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Issue: Famous Funnies #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1935
 
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Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
On Sale Date: 11/15/1935
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 64 (56 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Almost all of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, mainly Sunday pages in their original 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
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Christmas in Famous Funnyland

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
S'matter Pop?; Joe Palooka; Hairbreadth Harry
Rudolph Rassendale; Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Sam Smithers; Nipper Tucker; Pop Wimpus; Santa Claus; Joe Palooka; Bobby
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Buck Rogers 25th Century Disintegrator Pistol; Daisy Air Rifles

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Anthony "Buck" Rogers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Full-page ad for Disintegrator pistol (large picture of Buck Rogers) on inside front cover.
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Jabby and the Dog Catcher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
The Adventures of Jabby
Jabby
Reprinting
from The Adventures of Jabby Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 193x-07-06
Miscellaneous
0.5
Original newspaper strip drawn in gray wash and colored over that.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Pee Wee
Petey ["Pee Wee"]; his father
Good Heavens! What's the matter, son?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Jack Dempsey; Carpentier
Dempsey rushed out.
Reprinting
from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
drama, humorous
Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh
Oh, migosh - - I'm not kiddin'...
Reprinting
from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; The Mekkano of Ra
The Mekkanos laid down their burden - ready to fight...
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1934-12-09 - 1934-12-30 [Sunday story 14, 'Mekkanos of Planet Vulcan', Series I, strips #246-249]
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
Let's Get Into a Huddle!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
synopses of some of the contents
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Somebody's Stenog
Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Reggie Smithers; Noah
Dear Mr. H[ayward] - Wouldn't it be funny to see how your comic people would look fifty years from now?
A story set many decades in the future, where all have aged except the stenographer Cam.
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The story was suggested by a letter to the creator headed "Dear Mr. H[ayward]", from Erlinda Ortiz of Santa Fe, N. M.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
The wall disappeared where the ray struck it...
Reprinting
From Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Buck Rogers
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Miscellaneous
1
Buck Rogers Junior Caster (make your own lead die-cast figures)
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Bobby
Bobby; Ted Turner; Uncle Jimmy
There's Ted Turner over there maybe he can tell me
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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The World's Duration Record

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Flight
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, western
Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
Gee, this is swell, chief!
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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
High-Gear Homer
You haven't sold anything all week!
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
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Goofie Gags
Santa Claus
Hm'm! Nobody home!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Four unrelated gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Flying To Fame
O'Brien; Slim; Tubby; Miguel Alzan
O'Brien is boiling because that guy is aboard
Slim and Tubby are in South America searching for the lost explorer McIntosh.
Reprinting
from Flying To Fame daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Magic Made Easy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Butty and Fatty
Fatty
Gee - Turkeys have a tough life...
Reprinting
from Butty and Fatty Sunday (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
1
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The Sepoy Rebellion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
historical
Reprinting
from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1934-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Jane Arden / Lena Pry
Jane Arden; Carlos Rey; Lura; Tom; Lena Pry
This is Carlos Rey - He's the Sheik!
Jane Arden has been given a part in the new motion picture she is covering for her paper. Meanwhile her co-star accuses her of theft.
Reprinting
from Jane Arden Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
4
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), all by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon
Let 'er go!
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Nipper Tucker; Mrs. Tucker
Well, I got Nipper's Christmas gift today
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Bill
Bill's mother sends him out to shovel the snow...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
puzzle-page
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, western
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
Wal, whatcha a-doin', Pa?
Reprinting
from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
drama, sports
Ned Brant of Carter
Ned Brant; Jack Perrin; Coach Dave Meegan
I don't think you meant that, Jack...
Reprinting
from Ned Brant daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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Junior and Cubby Do A Santa Claus Act

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
John “Junior” Nebb; Jimmie
Reprinting
from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill".
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Happy New Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Simp O'Dill
Reprinting
from Simp O'Dill Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill".
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Seaweed Sam
Well, it seems the end! Sam and his goat are about to be sacrificed to the purple dragon
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Alec and Itchy
Alec; Itchy
I cert'ny wisht I had enough money t'buy that marble clock
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Queenie
Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters; Colonel Chauncey
Hey, Auntie! I'm taking a "train" ride! Tee! Hee!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Little Brother
It's kinda silly for him to be standing there in the wind
Reprinting
from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Bundle Week

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
George Bungle; Jo Bungle
Reprinting
from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Helpless-- they were carried into the building...
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
S'matter Pop?
Pop Wimpus; Ambrose Wimpus
I would hate to git my day spoiled again
Reprinting
from S’matter, Pop? Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Honeybunch's Hubby
Honeybunch; her hubby; Cousin Sarah Ann
Comes distant cousin Sarah Ann & younguns
Reprinting
from S’matter, Pop? Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Sunday page is shared equally between "S’matter, Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Their plight seemed hopeless- then-
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Such Is Life
Aw - That's all right...
Reprinting
from Such is Life daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.4
Two daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
Dumb-Bells
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.2
Disclose
Hey, boy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dizzy Dramas
Reprinting
from Dizzy Dramas daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, mystery
Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48
Dan Dunn; Babs; Bruno; Wolf; Dorothy; Fat Sing
The alley is clear --- Not a light showing from any window!
Dan is disguised as Frisco and making friends with Spider Slick. But Dorothy and Bruno are suspicious and want to find out who Dan really is.
Reprinting
from Dan Dunn Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1934-11-25 - 1934-12-16
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper; Rollo Rooster
Hm-m! There's Rollo Rooster...
Reprinting
 
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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, drama
Olive Lane; Pete McCue; Lala Palooza; Tony
Princess, you struggle! - Hamilton hits the picture of Solomon; it crashes on his head and knocks him senseless!
Olly's servants believe she is really the lost heir of Bokavia.
Reprinting
from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
2
This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.
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[untitled]

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Thompson ?
Thompson ?
?
?
Subject Matter
Screen Oddities
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Jack Dempsey; Firpo
As Firpo's mighty roundhouse sent Dempsey through the ropes...
Reprinting
from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of the “Joe Palooka” Sunday page, by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
drama
Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Jeremiah Francis Looney
The cattle are mighty uneasy sir.
Reprinting
from Joe Palooka Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is “Fisher’s History of Boxing”, by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Strange As It Seems
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
When the World Exploded
Jeffrey Doble; Sandford Leer
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper
Yessir - I'm going to stay over here till after the holidays...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
Connie Kurridge; Swindler Swank
Since Mrs. Ritzibilt has engaged me to arrange her Christmas party, I'll start by engaging an actor to play Santa Claus
Connie ferrets out a phony Santa.
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
Ah, it's good to get away from cares...
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]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
puzzle-page
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage; Mame
Sounds like the boss' wife is on the phone
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Stuffy
Fellers, our club here...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Bill
Bill's mother sends him with 50 cents...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, western
Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
See!! Nothing harms me!!
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
High-Gear Homer; Mrs. Smythe
You're known as a philanthropist, Mrs. Smythe...
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.
Disclose
Warren Hastings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
historical
Warren Hastings
Reprinting
from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Junior's Technique In Asking For What He Wants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
John “Junior” Nebb; Rudy Nebb; Fanny Nebb
Reprinting
from The Nebbs Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Now for the finishing touch...
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1

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