Famous Funnies #72

(July 1940)

Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Table of Contents: 1)

Hydroman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Joyce Church; The Great One

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Includes indicia at bottom of the page.

Promotional advertisement for Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 Series) #1 (August 1940).

Suiting Himself (Table of Contents: 2)

The Gay Thirties / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Hank Barrow (credited)

Pencils

Hank Barrow (credited)

Inks

Hank Barrow (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Hank Barrow ?

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

Free! 5 Airplanes! (Table of Contents: 3)

advertisement / 0.1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for making home-made airplanes from Smart Flying of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Getting the Air (Table of Contents: 4)

The Gay Thirties / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Hank Barrow

Pencils

Hank Barrow

Inks

Hank Barrow

Colors

?

Letters

Hank Barrow ?

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

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

Goofie Gags / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

Victor E. Pazmiño ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't be afraid! It's only a little one!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Four gag cartoons.

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

Artistic Artie / activity / 0.1 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady

Pencils

M. E. Brady

Inks

M. E. Brady

Colors

?

Letters

M. E. Brady

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can you add the finishing touches...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Artistic Artie Sunday (Brooklyn Eagle) 192X-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

Artistic Artie is a topper to Butty and Fatty comic strip listed in the next sequence.

Activity panel inviting the reader to finish the drawing.

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

Butty and Fatty / comic story / 0.9 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

M. E. Brady ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Buzz z buz-z buz-z" "Z-z-z z-z-z r

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Butty; Fatty

Reprints

• from Butty and Fatty Sunday (Brooklyn Eagle) 192X-XX-XX

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

Roy Powers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Powell (credited)

Pencils

Frank Godwin

Inks

Frank Godwin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can you tell me why there's such a rush?

Genre

adventure; teen; children; detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Powers; Chunky; Captain Conway; Olim Bhey

Reprints

• from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1939-03-22 [Second panel trimmed.], 1939-03-23 [Fourth panel trimmed.], 1939-03-24 [Third and fourth panels trimmed.], 1939-03-25 [Fourth panel trimmed.], 1939-03-27 [First panel dropped, fourth panel slightly enlarged.], 1939-03-28 [First panel dropped.], 1939-03-29 [Third panel trimmed.], 1939-03-30 [First and fourth panel trimmed.], 1939-03-31 [Third panel trimmed.], 1939-04-01 [Fourth panel trimmed.], 1939-04-03 [First panel top part expanded.], 1939-04-04 [Fourth panel trimmed.], 1939-04-05 [Fourth panel trimmed.], 1939-04-06 [Fourth panel trimmed.], 1939-04-07 [First panel dropped.], 1939-04-08 [Fourth panel trimmed.]

Bigger and Better Than Ever (Table of Contents: 9)

Let's Get Into a Huddle / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stephen Douglas (signed)

Pencils

Stephen Douglas (signed)

Inks

Stephen Douglas (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Promotional page for Famous Funnies and letter snippets.

Letter snippets from: Barbara Jean Ligget (Middletown, Ohio), and The Pen Pal Gang (Berkeley, California).

Cavaliers and Roundheads (Table of Contents: 10)

Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Inks

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

J. Carroll Mansfield ?

Feature Logo

High Lights of History

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

King Charles I

Reprints

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

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

Skyroads / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Keaton (signed)

Pencils

Russell Keaton (signed)

Inks

Russell Keaton (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Russell Keaton ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where at is the plane?

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Billy Hill; Freddie; Sally Young; Chang Foo; Clipper Williams

Reprints

• from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.)

Indexer Notes

Last panel of each daily strip includes "Wing Tips", short factoids about flying.

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

Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)

Pencils

F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)

Inks

F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)

Colors

?

Letters

F. O. Alexander ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hope I have every dance with you tonight!

Genre

adventure; humor; drama

Characters

Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks

Reprints

• from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.

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

High-Gear Homer / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

F. O. Alexander (signed as A)

Pencils

F. O. Alexander (signed as A)

Inks

F. O. Alexander (signed as A)

Colors

?

Letters

F. O. Alexander ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Homer, can you come right over?

Genre

humor

Characters

High-Gear Homer

Reprints

• from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.

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

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

Script

Rick Yager (ghosted for Dick Calkins)

Pencils

Rick Yager (ghosted for Dick Calkins)

Inks

Rick Yager (ghosted for Dick Calkins)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Buddy and Alura had successfully cut off further pursuit by the Tiger Men, when --

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Black Barney

Reprints

• in Buck Rogers (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #5 ([December 15, 1942]), #5 ([December 15, 1942]), #5 ([December 15, 1942]), #5 ([December 15, 1942])
• from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (National Newspaper Service) 1939-02-12 to 1939-03-05 [Sunday Story 26 - "Martian Invasion of Earth - Part 1" - strips #464 - #467]

Keep Out (Table of Contents: 15)

Jitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Pencils

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Inks

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Arthur Poinier ?

