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Issue: Funny Picture Stories #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1939
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Issues: #1 of 9 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 3
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Vol. 3, Number 1. January, 1939. FUNNY PICTURE STORIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial and executive offices: 220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signature attributed to Ramsey by David Saunders, who showcases other examples of Ramsey‘s signed work at https://www.pulpartists.com/Ramsey.html.

The first R in Ramsey's RR intials are backwards.
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Episode 2: Michael Fury Walked Into a Murder Trap... And --

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Fury of the Foreign Legion
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Trained Tiger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Brailey of the Tropics
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From Content Item: FlagFunny Picture Stories v1 #3 published January 1937
was Trained Tiger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Poachers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rip Burns
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFunny Picture Stories v1 #4 published February 1937
was Poachers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Two pages are in full color, two pages are just black and red, and three pages are in black and white.
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The Amateur Murderer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Away out west in San Francisco, after a good deal of thought a young lady writes a letter...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Picture Stories #2 published January 1937
was The Amateur Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Two pages are in full color, two pages are in black and red, and three pages are in black and white.
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Reynolds Comes Through

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
First Line: For three quarters Chelten had smeared the champion Dodge team
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From Content Item: FlagFunny Picture Stories v1 #5 published March 1937
was Reynolds Comes Through [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Two pages are red and black, two pages in black and white, and three pages in full color.
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Canvas Dusters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
First Line: The winner and champion -- Kid Dugan --
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Strip is bylined Irving Settel, who did write and illustrate the strip in 1939, but was just author here.

Paul Gustavson credit in bottom corner of first panel. Division of labor listed in index is a guess.

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Three pages are in black and red and two pages in black and white.
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Silent Robbery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
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Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Berta M. Holcepl (notary public)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): S. J. Fried (owner); Harle Publications, Inc. (owner); Centaur Pubications, Inc. (owner)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Statement of ownership for Funny Picture Stories for October 1, 1938.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: All persons and companies list 220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. as their address, except S. J. Fried at 291 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
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Mountain Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jim Tyson
First Line: Among the hills in the Volunteer State of Tennessee...
Synopsis: "Blood-red feud haunted the hills of Tennessee and Jim Tyson trailed his enemy to showdown under the moon." (Synopsis from table of contents in original.)
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From Content Item: FlagFunny Picture Stories v1 #1 published November 1936
was Mountain Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Reprint information according to Keltner index.

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