The Funnies #20

(May 1938)

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

The Funnies Letter Club / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

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

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

Script

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils

V. T. Hamlin

Inks

V. T. Hamlin

Colors

?

Letters

V. T. Hamlin

First Line of Dialogue or Text

And so dawns the day of the big fight

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Alley Oop Sundays (NEA) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes

Pencils

Gene Byrnes

Inks

Gene Byrnes

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hafta go in the store an' get some soap for Mom!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX

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

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

Script

Roy Crane

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Roy Crane

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Roy Crane

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?

Letters

Roy Crane ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Two spades.

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) 1936-XX-XX - 1936-XX-XX

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

The Funnies Crossword Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

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

Out Our Way / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams

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J. R. Williams

Inks

J. R. Williams

Colors

? (red only)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, of all things - just when I'm in a hurry.

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

The pages are not sequential. Spread throughout the magazine.

G-Man vs. the Red X (Table of Contents: 7)

G-Men on the Job / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Blair

Pencils

Milt Youngren

Inks

Milt Youngren

Colors

? (red tones)

Letters

?

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

Copyright Stephen Slesinger. Adapted from Big Little Book (Whitman, 1932 series) #1147 [G-Man vs the Red X] (1936).

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

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Merrill Blosser

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Merrill Blosser

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Merrill Blosser

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Watch closely, gentlemen!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Freckles and His Friends Sundays (NEA) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX

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

Hold Everything / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis

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Clyde Lewis

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Clyde Lewis

Letters

Clyde Lewis ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fetch a spade Hopkins!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Hold Everything Sundays (NEA) 1937-XX-XX - 1937-XX-XX

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

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Pencils

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Inks

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Harmless little housefly out for some fun

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

• from Cicero's Cat Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 1937-XX-XX - 1937-XX-XX

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

Home Magic / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Letters

?

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

Boots and Her Buddies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Abe Martin (signed as Edgar Martin)

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Abe Martin (signed as Edgar Martin)

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Abe Martin (signed as Edgar Martin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Honey, whut is yo gone an' done?

Feature Logo

Boots

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Boots Sundays (NEA) 1936-XX-XX - 1936-XX-XX

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

Our Boarding House / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Freyse

Pencils

Bill Freyse

Inks

Bill Freyse

Colors

? (red tones)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the third time I've asked you to spade my flower bed!

Feature Logo

Our Boarding House with Major Hoople

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX

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

Stranger Than Fiction / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Thomas (credited as Richard W. Thomas)

Pencils

Walter Galli (credited)

Inks

Walter Galli (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gergory Main, of Saint Louis, M.O…

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Stranger Than Fiction daily (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 1935-10-25, 1936-04-15

West of Rainbow's End (Table of Contents: 15)

Tim McCoy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Emmett Tansey (original story); Stanley Roberts (original screenplay); Gennaro Rea (original screenplay); ? (adaptation)

Pencils

Richard Rogers

Inks

Richard Rogers

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the 1938 Monogram Picture "West of Rainbow's End" motion picture. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey (story), Stanley Roberts (screenplay), and Gennaro Rea (screenplay).

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

Funnies Cartoon Club / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script

W. C. Brigham (signed as Brig)

Pencils

W. C. Brigham (signed as Brig)

Inks

W. C. Brigham (signed as Brig)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Doing Things Over! (Table of Contents: 17)

Ben Webster / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Edwin Alger

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Edwin Alger

Inks

Edwin Alger

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Ben Webster's Page

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Ben Webster's Page Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

The strip was probably ghosted.

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

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

Forget that pocketbook business, Irwin --

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Reprints

• from Dan Dunn Sundays (Publishers Syndicate) 1937-08-22 - 1937-09-12

Indexer Notes

On the 4th Page of Dan Dunn it says See what happen - in our next issue. Dan Dunn does not appear in the next issue of The Funnies. Instead the feature move to a new comic series called Crackajack Funnies. Between this issue and the first issue of Crackajack Funnies they skip over 1937-09-19 Sunday.

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

Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Forrest

Pencils

Hal Forrest

Inks

Hal Forrest

Colors

? (red tones)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Just when Enoch Scroggins, vice-president of Comet Airways…

Genre

adventure; aviation

Reprints

• from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX

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

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

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Letters

?

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

Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ma. Oh Ma! I'm goin' to Hollywood!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet

Synopsis

Scribbly tells his mother that he's going to Hollywood with Mr. Barlowe and Roscoe. After Scribbly leaves, Mrs. Jibbet discovers that her younger son is missing.

Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribbly (Table of Contents: 22)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Scribbly)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Scribbly)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Scribbly)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm going to the archery club!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet

Synopsis

Scribbly heads out to the archery club, unaware that his kid brother has attached a bullseye to his back.

Indexer Notes

Based on an idea sent in by Marshall Rosenberg.

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

Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While at home Scribbly's kid-brother has disappeared...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Mr. Barlowe (nickname established as "Natey"); Roscoe T. Rooney; Bernie von Goldstein (introduction, movie director)

Synopsis

Mr. Barlowe brings Scribbly and Roscoe to meet his friend, Bernie von Goldstein, the movie director. Bernie complains that his star, Dimples Dumpling, is out sick with the mumps. When Scribbly's kid brother emerges from his luggage, Bernie exclaims that he has found Dimples' replacement.

Knick-Names for Scribbly's Kid Brother! (Table of Contents: 24)

Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer

Inks

Sheldon Mayer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I call my kid-brother 'Brilliantine', because...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Scribbly Jibbet

Synopsis

A reader tells Scribbly that she calls her kid-brother "Brilliantine" (a hair-grooming product) because he gets in her hair.

Indexer Notes

Based on an idea sent in by Genevieve Ayoub.

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

Now You Tell One / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Courtney Dunkel (credited as Dunkel)

Pencils

Courtney Dunkel (credited as Dunkel)

Inks

Courtney Dunkel (credited as Dunkel)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A man in Washington D.C. made 20 billion dollars in one week!

Genre

humor

Redskin Renegade (Table of Contents: 26)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Henry Sperry (credited as H. T. Sperry)

Pencils

W. C. Brigham (credited, signed)

Inks

W. C. Brigham (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

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

Curious Facts About Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Isidore Klein (credited as I. S. Klein)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

Bronc Peeler / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman

Pencils

Fred Harman

Inks

Fred Harman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I suppose it was silly of me, but I asked Bronc Peeler to follow you!

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Bronc Peeler Sundays (Consolidated News) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX

Buffalo Jones (Table of Contents: 29)

Heroes' Hall of Fame / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen

Pencils

Stookie Allen

Inks

Stookie Allen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Hammer Throwing (Table of Contents: 30)

Be a Champion / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ed Cronin (signed)

Pencils

Ed Cronin (signed)

Inks

Ed Cronin (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

sports