The Funnies
#28
(January 1939)
Dell,
1936 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1938-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Editing
- M. C. Gaines (editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant)
Issue Notes
Mostly Newspaper reprints.
A Short Haul
Out Our Way / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- The Worry Wart
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every time Bullseye comes in the house lately...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Famous Features) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, I'll be jounced if this isn't Dinny...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But Umpa, my dear - I've a surprise for you...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alley Oop; Dinny; Foozy; Umpa
- Reprints
- from Alley Oop Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No you don't!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Major Hoople
- Reprints
- from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx
A Nick in Time
Out Our Way / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- The Worry Wart
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Cicero's Cat / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Cluck! Cluck!
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Reprints
- from Cicero's Cat Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Hal Forrest (credited)
- Pencils
- Hal Forrest (credited)
- Inks
- Hal Forrest (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- W-who are you?
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Reprints
- from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Black-and-white with red ink.
[no title indexed]
Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Flip that crate of oranges on yer shoulders...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Black-and-white with red ink.
Cowboy Comics: The Single Footer
Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Out Our Way / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I got one!
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- The Willets
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Everybody's Playmate / activity / 1 page
- Script
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Pencils
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Inks
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Letters
- ?
[no title indexed]
The Crime Busters / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al McWilliams (credited)
- Inks
- Al McWilliams (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brady, meet Shaffer, from Indianpolis...
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprints?
Indexer Notes
Black-and-white with red ink.
The feature logo for this installment only is "The Crime Busters with Al Brady"
[no title indexed]
Stranger Than Fiction / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The United States has a real diamond mine...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Stranger Than Fiction daily (Watkins Syndicate) 1937-01-06
[no title indexed]
Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eh! What's this?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Major Hoople
- Reprints
- from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Pinhead Duffy passed Tony's fruit stand today...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Famous Features) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Wizard of Oz / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- L. Frank Baum
- Pencils
- Walt Spouse (signed)
- Inks
- Walt Spouse (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Witch Mombi, if you can stop King Scarecrow from getting back...
- Feature Logo
- The Wonderland of Oz
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- General Jinjur; Mombi; Tin Woodman; Tip; Scarecrow; Jack Pumpkinhead; Saw-horse; H. M. Wogglebug; Professor Knowitall
- Reprints
- from The Wonderland of Oz Sundays (C. C. Winninham) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
- Keywords
- Emerald City; Oz
[no title indexed]
Captain Easy / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just what the blazes is the big idea, anyway?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Easy
- Reprints
- from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
The Mysterious Voices!
Ben Webster / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama; adventure
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprints?
[no title indexed]
Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No! If I gotta make love to a lotta dames I don't wanna be a movie actor! I hate wimmin!!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Captain Colorful; Bernie von Goldstein; Vivien Darling (introduction, on phone only)
- Synopsis
- When Captain Colorful refuses to work with women, Scribbly suggests to Bernie that they tell Colorful that there won't be any women in his movie. After Colorful agrees and leaves, Bernie immediately calls Vivien Darling, the famous vamp.
Why Big Brudders Leave Home by Scribbly
Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page
- Script
- Sheldon Mayer (credited as Scribbly)
- Pencils
- Sheldon Mayer (credited as Scribbly)
- Inks
- Sheldon Mayer (credited as Scribbly)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My gosh - I told you to get me some Bi-So-Dol...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
- Synopsis
- When Scribbly tells his kid brother to bring him some Bi-So-Dol for his headache, he instead brings a bicycle.
Indexer Notes
Based on an idea sent in by Albert Adler.
[no title indexed]
Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Von - what's on your mind?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet; Bernie von Goldstein; Vivien Darling
- Synopsis
- Scribbly and Bernie explain to Vivien Darling that they want a beautiful woman to get Captain Colorful to fall for her. At first, Vivien isn't interested, but once she sees Colorful's picture she changes her mind.
[Knick-Names For Scribbly's Kid Brudder]
Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Scribbly - I call my kid brother...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
- Synopsis
- A reader tells Scribbly that he calls his kid-brother "Messy" because he is always in some kind of mess.
Indexer Notes
Based on an idea sent in by Leonard B. Selig.
[no title indexed]
Scribbly / comic story / 0.8 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh! Oh! Here he comes!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet; Bernie von Goldstein; Captain Colorful; Vivien Darling
- Synopsis
- Vivien Darling tries to get Captain Colorful's attention by faking a fall from a horse, but he barely looks at her.
[Crossword Puzzle Solution]
Scribbly / activity / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, kids.. here's da solutions to da crossword puzzles in dis issue!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
- Synopsis
- Scribbly and his kid brother give the readers the answers to the crossword puzzles that appear elsewhere in the issue.
[no title indexed]
Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Egad, Alvin, did I ever tell you of the time I tamed Bluestreak...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Major Hoople
- Reprints
- from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Stranger Than Fiction / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Rev. Salmon Carter of London, England...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Stranger Than Fiction daily (Watkins Syndicate) 1937-01-05
[no title indexed]
Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guess what, Sam!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Black-and-white with red ink.
