(June 1949)
Eastern Color,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Famous Funnies Inc.
- Brand
-
This Is a Famous Funnies Publication
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- David Tendlar (signed as Dave Tendlar)
- Inks
- David Tendlar (signed as Dave Tendlar)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some new people have just moved into that house ...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Chauncey Chirp; Johnny Jay; a cat
Indexer Notes
Chauncey and Johnny save a ferocious cat from drowning, thereby winning his friendship.
The Yegg and I
Bingo and Glum / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Bingo; Glum; Weak-Eyed-Willie; The goose that lays golden eggs
- Synopsis
- High-speed nonsense script. Bingo saves the goose from collector of everything Willie by making Glum dress up as a bird. Willie falls into the fountain of youth and ends up being hatched by the goose.
Indexer Notes
The logo in this story is only "Bingo".
The Colly-Flowered Walrus and the Woggle-Eyed Carpenter
Jingle-Jangle Tales / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- A colly-flowered walrus; a woggle-eyed carpenter; a late weather report; the king; the king's heavy guard
- Synopsis
- The carpenter fixes the walrus' three-tune radio, making it into a device that directs the king home from where he is stranded in a flat cart. The walrus and the carpenter get rewarded with jobs in the king's service.
[no title indexed]
The Old Swap Shop / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jelly beans and Mexican jumping beans don't mix.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ambrose; Curly; a spook
- Synopsis
- Bookworm Curly eats a Mexican jumping bean, thinking it's a jelly bean, and hops into the haunted house.
Your Record Review
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- children
Indexer Notes
Reviews of 13 children's records
[no title indexed]
Aunty Spry / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larz Bourne (signed as Larz Bourne)
- Inks
- Larz Bourne (signed as Larz Bourne)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's wrong, Johnny? You look worried!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Aunty Spry; Johnny; Butch
- Synopsis
- Johnny enters a soap box derby with the help of Spry in order to win a scholarship. Butch sabotages Johnny's car, but ends up driving it.
[no title indexed]
The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yeah! - This is me! Guess what I found!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dimwitri, the Pie-Face Prince; the Green Witch; Princess Panatella Murphy; Sir Razzo Razzh-Berri
- Synopsis
- The Green Witch makes Dimwitri's pipe blow soap bubbles that catch him inside.
[no title indexed]
Polly-Anna / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, drat! .. There's that phone again ...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Polly-Anna, a parrot; an unnamed girl [Polly-Anna's owner]
- Synopsis
- Polly-Anna is not talking on the phone to the kid next door.
[no title indexed]
'Topsy' Turtle / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heigh-ho, Topsy, old pal. -- what's cooking?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Topsy Turtle; another turtle
- Synopsis
- Turtles have no housing problems.
[no title indexed]
Hortense the Lovable Brat / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now who dropped that banana peel on the sidewalk?
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Hortense; Benny Banana; Anna Banana; the man who turns off the light in the refrigerator; Hortense's mother (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Hortense saves a banana from being kept in the refrigerator, where it'll never ripe.
Indexer Notes
The logo in this story is only "Hortense".
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Wouldn't you be proud to own ...
-
2.
["Some new people have just moved into that house ..."]
Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay -
3.
The Yegg and I
Bingo and Glum -
4.
The Colly-Flowered Walrus and the Woggle-Eyed Carpenter
Jingle-Jangle Tales -
5.
["Jelly beans and Mexican jumping beans don't mix."]
The Old Swap Shop -
6.
Your Record Review
-
7.
Enjoy ice cream in Safe-T cones & cups
-
8.
["What's wrong, Johnny? You look worried!"]
Aunty Spry -
9.
Jump and Grump
-
10.
["Yeah! - This is me! Guess what I found!"]
The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg -
11.
["Oh, drat! .. There's that phone again ..."]
Polly-Anna -
12.
["Heigh-ho, Topsy, old pal. -- what's cooking?"]
'Topsy' Turtle -
13.
["Puff puff! That cat just won't give up chasing me!"]
Speedy -
14.
A Modern "49"er
Snapper -
15.
["Now who dropped that banana peel on the sidewalk?"]
Hortense the Lovable Brat -
16.
Girls! It's the wonderful new Beauty Trix Wallet
-
17.
Give your kiddie his own phonograph
-
18.
Amazing new Mickey Mouse - Donald Duck weather forecaster
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Claus Simonsen
- Jim Stangas
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