Famous Funnies #120

(July 1944)

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

Big Chief Wahoo / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey! What in blazes is that whirrin' noise?

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Reprints

• from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

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

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Stamm (credited)

Pencils

Russell Stamm (credited)

Inks

Russell Stamm (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's your cut for last month, Mayor.

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Snead Wormly; The Mayor; Mr. Walk; Mrs. Walk; Adele Brown

Reprints

• from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx

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

Highlights of History / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited)

Pencils

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited)

Inks

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An early attempt to outlaw war...

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

King Louis XI

Reprints

• from High Lights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Five unrelated panels of true facts.

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

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh boy! The biggest bull frog I ever saw!

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] (Table of Contents: 6)

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bert Christman (signed)

Pencils

Bert Christman (signed)

Inks

Bert Christman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For two weeks Scorchy is absent from the camp...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Scorchy Smith; 'Buzz' Brewster; Perky Dawson; Sue Clare

Reprints

• from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Christman worked on the strip between 1936-11-23 and 1938-06, so these reprints fall during that period.

Back to Work (Table of Contents: 7)

Let's Get into a Huddle / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

Pen Pal Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles W. Winter

Inks

Charles W. Winter

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Uncle Sam Needs Paper - Now (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles W. Winter (signed as C W Winter)

Inks

Charles W. Winter (signed as C W Winter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

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

Famous Funnies Patterns / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

8643; 8615; 8619

Genre

non-fiction

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

Funland / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent (credited) (signed as A. W. Nugent)

Pencils

A. W. Nugent (credited) (signed as A. W. Nugent)

Inks

A. W. Nugent (credited) (signed as A. W. Nugent)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rob Rooster can cross out...

Genre

humor; non-fiction

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

Dickie Dare / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Coulton Waugh (credited, signed)

Pencils

Coulton Waugh (credited, signed)

Inks

Coulton Waugh (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Message say : "Caught big strange animal..."

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; MacKenzie; Zomba; Xubu

Reprints

• from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

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

Jitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Arthur Poinier (signed)

Pencils

Arthur Poinier (signed)

Inks

Arthur Poinier (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fred. Wake up...

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Jitter; Fred Fuddle; Susie Fuddle

Reprints

• from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

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

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

Script

William McCleery

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, anyway, we've got a swell day for our execution...

Genre

adventure; historical; humor

Characters

Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Polly

Reprints

• from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures) 1939-07-20 - 1939-07-22
• 1939-07-24 - 1939-07-28
  
  07-20 - Leading Them On (panel 1 cropped at left and panel 4 omitted)
  07-21 - At the End of Their Rope (panel 1 omitted)
  07-22 - Double Header
  07-24 - Unfinished Business (introductory text and panels 1 and 2 omitted)
  07-25 - Discovered (panel 3 only)
  07-26 - Business ... [unreadable word on original]
  07-27 - The Displeasure's Mutual (panel 1 only)
  07-28 - The Independent Sort (panels 1 and 2 only)

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

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

But, Olly, I think your trailer is adorable!

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Olly Lane; Faro; Zaza; Duke

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] (Table of Contents: 16)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

Elementary, Watson! (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

S. L. Huntley (credited as Huntley)

Pencils

Art Huhta

Inks

Art Huhta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Pa Piffle; Mescal Ike

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four dailies on a single comic page:

1 - Elementary, Watson!
2 - You Gotta Be Far-Sighted!
3 - Higher Learning!
4 - Corny, eh?

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 4 pages (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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I begin to get your idea, Chief!

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Big Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Black Eagle; Bear-Paw

Reprints

• from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Flame Racer (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Claude Dunnagan (credited)

Pencils

? (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

? (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

? (2 spot illustrations)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When Jim Mason stepped out of the door...

Genre

drama

Characters

Jim Mason; Red Nichols; Dan Melton; Mr. Melton; Landis