don Dickson (credited, signed)

Inks

Don Dickson (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Marshall, where can I find this fellow Hard-Pan?

Genre

adventure; military

Characters

Sergeant Stony Craig; Hard-Pan; Private Fink; Private Wise; Devlin; The Marshall

Reprints

• from Sergeant Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines daily (The Bell Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Dickson drew this strip between 1937 and 1940, so these reprints fall between those dates.

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look at that score!

Genre

humor

Characters

Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; The Great Gusto; Pigtails

Reprints

• from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-01-16

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

Dickie Dare / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Pencils

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Inks

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's inchin' in at 'em...

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Dickie Dare; Phillips; Mair; Jones

Reprints

• from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-10-xx - 1936-10-xx

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

The Adventures of Patsy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Raab (signed as Mel Graff)

Pencils

Charles Raab (signed as Mel Graff)

Inks

Charles Raab (signed as Mel Graff)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What did Miss Primm O'Donna mean?

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Georgia; Bludd

Reprints

• from The Adventures of Pasty daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

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

Funland / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Colors

?

Letters

?

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

Daredevils of Destiny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Frank Rentfrow (credited)

Pencils

Don Dickson (credited)

Inks

Don Dickson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For desperate courage, no instance in history surpasses...

Genre

history

Characters

Lt. Greeley

Reprints

• from Daredevils of Destiny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

The Pen Pal Page / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[Digging a Hole] (Table of Contents: 20)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Synopsis

Uncle Elby digs a hole to plant a tree but Napoleon buries his bone in the hole.

Reprints

• from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-05-16

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

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

Animals in the News / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (credited as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (credited as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (credited as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Birds, flying in formation, make word "No"

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

The Frog Pond Ferry / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I wonder what kind of a storm that is...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

The Skipper

Reprints

• from Frog Pond Ferry Sunday (Brooklyn Eagle) 1933-XX-XX or 1934-XX-XX

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

Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

William McCleery

Pencils

Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as R. B. Fuller)

Inks

Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as R. B. Fuller)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can I come in now?

Genre

adventure; historical; humor

Characters

Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Sandra Pasha; The Prime Minister

Reprints

• from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1937-07-02 - 1937-07-03, 1937-07-05 - 1937-07-10, 1937-07-12 - 1937-07-17, 1937-07-19 - 1937-07-24

Indexer Notes

Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961.

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

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

Script

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sam and Tiny have found the magic wishing bubble pipe!

Genre

humor

Characters

Seaweed Sam; Prince Tiny; The Bubble Man

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What you busy at, Pigtails!

Genre

humor

Characters

Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; The Great Gusto

Reprints

• from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)

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

Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Pencils

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Inks

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Maxie! Listen to this!

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Olive Lane; Maxie; Brad Nelson

Reprints

• from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1936-07-xx - 1936-07-xx

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

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Noel Sickles

Pencils

Noel Sickles

Inks

Noel Sickles

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An' here's where we stop and fix up a welcome for Mister Smith!

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Scorchy Smith; Krag; Himmelstoss

Reprints

• from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-12-xx - 1936-01-xx

The Demon Announcer (Table of Contents: 28)

Somebody's Stenog / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sam Nichols (signed as A. E. Hayward) (credited as A. E. Hayward)

Pencils

Sam Nichols (signed as A. E. Hayward) (credited as A. E. Hayward)

Inks

Sam Nichols (signed as A. E. Hayward) (credited as A. E. Hayward)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; drama

Characters

Cam O'Flage

Reprints

• from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator.

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

The Back-Seat Driver / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sam Nichols

Pencils

Sam Nichols

Inks

Sam Nichols

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

John, stop here - I want you to listen to my speech...

Genre

humor

Characters

John Smith; Mrs. Smith

Reprints

• from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.

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

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Farrell

Pencils

Frank Robbins

Inks

Frank Robbins

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While behind that wall of rock...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Lone Rider [Jim Larrimore]; The Panther (villain); Ramon; Luis

Reprints

• from Lightnin' and the Lone Rider daily (Associated Features Syndicate) 1939-02-28, 1939-03-01 - 1939-03-04, 1939-03-06 - 1939-03-08 [Found in only one known newspaper originally, "New Brunswick Home News" of New Brunswick, New Jersey.]

Indexer Notes

Robbins identified by comparison with signed story in issue #66.

Reprint information from the Stripper's Guide blog (http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2017_09_24_archive.html, retrieved 27 September 2017) based on research by Allan Holtz and Jeffrey Lindenblatt.

Up-Side-Down Pangborn (Table of Contents: 31)

Above the Crowd / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen (credited)

Pencils

Stookie Allen (credited)

Inks

Stookie Allen (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

?

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Clyde Pangborn

[Dragging the Dog Catcher] (Table of Contents: 32)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon

Synopsis

Napoleon drags the dog catcher through town.

Reprints

• from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-12-xx

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog) (credited as Woggon)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Your oil wells have gone dry, but cheer up...

Genre

humor

Characters

Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Pigtails; The Great Gusto

Reprints

• from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-01-23

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

Babe Bunting / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Pencils

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Inks

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mary, we're caught - sure!

Genre

adventure; children; drama

Characters

Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mary Mole; Benjy Boles; Zenas

Reprints

• from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1936-10-xx - 1936-10-xx

Pick On Somebody Your Size! (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

S. L. Huntley (credited)

Pencils

Art Huhta (signed)

Inks

Art Huhta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Young’un

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

Indexer Notes

Four daily strips:

#1 - Pick On Somebody Your Size!
#2 - Only One of His Kind!
#3 - Who's the Fish?
#4 - Deaf as a Door Nail!

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

Connie / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Frank Godwin (credited, signed)

Pencils

Frank Godwin (credited, signed)

Inks

Frank Godwin (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Connie, I have a new car outside!

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Connie Kurridge; Jack; Uncle Phineas

Reprints

• from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator.

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

The Wet Blanket / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Frank Godwin

Pencils

Frank Godwin

Inks

Frank Godwin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You're Tom Flipp, the comedian, aren't you?

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Tom Flipp; Mme. Beaupre

Reprints

• from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.

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

Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Neher (credited)

Pencils

Fred Neher (credited)

Inks

Fred Neher (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was a swell ghost story...

Genre

humor; domestic; satire-parody

Reprints

• from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features)

Indexer Notes

Six unrelated gag panels.

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

Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)

Pencils

S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)

Inks

S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If yer so smart let's see yer do this!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Queenie

Lights In the Night (Table of Contents: 40)

Jimmy Powers / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

H. F. J. Campbell (credited)

Pencils

? [as HJC] (signed)

Inks

? [as HJC] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jimmy Powers; G-Man Smith; Fritz (villain)

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

Homer Hoopee / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Locher (signed)

Pencils

Fred Locher (signed)

Inks

Fred Locher (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's no use shooting at them...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Homer Hoopee; Rosita; Helen

Reprints

• from Homer Hoopee daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-05-01 - 1935-05-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Spunky Dory / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don Tamale he is hongry... I need foods... [sic]

Genre

adventure; humor; western-frontier

Characters

Spunky Dory

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now there's a stick of gum fer you!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Reprints

• from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1937-10-10

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

Magic Made Easy / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

[Jitter Starved for Attention] (Table of Contents: 45)

Jitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Pencils

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Inks

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Jitter

Synopsis

Jitter keeps trying to get attention and succeeds by harming himself.

Reprints

• from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)