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Issue: New Funnies #71
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Publisher: FlagDell
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Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
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Volume: 1
Pages: 68
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Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Format
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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Parade of Pandas

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Andy Panda; Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy (all in featured cover illustration); Felix the Cat; Oswald the Rabbit; Mr. Twee Deedle; Billy Bee; Bonnie Bee; Li'l Eight Ball (all in sidebar)
Before a Christmas tree, Andy Panda and the Raggedys take delight in a procession of three wind-up "Andy Pandas".
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Miscellaneous
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Parents! Give This Welcome Christmas Gift

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Dell Comics; Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny
A full year's subscription to Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics
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Ad offering Christmas gift mail subscriptions to Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics at $1.00 for one year (12 issues) with a free Christmas gift card bearing the donor's name.

Per the ad: "Say 'Merrie Christmas' to all the children on your list with a full year (12 big issues) of the fun-filled antics of Porky Pig and Petunia, Bugs Bunny, Elmer and the other famous Schlessinger characters.

NOTE: Producer Leon Schlessinger had not yet sold his cartoon studio to Warner Bros. and was then the copyright holder for these famous characters.

Color ad on inside front cover.
Wild Costumes and Fake Burglars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Andy Panda; Jimmy Coyle; Tooter Horn; Winkie Williams; Pug; Mr. Coyle; Grace Coyle; Tommy; Marion
Abdy Panda must be in -- I saw Tommy and Marion go out with my mom and pop -- and Andy wasn't with them.
When Jimmy Coyle's parents are out, he gathers three of his friends - and Andy Panda - for some fun and mischief.
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Miscellaneous
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Andy Panda exists as a "talking animal" in a world of realistically rendered humans.

Previous indexer credited Lea Bing on art.
Big Scare for a Big Bear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Oswald the Rabbit; Toby Bear; Maggie Lou; Hi-Yah; big bear
Toby Bear. I'm ashamed of you! You're eating more blueberries than you're putting in your pail!
Toby falsely takes credit for vanquishing a big bear.
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Miscellaneous
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The big bear is literally "scared out of his skin" and walks around naked and shivering for much of the story.
The Brownies on Christmas Eve

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous
The Brownies; Tom; Anna
Once, in the not so long ago, in a valley thickly grown with big, beautiful pine trees, stood a little house
The Brownies make a merry Christmas for Tom and Anna
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Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912 and March 3, 1933

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1942. No circulation figures appear as part of this report.
Whose Gun?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Eight Ball; Pop Woodchuck; three Woodchuck kids; wolf
Huntin' when it's snowin' makes it easy to follow wild animal tracks... when dere IS tracks!
Pop Woodchuck heckles a hunting Li'l Eight Ball and steals his hunting rifle.
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Miscellaneous
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Adventure in an Hourglass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous
Mr. Twee Deedle; Dicky; Dolly; Micky (dog); Old Father Time; Gnawbone
That's an old hourglass, Dicky.
Mr. Twee Deedle, Dicky, Dolly, and Micky have an adventure in an hourglass, where they meet Old Father Time, celebrate the beginning of the new year of 1943, and journey to prehistoric times.
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Miscellaneous
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All characters present take part in a ceremony to mark the beginning of 1943 with the following rhyme:

"Dear 1943, we wish you best of luck
"And hope you tackle everything with vim and lots of pluck-
"We hope by 1944, 'twill be another tale
"With Hitler and his rowdy gang of thugs all safe in jail."
Cricket Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Clicky Cricket; Moth Empress
Bright moonlight bathes the hollow stump on the knoll where the Bee family lives...
Clicky the Cricket learns a lesson about love.
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Beef Bones

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Percy Policeman; Marcella; The Loonies
Here is Percy Policemen!
Two dogs, whose beef bones have been stolen, are helped by Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Andy, and Percy Policeman.
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Miscellaneous
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Previous indexer credited Johnny Gruelle on script and Lea Bing on art.
The Paper Doll Boy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
Jonathan Joe; paper canary; sentry doll; Jack-in-the-Box; thimble; pincushion; scissors; safety pins; straight pins
This is the story of Jonathan Joe.
Curious paper doll boy Jonathan Joe can't resist looking into the sewing basket where a paper doll-cutting pair of scissors and other dangerous sewing implements reside.
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Miscellaneous
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Felix the Cat on Cannibal Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Felix the Cat; cannibal king; cannibal knife-thrower; cannibal jail guards; other cannibals; ape; lion
Shipwrecked on a faraway island, poor Felix is in for trouble.
Felix is jailed for inadvertently trying to assassinate the king of the cannibals.
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from Felix the Cat daily newspaper strip (1940)
Miscellaneous
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Part 2 of 9. Begins in issue #70 and ends in #78.
Fill In and Mail These Coupons for Your Gift Subscriptions

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Dell Comics; New Funnies
Andy Panda; Raggedy Ann; Oswald the Rabbit
Free Gift Card will be sent with each one
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Dell subscription coupons, referring to the Christmas subscription offer on the back cover. Punctuated with repurposed character art. Color ad on inside back cover.
This Christmas -- Give a Subscription to New Funnies the Gift that Keeps on Giving for a Whole Year!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Dell Comics; New Funnies
Santa Claus; Andy Panda; Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Oswald the Rabbit; Li'l Eight Ball; Felix the Cat
Attractive Christmas Gift Card sent FREE with every gift subscription, listing your name as donor.
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Ad offering Christmas gift mail subscriptions to New Funnies at $1.00 for one year (12 issues) with a free Christmas gift card bearing the donor's name. Color ad on back cover.

Mail-in coupons for this ad are on a page of their own on the inside back cover.

Original art of Santa Claus, four reindeer, and the featured characters of New Funnies created for this ad.

Per the ad: "You will thrill every youngster on your list with a subscription to New Funnies. A full year of the delightful adventures of Andy Panda, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Felix the Cat, Oswald, Li'l Eight Ball and others will make one of the most appreciated gifts you can find."

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