(August 1953)

Eastern Color, 1934 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
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
William J. Pape (president); James H. Darcey (treasurer)

Issue Notes

Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com, which is missing the Buck Rogers story.

Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut.
Editorial and circulation offices, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York.
General office, 23 Commercial Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Advertising representatives, Gilman, Nicholl and Ruthmann, 19 West 44th Street, New York, New York.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Roy (signed)
Inks
Mike Roy (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

Express-Collect (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; western-frontier
Synopsis
Two Pony Express riders have to rent ponies to do their jobs.
Keywords
pony express

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

No Higher Honor (Table of Contents: 2)

True Heroic Stories / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stuart Hawkins (signed)
Inks
Stuart Hawkins (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
F.F. #207-537
Genre
war
Characters
PFC Noah A. Knight

Dry Run (Table of Contents: 3)

True Heroic Stories / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bud Thompson ? [as Thompson] (signed)
Inks
Bud Thompson ? [as Thompson] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; war
Characters
Cpl. Phillip B. Allabaugh, Jr.

Easley Does It (Table of Contents: 4)

True Heroic Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; aviation; war
Characters
Captain Charles W. Easley

Red Mark (Table of Contents: 5)

Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Tom Terris

Eyes of the Hunted (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Christopher (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

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

Dickie Dare / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Coulton Waugh
Pencils
Coulton Waugh
Inks
Coulton Waugh
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well migosh! If we're gonna be dashed ta pieces...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Kryptarzi
Reprints
  • From Dickie Dare Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)

Indexer Notes

Following a six-year break, Waugh returned to the strip in 1950 and continued until 1957.

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

Steve Roper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Allen Saunders
Pencils
Pete Hoffman
Inks
Pete Hoffman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Buster Brawnski! Well, it's a name that rolls trippingly...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Steve Roper; Kit Karson; Cupcake Brawnski; Sonny Brawnski; Buster Brawnski; Glitter De Koye; Mr. Fudge
Reprints
  • From Steve Roper daily (Publishers Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Hoffman drew the strip between December 1945 and July 1954.

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Express-Collect
  3. 2. No Higher Honor
    True Heroic Stories
  4. 3. Dry Run
    True Heroic Stories
  5. 4. Easley Does It
    True Heroic Stories
  6. 5. Red Mark
    Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer
  7. 6. Eyes of the Hunted
  8. 7. ["Well migosh! If we're gonna be dashed ta pieces..."]
    Dickie Dare
  9. 8. ["Buster Brawnski! Well, it's a name that rolls trippingly..."]
    Steve Roper
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Famous Funnies Patterns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Thingvold