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Issue: Famous Funnies #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1936
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Issues: #23 of 218 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand:
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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Shucks! I'll be fired for this!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofie Gags
First Line: Shoot him!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four unrelated gag panels.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Nut Bros.
Character(s): Ches Nut; Wal Nut; Otis D. Leerium
First Line: I can tell what day of the year it is...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Our Boarding House Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: The top tier of the "Our Boarding House" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Egad, my throat feels raw...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Our Boarding House Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.7
Disclose Notes: The top tier is "The Nut Bros", by the same creator.
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The Lucky Possum Wish-Bone Works For Junior

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Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): "Junior" Nebbs; Popcorn
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Let's Get Into a Huddle
First Line: Vacation from school is only a few days away...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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He Shot Down Richthofen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Roy Brown
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune
Character(s): Captain Easy
First Line: Whoa! Leggo!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alley Oop; Foozy
First Line: Hello, Foozy!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Alley Oop Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): The Adventures of Jabby
Character(s): Jabby
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Adventures of Jabby Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: pantomime; wordless comic
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Otto Honk
Character(s): Otto Honk
First Line: Ready, sirrah?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Out Our Way Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: The top tier of the "Out Our Way" Sunday page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Junior Willett; Ma Willett
First Line: Always reading those detective stories.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Out Our Way Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.7
Disclose Notes: The top tier is "Otto Honk".
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Magic Made Easy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Boots
Character(s): Boots Ruggles; Cora Tutt; Prof. Tutt
First Line: Cora, it's swell...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Boots Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Hairbreadth Harry; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
First Line: You don't want to be a social nobody, do you dear?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Inker(s): Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Rebelling against the ten-year sleep required by Neptunian law...
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Reprint Notes: from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Such Is Life
First Line: Signor insists on this arrangement...
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Reprint Notes: from Such is Life daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dumb-Bells
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dumb-Bells daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Two daily gag panels.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
First Line: Sure, I know where there's water...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Herky
Character(s): Herky; Lois
First Line: I'm going in here a minute...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Herky Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Flying To Fame
Character(s): Slim; Tubby; Parker; Hodges; O'Brien; Miss McIntosh
First Line: With Parker and Hodges inside...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Flying To Fame daily (Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Bobby
Character(s): Bobby
First Line: just when a guy is achin' for some candy...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Muriel; Algy
First Line: Hey, Nipper! Get up and see the monkey...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier is "Footprints on the Sands of Time", by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Footprints on the Sands of Time
Character(s): Bill
First Line: Bill's mother...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier of the "Nipper" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dan Dunn; Eviloff (villain); Skarge (villain); Wu Fang
First Line: All right, everybody ashore...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dan Dunn Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1935-05-12 - 1935-06-02
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Tapirs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Ferguson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): This Curious World
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Fox [as Blosser] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Freckles and His Friends
Character(s): Freckles McGoosey
First Line: Out of gas!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Freckles and His Friends Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Spanish Conquest of the Philippines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Screen Oddities
Character(s): Paul Lukas; Vince Barnett; Helen Lowell; Helen Mack; Jean Arthur; Tito Guizar; William Powell; Cesar Romero; Cora Sue Collins
First Line: Paul Lukas studies world economics...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dumb-Bells
First Line: What will make the best chicken salad...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dumb-Bells daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Three daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
First Line: Confound it!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): A. W. Nugent
Penciller(s): A. W. Nugent
Inker(s): A. W. Nugent
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Funland
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: puzzle-page
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Ned Brant of Carter
Character(s): Ned Brant; Solem; Dahgren; Mrs. Brant
First Line: With two infielders in bed...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Ned Brant daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Flapper Fanny
Character(s): Fanny; Betty; Nancy
First Line: I'm not gonna have anything more to do with ya - You're too dumb!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Flapper Fanny Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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What Goes Up Must Come Down!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Salesman Sam
Character(s): Sam Duffy; Gridley
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Salesman Sam Sunday (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Alec and Itchy
Character(s): Alec; Itchy
First Line: Boy! What is it I wonder?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Alec and Itchy daily (Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Two daily pages, the first of which is a wordless pantomime.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): The Frog Pond Ferry
Character(s): The Skipper; Herman Herring
First Line: Gee, I hope Herman Herring is better...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Frog Pond Ferry Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The strip was discontinued on 1934-17-06.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Character(s): Sam; Columbus
First Line: Well, Sam and Columbus are on their way to El Dorado...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama
Character(s): Olive Lane; Jimmy Bangem; Ruby Keeler; Dick Powell; Busby Berkeley
First Line: These people are funny looking...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1934-xx-xx - 1934-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Character(s): Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Crumpet; Detective Keen; Jasper Scrawn; Haekins
First Line: An answer from Mrs. Bunting, Mr. Keen...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Vacation at Spooks House

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Duane Hall; Roderick Hall
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Breath Taking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Amaze-A-Minute
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Queenie
Character(s): Queenie; Lily
First Line: Queenie's been making mud-pies...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama
Feature(s): Jane Arden / Lena Pry
Character(s): Jane Arden; Duke Victor; Lena Pry
First Line: Determined to revenge himself on Jane...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Jane Arden Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 1933-02-06 - 1933-02-27
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: 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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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Butty and Fatty
Character(s): Butty; Fatty
First Line: Buttons is a hunk of cheese...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Butty and Fatty Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06.
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A New Bomber

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Flight
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Apple Mary
Character(s): Mary Worth [Apple Mary]; Bill Biff; Louise; Dennie; Officer Mulligan
First Line: With her new wealth, Apple Mary is playing good fairy...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Apple Mary Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ham Fisher ?
Penciller(s): Ham Fisher
Inker(s): Ham Fisher
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Fisher's History of Boxing
Character(s): Jack Dempsey; Firpo
First Line: Many fight experts...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: The top tier of the "Joe Palooka" Sunday page, by the same creators.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ham Fisher ?
Penciller(s): Ham Fisher
Inker(s): Ham Fisher
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Lady MacPhair
First Line: Did ya meet 'er...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: the top tier is "Fisher's History of Boxing", by the same creators.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Many women have ruled France...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Strange as it Seems Sunday (The McClure Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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