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Issue: Famous Funnies #52 Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/15/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 55 (43 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stephen Douglas
Disclose Notes: Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday or daily pages, reformatted to fit the comic book page. The dates of publication of these strips have been removed from the originals.

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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Sam Smithers
Gosh! Mister, you scared me at first!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The cover character is "Samuel Smithers" from the "Somebody's Stenog" comic strip drawn by A.E. Hayward. However, the Famous Funnies covers were often drawn by artists other than the original creator of the characters depicted.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous, western
Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Young 'Un
All right! All right!
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Miscellaneous
1
This is just a drawing of Young 'Un on a horse astride a canyon, as Pa Piffle and Mescal Ike look on. There is no story or even a gag. A number of "Famous Funnies" issues have these character "pin-ups" in this position in the comic.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Jitter (chimp)
Danger Rattlesnake
Two daily strips: Jitter sees a rattlesnake in the zoo and is later spooked by toothpaste coming out of a tube as a child plays with a rattle. Jitter has the family dog lick the dinner dishes clean.
Reprinting
from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
pantomime; wordless comic

The bottom half of the page is an advertisement, encouraging children to sell "Xmas packs" and win prizes.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Remember, tackle only the man with the ball!
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Miscellaneous
1
Four one-panel gag cartoons, two about football and two about Thanksgiving.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Alvin
What's th' matter?
Reprinting
from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
0.75
Two unrelated daily gag cartoons.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Powell (credited)
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Roy Powers; Uncle Bob; Tommy Glover
That old rotted hull back of the shop.
Reprinting
from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
4
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stephen Douglas
Stephen Douglas
Stephen Douglas
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Let's Get Into a Huddle
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Miscellaneous
1
Editorial page with various comments about the comic book. Two illustrations by Stephen Douglas [who was "the effective day-to-day editor" of Famous Funnies, according to Ron Goulart, Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History. Collector's Press, Inc. 2000. p. 11-12.]
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Philip Francis Nowlan
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Killer Kane; Princess Ardala; Dr. Elias Huer
I followed Kane and Ardala
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1937-08-01 - 1937-08-22 [Sunday Story 22 - "War With Venus" - strips #384 - #387]
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Such is Life
Goofy Saunders
No, I wasn't razzin' you.
Goofy says he wasn't blowing a hockey player a "razzberry" (aka Bronx Cheer), he just has a cold and was blowing his nose.
Reprinting
from Such is Life daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.33
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dumb-Bells
I think the baby is going to be a song writer...
Reprinting
from Dumb-Bells daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.25
Two daily gag panels.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dizzy Dramas
Closing time!
A woman breaks a 5,000 year old vase at a museum and tells the guard "you're lucky it wuzn't bran' new."
Reprinting
from Dizzy Dramas daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.33
There are three separate comic features on this page. The last 0.25 of the page is a black-and-white ad for the "Erectorscope."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Bull Benham; Hurricane Hawk; The Pima Kid; Silky Sims; Puma; Little Jerry; Gilly
Ah, Lolita, my leetle one, another day--another peso!
Bull and Hurricane chase the kidnapper, Silky Sims, while Jerry and Gilly talk about airplanes.
Reprinting
from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Harry Hollingsworth; Belinda Blinks
We're aground!
Marooned on an island with crocodiles.
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.75
The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
High-Gear Homer
A special in umbrellas today, sir!
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.25
The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
He's got the measles and I'm taking no chances of getting it.
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)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
War on Crime
Agent Baker; Dr. S. M. Hibbard; Agent Applegate; Agent Suhay
After the Topeka Post Office gun battle.
Reprinting
from War on Crime daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
"Jimmy Thompson" tentative art ID from this site: http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/search?q=war+on+crime
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Jitter
Slurp, slurp.
Reprinting
from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
Four dailies on one comic book page.

