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Issue: New Funnies #81
Publication Date: November 1943
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Issues: #81 of 44 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No interior ads in this issue. Ads are limited to inside and back covers.

All 56 interior pages are comics or comics-related text material.

As this is prior to New Funnies fully becoming a Walter Lantz character series, each component feature of this issue carries its own copyright.

Issue code number: N.F.81-4311
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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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Apple Diving

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken (in cover gag); Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Felix the Cat; Oswald the Rabbit; Li'l Eight Ball (in sidebar only)
Synopsis: Apple-bobbing Andy "prepares to dive" equipped with a life preserver.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Can You Name It?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Dot drawing fun!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Activity page with connect-the-dots, rebus, and scrambled word puzzles. Color on inside front cover.
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A Snowman and his Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; snowman; snow dog
First Line: There, our snowman is finished!
Synopsis: Andy and Charlie's snowman and snow dog come to life causing unexpected difficulties.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Three-tiered pages. “Copyright 1943 by Walter Lantz Productions”
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The Magic Walk in the Secret Garden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Old Horse; a squirrel family; mean wizard
First Line: Who can be knocking on our door so early?
Synopsis: Old Horse takes Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy on a trip to The Secret Garden via the flying Magic Walk, where a mean wizard makes thing tough for a family of squirrels.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Credits per info in Michael Barrier's book Funnybooks the Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books. “Copyright 1943 by Johnny Gruelle Co.”
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The Brownies Fight a Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): The Brownies; a squirrel family; Jerry Grasshopper; Billy Beaver
First Line: In the deep, cool woods where the giant-like toad stools grow, the dark night is reaching an end.
Synopsis: The Brownies' fire department, with assistance from Jerry Grasshopper and Billy Beaver, save a family of squirrels from a tree fire.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: “Copyright 1943, by K.K. Publications Inc.”
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Adventure on Halloween

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Johnnie (boy); black cat; witches; Witch Queen; Johnnie's mother
First Line: It was a perfect Halloween night.
Synopsis: Little Johnnie is home with a cold and cannot trick-or-treat on Halloween. A black cat takes him on a magic broom ride to a mountaintop, where he observes a dance of the witches.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: “Copyright 1943 by R.S. Callender”
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Tin Can Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Toby Bear; the Woodchuck Boys; Papa Woodchuck
First Line: What a beautiful day to have to cut grass!
Synopsis: Oswald creates a power mower by attaching a motor to his old push lawn mower and adds a baby carriage to the side to catch the newly mowed grass. The Woodchuck Boys do him one better by creating a bogus mechanical man that supposedly cuts lawns, and trick Oswald into buying it.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Du Bois script per info in Michael Barrier's book Funnybooks the Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books. “Copyright 1943 by Walter Lantz Productions”

The Woodchucks seem to be the same characters as in this issue's Li'l Eight Ball story.
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Peril of the Pitcher Plant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Queen Bee; worker bees; various insects; Woodrow Tick; pitcher plant
First Line: There go the junior honey-gatherers to do this morning's honey collecting, your majesty!!
Synopsis: Billy is caught in a pitcher plant, which plans to devour him.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: A very well drawn, but sort of creepy, entry for this series. “Copyright 1943 by R.S. Callender”
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Police Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Phyllis; goat; pipe salesman; pipe customer; tailor; tailor's customer; four gangsters; police chief; various police officers; other black cat; guy hit in head
First Line: It worked! I knew if he picked at those seeds, he'd burst the balloon and fall down overcome by the gas!
Synopsis: Felix single-handedly captures four wanted gangsters and earns the respect of the police... until the jailing of the gangsters leads to a drop in crime, and the police are laid off.
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Reprint Notes: From Felix the Cat dailies (King Features Syndicate) 1932 dates undetermined. Part of a multi-issue running continuity.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: “Copyright 1932, King Features Syndicate, Inc.”
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Kidnapped by The Cabbage King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Mr. Twee Deedle; Dicky; Dolly; The Carrot Kid, a highwayman; Big Chief Woodenhead; a flock of cowboy bugs; the Cabbage King
First Line: I ate so much turkey that I'm sleepy -- ho-hum!
Synopsis: Dolly is kidnapped to become the new queen of The Cabbage King.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: “Copyright 1943 by Johnny Gruelle Co.”
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The Great Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Li'l Eight Ball; the Woodchuck Boys; Papa Woodchuck
First Line: Out of the way, small and slow! Go race a turtle!
Synopsis: Li'l Eight Ball sets out to win a cross country race vs. the cheating Woodchuck Boys and their pop.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Woodchucks seem to be the same characters as in this issue's Oswald the Rabbit story.

“Copyright 1943 by Walter Lantz Productions”
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This Swell 8" x 10 1/2" Picture in Full Color Suitable for Framing Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Dell Comics; Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
Character(s): Porky Pig
First Line: Given away with each new subscription to Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering mail subscriptions to Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics at $1.00 for one year, or $1.75 for two years, with a free 8" x 10 1/2" picture of Porky Pig as a premium. Color ad on back cover.

Ad states: "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics featuring Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Petunia, Elmer, Sniffles, Mary Jane and other famous Leon Schlesinger characters".

This would have appeared before Leon Schlesinger sold his cartoon studio to Warner Bros, and Porky Pig still had star billing over Bugs Bunny. Though he existed as a character at the time, Daffy Duck had only spotty, occasional appearances in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies title and was probably not considered worth mentioning by the creators of this ad.
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Free! This 8" x 10 1/2" picture of lovable Andy Panda, in full color - Suitable for framing

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Dell Comics; New Funnies
Character(s): Andy Panda
First Line: Given away with each new subscription to New Funnies
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering mail subscriptions to New Funnies at $1.00 for one year, or $1.75 for two years, with a free 8" x 10 1/2" picture of Andy Panda as a premium. Color ad on back cover.

The ad says: "Follow the adventures of these famous characters through the whole year: Andy Panda, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Felix, Li'l Eight Ball, Oswald, Billy and Bonny Bee".

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