Genre

drama; animal; humor

Characters

Jitter

Reprints

• from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Speed Spaulding / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marvin Bradley (signed)

Inks

Marvin Bradley (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Speed Spaulding - college half-back - was calling on Ann Pendon...

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Speed Spaulding; Ann Pendon; Professor Gale Pendon; Lieutenant Rex Dean; Torpedo; Spider; Secret Seven (two unnamed scientists); The President (unnamed)

Reprints

• from Speed Spaulding Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1940-01-14 - 1940-02-04 [Speed Spaulding logo edited out of first panel on each Sunday strip reprinted and replaced with banner logo on top of the page. Tabloid format reprinted, four rows of three panels. Half newspaper comic size on had three rows of four panels. Top two panels for 1940-01-21 and 1940-02-04 strips were made taller.]

Indexer Notes

First reprints of Speed Spaulding in comic books, reprinting the first comic strips published.

Edwin Balmer; Philip Wylie (credited, original authors of book, but probably syndicate-authored).

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

Dickie Dare / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Pencils

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Inks

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Coulton Waugh ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let's Go, Norcross!

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Kit Karson; Norcross

Reprints

• from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-12-21 [Second panel trimmed, third panel dropped.], 1936-12-22 [Fourth panel dropped.], 1936-12-23 [Dialogue simplified.], 1936-12-24 [Second panel trimmed on page 1 and continued over onto page 2 of story. Fourth panel trimmed.], 1936-12-26 [Dialogue simplified, fourth panel dropped.], 1936-12-28 [Dialogue simplified, first panel dropped, third panel trimmed.], 1936-12-29 [Dialogue simplified.], 1936-12-30 [Dialogue simplified, first panel trimmed, second panel dropped.], 1936-12-31 [Dialogue simplified, first panel trimmed, second through fourth panels dropped.], 1937-01-01 [Dialogue simplified, added dialogue panel.], 1937-01-02 [second and fourth panels dropped.], 1937-01-04 [First panel only used.], 1937-01-05 [Dialogue simplified, first panel trimmed, third panel dropped.], 1937-01-06 [Dialogue simplified, third panel trimmed.], 1937-01-07 [Dialogue simplified, second panel trimmed, fourth panel dropped.], 1937-01-08 [Dialogue simplified, third panel dropped.]

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

The Adventures of Patsy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Raab (signed as Mel Graff)

Pencils

Charles Raab (signed as Mel Graff)

Inks

Charles Raab (signed as Mel Graff)

Colors

?

Letters

Mel Graff ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rark rark!

Genre

adventure; humor; animal

Characters

Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan;

Reprints

• from The Adventures of Patsy daily (AP Newsfeatures [Assocated Press]) 1935-XX-XX - 1935-XX-XX ?

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

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Charles McBride ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Confound that dog!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"So the magic carpet sailed over Bagdad..."

Genre

humor

Characters

Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; Big Chief Wahoo; Rajah of Raz-Mah-Taz; Rajah's slaves

Reprints

• from Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-04-24 [Belly dancers in title logo panel dancing with Wahoo were edited out of the reprint.]

Keywords

dream sequence

Indexer Notes

Last panel includes a scale up design for a lawn ornament cut out called "Chief Wahoo's Jig-Saw Do-Jiggers".

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

Penpal Page / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Clifford McBride ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This flat slowed me up for half an hour!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Hi Fellers! Join Today! (Table of Contents: 23)

Buck Rogers Solar Scouts / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (promo copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Promotional advertisement to join the Buck Rogers Solar Scouts club.

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

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

Where are we going Mr. Doaks?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; historical; humor

Characters

Sir Oaky Doaks; Princess Osha; King Cedric; The Caliph of Badgag; General Ali Bar

Reprints

• from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1937-10-12 [Second through third panels only.], 1937-10-13, 1937-10-14 [Last panel widened.], 1937-10-15 [Third panel dropped], 1937-10-16, 1937-10-18 [First panel dropped.], 1937-10-19 [Last panel widened.], 1937-10-20 [Third panel dropped.], 1937-10-21, 1937-10-22 [Third panel trimmed.], 1937-10-23, 1937-10-25 [Last panel trimmed.], 1937-10-26, 1937-10-27 [Last panel dropped.], 1937-10-28 - 1937-10-29

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

Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

Victor E. Pazmiño ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C'mon, Tiny, let's shoot some rockets and fire crackers!

