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Issue: Famous Funnies #49 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1938
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Issues: #49 of 218 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand:
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):  
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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
First Line: Shucks! And I have to get back to the city in two weeks!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Queenie
Character(s): Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Full-page pin-up.
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Garden Hose Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Synopsis: After playing with children using a garden hose, Napoleon decides to share the hose with Uncle Elby.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: pantomime; wordless comic
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Oh, boy! We got more lemonade!
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Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four unrelated gag panels.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Artistic Artie
Character(s): Artistic Artie
First Line: Can you make a complete drawing...
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Pages: 0.3
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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; Spunky Dory
First Line: Well, to go on with my story...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): Roy Powers; Fog; Chunky; Colonel Hinchcliff; Clark Dillon
First Line: The horse trailer breaks loose and crashes into a tree
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Reprint Notes: from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Get Into a Huddle!
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Nipper
Character(s): Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker; Ruff Bumps
First Line: Is she coming?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Footprints on the Sands of Time
Character(s): Bill
First Line: Bill's mother sends him to the store...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Hurricane Hawk; Little Jerry; Dione; Reggie; The Colonel
First Line: So yuh won't fight, huh?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: On one daily strip Keaton signs "R K".
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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: It's good to be back on our own planet!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): High-Gear Homer
First Line: Do you call this selling?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Anthony "Buck" Rogers
First Line: I saw a small squad of men approaching me--
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: 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
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: 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)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I gotta wear it - I owe the doctor a big bill
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six unrelated daily gag panels.
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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): Glen Applegate [aka Alfrd Power]; Leonard Habermann; Suhay; John Maurer
First Line: You couldn't get away with it!
Synopsis: Applegate gets deported to England and then sneaks back into the country.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from War on Crime daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: True crime story
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha
First Line: Ugh! Plenty static!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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; The Tiger Princess; Doctor Sting; Oguchi; Tubby
First Line: Here's a cable addressed "John Barrington"...
Synopsis: A falling-out between the villains results in a melee in the operating room, allowing Dan to escape the blade.
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Reprint Notes: from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Character(s): Patsy Cardigan; Sue; Phil Cardigan; Virginia Pines; Thimble
First Line: Unconscious and hovering between life and death...
Synopsis: The Ghost Train adventure over, Phil gets involved in a new case involving a lumber magnate and his beautiful daughter.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Adventures of Pasty daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Arminius (Conclusion)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Arminius
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Funland
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Puzzle page
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jitter
First Line: Help help
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Holly" of Hollywood
Character(s): Holly
First Line: What did you do before you busted into th' movies?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: 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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Keeping Up with the Joneses
Character(s): Aloysius P. McGinis; Clarice McGinis; Eddie Bowers; Bilgewater Bowers
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: 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
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
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Cat O' 9 Lives
First Line: My! What a nice house...
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Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 0.3
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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; Clara Cackle
First Line: Here comes that nervous old hen, Clara Cackle...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Nellie; Constance Considine; Daisy Mae Weems
First Line: Nellie plunges up the crackling stairs
Synopsis: Oaky rescues Constance from a burning building.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: 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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Character(s): Seaweed Sam
First Line: Well, Sam has found a boat!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Pigtails; Jerry
First Line: Minnie-Ha-Cha sure turn um streamline!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Olive Lane; Lona Arbut; Skip Allen; Macada; Cluck; Click
First Line: Take my arm, Miss Cluck!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Scorchy Smith; Tanta; General Armara; Spike Dugan; Himmelstoss
First Line: Tanta walks swiftly to the garden of her house.
Synopsis: Scorchy kidnaps the rebel leader and his beautiful daughter.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Bert Christman took over the strip from Sickles on 1936-11-23, so these reprints fall before that date.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cam O'Flage; Mrs. Doodle; Mary Doodle
First Line: Let Mary sit at home!
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: Howdy, brother!
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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Henry A. Snow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Henry A. Snow
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sports Novels Magazine (Popular Publications)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
First Line: Say, that's a right cute hat, Miss Sally!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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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Rowboat Ride

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Giant, California...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full-page single-panel cartoon.
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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; Nora; Miss Grimstone; Mom Bunting
First Line: I guess maybe they're right about not letting Miss Grimstone see me!
Synopsis: Babe finally comes face to face with her mother and the two plot to escape Miss Grimstone's clutches.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Punky
First Line: The storm broke the drainpipe...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Punky daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Connie Kurridge; Mrs. Kurridge
First Line: Connie, we've got to make up our minds!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Boss, I've been approached about a job in a rival concern!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: When I told Pop I got 100 for dictation...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six unrelated daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Queenie
Character(s): Queenie; Colonel Chauncey Clambake
First Line: Colonel Clambake must be awful tired -
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Masquerade Magic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Connye M. Hyatt (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): Pat Sanford; Jack Sanford; Ben; Pedro
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Homer Hoopee; Pa; Pasquale
First Line: The police they do not want my friend?
Synopsis: 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
Reprint Notes: from Homer Hoopee daily (The Associated Press)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Boy! Where'd you pick that one up?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Gay Thirties daily (The Associated Press)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five unrelated daily gag panels.
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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: Napoleon, I hope you won't mind my interrupting...
Reprinting
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: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Animals in the News
First Line: Mother duck adopts baby snake
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
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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; Carmichael Cat
First Line: Hurry up before they gobble up all my fur!!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.7
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Star Flashes
Character(s): Errol Flynn; Wera Engels; Jack Oakie; Michael Bartlett; Cecil B. DeMille; Henry Fonda; Joan Blondell; Ann Sothern; Madge Evans; Mala
First Line: The Three Marx Brothers have installed old-fashioned iron beds...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Star Flashes daily panel (Bell Syndicate) 193X-XX-XX
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

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