Film Fun #2192

(20 January 1962)

[New War Machine] (Table of Contents: 1)

Scoop Donovan / comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Campion

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

war

Characters

Scoop Donovan; General Beyan; Colonel Carl Vov Staffen

Synopsis

There was a lull in the savage fighting in the mountains of Italy. British forces were preparing for a new offensive against the Germans, when Scoop Donovan witnessed a demonstration of a new war machine.

Nikki Wild Dog of the North (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils

Sparky Moore

Inks

Sparky Moore

Letters

?

Genre

animal

Characters

Nikki (dog); Neewa (bear); Andre Dupas; Makoki; Jacques LeBeau; Durante

Synopsis

Nikki becomes separated from his owner on a trip for supplies in the Canadian Rockies. After a life in the wild, he is captured by a pair of trappers, one of whom uses a club on Nikki until he is suitable for a dogfight. Nikki wins the dogfight, but when he is claimed by his former owner, must learn to return to domesticated ways.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1226 - Walt Disney's Nikki, Wild Dog of the North ([October-December] 1961)

Indexer Notes

Part 4.

It's Out Now! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Look and Learn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Treasure Hunt] (Table of Contents: 4)

Tony Hancock / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Clark

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

humour

Characters

Tony Hancock; Huggins

Synopsis

Tony and Huggins dig for buried treasure and accidentally dig into the bank vault nearby.

Billy Bunter's Knockout (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Billy Bunter / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

120 Fathoms Towards the Ocean Bed (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Spangles / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Gunsmoke at Rimrock (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Marshal Buckskin; Keeley; Johnny Dark

Synopsis

Marshal Buckskin, Keeley and his friend Johnny Dark have been sent to clean up Rimrock, a lawless town in the Kansas badlands. Their first weeks in Rimrock have been filled with action and only the speed of their guns and fists have saved them from danger. Finally things have begun to quieten down, only to break out in a new direction.

Indexer Notes

Part 7.

How to Skate (Table of Contents: 8)

Goofy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Goofy

Synopsis

Goofy attempts to learn how to skate.

The Space Castaways (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

science fiction

Characters

The McDonald Family

Synopsis

The McDonald family were carried off into space by some strange metal creatures who bailed out of the hurtling machine when they saw a shower of approaching meteorites. By a piece of luck, Alan was able to avert disaster and land the craft on a strange new planet. For some time the McDonalds settled down to an almost normal life, but then the ground began to shake and mountains started erupting.

Indexer Notes

Part 8.

Mighty Mountie! (Table of Contents: 10)

Donald Duck / comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Letters

?

Job Number

VP 5-01

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humour

Characters

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis

Donald becomes a Mountie and is sent to investigate reports of a bear stealing the food supply at the Goldielocks Mine.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Dell, 1950 series) #5 ([July] 1954)

Indexer Notes

Part 1. USA unofficial title: Donald as Ranger

The Great Locomotive Chase (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Frank Reilly

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Letters

?

Genre

war; western-frontier

Characters

James J. Andrews; William Fuller

Synopsis

During the Civil War, Secret Service agent James J. Andrews leads a group of Union raiders who hijack a railroad train in Georgia and attempt to outrun Confederate pursuers.

Reprints

• from Sunday newspaper pages (King Features Syndicate) 1956-04-01 to 1956-07-29

Indexer Notes

Part 4 of 11.

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

Film Fun Quips / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

humour

Indexer Notes

Single frame jokes sent in by: E. Mather, Anne Nowell, John Sadler, Rita Lawlor, Mavourneen Pettigrew, Marilyn Hill, Robert Couzens, Derek Brady, Jeremy Peyton, Framk Gemmell, Alan Brace.

Beyond the Time Barrier (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

science fiction

Characters

Major William Allison; Captain Markova

Synopsis

Test pilot Major William Allison takes out an experimental aircraft designated X-80 and while on a flight one hundred and seven miles above the earth with speed in an excess of seven thousand miles an hour, his plane breaks through the time barrier and he finds himself taken to the future year of 2024.

Indexer Notes

Part ?

Look! Professional Football Hints Free in Bell-Boy Bubble Gum! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Bell-Boy Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[Driving Test] (Table of Contents: 15)

Bruce Forsyth / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

humour

Characters

Bruce Forsyth; Fiona

Synopsis

Bruce plans to take his girlfriend, Fiona, out for a spin in his new sports car, but he must first impress her uncle, who is a court magistrate, on his driving ability.

Indexer Notes

Continued from front page.