Famous Funnies
#112
(November 1943)
Eastern Color,
1934 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-10-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Famous Funnies Inc.
- Editing
- Stephen Douglas (editor, art director) (uncredited); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer)
Issue Notes
Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut.
Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York.
On sale date from the previous issue's Let's Get into a Huddle page.
Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
General office, 61 Leavenworth Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann of New York, New York.
On sale date from the previous issue's Let's Get into a Huddle page.
[no title indexed]
Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shhhh -- there's Sissy now...
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Anthony "Buck" Rogers
- Reprints
- from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was my own idea and very comfortable, too!
- Genre
- humor; domestic; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Two daily gag panels, extensively reshaped from original.
[no title indexed]
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Russell Stamm (credited)
- Pencils
- Russell Stamm (credited)
- Inks
- Russell Stamm (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, I guess Mrs. O'Leary finally rented that vacant room.
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Mrs. O'Leary; Dr. David Spin; Marge; Eddie Spin
- Reprints
- from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By golly! Imagine my finding this old ancestral portrait...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Jitter / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Pencils
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Inks
- Arthur Poinier (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I bought the turkey...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Jitter; Fred Fuddle; Susie Fuddle
- Reprints
- from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Dickie Dare / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Coulton Waugh (signed)
- Pencils
- Coulton Waugh (signed)
- Inks
- Coulton Waugh (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I get it!
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Cheeta; Plug; Henrique Rodriguez
- Reprints
- from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
- The dope we gave him backfired!
- Genre
- adventure; historical; humor
- Characters
- Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Princess Agatha; Pogo
- Reprints
- from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1939-04-25 - 1939-05-05
Indexer Notes
Panels are reformatted to fit the comic book page:
04-25 - Another Good Idea Gone Wrong [final panel only]
04-26 - Any Port in a Storm
04-27 - Good Riddance
04-28 - Who? Me? [textual introduction omitted; second panel abbreviated to omit Oaky and Agatha]
04-29 - A Purely Platonic Pal [fourth panel omitted]
05-01 - Old Faithful [second panel omitted]
05-02 - Dragon Dragnet [first panel only]
05-03 - An Open and Shut Case [completely omitted]
05-04 - Thereby Hangs a Wail
05-05 - Exodus Marks the Spot [first two panels]
[no title indexed]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well! My old photo album!
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Connie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Godwin (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Godwin (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Godwin (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you're not No 48...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Connie Kurridge; Tynon; Morlon
- Reprints
- from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Biruta, Pagan Princess
Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- J. Carroll Mansfield (signed)
- Pencils
- J. Carroll Mansfield (signed)
- Inks
- J. Carroll Mansfield (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From the 13th to the 15th century...
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Biruta; Grand Duke Kestutis; Vytautas the Great
- Reprints
- from High Lights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Scorchy Smith / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bert Christman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bert Christman (signed)
- Inks
- Bert Christman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blackie was a terrible fibber!!
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Scorchy Smith; Kerri; Jacques; The Impersonator (villain)
- Reprints
- from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Christman worked on this strip between 1836-11-23 and 1938-06, so these reprints fall within that period.
[no title indexed]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing like a wood fire...
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby
- Reprints
- from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
[Catfight]
Jitter / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Jitter
- Synopsis
- Jitter tries to pet an alleycat but accidentally upsets an entire gang of cats.
- Reprints
- from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
pantomime; wordless comic
[no title indexed]
Roy Powers / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sorry we were so long getting that stuff here...
- Genre
- adventure; children; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Powers; Chunky; Mayor Hobbs; Joan
- Reprints
- from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come, Lona...
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Olive Lane; Lona; Windy; Skip Allen; Mame
- Reprints
- from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.
[no title indexed]
Funland / activity / 1 page
- Script
- A. W. Nugent (credited)
- Pencils
- A. W. Nugent (credited)
- Inks
- A. W. Nugent (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Saw-Head!
Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- S. L. Huntley (credited as Huntley)
- Pencils
- Art Huhta (signed)
- Inks
- Art Huhta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Pa Piffle; Mescal Ike; Miss Sally
- Reprints
- from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Four dailies on a single page:
1 - Saw-Head!
2 - Fido the Fish Fetcher!
3 - The Real McCoy!
4 - Intercepted Pass!
Trucks Must Roll
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Carl Hodges (credited as Carl C. Hodges)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? ( spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A red tail-light winked in the dusk...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ted Morf; Jim Craven; Mr. Esmond
[no title indexed]
Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Allen Saunders
- Pencils
- Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
- Inks
- Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So, Netah!
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Big Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Netah; Premier Torro
- Reprints
- from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Jitter -
1.
["Shhhh -- there's Sissy now..."]
Buck Rogers -
2.
["It was my own idea and very comfortable, too!"]
Life's Like That -
3.
Be Useful and Beneficial
Let's Get into a Huddle -
4.
["Well, I guess Mrs. O'Leary finally rented that vacant room."]
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil -
5.
["By golly! Imagine my finding this old ancestral portrait..."]
Napoleon -
6.
["I bought the turkey..."]
Jitter -
7.
["I get it!"]
Dickie Dare -
8.
["The dope we gave him backfired!"]
Oaky Doaks -
9.
["Well, well! My old photo album!"]
Napoleon -
10.
["If you're not No 48..."]
Connie -
11.
Biruta, Pagan Princess
Highlights of History -
12.
["Blackie was a terrible fibber!!"]
Scorchy Smith -
13.
["Nothing like a wood fire..."]
Napoleon -
14.
[Catfight]
Jitter -
15.
["I'm sorry we were so long getting that stuff here..."]
Roy Powers -
16.
["Come, Lona..."]
Olly of the Movies -
17.
[no title indexed]
Funland -
18.
[no title indexed]
Pen Pals -
19.
Saw-Head!
Mescal Ike -
20.
Trucks Must Roll
-
21.
["So, Netah!"]
Big Chief Wahoo -
22.
Slick for Girls
Famous Funnies Patterns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Thingvold
- Len Wolinsky
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