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Issue: Famous Funnies #192 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1951
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Issues: #192 of 218 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Publications
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 21 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: All content of this comic are newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed.

Indexed from a copy missing the Buck Rogers story.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagDime Comics #31 published January 1950 as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front] cover
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oaky Doaks
Character(s): Oaky Doaks
First Line: ... and my worst nightmares were about sitting on a tack!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Yipee
Character(s): Yipee; Sheriff Star
First Line: I wanted you to see some of this unusual...
Synopsis: Out on the desert Sheriff Star explains what a mushroom is. Yipee goes off to find some for their dinner and discovers a huge mushroom-shaped rock formation.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Barney Carr Space Detective
Character(s): Barney Carr; Ricky; Professor Canterbury; Dr. Varno (villain)
First Line: In the year 3000, planets had established contact between...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: F.F. #192-511
Disclose Notes: Compare the art style with that of the signed public service announcement inside the back cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ben Friday
Character(s): Ben Friday; Raven; John Sheever; Cyril Meeks
First Line: Wait, professor, isn't there some other way?
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Reprint Notes: from Ben Friday Sunday (New York Herald-Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: FF192-511(9)
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Elmer Woggon
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Roper and Wahoo
Character(s): Steve Roper; Officer Grady; Tootoo DeVine; Cupcake DeVine; Sonny Brawnski; Monocle Molly
First Line: At a precinct police station near Jefferson Square Garden...
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Reprint Notes: from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Coulton Waugh] (credited]
Penciller(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Coulton Waugh] (credited]
Inker(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Coulton Waugh] (credited]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): Dickie Dare
Character(s): Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Per Popsahl
First Line: 5 A.M., and Wag's instinctive alarm clock...
Synopsis: Vacationing in Norway, Dickie and Dan entertain a group of invalid Norwegian resistance fighters. He visits the spacious and elegant home of Per Popsahl, the "Cod King" and the richest man in town, and asks the magnate to give jobs and homes to the two hundred men at the institution. Popsahl is cold to the suggestion, so Dickie evolves another plan.
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Reprint Notes: from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous, western
Feature(s): Yipee
Character(s): Yipee; Sheriff Star; Deadeye
First Line: Can Deadeye an' I help ya catch some robbers?
Synopsis: Yipee and Deadeye play at catching robbers. While walking down the street with their dog sled, two robbers run out of the bank and trip over it. They vow to catch two more robbers before they take their nap.
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Pages: 1
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Payment on Time!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Bell (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill Hathaway; his father; his mother
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to "George Roussos [as George Bell]". Bell was a pen name used briefly by Roussos at Marvel as inker during the 1960s, but the artwork here is not by him, and the script very unlikely to be either.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Bundsen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Bobby Sox
Character(s): Emmy Lou; Taffy; Alvin Applehead
First Line: It's our invitations to Adele's party...
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Reprint Notes: from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Napoleon
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
First Line: All right! Hop on! We're riding this race...
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Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William McCleery
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, humorous
Feature(s): Oaky Doaks
Character(s): Sir Oaky Doaks; Elva de Selva; Claud (henchman); Dashiel Dinwiddie; the Djinn of the Jug
First Line: You call it a dragon?!
Synopsis: Elva de Selva magically creates a dragon to get Sir Oaky to save her. He does so, but when she proposes marriage he leaps on his horse and rides off.
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Reprint Notes: from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Get Into a Huddle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Napoleon
Character(s): Napoleon; Willie; Uncle Elby
First Line: Gee, it snowed last night and old Boulder Hill...
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Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Bundsen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Bobby Sox
Character(s): Bobby Sox; Emmy Lou; Alvin Applehead
First Line: Oh, I don't believe any man thinks seriously...
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Reprint Notes: from Bobby Sox daily (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two pages with six daily panels apiece.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Napoleon
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
First Line: S-h-h-h! Come along, Willie.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pen Pal Page
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Scorchy Smith
Character(s): Scorchy Smith; Toni Lovell
First Line: Acting as flying instructor to Toni Lovell...
Synopsis: Toni Lovell brings the plane she and Scorchy are flying into a near-crash landing in the jungles of China. Scorchy is all for calling base for a rescue party, but she is adamant that she will stay and find her fiance, Dr. Livingstone. A group of Chinese bearers accompany them deeper into the jungle.
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Reprint Notes: from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Napoleon
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby; an animal hypnotist
First Line: Rest assured, my dear fellow, I can cure your dog...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Yipee
Character(s): Yipee; Chief Dead-Pan O'Toole; George and "Lambie Pie"
First Line: Oh George, stop the car! A real old fashioned...
Synopsis: Two Easterners stop in the village and buy native artifacts from an Indian. They are so taken by the artistry that they ask Yipee to to show them where the chief makes them. Over the hill Yipee shows them an enormous factory with the sign "O'Toole Originals".
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Pages: 1
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The Classroom Secret

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Pupils work to save money and throw their teacher a surprise party.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Famous Funnies Patterns
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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