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Issue: Famous Funnies #23 Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/15/1936
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 50 (46 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.

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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Shucks! I'll be fired for this!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Goofie Gags
Shoot him!
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Miscellaneous
1
Four unrelated gag panels.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Nut Bros.
Ches Nut; Wal Nut; Otis D. Leerium
I can tell what day of the year it is...
Reprinting
from Our Boarding House Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.3
The top tier of the "Our Boarding House" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Our Boarding House
Egad, my throat feels raw...
Reprinting
from Our Boarding House Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.7
The top tier is "The Nut Bros", by the same creator.
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The Lucky Possum Wish-Bone Works For Junior

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Nebbs
Junior; Popcorn
Reprinting
from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Let's Get Into a Huddle!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stookie Allen
Stookie Allen
Stookie Allen
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Above the Crowd
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune
Captain Easy
Whoa! Leggo!
Reprinting
from Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Alley Oop
Alley Oop; Foozy
Hello, Foozy!
Reprinting
from Alley Oop Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
The 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]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Otto Honk
Ready, sirrah?
Reprinting
from Out Our Way Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.3
The top tier of the "Out Our Way" Sunday page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Out Our Way
Junior Willett; Ma Willett
Always reading those detective stories.
Reprinting
from Out Our Way Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.7
The top tier is "Otto Honk".
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
?
Subject Matter
Magic Made Easy
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Boots
Boots Ruggles; Cora Tutt; Prof. Tutt
Cora, it's swell...
Reprinting
from Boots Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
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)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Hairbreadth Harry; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
You don't want to be a social nobody, do you dear?
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Philip Francis Nowlan
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Such Is Life
Signor insists on this arrangement...
Reprinting
from Such is Life daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
GAR
GAR
GAR
?
?
Subject Matter
Dumb-Bells
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Miscellaneous
0.2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Sure, I know where there's water...
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Herky
Herky; Lois
I'm going in here a minute...
Reprinting
from Herky Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Flying To Fame
Slim; Tubby; Parker; Hodges; O'Brien; Miss McIntosh
With Parker and Hodges inside...
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
Bobby
Bobby
just when a guy is achin' for some candy...
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Nipper
Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Muriel; Algy
Hey, Nipper! Get up and see the monkey...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is "Footprints on the Sands of Time", by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Bill
Bill's mother...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
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, Secret Operative 48
Dan Dunn; Eviloff (villain); Skarge (villain); Wu Fang
All right, everybody ashore...
Reprinting
from Dan Dunn Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Ferguson
William Ferguson
William Ferguson
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
This Curious World
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Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Fox [as Blosser] (credited)
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Freckles and His Friends
Freckles McGoosey
Out of gas!
Reprinting
from Freckles and His Friends Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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Spanish Conquest of the Philippines

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Capt. Roscoe Fawcett
Thompson ?
Thompson ?
?
?
Subject Matter
Screen Oddities
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
GAR
GAR
GAR
?
?
Subject Matter
Dumb-Bells
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Confound it!
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
?
?
Subject Matter
Funland
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Miscellaneous
1
puzzle-page
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Ned Brant of Carter
Ned Brant; Solem; Dahgren; Mrs. Brant
With two infielders in bed...
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; Betty; Nancy
I'm not gonna have anything more to do with ya - You're too dumb!
Reprinting
from Flapper Fanny Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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What Goes Up Must Come Down!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Salesman Sam
Sam Duffy; Gridley
Reprinting
from Salesman Sam Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Alec and Itchy
Alec; Itchy
Boy! What is it I wonder?
Reprinting
from Alec and Itchy daily (Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
Two daily pages, the first of which is a wordless pantomime.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
Skipper; Herman Herring
Gee, I hope Herman Herring is better...
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Sam; Columbus
Well, Sam and Columbus are on their way to El Dorado...
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Olly of the Movies
Olly Lane; Jimmy Bangem; Ruby Keeler; Dick Powell; Busby Berkeley
These people are funny looking...
Reprinting
from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Crumpet; Detective Keen; Jasper Scrawn; Haekins
An answer from Mrs. Bunting, Mr. Keen...
Reprinting
from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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A Vacation at Spooks House

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
drama
Duane Hall; Roderick Hall
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Queenie
Queenie; Lily
Queenie's been making mud-pies...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, drama
Jane Arden / Lena Pry
Jane Arden; Duke Victor; Lena Pry
Determined to revenge himself on Jane...
Reprinting
from Jane Arden Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 1933-02-06 - 1933-02-27
Miscellaneous
4
Russell Ross replaces Jack W. McGuire as artist.

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).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Butty and Fatty
Butty; Fatty
Buttons is a hunk of cheese...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
W. D. Tipton
J. H. Mason
J. H. Mason
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Flight
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
drama
Apple Mary
Mary Worth [Apple Mary]; Bill Biff; Louise; Dennie; Officer Mulligan
With her new wealth, Apple Mary is playing good fairy...
Reprinting
from Apple Mary Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ham Fisher ?
Ham Fisher
Ham Fisher
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Fisher's History of Boxing
Jack Dempsey; Firpo
Many fight experts...
Reprinting
from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of the "Joe Palooka" Sunday page, by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ham Fisher ?
Ham Fisher
Ham Fisher
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Lady MacPhair
Did ya meet 'er...
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)
Credits
John Hix
John Hix
John Hix
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Strange As It Seems
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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