pantomime; wordless comic
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; Mrs. Upsnoot
Teepees all heap small out here in Greenwich Village!
Reprinting
from Big Chief Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 1937-05-18
Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags (dog); John Barrington; Richard Dare; Mrs. Dare; Smutty
Dickie and Wags are alone.
Dan and Dickie sail back to America and are sent by Dickie's father out to New Mexico to track down a new mystery.
Reprinting
from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Patsy Cardigan; Miss Ginny; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Thimble
Something must have happened to Phil!
Reprinting
from The Adventures of Pasty daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
2
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Theodora--Her Girlhood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
biography, historical
Empress Theodora
Reprinting
from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Sunday page is completed by two single tiers - "Boys and Girls the World Over" and "Would You Believe It---?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
Boys and Girls the World Over
Guatemala--a Republic of Central America.
Information on Guatemala.
Reprinting
from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.25
The third tier of the "Highights of History" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
Would You Believe It?
The sturdy Dutch burghers of Nieuw Amsterdam played Kolf!
Reprinting
from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.25
The fourth tier of the "Highights of History" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
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?
Subject Matter
Funland
Seven different panels, each with an activity or puzzle.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Joe Ballot
That looks like our candidate's dog across the street!
Reprinting
from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Animals in the News
Cat moves brood of kittens to tree-top.
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Miscellaneous
0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper; Gink Goat
You say you didn't have lunch yet, Gink?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.66
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Come on Napoleon, go through your tricks to earn your dinner.
Reprinting
from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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Cat O' 9 Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Reminders of 4 departed lives
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper; Barkley
Here comes that little pup who thinks he's so hard-boiled!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Sergei Shadows; The Giant
Put down that plank!
Sergei Shadows makes his living haunting castles. Then Oaky is summoned back to Maple Island to fight a giant.
Reprinting
from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-09-29 -1936-10-03, 1936-10-05 - 1936-10-10, 1936-10-12 - 1936-10-17, 1936-10-19 - 1936-10-21
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Seaweed Sam; Jibsail Jerry
Quick! Dive!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; Mrs. Upsnoot
Chief Wahoo and Pigtails are getting the low-down on high society.
Reprinting
from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Olive Lane; Buddy Lane; Jum; Bill
There's the letter to Olly!
Two schemers try to convince Olly they've kidnapped Buddy.
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; Jay; Tanta Armara; Randolph; General Armara; Himmelstoff; Mr. Treling; Schmidt
Hello, Randolph!
The adventure over, Scorchy takes his reward money and goes to buy his own plane.
Reprinting
from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
2
Bert Christman took over the strip from Sickles on 1936-11-23, so these reprints fall before that date.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage
Smithers lands in jail.
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.75
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]
Oh, what an awful dream!
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.25
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
non-fiction
W.H. Jackson
The Mysterious Peak!
Biography of 19th century photographer W.H. Jackson.
Reprinting
from Above the Crowd daily (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Miss Sally; Young Bates
The jam was right there just a moment ago.
Reprinting
from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
1
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Magic Made Easy

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Stephen Douglas ?
Stephen Douglas ?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon; Willie
Napoleon! I want you to remember you're a pirate!
Reprinting
from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Republican City is in Nebraska...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Bunting; Captain Lucifer Mulberry; Benjy
This envelope has money in it!
Mrs. Bunting gets a job on a showbozt.
Reprinting
from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Balk (signed)
Fred Balk (signed)
Fred Balk (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
I think I see somebody tryin' to find us...
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, humorous
Connie Kurridge; Mr. Kurridge; Johnny
Connie, I've decided to buy a new car.
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.75
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
Ted
You like quail on toast, don't you, Ted!
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.25
The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
I didn't put a knife and fork at Uncle Earl's place...
Reprinting
from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
1
Six daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Queenie
Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters
I wanna go in th' auto!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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The Ghost of Devil Key

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Connye M. Hyatt (credited)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Janey; Anne
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The "Let's Get Into a Huddle" page says Connye Hyatt is the wife of Robert M. Hyatt who "has been writing stories for you for the past four years."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Homer Hoopee; Pasquale; Obregado
Weel you help us...
Homer is searching for buried treasure - but only under duress.
Reprinting
from Homer Hoopee daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Artistic Artie
Artistic Artie
Artie has drawn a "figgerhead"...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Butty and Fatty
Butty; Fatty; Spunky Dory
The next part of Spunky Dory's life story is about to begin, folks!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.66
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprinting
from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
pantomime; wordless comic
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Jitter
Home Teem
Reprinting
from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.66
The bottom third of the page is an ad urging "Boys 12 to 15!" to sell magazine subscriptions and win a bike or other prizes.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Stephen Douglas
Stephen Douglas
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Pen Pal Page
List of pen pals for readers to correspond with.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Masthead illustration.

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