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Issue: Crackajack Funnies #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1938
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Issues: #1 of 43 Issues (44 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Almost all features are strip reprints.

Editor information from Ron Goulart's Over 50 Years of American Comic Books (Mallard Press) 1991.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage, mystery
Character(s): Dan Dunn; Irwin Higgs; The Chief; Officer Clancy
First Line: Certainly Irwin, take the camera along with you and try it out
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1937-09-26 – 1937-10-24
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The "Dan Dunn" feature formerly appeared in The Funnies (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Captain Frank Hawks; Jack
First Line: The oil line's broken... we might catch fire
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Big Little Book (Whitman, 1932 series) #1144 [Captain Frank Hawks, Air Ace, and the League of Twelve] (1938).

Copyright 1938 Stephen Schlesinger.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Freckles; Oscar; Tag; Mr. Dunkelberger; Mrs. Pletzenbaum
First Line: Boy, that's an important test we're gonna have tomorrow!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Freckles and His Friends daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The "Freckles and His Friends" feature formerly appeared in The Funnies (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Myra North; D'Arle; Hans; Inspector Henley; Ada Craig; Rusel (crook)
First Line: Panic grips the audience...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Myra North, Special Nurse daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The "Myra North, Special Nurse" feature formerly appeared in The Comics (Dell, 1937 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, non-fiction
Character(s): Christopher Columbus; Mario
First Line: Let us imagine ourselves living at the time of Christopher Columbus...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy
First Line: Oboy! This is th' life
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The "Wash Tubbs" feature formerly appeared in The Comics (Dell, 1937 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: You can get a kinda idee of how nice they'd look, if they was mounted--
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The "Out Our Way" feature is currently appearing in The Funnies (Dell, 1936 Series) and Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series) and will now be appearing in Crackajack Funnies also.

Four unrelated panels per comic book page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Apple Mary; Peggy
First Line: If I enter this house through the window many more times...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Apple Mary and Dennie daily (Publishers' Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The "Apple Mary" feature formerly appeared in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
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Junior the Ventriloquist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Junior Nebb; Sissy; Dynamo
First Line: I'm getting along so well with my ventriloquism..
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx – 1938-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: "The Nebbs" feature formerly appeared in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.

Art was previously credited in error to Sol Hess.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Major Hoople; Ludow
First Line: No men I can't tell you yet, what the great invention of mine is-
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Our Boarding House with Major Hoople daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The "Our Boarding House" feature is currently appearing in The Funnies (Dell, 1936 Series) and will now be appearing in Crackajack Funnies also.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Clyde Beatty; Brooder; Jimmy
First Line: Hey you! Ain't I told you to keep outa here!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the Better Little Book (Whitman, 1938 series) #1410 [Clyde Beaty, Daredevil Lion Tamer and Tiger Tamer] (1939).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, military
Character(s): Don Winslow; Red; Jackson
First Line: Spanish gunboats and Spanish fortress bombard each other
Synopsis: Don and his crew are trying to rescue American civilians from the Spanish Civil War.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Don Winslow Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1936-11-15 - 1936-12-06
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The "Don Winslow" feature formerly appeared in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
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Fence War in Painted Valley [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Tom Mix; Jeff Carter; Nan Cameron
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Copyright by Stephen Slesinger. Probably from an unidentified Big Little Book.

The "Tom Mix" feature formerly appeared in The Comics (Dell, 1937 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
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Safer Walking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Boota; Stephen
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Boots Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The "Boots and Her Buddies" feature formerly appeared in The Funnies (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.

Although widely distributed as Boots and Her Buddies, some newspapers continued to use the Boots title, as here.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Mrs. J.B. Green; Dawson; Marie; Tom Traylor, X32; Agent Flint
First Line: Mrs J B Green the wife of a wealthy midwest manufacturer nervously awaits the arrival of her legal advisor
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fanny; Chuck
First Line: Guess we'd better believe in Santa Claus this time, Chuck. We'll be too old next year
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Flapper Fanny daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The "Flapper Fanny" feature formerly appeared in The Funnies (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.

Four daily panels per comic book page.
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The Rock Creek Cattle War [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Buck Jones; June Halpin; Rex Willard; Doc Bronson; Dave Fallon [The Two-gun Kid]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Big Little Book (Whitman, 1932 series) #1461 [Buck Jones and the Rock Creek Cattle War] (1938).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Hello Pals!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription advertisement for Mickey Mouse Magazine (Western, 1935 series).

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