Famous Funnies #98

(September 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Sparky Watts; Dixie Dugan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Four Powers of Doomar, Part 1: Hydro] (Table of Contents: 2)

Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)

Pencils

Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)

Inks

Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All set, Barney 'n' Doc?

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Buddy Deering; Doctor Elias Huer; Princess Alura; Black Barney; Prince Hydro (disguised as an old fisherman); Eel

Reprints

• from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (National Newspaper Service)
  1941-03-16 [Series I, strip number 573. Last four panels only. Panels seven and eight trimmed at bottom. Panel nine expanded on right side.]
  1941-03-23 [Series I, strip number 574. Second panel dropped.]
  1941-03-30 [Series I, strip number 575. Panels one, two, and eleven trimmed on sides. Panels five, six, and nine trimmed at bottom. Panel 10 dropped.]
  1941-04-06 [Series I, strip number 576. Panel one trimmed both sides. Panels two through six and eleven, trimmed on left side. Panels seven and nine expanded on left side.]
  1941-04-13 [Series 1, strip number 577. Panel two only reprinted here. Trimmed on right side.]

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of story number S28, "The Four Powers of Doomar" storyline, entitled, "Hydro", Series I and strips 573 to 577.

Dialogue simplified on all the reprinted comic strips. Instead of printing one Sunday page per page, the panels are rearranged to fit the pages.

Mother and Daughter (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Famous Funnies Patterns / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

A Vacation Full of Fun (Table of Contents: 4)

Let's Get into a Huddle / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stephen Douglas ?

Pencils

Ben Thompson (Rainbow Boy vignette)

Inks

Ben Thompson (Rainbow Boy vignette)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Rainbow Boy [Jay Watson]

Indexer Notes

Text page promoting Eastern Comics titles and additional news about the comics. Promoting the introduction of Rainbow Boy in Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #14 (November 1942). Also includes letters from readers promoting pen pal correspondence or various writing clubs.

Excepts and summaries of letters from: Ruth Fendrich (Pelham, New York), Janet Matkin (Indianapolis, Indiana), Adam Rej (Depew, New York), Lester Buckner (Garden City, New Jersey), Lester Olten (Garden City, New Jersey), Billy McKenzie (Friday Harbor, Washington), Lyle Burroughs (Tonganoxie, Kansas), Helen Skintik (Cleveland, Ohio), Barbara Kelsey (Middletown, Connecticut), Ruth Cost (West Haven, Connecticut), Raymond Morehouse (Springfield, Massachusetts), I. Rubinstein (Brooklyn, New York), Jean Gebhart (Dallas Texas, James Keyes (Cleveland, Ohio), and Anna Alson (Trout Creek, Montana).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Fearless Flint / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H G Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H G Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jack Bradley has learned he is not the Jack Bradley....

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fearless Flint [Jack Bradley]; Brown; Carol Bradley

First to the Pole! (Table of Contents: 6)

Above the Crowd / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Pencils

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Inks

Stookie Allen (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Stookie Allen ?

Genre

non-fiction; history; biography

Characters

Admiral Robert E. Peary; Dr. Frederick Cook

Reprints

• from Above the Crowd daily (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Napoleon / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Clifford McBride

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hurry, Napoleon! Run home and get my umbrella!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Miss Jones

Reprints

• from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Connie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Godwin (credited)

Pencils

Frank Godwin (credited)

Inks

Frank Godwin (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Connie stumbled upon a Mayan temple...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Connie Kurridge; Mr. Trumbell; Dr. Orr; Dr. Hippel; unnamed Mayan guards; unnamed Mayan shaman

Reprints

• from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 1937-08-22 - 1937-09-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Jitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Pencils

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Inks

Arthur Poinier (credited)

Letters

Arthur Poinier ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stop shooting chum. The target belt stopped and I'll have to crawl under and fix it!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Jitter; unnamed Jitter's owner; unnamed shooting gallery operator; unnamed policeman

Reprints

• from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 1941-03-09

Indexer Notes

Month and day was not removed from the comic strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Dickie Dare / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Pencils

Coulton Waugh (signed)

Inks

Coulton Waugh (signed); )

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All right, Wunga!

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Wunga; Crabbe; Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags (a dog); Jack (named Crabbe's man); unnamed Crabbe's men; Doctor Andre Du Maurier ? (referred to as The Doctor)

Reprints

• from Dickie Dare dailies (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1938-05-11 [Third panel trimmed on right side. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-12 [First panel dropped. Third panel trimmed right side. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-13 [First panel dropped. Second panel trimmed left side. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-14 [Second panel trimmed left side. Third panel trimmed left side. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-16 [Third panel trimmed right and left side. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-17 [First panel dropped. Second panel trimmed left side. Dialogue simplified. Seems to have been reprints on 1938-05-18 in the papers.].
  1938-05-19 [First panel trimmed right and left side. Third panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-20 [First panel trimmed on left side. Second panel trimmed on right side. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-21 [First panel trimmed on left side. Second panel trimmed on left side. Third panel trimmed on right and left side. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-23 [First panel dropped. Fourth panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-24 [First panel dropped. Second panel trimmed on right side. Third trimmed on right side. Third panel appears after the second panel from 1938-05-25. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-25 [First panel dropped. Second panel trimmed on right. Second panel appears before the third panel from 1938-05-24. Third panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.].
  1938-05-26 [First panel only. Dialogue simplified.].

