The Funnies #3

(December 1936)

From the Neck Down (Table of Contents: 1)

The Worry Wart / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams

Pencils

J. R. Williams (signed)

Inks

J. R. Williams (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Characters

Woory Wart

Reprints

• from Out Our Way daily (NEA) 1935-12-12, 1935-12-25, 1935-11-25, 1935-12-11

Indexer Notes

inside front cover.

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

Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Norman Marsh

Pencils

Norman Marsh

Inks

Norman Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So you found out the guard'll sell out.

Characters

Dan Dunn; Heinie; Shanghai; Minnie Clark: Jug; Sheila; Cheater; Irwin

Reprints

• From Dan Dunn Sundays (Publishers Syndicate) 1936-05-03 - 1936-05-24

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

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bud Fisher (credited); Al Smith (actual)

Pencils

Bud Fisher (credited); Al Smith (actual)

Inks

Bud Fisher (credited); Al Smith (actual)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Go on!

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Synopsis

Jeff wins a turkey.

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell) 1935-11-24

[In the Park] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Script

Bud Fisher (credited); Al Smith (actual)

Pencils

Bud Fisher (credited); Al Smith (actual)

Inks

Bud Fisher (credited); Al Smith (actual)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Cicero's Cat

Synopsis

Cat looks to hide from dogs.

Reprints

• from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell) 1935-11-24

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

Boots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Edgar Martin

Pencils

Edgar Martin (signed)

Inks

Edgar Martin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

H'lo Button-Eyes!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Boots; Horace; Opal

Synopsis

Boots is having a costume party.

Reprints

• from Boots and her Buddies Sunday (NEA) 1936-02-14

Flying Fish (Table of Contents: 6)

Stranger Than Fiction / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard W. Thomas

Pencils

Walter Galli

Inks

Walter Galli

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

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

Everybody's Playmate / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Colors

?

Letters

?

Keywords

puzzles

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There goes Pinhead Duffy...

Genre

humor; children

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

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nothing can happen to me because I’ve got on my rain coat!

Genre

humor

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

Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Forrest

Pencils

Hal Forrest

Inks

Hal Forrest

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Koroloff and his evil cohorts were blown to bits...

Indexer Notes

Page count is 3 x 0.67. The strip occupies the top two thirds of 3 pages with Learning to Fly occupying the bottom third of first 2 pages and Aces occupying the bottom third of the third page.

How to Fly (Table of Contents: 11)

Tailspin Tommy Flying Club / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Hal Forrest

Pencils

Hal Forrest

Inks

Hal Forrest

Colors

?

Letters

Hal Forrest

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Today I’ll show you how contact is maintained between pilots and airports!

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Comprises bottom third of first 2 pages of the Tailspin Tommy strip.

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

Aces / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Hal Forrest

Pencils

Hal Forrest

Inks

Hal Forrest

Colors

?

Letters

Hal Forrest

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Four Aces after the war launched an aerial circus.

Indexer Notes

Comprises bottom third of third page of the Tailspin Tommy strip. A new “Topper” replacing the Flying Club.

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What’s the matter Jimmy?

Genre

humor; children

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

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I never heard a baby scream so in my life!

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

Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Fred Harman

Pencils

Fred Harman

Inks

Fred Harman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don’t care how many posts you bring...

Indexer Notes

Bronc Peeler comprises top three fifths of page. On the Range has bottom two fifths.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

On the Range. / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Fred Harman

Pencils

Fred Harman

Inks

Fred Harman

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Harman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Some hosses is like some kind of men.

Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Comprises bottom two fifths of Page. Bronc Peeler has top three fifths.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Captain Easy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane

Pencils

Roy Crane

Inks

Roy Crane

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We got dat Easy out de way.

Indexer Notes

Some colouring continuity issues. Clothing colours change from one strip to the next.

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

Boots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edgar Everett Martin

Inks

Edgar Everett Martin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee! Wasn’t it a swell picture?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Myra North / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Thompson

Pencils

Charles Coll

Inks

Charles Coll

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doctor Devries - do you think there may be a chance that Jack escaped?

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A taxidermist is a feller wot stuffs animals!

