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Issue: Famous Funnies #197 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1951
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Issues: #197 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: 16 (15 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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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous
Character(s): Sir Oaky Doaks
First Line: Oh yes! I sell lots of them!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
Inker(s): Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, crime
Character(s): Dickie Dare; Mac Snorgan; Dan Flynn; Jason; Jacque
First Line: Dan safe --- Crooks caught
Synopsis: Dickie and Dan are in a Paris courtroom. Dan persuades the judge to release Jason, the defendant, into his custody, and Dickie extols the virtues of sailing to him. Their boat has been destroyed, so Mac Snorgan lends them his cruiser. Always devious, Jason sells the cruiser to Jacque, the head of the Parisian Black Market, so Dickie and Dan give chase.
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Reprint Notes: from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: F.F.#197-5111
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Bundsen
Inker(s): Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Bobby Sox
Character(s): Emmy Lou; Taffy
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: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous
Character(s): Sir Oaky Doaks; Nellie (horse)
First Line: How about a good gallop in the snow, Nellie?
Synopsis: Sir Oaky practices his lance skills on a snowman, but tumbles off and himself becomes encased in a ball of snow.
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Reprint Notes: from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
First Line: Napoleon, this is the kind of a night for nuts and apples and a brisk fire.
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Scorchy Smith; David Livingstone; Toni Lovell; Cyril Jones; Betty Forbes
First Line: The scuttlebutt on the newspaper...
Synopsis: A woman greets Scorchy and gives him a big kiss. But she has mistaken him for his double, Cyril Jones, who is affronted. Scorchy recognizes Jones as a creep, and muses on his relationship with the woman.
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Reprint Notes: from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous
Character(s): Sir Oaky Doaks; unnamed knight
First Line: Hah! You missed me!
Synopsis: Sir Doaky is jousting when the tip of his lance is bent into a hook. He carries on regardless and unhorses his opponent by hooking him round the neck.
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Reprint Notes: from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Bundsen
Inker(s): Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Bobby Sox
Character(s): Emmy Lou; Taffy
First Line: Would you excuse us, fellas?
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Reprint Notes: from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
First Line: Ah! Roast capon...
Synopsis: While Uncle Elby is trying to decide on what sauce to make with his capon, the bird is burnt in the oven.
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Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Old Man Handles the Jungle

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Captain Thomas Clearly; Lieutenant Jack Brennan; Colonel William C. Mow
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: One half page illustration.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Ben Friday
Character(s): Ben Friday; Professor Bull; Prince Hassan; Raven; John Sheever
First Line: That's what you think, cowboy!
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Reprint Notes: from Ben Friday daily (New York Herald-Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Bundsen
Inker(s): Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Bobby Sox
Character(s): Emmy Lou; Alvin Applehead
First Line: ...And to wash and shampoo...
Synopsis: Emmy Lou shows Alvin how much preparation goes into making herself attractive for him.
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Reprint Notes: from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Bundsen
Inker(s): Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Bobby Sox
Character(s): Emmy Lou; her mother; Alvin Applehead
First Line: And I never want to see or hear from you again, Alvin!
Synopsis: Emmy Lou tells Alvin they are through, but on re-reading his love letters calls him up for another date.
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Reprint Notes: from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: pantomime; wordless comic
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Roper
Character(s): Steve Roper; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Sonny Brawnski; Cupcake Brawnski; Miss Kit Karson
First Line: The road forks again, Princess...
Synopsis: Steve sees Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha on the bus off to Hollywood, but she becomes jealous when his old friend Cupcake Brawnski calls long-distance. She later calls again and asks for Steve's help. He meets her the following day and she tells of her suspicions that her husband Sonny is cheating on her. Steve berates Sonny for lying to his wife, but there is a plausible explanation.
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Reprint Notes: from Steve Roper daily (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Bundsen
Inker(s): Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Bobby Sox
Character(s): Emmy Lou; Taffy
First Line: Never mind, Taffy...
Synopsis: To get boys to notice Taffy, Emmy Lou suggests she learn to play the piano. She gets so good that she ends up playing at a party while all the boys dance with other girls.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover

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