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Issue: Famous Funnies #28 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1936
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Issues: #28 of 218 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/15/1936
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 48 (44 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Almost all of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. 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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe Palooka
First Line: Gee! Football is a wonderful body-builder
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crime Never Pays and Cannot Be Made to Pay!!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Let's Get Into a Huddle
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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, sports
Character(s): Joe Palooka
First Line: Let's go punting on the Thames dear!
Synopsis: Joe has trouble operating a punt on the Thames, and falls in.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): War On Crime
Character(s): Kirkpatrick; Catlett; Mrs. Urschal; Inspector Woodrow; Charles Urschal
First Line: For hours, Train 28 roared on...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from War on Crime daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1936-06-xx - 1936-07-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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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, there's a bunch of kids playing football...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dumb-Bells
First Line: Is the meat rare?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dumb-Bells daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.7
Disclose Notes: Six daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Scorchy Smith; Brook Patterson; Spencer Warburton; Tex
First Line: Uninjured after making a skillful forced landing...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1934-11-12 - 1934-11-22
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Strange As It Seems
Character(s): Maria Hazard; Vernon Gomez
First Line: White Silkies are the only negro chickens...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Strange as it Seems Sunday (The McClure Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Seven unrelated panels showcasing strange facts.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Butty and Fatty
Character(s): Butty; Fatty
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Butty and Fatty Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: pantomime; wordless comic

The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
First Line: I've come to say good bye, Belinda...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Budd, with Captain Dattro of the Neptunian Sea Patrol and Queen Verna...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): The Adventures of Jabby
Character(s): Jabby
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Adventures of Jabby Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 193x-01-18
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Character(s): Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Ensign Foley; Lt. Commander Trumbull
First Line: Dickie and Dan have been cast adrift...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1934-11-xx - 1934-11-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Story of the Phillipines - Part VIII

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from High Lights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: What's wrong with this picture?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: puzzle-page
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofie Gags
First Line: Aw! I was only fooling!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four unrelated gag panels.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Nippie
First Line: Goodness, Nippie!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mickey Finn Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 1936-05-31
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: The top tier of the "Mickey Finn" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mickey Finn; Mr. Hartlieb
First Line: Mickey - I wish you'd stop those lads playing ball in front of the store...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mickey Finn Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 1936-05-31
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: First appearance in comic books.

The top tier is "Nippie", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (adaption); P. C. Wren (original story) (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Beau Geste
Character(s): John Geste
First Line: Soon after Lady Brandon's blue water sapphire vanished...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Beau Geste daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Young'un
First Line: Stop hit!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five daily strips on a single page.
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Horses Too Slow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Capt. Chas. Nungesser
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dixie Dugan
First Line: All set for your final workout?
Synopsis: Dixie is at the gym and puts herself through a strenuous exercise routine. Leaving the gym she sees the crowds rushing towards the department store opposite and declares that she is now ready for Christmas shopping.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Queenie
Character(s): Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Colonel Chauncey
First Line: You're doing real well with your archery lesson...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Queenie is sat behind the archery target reading a copy of "Famous Funnies".
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The Oregon Trail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Strange as it Seems Sunday (The McClure Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.7
Disclose Notes: Six unrelated panels showcasing strange facts.

The original Sunday page has a portion of the right-hand side cut off.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): S'matter Pop?
Character(s): Pop Wimpus; Ambrose
First Line: Frinstance...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from S’Matter, Pop? Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Screen Oddities
Character(s): Paul Lukas; Dolores del Rio; Kay Johnson; Claudette Colbert; Cesar Romero; Evelyn Brent; Margot Grahame; Buck Jones; Michael Curtiz; Grace Moore; Katharine Hepburn; Roger Pryor
First Line: Paul Lukas flies his own plane...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Coming Up; Leaky Rubber

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: This is the Amaze-A-Minute feature, but without the feature name.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Ned Brant; Shotgun Sheldon
First Line: I suppose you won't nod your head to Brant and me when you get that $5,000...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Ned Brant daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x=xx=xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Magic Made Easy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Toddy; Bob Welch
First Line: What are yuh hidin' for, Toddy?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Toddy daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Wright-Langley Controversy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Flight
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Screen Oddities
Character(s): Boris Karloff; Marlene Dietrich; Dick Powell; Mary Carlisle; Spanky McFarlane; Gary Cooper
First Line: Boris Karloff was about to quit picture work...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama
Character(s): Olive Lane; Lona; Wally Street; Dave
First Line: It's no use, men!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, humorous
Character(s): Sir Oaky Doaks; Sir Bulwarky; King Cedric; Princess Mercedes
First Line: Oaky Doaks, having agreed to fight...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-07-22 - 1935-08-01
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but McCleery was the author for forty years.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage; Reggie Smithers
First Line: Ah well, youth will be youth...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier is "The Back-Seat Driver", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): John Smith; Mrs. Smith [both unnamed here]
First Line: Oh, I'm so thrilled...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: 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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Bobby
Character(s): Bobby; Shorty; Tommy Tanner
First Line: Bobby, don' you forget dinner..
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Jane Arden / Lena Pry
Character(s): Jane Arden; Lena Pry
First Line: Jane is trapped in her apartment...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Jane Arden Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages, each one featuring a sequential "Jane Arden" storyline (0.5), a self-contained "Lena Pry" story (0.33), and a fashion panel "Jane Arden's Wardrobe" (0.17).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
First Line: Hello, Fido!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Character(s): Seaweed Sam; Prof. Nutt
First Line: Sam and Prof. Nutt have sailed in search of the Fountain of Youth!
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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, childrens
Character(s): Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Crumpet; Roger Weston; Zenas
First Line: Now, Babe, try to remember...
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Reprint Notes: from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Soap-Fed Geyser of Iceland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Strange as it Seems Sunday (The McClure Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Seven unrelated panels showcasing strange facts.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): The Frog Pond Ferry
Character(s): The Skipper
First Line: Yessir - Commuters are few and far between today!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Frog Pond Ferry Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The strip was discontinued on 1934-17-06.
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Hoodoo Ranch

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as Turtle ?] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Turtle ?] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Dick Bailey; Steve Gilmore; Ben Jordan
First Line: From his chair on the ranchhouse porch...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Homer Hoopee; Mr. Flip
First Line: Holy Mackinaw!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Homer Hoopee daily (The Associated Press) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Again George Detours to Perfection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George Bungle; Jo Bungle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Amaze-A-Minute
First Line: Bullets stop tanks!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
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): Alec and Itchy
Character(s): Alec; Itchy
First Line: Say!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Alec and Itchy daily (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx [Strips #104 and 105]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5

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