Genre

humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Happy birthday to you, Daisybelle!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

The Nut Bros. / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Gene Aherne

Pencils

Gene Aherne

Inks

Gene Aherne

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Our Boarding House / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Gene Aherne

Pencils

Gene Aherne

Inks

Gene Aherne

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Otto Honk / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bela Zaboly

Inks

Bela Zaboly

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Out Our Way / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams

Pencils

J. R. Williams

Inks

J. R. Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

The Tinymites / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Hal Cochran

Pencils

George Scarbo

Inks

George Scarbo

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

text & coloring page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

William Ferguson

Pencils

William Ferguson

Inks

William Ferguson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils

V. T. Hamlin

Inks

V. T. Hamlin

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Merrill Blosser

Pencils

Merrill Blosser

Inks

Merrill Blosser

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

From the Notes of Maj. Cosmo Strange, D.S.O. / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Baker

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Our Boarding House / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script

Gene Aherne

Pencils

Gene Aherne

Inks

Gene Aherne

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Merrill Blosser

Pencils

Merrill Blosser

Inks

Merrill Blosser

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

The Adventures of 'Sparagus and Chubby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Boots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Edgar Everett Martin

Pencils

Edgar Everett Martin

Inks

Edgar Everett Martin

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

William Ferguson

Pencils

William Ferguson

Inks

William Ferguson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

The Tinymites / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Hal Cochran

Pencils

George Scarbo

Inks

George Scarbo

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

text & coloring page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Annibelle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Dorothy Urfer

Pencils

Dorothy Urfer

Inks

Dorothy Urfer

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Small

Pencils

C. D. Small

Inks

C. D. Small

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script

Bud Fisher

Pencils

Bud Fisher

Inks

Bud Fisher

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Script

Bud Fisher

Pencils

Bud Fisher

Inks

Bud Fisher

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Boots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Edgar Everett Martin

Pencils

Edgar Everett Martin

Inks

Edgar Everett Martin

Colors

?

Letters

?

Castles in the Air (Table of Contents: 42)

Scribbly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Eppie; Ving Parker

Synopsis

Scribbly tells his friend Eppie his idea for a new comic strip. Meanwhile, Ving Parker arrives at Scribbly's home.

Scribbly Receives a Guest!! (Table of Contents: 43)

Scribbly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Ving Parker; Butch and Herbie (Scribbly's friends, mentioned only)

Synopsis

When Scribbly arrives home, his mother informs him that he has a vistor, but sends him upstairs first to wash up. When Scribbly finally comes back downstairs, he sees that his visitor is Ving Parker, and he promptly faints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

Ben Webster's Page / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Edwin Alger (credited)

Pencils

Edwin Alger (credited)

Inks

Edwin Alger (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

Flapper Fanny / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Gladys Parker

Pencils

Gladys Parker

Inks

Gladys Parker

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Small

Pencils

C. D. Small

Inks

C. D. Small

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1.2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Moore

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

.4 x 3 pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 1.8 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Moore

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

3 x .6 pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis

Pencils

Clyde Lewis

Inks

Clyde Lewis

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

Happy Mulligan / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis

Pencils

Clyde Lewis

Inks

Clyde Lewis

Colors

?

Letters

?

Home Magic (Table of Contents: 52)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W Nugent

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 53)

Stranger Than Fiction / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard W. Thomas

Pencils

Walter Galli

Inks

Walter Galli

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 54)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script

Bud Fisher

Pencils

Bud Fisher

Inks

Bud Fisher

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 55)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Script

Bud Fisher

Pencils

Bud Fisher

Inks

Bud Fisher

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 56)

Otto Honk / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bela Zaboly

Inks

Bela Zaboly

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 57)

Out Our Way / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams

Pencils

J. R. Williams

Inks

J. R. Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 58)

Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Fred Harman

Pencils

Fred Harman

Inks

Fred Harman

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 59)

Stories In Stamps / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

I. S. Klein

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

hobby; stamps

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 60)

Annibelle / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Dorothy Urfer

Pencils

Dorothy Urfer

Inks

Dorothy Urfer

Colors

?

Letters

?