Genre

humor

Characters

Seaweed Sam; Prince Tiny

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders); Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wahoo, take your nephew out in the park...

Genre

humor

Characters

Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; Wah-Wah (nephew)

Reprints

• from Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-04-03

Indexer Notes

Last panel is called "Indian Slango" listing period gags on Native American slang. Dialogue edited out of the reprint at the bottom of the "Indian Slango" panel.

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

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A ransom note?

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Olive Lane; Irma Hunkatin; Abe "A. G." Ginsberg; Ann; Reuben Hunkatin

Reprints

• from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1936-08-15, 1936-08-17 - 1936-08-22, 1936-08-24 [Dialogue simplified on all of reprinted strips.]

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

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Noel Sickles (signed)

Pencils

Noel Sickles (signed)

Inks

Noel Sickles (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Noel Sickles ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The reporters and news-reel men are completely won over by Mickey...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Scorchy Smith; Mickey Lafarge; Himmelstoss; M'sieu Ronique; Gus

Reprints

• from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-02-10 - 1936-02-13, 1936-02-14 [Panels three and four are trimmed.], 1936-02-15 [Second and fourth panels trimmed.], 1936-02-17 [First dialogue panel dropped, second panel only used.] [Dialogue simplified on all strip reprints.]

Vacation Daze Romance (Table of Contents: 29)

Somebody's Stenog / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sam Nichols (credited as A. E. Hayward) (signed as A. E. Hayward)

Pencils

Sam Nichols (credited as A. E. Hayward) (signed as A. E. Hayward)

Inks

Sam Nichols (credited as A. E. Hayward) (signed as A. E. Hayward)

Colors

?

Letters

A. E. Hayward ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mame, you can hear th'great outdoors calling!

Genre

humor; drama

Characters

Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Mame Doodle

Reprints

• from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator.

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

The Back-Seat Driver / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sam Nichols (signed as AEH)

Pencils

Sam Nichols (signed as AEH)

Inks

Sam Nichols (signed as AEH)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you want a trailer so badly - you shall have one!

Genre

humor

Characters

John Smith; Mary Smith (both unnamed here)

Reprints

• from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.

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

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Farrell

Pencils

Frank Robbins; Jack Kirby (signed as Lance Kirby)

Inks

Frank Robbins; Jack Kirby (signed as Lance Kirby)

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So you're with those foolish ones...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lone Rider [Jim Larrimore]; The Panther (villain); Ramon (henchman); Luis (henchman); Reggie Van Smyth

Reprints

• in The Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1 - 1917-1940 (1997)
• from Lightnin' and the Lone Rider daily (Associated Features Syndicate) 1939-04-19 - 1939-04-22 [Found in only one known newspaper originally, "New Brunswick Home News" of New Brunswick, New Jersey.]

Indexer Notes

The first page reprints Robbins material, which is the last of the comic strip reprints. Story is continued on the second page with new material by Kirby.

Inker credit from Craig Delich. Kirby letters on second page only.

Reprint information from the Stripper's Guide blog (http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2017_09_24_archive.html, retrieved 27 September 2017) based on research by Allan Holtz and Jeffrey Lindenblatt.

The Senate's Adventurer (Table of Contents: 32)

Above the Crowd / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Pencils

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Inks

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Stookie Allen ?

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Senator Hiram Bingham

Reprints

• from Above the Crowd daily (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) 193X-XX-XX

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

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Clifford McBride ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This may look funny - but it saves gasoline!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Mr. Jones

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

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

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Wahoo, how do you like your new job?

Genre

humor

Characters

Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie Ha-Cha; unnamed poor kids; unnamed rich kids; Ammonia; Madam Zeemore; Oscar the Octopus

Reprints

• from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-07-10 [reprinted from tabloid format, four rows of three panels. Half-page comic page format is three rows of four panels.)

Indexer Notes

Last panel includes an Oscar the Octopus gag panel.

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

Babe Bunting / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Pencils

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Inks

Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)

Colors

?

Letters

Roy L. Williams ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

And I don't want to be seen talking to anyone!

Genre

adventure; children; drama

Characters

Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Miss Tosy; Lawyer Hawks; Benjy Boles; Mrs. Crumpet

Reprints

• from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1936-11-21 [First panel dropped. Some papers printed strip on 1936-11-20.], 1936-11-23 - 1936-11-27 [Dialogue simplified on many strips.]