Keywords

New Guinea; racial stereotypes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Stamm (credited, signed)

Pencils

Russell Stamm (credited, signed)

Inks

Russell Stamm (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Russell Stamm ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ha! Ha Wait till Bessie sees this suitcase...

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Bessie; Atom; Mago (magician); Human Skeleton

Reprints

• from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (Chicago Times Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Pen Pal Page / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

? (logo art)

Inks

? (logo art)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Names and addresses of kids willing to be pen pals.

The Story of Wisby [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 13)

Highlights of History / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Inks

J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

J. Carroll Mansfield ?

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark; unnamed flaxen-haired beauty

Reprints

• from High Lights of History Sunday (Bell Newspaper Syndicate) 1937-02-14 [Part 1 title designation in the title removed.]

Catherine De Medici (Table of Contents: 14)

Would You Believe It? / cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

J. Carroll Mansfield

Pencils

J. Carroll Mansfield

Inks

J. Carroll Mansfield

Colors

?

Letters

J. Carroll Mansfield ?

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Catherine De Medici; Francis II; Henry III; Charles IX

Synopsis

Historical facts about Catherine De Medici, ancient Germans using shields as sleds, and that the sponge is a living animal.

Reprints

• from Would You Believe It? Sunday (Bell Newspaper Syndicate) 1937-02-14

Indexer Notes

Header (footer) to High Lights of History in previous sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Historic Ships / cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

J. Carroll Mansfield (signed)

Pencils

J. Carroll Mansfield (signed)

Inks

J. Carroll Mansfield (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

J. Carroll Mansfield ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A trading junk on one of the great rivers of China...

Genre

non-fiction; history

Synopsis

Factoid about Chinese junks.

Reprints

• from Historic Ships Sunday (Bell Newspaper Syndicate) 1937-02-14

Indexer Notes

Header (footer) to High Lights of History in previous sequence 13.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bert Christman (signed)

Pencils

Bert Christman (signed)

Inks

Bert Christman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

His instrument board shattered by bullets...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Scorchy Smith [Mr. Skinner]; Tex; "King" Kane; Larry Keene; unnamed soldiers; unnamed ground crew

Reprints

• from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures) 1937-10-02 [Originally titled in some newspapers, "Woe to Wu's Warriors." First panel dropped. Second panel added a dialogue box to top of panel. Fourth panel trimmed on the left. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-04 [First through fifth panels dropped. Panel 6 trimmed on the right. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-05 [First panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-06 [First and fourth panels dropped. Second panel trimmed on left. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-07 [Second and fourth panels dropped. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-08 [Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-09 [Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-11 [First and second panel dropped. Fifth panel trimmed on right. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-12 [First and fourth panels trimmed on left. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-13 [First, second, and third panels dropped. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-14 [First panel dropped. Third panel trimmed on right. Dialogue simplified.].
  1937-10-15 [Third panel trimmed on right. Dialogue simplified.].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Clifford McBride

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Neighbor, I hate to com-plain, but stop that dog of yours from howling!

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby; unnamed neighbor; unnamed young lady

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

William McCleery (signed as R. B. Fuller)

Pencils

Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as R. B. Fuller)

Inks

Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as R. B. Fuller)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With Oaky aboard, Midnight Blue jumped high into the air...

Genre

adventure; humor; historical

Characters

Sir Oaky Doaks; Midnight Blue (a horse); Nellie (a horse); Nick; unnamed cowboys; King Cedric; unnamed female

Reprints

• from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1938-12-17 [Panel two expanded on left side. Panel five trimmed on left and right side. Sixth panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.]
  1938-12-20 [Dialogue simplified.]
  1938-12-21 [Third and fourth panels expanded on right side. Dialogue simplified.]
  1938-12-22 [First panel dropped. Third and fourth panels trimmed on right. Dialogue simplified.]
  1938-12-23 [First and sixth panels dropped. Dialogue simplified.]
  1938-12-24 [First panel dropped. Second panel expanded on right side. Fourth panel expanded on left and right sides. Fifth panel trimmed on left and right sides. Dialogue simplified.]
  1938-12-26 [First panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.]

