(July 1945)

Eastern Color, 1934 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1945-06-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Famous Funnies Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On sale date from previous issue #131 in the Let's Get Into a Huddle promo feature.

Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday or daily pages, reformatted to fit the comic book page. The dates of publication of these strips have been removed from the originals.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Douglas (signed)
Pencils
Stephen Douglas (signed)
Inks
Stephen Douglas (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yeow! I've got to reduce right away!
Genre
humor; superhero; adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Uncle Elby

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

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
Ha, ha! Boy, what an expression!
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
Reprints
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lafave]) 193x-xx-xx

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Calkins (signed)
Inks
Dick Calkins (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Squad, ready... aim...
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Buddy Deering; Dr. Elias Huer; Black Barney
Reprints
  • from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1943-xx-xx - 1943-xx-xx

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

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Russell Stamm (credited)
Pencils
Russell Stamm (credited)
Inks
Russell Stamm (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, it's starting to rain. We better cover the infield...
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Detective Haulaway; The Chief
Reprints
  • from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx - 1943-xx-xx

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Allen Saunders
Pencils
Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
Inks
Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The run-away bus, with Wahoo at the wheel...
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Mr. Watsiki (Kymurian spy); Jimmy Dale
Reprints
  • from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

Summer Vocations (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
8785; 8798; 8777
Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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
They've gone, Pooch... we kin get outa this barrel...
Genre
adventure; children
Characters
Dickie Dare
Reprints
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Cowboy Clown (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Thelma Knoles
Pencils
Harvey Fuller (signed as H. K. F.) (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
Harvey Fuller (signed as H. K. F.) (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The stock show was over...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Hank Borrey; Bud Peterson; Tex Thomas

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

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Farrell
Inks
Bob Farrell
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now here's what -- we'll see my boss...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Scorchy Smith; Scoop Story; Mr. Wyndham (editor; Scoop's boss)
Reprints
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Bert Christman's last work on the strip was on 1938-06-xx, and Frank Robbins begins on 1939-05-22, with Robert W. Farrell handling the art chores during the intervening period. So, these reprints fall within that period, probably that immediately following Christman's departure.

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

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
Hang on, Daisy!.... Oops...
Genre
adventure; historical; humor
Characters
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Daisy
Reprints
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx

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

Pen-Pals / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
A list of readers who have joined Pen-Pals
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Yeow! I've got to reduce right away!"]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  2. 1. ["Ha, ha! Boy, what an expression!"]
    Napoleon
  3. 2. ["Squad, ready... aim..."]
    Buck Rogers
  4. 3. ["Hey, it's starting to rain. We better cover the infield..."]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  5. 4. ["The run-away bus, with Wahoo at the wheel..."]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  6. 5. Summer Vocations
    Let's Get into a Huddle
  7. 6. ["8785; 8798; 8777"]
    Famous Funnies Patterns
  8. 7. ["They've gone, Pooch... we kin get outa this barrel..."]
    Dickie Dare
  9. 8. Cowboy Clown
  10. 9. ["Now here's what -- we'll see my boss..."]
    Scorchy Smith
  11. 10. ["Hang on, Daisy!.... Oops..."]
    Oaky Doaks
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Pen-Pals
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Len Wolinsky