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Issue: New Funnies #85
Publication Date: March 1944
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Issues: #85 of 44 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: As this is prior to New Funnies fully becoming a Walter Lantz character series, each component feature of this issue carries its own copyright.

Two component series, Felix the Cat and The Brownies, make their final appearances as part of the New Funnies title with this issue.
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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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Raggedy Ann and Andy (...Panda)

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Andy Panda; Raggedy Ann (both in cover illustration); Oswald the Rabbit; Felix the Cat; Raggedy Andy; Li'l Eight Ball; Charlie Chicken (in sidebar only). All sidebar characters appear in playing cards (in keeping with the cover illustration motiff), all are on aces except Charlie Chicken who's on the "joker card".
Synopsis: Raggedy Ann gets a valentine from a "different Andy" - and in the form of a literal "playing card".
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A "Walter Lantz" signature appears on this cover.
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Winners of the September Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell Comics; New Funnies
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A list of contest winners receiving 25-cent War Stamps, and those receiving 10-cent War Stamps. Black and white (with some red lettering) on inside front cover.
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Baffled by "The Boiglar"!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; "The Boiglar", mouse; doctor
First Line: Come on, Charlie! It's time for lunch!
Synopsis: Andy and Charlie are baffled by late night robberies of their pantry, finding taunting notes signed "The Boiglar".
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Pages: 10
Job Number: N. F. #85-443
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1944 by Walter Lantz Productions.
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A New House for the Bunny Family

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Sunny Bunny; Mummy Bunny; two Bunny children; Lightning (wagon-pulling slug); Rocket (wagon-pulling slug); Grampie Hoppy Toad; Grinny Bear; Snoopwiggy
First Line: Raggedy Ann! Raggedy Andy! Come and help us - our house is ruined.
Synopsis: When the Bunny Family's underground home is flooded out by a storm, the Raggedys and Grampie Hoppy Toad fix up an old discarded doll house for them to live in. Pranksters Grinny Bear and Snoopwiggy do their best to ruin things, but get theirs in the end.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1944 by Johnny Gruelle Co.
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Tree-House Foreclosure!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Homer Pigeon; Carrie Pigeon; Blackie Catbird; members of Blackie's gang
First Line: Dum de dum. My heart is light an' airy, 'cause I'm goin' t'see m'Carrie!!
Synopsis: Blackie Catbird will foreclose the on the mortgage on Carrie's tree-house in 24 hours because, unbeknownst to Carrie and Homer, there is a large cache of money hidden in the tree upon which Carrie's house is built.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1944 by Walter Lantz Productions.
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The Fire that Wasn't

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): The Brownies [Bungle Brownie, Granny Brownie, Professor Whiskerwite]; Mr. Field Mouse
First Line: It was a wonderful bright spring day.
Synopsis: A collision with Bungle Brownie gets Mr. Field Mouse stuck in a flower box, where a confused Granny Brownie continually dumps buckets of water on the immobilized mouse, believing she is fighting a fire.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1944 by K.K. Publications, Inc.

Last appearance of The Brownies in New Funnies.
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Reuniting a Mother and Baby Elephant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Toby Bear; gorilla; mama elephant; baby elephant
First Line: Marooned on the coast of Africa, Oswald and Toby have been kidnapped by a gorilla.
Synopsis: Oswald and Toby escape from a gorilla's trap, and reunite a mother elephant with her baby.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1944 by Walter Lantz Productions

Part 4 of a continuity begun in New Funnies #82, running thru #87.
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That's Life in the BEE-g City: Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Buzzer (a city housefly); Jeeper Creeper (a city cockroach); Nurse Betsy Bee; worker-bees at the honey-works; "big creatures of the city" (humans)
First Line: Gee, Bonny. This is the life! Plenty to eat, all those pretty flowers, and so many good friends!
Synopsis: A big city housefly and cockroach visit the country and are shown hospitality by Billy and Bonny Bee and Nurse Betty. They reciprocate with an invitation for the bees to visit The Big City, which Billy accepts. From the fly and roach, Billy learns to navigate city life and the ups-and-downs of sharing a huge living space with the "big creatures" (humans). He writes to Bonny asking her to join him, as we close Chapter One.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1944 by R.S. Callender.
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The Rocket Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Felix the Cat; Professor Oratory (scientist and inventor); Peepo the spy; King Sapoleon of Brigandia; soldiers and guards of Brigandia; king's chef; friendly investor
First Line: Felix is protecting the inventor of the remote control rocket from foreign spies!
Synopsis: Felix guards Professor Oratory and his secret rocket plans. Peepo the spy disguises himself as the professor and steals the plans for King Sapoleon of Brigandia. But, will Felix counter with a "secret plan" of his own?
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Reprint Notes: From Felix the Cat dailies (King Features Syndicate) 1932 dates undetermined. Final installment of a multi-issue running continuity.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1932, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Story is credited to "Pat Sullivan".

Last appearance of Felix the Cat in New Funnies.
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Let's All Save Paper!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Li'l Eight Ball; a Woodchuck boy; Oswald the Rabbit; Andy Panda
First Line: Eight Ball's working like a mule! I wouldn't be that big a fool!
Synopsis: Li'l Eight Ball and friends advocate on behalf of the wartime paper drives.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All of the character dialogue and captions are written in rhyme.
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Tiger, Paws-ed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Li'l Eight Ball; the Woodchuck boys; Colonel Southern; Pappy Woodchuck; Mammy; other tiger hunters; schoolteacher
First Line: And den de fourth tiger he stepped up to Li'l Black Sambo an' said, "You is jus' de right size fo' my dinner... unless you hand over dat umbrella!"
Synopsis: The mischievous Woodchuck boys try to scare Li'l Eight Ball by posing as the tigers from the story "Little Black Sambo". They are stopped by many different folks, including Eight Ball's mother and the Woodchucks' father.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1944 by Walter Lantz Productions.
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Don't Be Such a Sewer-Puss!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; sewer worker
First Line: What a noosance I am!
Synopsis: Woody annoys a sewer worker and floods the street.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Woody is drawn in his earliest design, and is the "agent of chaos" that he was in the beginning. A "Walter Lantz" signature appears in the final panel. Color on inside back cover.
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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): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Dell Comics; New Funnies
Character(s): Andy Panda; painting of Charlie Chicken
First Line: Given away with each new subscription to New Funnies
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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". Though the is the last issue of New Funnies to feature Felix the Cat, he is, nevertheless, mentioned in the ad.

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