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Issue: Famous Funnies #49 Public Domain
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Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/15/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 52 (42 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stephen Douglas
Disclose Notes: Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday pages in their original format or five (increasingly only four) daily strips to the page. 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
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Napoleon
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Shucks! And I have to get back to the city in two weeks!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Queenie
Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Full-page pin-up.
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Garden Hose Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
After playing with children using a garden hose, Napoleon decides to share the hose with Uncle Elby.
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
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1
pantomime; wordless comic
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Oh, boy! We got more lemonade!
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Miscellaneous
1
Four unrelated gag panels.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Artistic Artie
Artistic Artie
Can you make a complete drawing...
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Miscellaneous
0.3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Butty and Fatty
Butty; Fatty; Spunky Dory
Well, to go on with my story...
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Miscellaneous
0.7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Powell (credited)
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Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Roy Powers; Fog; Chunky; Colonel Hinchcliff; Clark Dillon
The horse trailer breaks loose and crashes into a tree
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
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Subject Matter
Let's Get Into a Huddle!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Nipper
Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker; Ruff Bumps
Is she coming?
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Bill
Bill's mother sends him to the store...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
aviation
Hurricane Hawk; Little Jerry; Dione; Reggie; The Colonel
So yuh won't fight, huh?
Reprinting
from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
4
On one daily strip Keaton signs "R K".
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
It's good to be back on our own planet!
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
High-Gear Homer
Do you call this selling?
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Philip Francis Nowlan
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?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Anthony "Buck" Rogers
I saw a small squad of men approaching me--
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1937-05-09 to 1937-05-xx [Sunday Story 22 - "War With Venus", strips #372 - 375]
Miscellaneous
4
Rick Yager worked on the strip from 1933, ghosting some of the pencils and inking some of the strips.

Relettered from the original with fewer words.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
I gotta wear it - I owe the doctor a big bill
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)
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?
Subject Matter
crime
War on Crime
Glen Applegate [aka Alfrd Power]; Leonard Habermann; Suhay; John Maurer
You couldn't get away with it!
Applegate gets deported to England and then sneaks back into the country.
Reprinting
from War on Crime daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
3
True crime story
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha
Ugh! Plenty static!
Reprinting
from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; The Tiger Princess; Doctor Sting; Oguchi; Tubby
Here's a cable addressed "John Barrington"...
A falling-out between the villains results in a melee in the operating room, allowing Dan to escape the blade.
Reprinting
from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Patsy Cardigan; Sue; Phil Cardigan; Virginia Pines; Thimble
Unconscious and hovering between life and death...
The Ghost Train adventure over, Phil gets involved in a new case involving a lumber magnate and his beautiful daughter.
Reprinting
from The Adventures of Pasty daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
2
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Arminius (Conclusion)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
historical
Arminius
Reprinting
from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
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?
Subject Matter
Funland
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Miscellaneous
1
Puzzle page
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Jitter
Help help
Reprinting
from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
"Holly" of Hollywood
Holly
What did you do before you busted into th' movies?
Reprinting
from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of the “Keeping Up With the Joneses” Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Isn't Yachting Delightful!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Aloysius P. McGinis; Clarice McGinis; Eddie Bowers; Bilgewater Bowers
Reprinting
from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is “”Holly” of Hollywood”, by the same creator.
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A Study in Expression

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Cat O' 9 Lives
My! What a nice house...
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Miscellaneous
0.3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper; Clara Cackle
Here comes that nervous old hen, Clara Cackle...
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Miscellaneous
0.7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Nellie; Constance Considine; Daisy Mae Weems
Nellie plunges up the crackling stairs
Oaky rescues Constance from a burning building.
Reprinting
from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
4
Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Seaweed Sam
Well, Sam has found a boat!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Pigtails; Jerry
Minnie-Ha-Cha sure turn um streamline!
Reprinting
from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Olive Lane; Lona Arbut; Skip Allen; Macada; Cluck; Click
Take my arm, Miss Cluck!
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
Scorchy Smith; Tanta; General Armara; Spike Dugan; Himmelstoss
Tanta walks swiftly to the garden of her house.
Scorchy kidnaps the rebel leader and his beautiful daughter.
Reprinting
from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)
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
Cam O'Flage; Mrs. Doodle; Mary Doodle
Let Mary sit at home!
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
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]
Howdy, brother!
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Henry A. Snow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Henry A. Snow
Reprinting
from Sports Novels Magazine (Popular Publications)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
Say, that's a right cute hat, Miss Sally!
Reprinting
from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Magic Made Easy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Rowboat Ride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Napoleon and Uncle Elby take a rowboat ride. When Uncle Elby loses an oar, Napoleon jumps out of the boat to retrieve it.
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
pantomime; wordless comic
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Giant, California...
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Miscellaneous
1
Full-page single-panel cartoon.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Nora; Miss Grimstone; Mom Bunting
I guess maybe they're right about not letting Miss Grimstone see me!
Babe finally comes face to face with her mother and the two plot to escape Miss Grimstone's clutches.
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
Punky
The storm broke the drainpipe...
Reprinting
from Punky daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
1
Four daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Connie Kurridge; Mrs. Kurridge
Connie, we've got to make up our minds!
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
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
Boss, I've been approached about a job in a rival concern!
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
When I told Pop I got 100 for dictation...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Six unrelated daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Queenie
Queenie; Colonel Chauncey Clambake
Colonel Clambake must be awful tired -
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Masquerade Magic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Connye M. Hyatt (credited)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Pat Sanford; Jack Sanford; Ben; Pedro
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Homer Hoopee; Pa; Pasquale
The police they do not want my friend?
Pa confides Homer's real identity to Pasquale, but Pasquale suppresses the information because it will interfere with his plans. He then sends Pa on a wild goose chase.
Reprinting
from Homer Hoopee daily (The Associated Press)
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Boy! Where'd you pick that one up?
Reprinting
from The Gay Thirties daily (The Associated Press)
Miscellaneous
1
Five unrelated daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Napoleon, I hope you won't mind my interrupting...
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Animals in the News
Mother duck adopts baby snake
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper; Carmichael Cat
Hurry up before they gobble up all my fur!!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.7
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Star Flashes
Errol Flynn; Wera Engels; Jack Oakie; Michael Bartlett; Cecil B. DeMille; Henry Fonda; Joan Blondell; Ann Sothern; Madge Evans; Mala
The Three Marx Brothers have installed old-fashioned iron beds...
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Miscellaneous
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