Famous Funnies
#196
(October 1951)
Eastern Color,
1934 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- by-monthly [sic] [bi-monthly]
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Famous Funnies Publications
- Brand
-
This Is a Famous Funnies Publication
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
All content of this comic are newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed.
Indexed from a copy missing the Buck Rogers story.
Indexed from a copy missing the Buck Rogers story.
[no title indexed]
Oaky Doaks / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, King Louie, drop that lance!
- Genre
- humor; historical; adventure
- Characters
- Sir Oaky Doaks; King Louie
[no title indexed]
Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry Bundsen
- Pencils
- Marty Links (signed)
- Inks
- Marty Links (signed); Ted Martine (backgrounds)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor Taffy! We gotta do something!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Emmy Lou; Taffy
- Reprints
- from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Steve Roper / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Allen Saunders
- Pencils
- Pete Hoffman
- Inks
- Pete Hoffman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Elmer Woggon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Want we should give the sharks a late supper...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Steve Roper; Jezebel Jones; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Jim Brand; Monte Carlo
- Synopsis
- Steve sneaks aboard the Jones yacht in order to rescue the Princess and Jim Brand.
- Reprints
- from Steve Roper daily (Publishers Syndicate)
[no title indexed]
Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry Bundsen
- Pencils
- Marty Links (signed)
- Inks
- Marty Links (signed); Ted Martine (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll see you tomorrow night then, Alvin!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bobby Sox; Alvin Applehead
- Reprints
- from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
[no title indexed]
Oaky Doaks / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Halt! Advance another step and I'll carve ya...
- Genre
- adventure; humor; historical
- Characters
- Sir Oaky Doaks; Ike
- Synopsis
- Sir Oaky picks up his refurbished armor from Ike's Service Station. He returns with it battered and rent at the end of the day, having battled a knight, a dragon and a giant.
- Reprints
- from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)
[Napoleon overdoes stick fetching]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Willie; Uncle Elby
- Synopsis
- Napoleon gets jealous seeing Willie throwing sticks with another dog, so he brings a whole woodpile of sticks to Willie's doorstep.
- Reprints
- from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Indexer Notes
pantomime; wordless comic
[no title indexed]
Scorchy Smith / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Rodlow Willard (signed)
- Pencils
- Rodlow Willard (signed)
- Inks
- Rodlow Willard (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At great risk, Toni whispers the news...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Scorchy Smith; Toni Lovell; Captain Hawks
- Reprints
- from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)
[no title indexed]
Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry Bundsen
- Pencils
- Marty Links (signed)
- Inks
- Marty Links (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Run to the store and get something...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Emmy Lou; her mother; her father; Alvin Applehead
- Reprints
- from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
[no title indexed]
Oaky Doaks / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Lemme tell ya, Sir Oaky...
- Genre
- adventure; humor; historical
- Characters
- Sir Oaky Doaks
- Reprints
- from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)
[Napoleon goes boating]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby
- Synopsis
- Napoleon accidentally starts the motor on Uncle Elby's boat and it careens madly through the sound. Napoleon ends up winning a boat race and brings the cup back to Elby at the end of the day.
- Reprints
- from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Indexer Notes
pantomime; wordless comic
[no title indexed]
Dickie Dare / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In Paris we find Dan patiently trying to...
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn
- Reprints
- from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)
[no title indexed]
Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry Bundsen
- Pencils
- Marty Links (signed)
- Inks
- Marty Links (signed); Ted Martine (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't mind advancing money for postage...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Alvin Applehead; his father; his mother
- Reprints
- from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
[no title indexed]
Oaky Doaks / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Gee, Nellie, what a day!
- Genre
- adventure; humor; historical
- Characters
- Sir Oaky Doaks
- Synopsis
- Nellie gallops wildly about the countryside, only stopping when a hay wagon blocks the road. Sir Oaky's lance penetrates the hay and gets the driver in the rear end.
- Reprints
- from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)
[The trouble with tree trimming]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby
- Synopsis
- Elby sets out to trim his tree, but ends up cutting away so much foliage that, in frustration, he chops it down. Napoleon looks on in surprise.
- Reprints
- from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Indexer Notes
pantomime; wordless comic
Monk McCoy
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Monkey McCoy; Lem Billings; Chief Haggerty
- Synopsis
- Monk McCoy is forever climbing and jumping across buildings, until eventually he becomes a stuntman in Hollywood.
[no title indexed]
Ben Friday / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This hotel is quiet, Sahib Ben...
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ben Friday; Professor Bull; Skid; Prince Hassan; Raven
- Reprints
- from Ben Friday daily (New York Herald-Tribune Syndicate)
[no title indexed]
Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry Bundsen
- Pencils
- Marty Links (signed)
- Inks
- Marty Links (signed); Ted Martine (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It just doesn't do a thing for you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Emmy Lou
- Reprints
- from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
[no title indexed]
Oaky Doaks / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Here comes Sir Oaky! If I can find a place to hide...
- Genre
- adventure; humor; historical
- Characters
- Sir Oaky Doaks; Princess Pomona
- Synopsis
- Princess Pomona leaps out behind Sir Oaky in order to give him a big hug, but, thinking he is under attack, he throws her over his shoulder to the ground.
- Reprints
- from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)
[Photography at the seashore]
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Pencils
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Inks
- Clifford McBride (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Napoleon; Uncle Elby
- Synopsis
- While photographing a bird on a post on the sea shore, Elby fails to notice the tide is rising until he is nearly up to his neck. Fortunately, Napoleon has the forethought to alert a man in a boat to rescue him.
- Reprints
- from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Indexer Notes
pantomime; wordless comic
[no title indexed]
Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry Bundsen
- Pencils
- Marty Links (signed)
- Inks
- Marty Links (signed); Ted Martine (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's getting from bad to worse...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Emmy Lou; Alvin Applehead
- Synopsis
- Emmy Lou complains about Alvin's hair, so he gives himself a permanent. His parents try desperately to wash it out.
- Reprints
- from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Okay, King Louie, drop that lance!"]
Oaky Doaks -
1.
["Poor Taffy! We gotta do something!"]
Bobby Sox -
2.
["Want we should give the sharks a late supper..."]
Steve Roper -
3.
["I'll see you tomorrow night then, Alvin!"]
Bobby Sox -
4.
["Halt! Advance another step and I'll carve ya..."]
Oaky Doaks -
5.
[Napoleon overdoes stick fetching]
Napoleon -
6.
["At great risk, Toni whispers the news..."]
Scorchy Smith -
7.
["Run to the store and get something..."]
Bobby Sox -
8.
["Lemme tell ya, Sir Oaky..."]
Oaky Doaks -
9.
[Napoleon goes boating]
Napoleon -
10.
["In Paris we find Dan patiently trying to..."]
Dickie Dare -
11.
["I don't mind advancing money for postage..."]
Bobby Sox -
12.
["Gee, Nellie, what a day!"]
Oaky Doaks -
13.
[The trouble with tree trimming]
Napoleon -
14.
Monk McCoy
-
15.
[no title indexed]
Let's Get Into a Huddle -
16.
[no title indexed]
Pen Pals -
17.
["This hotel is quiet, Sahib Ben..."]
Ben Friday -
18.
["It just doesn't do a thing for you!"]
Bobby Sox -
19.
["Here comes Sir Oaky! If I can find a place to hide..."]
Oaky Doaks -
20.
[Photography at the seashore]
Napoleon -
21.
["It's getting from bad to worse..."]
Bobby Sox -
22.
[no title indexed]
Famous Funnies Patterns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Thingvold
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