[no title indexed]
The Comic Zoo / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee whillickers!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprints?
[no title indexed]
Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gene Byrnes (credited)
- Pencils
- Gene Byrnes (credited)
- Inks
- Gene Byrnes (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shirly Temple wantsa know if you'll please autograph her book
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Famous Features) xxxx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
In black and white with red tones.
[no title indexed]
Hold Everything / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I knew I shouldn't have worn this new two-pants suit I'm nearly roasted!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Hold Everything daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Home Magic / activity / 1 page
- Script
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Pencils
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Inks
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Letters
- ?
[no title indexed]
Out Our Way / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, that's a good shaped one...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- The Willets
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Cowboy Comics: Why Mothers Get Gray
Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I have never seen worse shoes in my born days!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Hold Everything / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wotta ya mean, throw the towel in?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Hold Everything daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Curious Facts About Stamps / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Part ads; part text.
[no title indexed]
Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The cane you ring is the cane you get
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Major Hoople
- Reprints
- from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gene Byrnes (credited)
- Pencils
- Gene Byrnes (credited)
- Inks
- Gene Byrnes (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is it true that Puddinhead lost his job...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Famous Features) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Cicero's Cat / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Glue
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Reprints
- from Cicero's Cat Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
The Comic Zoo / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoopie! There's a homer into the artist colony!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprints?
[no title indexed]
Bronc Peeler / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bronc Peeler and his Indian friend built a raft...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprints.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I use these as much as the skates on my feet!"]
-
1.
A Short Haul
Out Our Way -
2.
["Every time Bullseye comes in the house lately..."]
Reg'lar Fellers -
3.
["Well, I'll be jounced if this isn't Dinny..."]
Salesman Sam -
4.
["But Umpa, my dear - I've a surprise for you..."]
Alley Oop -
5.
["No you don't!"]
Our Boarding House -
6.
A Nick in Time
Out Our Way -
7.
The Funnies Crossword Puzzle Page
-
8.
["Cluck! Cluck!"]
Cicero's Cat -
9.
["W-who are you?"]
Four Aces -
10.
["Flip that crate of oranges on yer shoulders..."]
Salesman Sam -
11.
Cowboy Comics: The Single Footer
Out Our Way -
12.
["I got one!"]
Out Our Way -
13.
[no title indexed]
Everybody's Playmate -
14.
["Brady, meet Shaffer, from Indianpolis..."]
The Crime Busters -
15.
["The United States has a real diamond mine..."]
Stranger Than Fiction -
16.
["Eh! What's this?"]
Our Boarding House -
17.
["When Pinhead Duffy passed Tony's fruit stand today..."]
Reg'lar Fellers -
18.
["Witch Mombi, if you can stop King Scarecrow from getting back..."]
Wizard of Oz -
19.
["Just what the blazes is the big idea, anyway?"]
Captain Easy -
20.
Centerfold Contest
-
21.
The Mysterious Voices!
Ben Webster -
22.
["No! If I gotta make love to a lotta dames I don't wanna be a movie actor! I hate wimmin!!!"]
Scribbly -
23.
Why Big Brudders Leave Home by Scribbly
Scribbly -
24.
["Hello, Von - what's on your mind?"]
Scribbly -
25.
[Knick-Names For Scribbly's Kid Brudder]
Scribbly -
26.
["Oh! Oh! Here he comes!"]
Scribbly -
27.
[Crossword Puzzle Solution]
Scribbly -
28.
["Egad, Alvin, did I ever tell you of the time I tamed Bluestreak..."]
Our Boarding House -
29.
["The Rev. Salmon Carter of London, England..."]
Stranger Than Fiction -
30.
["Guess what, Sam!"]
Salesman Sam -
31.
["Gee whillickers!"]
The Comic Zoo -
32.
["Shirly Temple wantsa know if you'll please autograph her book"]
Reg'lar Fellers -
33.
["I knew I shouldn't have worn this new two-pants suit I'm nearly roasted!"]
Hold Everything -
34.
[no title indexed]
Home Magic -
35.
["Yes, that's a good shaped one..."]
Out Our Way -
36.
Cowboy Comics: Why Mothers Get Gray
Out Our Way -
37.
["I have never seen worse shoes in my born days!"]
Salesman Sam -
38.
Test Flight
-
39.
["Wotta ya mean, throw the towel in?"]
Hold Everything -
40.
[no title indexed]
Curious Facts About Stamps -
41.
["The cane you ring is the cane you get"]
Our Boarding House -
42.
["Is it true that Puddinhead lost his job..."]
Reg'lar Fellers -
43.
["Glue"]
Cicero's Cat -
44.
["Whoopie! There's a homer into the artist colony!"]
The Comic Zoo -
45.
["Bronc Peeler and his Indian friend built a raft..."]
Bronc Peeler -
46.
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- John Censullo
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Richard Smith
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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