(July 1947)
Eastern Color,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-06-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Famous Funnies Inc.
- Brand
-
This Is a Famous Funnies Publication
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date found in Famous Funnies (Eastern, 1934 series) #155 (June 1947) text article "Let's Get into a Huddle."
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stookie Allen (sourced) (painting)
- Inks
- Stookie Allen (sourced) (painting)
- Colors
- Stookie Allen (sourced) (painting)
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Painted cover.
Boys! Girls! Get 'em Now! Fireworks for July 4th
Acme Fireworks / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Several fireworks packages offered by mail, including sparklers, firecrackers, Roman candles and other items, from Acme Sales Company.
In This Issue...
Heroic Hall of Honor / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A list of the men and women featured in this issue.
Bang! Now You Can Buy Fireworks
Banner Fireworks / advertisement / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Fireworks by mail from Banner Fireworks Mfg. Co.
This is a vertical ad that covers the left third of the page.
Lady of Daring
Mary Wiggins / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Stookie Allen (signed)
- Pencils
- Stookie Allen (signed)
- Inks
- Stookie Allen (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stookie Allen (signed)
- Characters
- Mary Wiggins
- Synopsis
- A recounting of Mary Wiggins' career as a stunt pilot and stunt driver.
- Keywords
- celebrity
Indexer Notes
This feature is vertical and takes the right two-thirds of the page.
Rescue by Helicopter
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brussells...Belgium
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Lt. Guy Kleisch
- Synopsis
- The U.S. Coast Guard rescues the survivors of a plane crash.
The Impossible Mile
Roanoke's Volunteer Lifesavers / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sid Greene (signed)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There is a limit to what man can accomplish...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Roaoke Lifesavers [Carl Hamilton; Mel Fischer; Lloyd Bennett; Frank Boggess; John Noftsinger]
- Synopsis
- The Lifesavers battle floods and bad roads to deliver an iron lung.
Detective versus Killer
George Patton / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One afternoon on a Brooklyn sidewalk..
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Detective George Patton
- Synopsis
- Detective Patton enters an apartment building to apprehend a killer.
The XII Scout Law
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The twelfth Scout Law: "A Scout is reverent...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dr. James E. West
- Synopsis
- A scoutmaster uses the Jamboree to teach two youths about respect of religion.
A Miner Faces Death
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Seymour Pearlstein (signed as Si Pearlstein)
- Inks
- Seymour Pearlstein (signed as Si Pearlstein)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The brakeman had one chance of surviving...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Joseph Cannizzaro
- Synopsis
- A miner saves a co-worker from being crushed.
Their Maine Chance
Fisk Bike Tires / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reef just ahead, Sir!
- Genre
- drama
Indexer Notes
Ad for bicycle tires.
Bob Feller Says, Boys and Girls..."
Popsicle Pete; Popsicle Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Bob Feller; Popsicle Pete
Indexer Notes
Ad for Popsicles and a note that prizes are awarded for wrappers. Also ad for the Posicle Pete Fun Book.
One Way to Safety
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down in Port Sulphur, Louisiana...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Noel W. Phillips; Ernal C. Terry;
- Synopsis
- Two painters are rescued from the bottom of a 50,000 gallon tank.
Fight for Life
Nina Wilkins / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Allen Ulmer (signed)
- Inks
- Allen Ulmer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Nina Wilkins
- Synopsis
- Nina Wilkins nurses a wounded man while they cross a stormy bay.
New Easy Way Teaches Guitar
Jim Major Guitar Course / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for a guitar-playing course and a book of 53 songs.
Detective Harold Moore, N. Y. City
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Stookie Allen (signed as Stookie Allen)
- Pencils
- Stookie Allen (signed as Stookie Allen)
- Inks
- Stookie Allen (signed as Stookie Allen)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stookie Allen (signed as Stookie Allen)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unkillable...
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Detective Harold Moore; Jimmy Walker
- Synopsis
- A short account of the career of Detective Harold Moore.
Rescue by Air
Frederick Landa / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The lives of four boys adrift in New York Bay...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Frederick Landa
- Synopsis
- A pilot rescues four boys adrift on a raft.
Indexer Notes
In a rare cross-company reference, one of the rescued boys comments : 'Gee, mister, that was better than anything Superman ever did!'
The Labrador Doctor
Doctor Grenfell / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sol Brodsky (signed)
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, give it here, John...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dr. Grenfell
- Synopsis
- A doctor braves ice and snow to treat a patient.
Mountain Rescue
James Irwin / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- James Irwin; his father
- Synopsis
- James Irwin sets a hiker's broken leg.
Richard C. Gill
Medical Hero / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Stookie Allen (signed as Sto Allen)
- Pencils
- Stookie Allen (signed as Sto Allen)
- Inks
- Stookie Allen (signed as Sto Allen)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stookie Allen (signed as Sto Allen)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blowgun Medicine
- Genre
- adventure; biography
- Characters
- Richard C. Gill
Indexer Notes
Originally credited to August Lenox, but clearly signed.
New! Amazing Auto-Magic Picture Gun
Auto-Magic Picture Gun / Krypto-Ray Gun / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for a projection toy from Allen Sales Co. Advertised as a Krypto-Ray Gun in some DC titles.
The Insult That Turned a Chump into a Champ
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Charles Atlas body-building ad.
Inside back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Boys! Girls! Get 'em Now! Fireworks for July 4th
Acme Fireworks -
2.
In This Issue...
Heroic Hall of Honor -
3.
Bang! Now You Can Buy Fireworks
Banner Fireworks -
4.
Lady of Daring
Mary Wiggins -
5.
Rescue by Helicopter
-
6.
The Impossible Mile
Roanoke's Volunteer Lifesavers -
7.
Detective versus Killer
George Patton -
8.
The XII Scout Law
-
9.
A Miner Faces Death
-
10.
Their Maine Chance
Fisk Bike Tires -
11.
Bob Feller Says, Boys and Girls..."
Popsicle Pete; Popsicle Products -
12.
One Way to Safety
-
13.
Fight for Life
Nina Wilkins -
14.
New Easy Way Teaches Guitar
Jim Major Guitar Course -
15.
Detective Harold Moore, N. Y. City
-
16.
Rescue by Air
Frederick Landa -
17.
The Labrador Doctor
Doctor Grenfell -
18.
Mountain Rescue
James Irwin -
19.
Richard C. Gill
Medical Hero -
20.
New! Amazing Auto-Magic Picture Gun
Auto-Magic Picture Gun / Krypto-Ray Gun -
21.
The Insult That Turned a Chump into a Champ
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
22.
Good Luck to You Boys! Girls! Women! Men!
Dean Studios Photo Enlargements
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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