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Issue: Famous Funnies #22 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/15/1936
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 59 (54 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Almost all of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed.

The usual next issue’s on sale date is missing from the “Let's Get into a Huddle” page in #21, but issue #25 contains the statement, “For two years now we have been coming to you in FAMOUS FUNNIES every month - on the 15th of every month.”
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
humorous
Our Boarding House
This catch will make me famous!
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1
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humorous
Goofie Gags
Look, Pop, he followed us home!
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Four unrelated gag panels.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
The Nut Bros.
Ches Nut; Wal Nut; Uncle Philbert
Uncle Philbert has a job...
Reprinting
from Our Boarding House Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.3
The top tier of "Our Boarding House" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

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humorous
Armistice
Egad, Armistice...
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from Our Boarding House Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.7
The top tier is "The Nut Brothers", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Adventures of Jabby
Jabby
Reprinting
from Adventures of Jabby Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
pantomime; wordless comic
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Let's Get Into a Huddle!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
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1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
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Subject Matter
adventure
Captain Easy; Pippy
Determined to search for riches...
While exploring an undersea city, Easy discovers an enormous statue of a monkey made of gold. He snaps off the tail and brings it to his boat, then dives again and saws off the head, only to find it is hollow. He is caught by a tentacle of a huge octopus.
Reprinting
from Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
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2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Foozy
H'lo, Foozy! Where's Alley Oop?
Reprinting
from Alley Oop Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Alec and Itchy
Alec; Itchy; Mr. Herman
So your report card's not so good this month, Alexander?
Reprinting
from Alec and Itchy daily (Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Otto Honk
Otto Honk
When Otto got blopped in a football game...
Reprinting
from Out Our Way Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.3
The top tier of the "Out Our Way" Sunday page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Pa Willett; Ma Willet; Junior Willett
Come on! You'll be a help in chasin' out th' rabbits...
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from Out Our Way Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.7
The top tier is "Otto Honk".
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Magic Made Easy
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1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
?
Subject Matter
drama, humorous
Boots
Boots Ruggles; Spence; Red
Looking on the bright side of things...
Reprinting
from Boots Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
2
The actual name of the strip was “Boots and Her Buddies”, but some newspapers presented the strip under the shortened title “Boots”, as here.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
Subject Matter
adventure, western
Hairbreadth Harry; Belinda Blinks
Say! What's all that fuss under my kitchen window?
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
For- as they flashed up out of their craft--
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
"Holly" of Hollywood
Holly; Mister McStew
Are they still hiring girls for the chorus?
Reprinting
from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of the "Keeping Up With the Joneses" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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The Tonic Part Was Fine, Anyway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Elmore Jones; Ma Jones; Bowers
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from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is "Holly of Hollywood, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
You've brought a mighty good policeman home with you, Napoleon.
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Herky
Herky
Oh - The flowers that bloom in the spring - tra la
Reprinting
from Herky Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Flying To Fame
Slim; Tubby; O'Brien; Parker; Hodges
The lives of Slim, Tubby and O'Brien depend on whether the Alzan king lives...
Reprinting
from Flying To Fame daily (Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Butty and Fatty
Butty
I've got to hand it to me...
Reprinting
from Butty and Fatty Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
1
The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Nipper Tucker; Butch; Carnera; Ruff Bumps; Algy
There's a big bozo outside...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is "Footprints on the Sands of Time", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Bill
Bill starts to school...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Nipper" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dan Dunn; The Commander; Eviloff (villain); Skarge (villain)
Commander, they will destroy that battleship...
Reprinting
from Dan Dunn Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1935-04-14 - 1935-05-05
Miscellaneous
4
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A Tired Crew

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Pappy
Reprinting
from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill".
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Simp's Silver Dollar Disappears

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Simp O'Dill
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from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill".
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The Battle of Manila Bay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
historical, non-fiction
Reprinting
from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Jack Dempsey; Fred Fulton
The leading contender for the championship...
Reprinting
from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of the "Joe Palooka" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Joe Palooka; Miss Paranteau
B'fore I go...
Reprinting
from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is "Fisher's History of Boxing", by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
This Curious World
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Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Freckles and His Friends
Freckles McGoosey; Elmer; Jerry
What are you doing, Elmer?
Reprinting
from Freckles and His Friends Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, western
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
Gosh, it's hot!
Reprinting
from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Queenie
Queenie
Strange! - No tooth-paste!
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon; Willie
Golly, Napoleon...
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
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Miscellaneous
1
puzzle-page
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Ned Brant of Carter
Ned Brant; Elmer Nissan; Cloquet; Ned's mother; Coach Meegan; Shotgun Sheldon
Strike two!
Reprinting
from Ned Brant daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Flapper Fanny
Fanny
Where you going?
Reprinting
from Flapper Fanny Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Salesman Sam
Sam Duffy
Goo'mawning, anything I can do for you?
Reprinting
from Salesman Sam Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, science fiction
Connie Kurridge; Jack
Say, Jack - Is there a party at Connie's tonight?
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is "The Wet Blanket", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Daddy, what kind of animal is it...
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper
Your "A" was kind o'flat!
Reprinting
from The Frog Pond Ferry Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
1
The strip was discontinued on 1934-17-06.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Seaweed Sam; Columbus
Well, Sam and Columbus are tied to stakes!
Sam and Columbus escape from the Indians and throw rocks, which they discover are gold. They are on their way to Eldorado.
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
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adventure, drama
Olive Lane; Ambassador Offatopsky; Pete; Jimmy; Lala Palooza; A. G. Ginsberg
C'-mon - The whole bunch of ya...
Reprinting
from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1934-xx-xx - 1934-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
2
This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Crumpet; Zenas; Doctor Thornton; Babe's mother; Roger Weston; Detective Keen
That's a cow Buttons...
Reprinting
from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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Through the Televisor

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
drama
Dick Montrose; Hal Sutton; Roger Montrose; Silk Brennan
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Amaze-A-Minute
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dumb-Bells
Reprinting
from Dumb-Bells daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.3
Three daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dizzy Dramas
Ah, my fair maid...
Reprinting
from Dizzy Dramas daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Jane Arden / Lena Pry
Jane Arden; Lena Pry
When Jane released Moritz and Henry...
Reprinting
from Jane Arden Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
4
Four Sunday pages, each one featuring a sequential "Jane Arden" storyline (0.5), a self-contained "Lena Pry" story (0.33), and a fashion panel "Jane Arden's Wardrobe" (0.17), all by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper; Sam Snake; Doc Turtle
Not feeling so well to-day, eh Sam?
Reprinting
from The Frog Pond Ferry Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
1
The strip was discontinued on 1934-17-06.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Flight
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
drama
Apple Mary
Mary Worth (aka Apple Mary); Dennie; Bill Biff; Mrs. Hardie
Since the return of her fortune...
Reprinting
from Apple Mary daily (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Little Brother
Oh! - There's that small Myers kid...
Reprinting
from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
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Another Neighborly Duel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
George Bungle; Jo Bungle; Ancel Shooter
Reprinting
from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Such Is Life
Gus
Oh boy - a horse shoe!
Reprinting
from Such is Life daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
One daily gag panel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dumb-Bells
Reprinting
from Dumb-Bells daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.2
Three daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Screen Oddities
James Melton; Myrna Loy; Carole Lombard; Sybil Jason; Gary Cooper; Harriet Hoctor; Fred Astaire; Joe E. Brown; Nino Martini; Eddie Cantor; Roger Imhoff; Leo Carrillo
James Melton can reduce 30 pounds...
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Miscellaneous
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