Indexer Notes

The strip from December 19, 1938 was skipped and not reprinted here.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Skyroads / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Leonard Dworkins (signed as L Gordon)

Pencils

Leonard Dworkins (signed as L Gordon)

Inks

Leonard Dworkins (signed as L Gordon)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah'm going to follow Billy!

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Tommy Hughes; Billy Hill; unnamed Spanish man; unnamed Spanish woman; two unnamed pilots

Reprints

• from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.) 1939-11-17 [Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-18 [First panel dropped. Second panel trimmed on left and right sides. Third panel trimmed on right side. Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-20 [Second and fourth panels dropped. Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-21 [Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-22 [Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-23 [Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-24 [Third and fourth panels dropped. Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-25 [Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-27 [Second panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-28 [Second and fourth panels dropped. Dialogue simplified.]
  1939-11-29 [First panel expanded on right side. Second panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.]

Indexer Notes

Details as to what was done to the reprints for November 17, 21-23, and 25 are not known.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Roy Powers / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Powell (credited)

Pencils

Frank Godwin

Inks

Frank Godwin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hear that? The fire is exploding the shells!

Genre

adventure; teen; children; detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Powers; Chunky; unnamed pirates; Kimbal; unnamed members of Kimbal's crew; unnamed Navy Captain; Mr. Cotter (pirate chief)

Reprints

• from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1940-05-17 [Second panel dropped. Third panel trimmed on right side. Panel one placed after panel three. Dialogue simplified.]
  1940-05-28 [Third panel trimmed on left side. Dialogue simplified.]
  1940-05-29 [Second panel dropped. Dialogue simplified.]
  1940-05-30 [Fourth panel trimmed on right side. Dialogue simplified.]
  1940-05-31 [First, second, and third panels dropped. Dialogue simplified.]
  1940-06-01 [First, second, and third panels expanded on left side. Dialogue simplified.]
  1940-06-03 [Second panel only reprinted, trimmed on right side. Dialogue simplified.]

Indexer Notes

Unable to identify the date of original publication for a number of the panels.

Wood Craft (Table of Contents: 21)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1939-06-25 [Lettering redone to create word balloons.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Pencils

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Inks

Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While Olly, Dot and Dimp await Faro's beauty contest in a small city...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Skip Allen [Don Caballero]; Chiquita; unnamed fortune teller; unnamed carnival barker; Zwycko (carnival strong man); Pedro; unnamed carnival employee

Reprints

• from Olly of the Movies daily (Consolidated News Features)

Indexer Notes

The strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Funland Everybody's Playmate / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (credited)

Pencils

Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent]

Inks

Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent]

Colors

?

Letters

Art Nugent ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The eight ants, A, B, C, D, E...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• Reprints Funland Sunday (United Feature Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

Puzzle and activity page.

Shanee Leaves the Jungle! (Table of Contents: 24)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

William D. Trausch (credited)

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Shanee; Padder Kay; Feline; Sayhib; Sayhib Kan (Sayhib's son)

Correspondence Course! (Table of Contents: 25)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley (credited as Huntley)

Pencils

Art Huhta

Inks

Art Huhta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Mescal Ike; unnamed checker player

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)

Indexer Notes

Includes "Mescal Ike" by Huntley logo above the strip.

Sham Battle! (Table of Contents: 26)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley

Pencils

Art Huhta

Inks

Art Huhta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Mescal Ike; Young 'Un [Youngun]; Muley Bates

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)

He Ain't Convinced! (Table of Contents: 27)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley

Pencils

Art Huhta

Inks

Art Huhta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)

-Ain't Been Late in a Billion Years! (Table of Contents: 28)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

S. L. Huntley

Pencils

Art Huhta

Inks

Art Huhta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Miss Sally

Reprints

• from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders

Pencils

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)

Inks

Elmer Woggon (signed as Wog)

Colors

?

Letters

Elmer Woggon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So you and Wahoo are going to Kasbar to photograph...

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Steve Roper; Big Chief Wahoo; Pamela Barclay; Major Barclay; unnamed Indian guide (Indian not Native American)

Reprints

• from Big Chief Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 1940-06-10 [Second panel trimmed on right side. Third panel expanded on right side.]
  1940-06-11 [First panel expanded on left side. Third panel expanded on right side. Fourth panel dropped.]
  1940-06-12 [First panel only reprinted.]
  1940-06-19 [Panel three expanded on left side. Panel four expanded on right side.]
  1940-06-20 [Panel two expanded on the right side.]
  1940-06-21 [First panel expanded on the left side. First two panels only reprinted.]

Indexer Notes

The feature is just titled "Chief Wahoo" only. Storyline skips the strips from June 13 through June 18, 1940.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Pencils

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Inks

Clifford McBride (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Confound that grocer! He sent cat food by mistake...

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Dr. Bark (veterinarian)

Reprints

• from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Here's a Real Target (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

You Will Want These Comic Books (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)