Funnyman #5

(July 1948)

[A Killer-Diller!] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Wanted: One Corpse! (Table of Contents: 2)

Funnyman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Shuster shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Funnyman [Larry Davis]; Sgt. Harrigan; Louie the Louse (villain, introduction); Louie's gang [Lola; Peanut; Thimblebrain] (villains, introduction for all); Doctor Hacksaw (villain, plastic surgeon, introduction)

Synopsis

After stealing millions of dollars, Louie bemoans his current fate to his gang members. The Police are hot on his trail, but he devises a plan to have the features of a stoolie altered to look like Louie, then murder him. Lola makes the mistake of nabbing Funnyman to have his features altered, but the whole plan backfires, and the gang is rounded up by Sgt. Harrigan.

Indexer Notes

Logo for Funnyman includes Siegel and Shuster's names.

The Downfall of Noodnick Nogoodnick (Table of Contents: 3)

Funnyman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Shuster shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Funnyman [Larry Davis]; June Farrel; Happy; Little Jimmy Zitto (orphaned shoeshine boy, introduction); Ragsy (Zitto's pet dog, introduction); Jimmy's mother (introduction); Noodnik Nogodnik (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Funnyman spots the evil Noodnik Nogodnik preparing to steal money from an orphaned shoeshine boy, and leaps from a window to rescue the boy and his dog. The Comic Crimefighter succeeds, then learns the boy originally came from a wealthy family years ago, and returns the child to his grateful mother.

Indexer Notes

Logo for Funnyman includes Siegel and Shuster's names.

Pencil credit formerly assigned to Joe Shuster.

The Peculiar Pacifier (Table of Contents: 4)

Funnyman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Shuster shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Funnyman [Larry Davis]; unnamed Policeman; June Farrell; B. Beane (newspasper editor, introduction); Karl Borisloff (cartoonist, introduction); Doc Gimmick (villain); Torgo (villain, the doc's assistant)

Synopsis

Having created the "peculiar pacifier", Doc Gimmick sends Torgo out to lure a cop to his laboratory, and when the Policeman arrives, the doc uses his creation on him, whose gas makes anyone who smells it conciliatory or peaceable. When the doc proves that it works, he feels safe on using it anywhere and on anyone so that he can commit his robberies. Meanwhile, the artist on the famed Louie the Lout strip, is told by his editor to achieve a new epitome of loathsomeness for his comic character, which causes newspapers across the land to cancel the strip.

Reprints

• in Comics About Cartoonists: Stories About the World's Oddest Profession (IDW, 2012 series) (September 2012)

Keywords

Boston City Bank; Boston Daily Press; Foul Features Syndicate; St. Louis Sentinel; The Cleveland Clarion

Indexer Notes

Logo for Funnyman includes Siegel and Shuster's names.