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Issue: Famous Funnies #178 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1949
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Issues: #178 of 218 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: This Is a Famous Funnies PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/15/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: All content of this comic are newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed.

On sale date from the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: earlier issues standard Golden Age U. S.; later issues Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stephen Douglas [as SAD] (signed)
Inker(s): Stephen Douglas [as SAD] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oaky Doaks
Character(s): Sir Oaky Doaks; a dragon; Dickie Dare (inset head)
First Line: This way is easier than fighting!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Calkins
Penciller(s): Rick Yager
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Buck Rogers
First Line: Barney, you're right! Our imaginations ran away with us...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Allen Saunders [as Saunders] (signed)
Penciller(s): Elmer Woggon [as Woggon] (signed)
Inker(s): Elmer Woggon [as Woggon] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Roper and Wahoo
Character(s): Steve Roper; Chief Wahoo; Sonny Brawnski; Coach "Rocky" Gibralter
First Line: Look, Chuck! Your number's up!
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Reprint Notes: from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Napoleon
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
First Line: Remember th' dog in Aesop's Fable...
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Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
Inker(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dickie Dare
Character(s): Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Miss Shee
First Line: C'mon---Scram! Beat it!
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Reprint Notes: from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Avenging Brakie

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack M. Greene (credited)
Penciller(s): Alex Toth [as A.T.] (signed) (2 illustrations)
Inker(s): Alex Toth [as A.T.] (signed) (2 illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jack Sorrell; Bob Kraft
First Line: Eddies of whitish Utah dust...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Bundsen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bobby Sox
Character(s): Bobby Sox
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Bobby Sox Sunday and daily (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: There are four Sunday pages, plus two pages with four daily cartoons per page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Scorchy Smith
Character(s): Scorchy Smith; Gerda; Wo Jun; Ching Lo Dan
First Line: The threesome arrives at the "ruined lamasery" only to find...
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Reprint Notes: from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Napoleon
Character(s): Uncle Elby; Napoleon
First Line: Hello boys! I used to be a pirate...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William McCleery
Penciller(s): Ralph Briggs Fuller [as R. B. Fuller] (signed)
Inker(s): Ralph Briggs Fuller [as R. B. Fuller] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oaky Doaks
Character(s): Sir Oaky Doaks
First Line: Something terrible has happened in King Arthur's realm...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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