Professional Advice! (Table of Contents: 36)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley (credited)

Pencils

Art Huhta (signed)

Inks

Art Huhta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (Chicago Daily News or Associated Newspapers ?) 193X-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

Mescal Ike logo above this strip.

A Desperado-By Choice! (Table of Contents: 37)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley (credited)

Pencils

Art Huhta

Inks

Art Huhta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (Chicago Daily News or Associated Newspapers ?) 193X-XX-XX

What-No Dessert? (Table of Contents: 38)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley (credited)

Pencils

Art Huhta

Inks

Art Huhta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (Chicago Daily News or Associated Newspapers ?) 193X-XX-XX

Rain, Rain, Go Away! (Table of Contents: 39)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley (credited)

Pencils

Art Huhta (signed)

Inks

Art Huhta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (Chicago Daily News or Associated Newspapers ?) 193X-XX-XX

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

Connie / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Frank Godwin (credited, signed)

Pencils

Frank Godwin (credited, signed)

Inks

Frank Godwin (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Frank Godwin ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Daddy's decided to take a cottage at some lake!

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Connie Kurridge; her father; Jack Brown

Reprints

• from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 1935-XX-XX ?

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator.

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

The Wet Blanket / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Frank Godwin

Pencils

Frank Godwin

Inks

Frank Godwin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doctor, that reducing diet you gave me is the bunk!

Genre

humor; domestic

Reprints

• from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 1935-XX-XX ?

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Neher (credited)

Pencils

Fred Neher (credited)

Inks

Fred Neher (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Neher ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Leave it to Joe - the umpire use to be a school teacher...

Genre

humor; domestic; satire-parody

Characters

Squeaky

Reprints

• from Life's Like That Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Six daily gag cartoons, two of which feature a boy named Squeaky.

Campaign, Tennessee; Promise, Oregon; Windy, West Virginia; Sugar, Idaho (Table of Contents: 43)

There's a Town / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Pencils

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Inks

M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)

Colors

?

Letters

M. E. Brady ?

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Those credited for "discovering" these towns in their submission are: Loyd Anderson (San Ramon, California), Phyllis Penley (Asheville, North Carolina), Thomas Kitsch (Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania), James Asendorf (Jacksonville, Florida), Barbara Green (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania), Myron Nathan (Bronx, New York), and Joan Baxter (San Bernardino, California).

Jane A. Whipple (Malone, New York) received credit for the suggestion of the “Picture Places” drawing within this feature.

Long Live the King (Table of Contents: 44)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eva Hanks Lycan (credited)

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

drama

Characters

Alfred Harding; Ben Harding; King (dog); Mrs. Harding; Mr. Heath; Mrs. Heath; Eddie Heath; Hank Grenlow

Synopsis

The Harding's dog King is suspected of killing Mr. Heath's sheep. However, when King helps in the locating of Mr. Heath's missing son, Eddie, Mr. Heath knows it was not him.

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

Homer Hoopee / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Locher (signed)

Pencils

Fred Locher (signed)

Inks

Fred Locher (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Locher ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How is the Boss, Doctor?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Homer Hoopee; Miss Button

Reprints

• from Homer Hoopee daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-01-07 - 1936-01-11, 1936-01-13, 1936-01-14 [First panel only.]

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

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

Script

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Pencils

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Inks

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Art Nugent ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Farmer Jones can't find the animal thief...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• Reprints Funland Sunday (United Feature Syndicate) 193X-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

Puzzle and activity page.

Piano Concert (Table of Contents: 47)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Clifford McBride ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You're going to sit right there and practice til your teacher comes!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Willie; his mother; his music teacher

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

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

Magic Made Easy / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stephen Douglas [as S. D.] (signed)

Pencils

Stephen Douglas [as S. D.] (signed)

Inks

Stephen Douglas [as S. D.] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Stephen Douglas ?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Arriving coin

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Activity page of magic tricks.

Hey Fellows... Here It Is!! (Table of Contents: 49)

Big Shot Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (promo copy)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (cover Big Shot Comics #3); various (cover vignettes)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (cover Big Shot Comics #3); various (cover vignettes)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Skyman; Charlie Chan; Joe Palooka; Marvelo (vignette); The Face (vignette); Rocky Ryan (vignette); a tiger

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

House promotional advertisement for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 Series) #3 (July 1940) and #4 (August 1940, partial cover only).

Ready The Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine (Table of Contents: 50)

Red Ryder; Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters) (signed); ? (illustrations)

Inks

Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters) (signed); ? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Red Ryder; Little Beaver

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Advertisement featuring characters from the Red Ryder comic characters for the Red Ryder 1000-shot Carbine BB gun from Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan.