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Issue: Famous Funnies #48 Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/13/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 53 (38 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stephen Douglas
Disclose Notes: Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday pages in their original format or five (increasingly only four) daily strips to the page. 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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Napoleon; Jitter
Awk! Polly wants a cracker!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Big Chief Wahoo and Minnie-Ha-Cha

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha
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Miscellaneous
1
copyright Publishers Syndicate
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Bobby
Bobby, you and Napoleon amuse yourselves...
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Hi ya, Pop!
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Miscellaneous
1
Four unrelated gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Sam Snake
Sam Snake
Sss-t-t yourself!
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Miscellaneous
0.2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Butty and Fatty
Butty; Fatty
You tell him. Kid!
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Miscellaneous
0.8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Powell (credited)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Roy Powers; Chunky; Clark Dillon; Fog; Col. Hinchcliff
Where do you think you're going?
Reprinting
from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
4
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Well, It's Here at Last!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Douglas
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Let's Get Into a Huddle!
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

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
Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Wilma Deering
The Martian pirate, Milgrado, had given Wilma the choice of two evils.
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) [Sunday Story 21 - "Wilma to the Rescue" - strips #36x - #370; Sunday Story 22 - "War With Venus" - strip #371]
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Nipper
Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Pete
Mom, can me and Ruff go native and live in the woods?
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.75
The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Bill
Bill's mother sends him to get the doctor...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.25
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, aviation
Hurricane Hawk; Tubby; Little Jerry; Billy Hill; Silky Sims
Why - yeah, I hed a pair o' bracelets somewhere's in my jeans!
Reprinting
from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
Ah! I see old Mother Earth!
The spaceship crashlands in the Swiss Alps.
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
High-Gear Homer
Yes, sir! Civic leaders like yourself...
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Just sign your name on the dotted line
Reprinting
from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
1
Six unrelated daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rex Collier (credited)
Jimmy Thompson
Jimmy Thompson
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
War On Crime
Harry Brunette; Arlene Brunette; Merle Vandenbush; Glen Applegate; Robert Suhay
Two-Gun Brunette decided to shoot it out with the G-Men!
Reprinting
from War on Crime daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
3
True crime story. The Brunette and Vandenbush story concludes on page two, and "The True Story of Glen Applegate and Robert Suhay" begins on the fourth tier.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Chief Wahoo, Pigtails; The Great Gusto
Whoa, Ammonia!
Reprinting
from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Dickie Dare; Sita; Dan Flynn; Doctor Sting; The Tiger Princess
Panic grips Sita - She is lost...
Reprinting
from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Sue
Sue old kid, I've got great news!
Reprinting
from The Adventures of Pasty daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
2
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Arminius Part III

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

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
?
?
Subject Matter
Famous Funnies Games
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Is Tempted Beyond His Strength

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Jitter
Reprinting
from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)

#1 - Is Tempted Beyond His Strength
#2 - Needs a Rabbit
#3 - Gets a Hole
#4 - Invents a Toothsome Frosting
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
"Holly" of Hollywood
Holly
Yes, you're some actor, my boy!
Reprinting
from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of the “Keeping Up With the Joneses” Sunday page, by the same creator.
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The Homing Instinct - It's a Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Aloysius P. McGinis; Clarice McGinis; Mr. Goshorn
Reprinting
from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is “”Holly” of Hollywood”, by the same creator.
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Cowboy Artist

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Charlie Russell
Reprinting
from Sports Novels Magazine (Popular Publications)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Cat o' 9 Lives
Now remember, son, you only have nine lives...
A black cat is killed by a boot to the head.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.4
First of a 9-part serial.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper; Cousin Kwacky
What the well dressed duck wears...
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Miscellaneous
0.6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
historical, humorous
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Aboul McClosky; Sir Cadwell Morgan
Did you know that Constance Considine walked out on Oaky?
Reprinting
from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-06-24 - 1936-06-27, 1936-06-29 - 1936-07-04, 1936-07-06 - 1936-07-11, 1936-07-13 - 1936-07-18
Miscellaneous
4
Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Seaaweed Sam
They're after Seaweed Sam-!
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Chief Wahoo
Chief Wahoo pays a visit to the night club...
Wahoo has problems negotiating the customs of a swank restaurant.
Reprinting
from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1937-03-14
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, drama
Olive Lane; Lona Arbut; Cluck; Click
Come on boys!
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, aviation
Scorchy Smith; Tanta; Grand Marshal Tequilla
It's hard to realize this country is in the grip of a civil war!
Reprinting
from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Mame
I have a swell book on dreams.
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
John Smith; Mrs. Smith [both unnamed here]
Bla-bla-bla-bla bla bla
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Bobby
Bobby Lott; Mrs. Lott; John Lott
So long, Oompy, I'm off for Hollywood
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Miscellaneous
1
The inks here look crisper than Iger's usual style, and may be by one of the shop artists.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, western
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
Gosh! It looks like a homer!
Reprinting
from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Magic Made Easy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Uncle Elby; Napoleon
You can't sleep on me, you big walrus!
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Monkey Run, Pa...
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Miscellaneous
1
A series of panels on strange town names.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, drama
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Bob Crumpet; Mrs. Grimstone; Mrs. Bunting; Jasper Scrawn
Next morning, Babe strolls over to the Rakestraws
"Babe" and Bob Crumpet go to visit her mother at the hospital but Mrs. Grimstone has taken her away.
Reprinting
from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Balk
Fred Balk
Fred Balk
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Punky; Satchel Feet Oglesby
I put soap in the birdbath...
Reprinting
from Punky daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
1
Four daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, drama, humorous
Connie Kurridge; Nan; Joe
Here comes Nan, the young newlywed...
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Jane; her husband
Ah! Jane's got some new hair tonic!
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Life's Like That
Don't be silly, - your beard can't be tougher than the linoleum
Reprinting
from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
1
Six unrelated daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Queenie
Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Colonel Chauncey Clambake
No! You can't going canoeing with the Colonel and me!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Silver Wings

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John A. Thorne (credited)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Rusty Myers; Tommy Walters; Captain Baker
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Homer Hoopee; Doc Shaw; Paw; Pasquale
What business have the Texas Rangers got with me?
Paw tries to bring back Homer's memory but fails. Homer thinks he's a Texas Ranger, locks him in the room and runs away.
Reprinting
from Homer Hoopee daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
We said we wanted two cents wort'a mixed candy!
Reprinting
from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
1
Five unrelated daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon
Look what I got for my birthday - boxin' gloves!
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Animals in the News
Dog that followed master to school every day...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper; Porky Pig
While you're reading I'll pick some clover, Skipper!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.7
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnold
Arnold
Arnold
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Amaze A Minute
In Java unconsciousness is produced by merely...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The inside-back cover.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sam Smithers; Uncle Elby
Wow! The tide is out!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Evidently an alternate, unused, variant of the front cover, with issue number and associated text included.

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