Digital Comic Museum > Famous Funnies 052 (diff ver)(no BR)

Issue: #52
Published: November 1938, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Stephen Douglas
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

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Somebody's Stenog
Credits:	Pencils: Victor E. Pazmiño \| Inks: Victor E. Pazmiño
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Sam Smithers

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Mescal Ike
Credits:	Pencils: Art Huhta \| Inks: Art Huhta
Genre:	Humor Western-frontier
Characters:	Mescal Ike Pa Piffle Young 'Un

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Jitter
Synopsis:	Two gag strips (newspaper reprints): Jitter sees a rattlesnake in the zoo and is later spooked by toothpaste coming out of a tube as a child plays with a rattle. Jitter has the family dog lick the dinner dishes clean.
Credits:	Script: Arthur Poinier \| Pencils: Arthur Poinier \| Inks: Arthur Poinier
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Jitter (chimp)

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Goofie Gags
Synopsis:	Four one-panel gag cartoons, two about football and two about Thanksgiving.
Credits:	Pencils: Victor Pazmiño [as VEP] \| Inks: Victor Pazmiño [as VEP]
Genre:	Humor

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	The Gay Thirties
Credits:	Pencils: Henry "Hank" Barrow \| Inks: Henry "Hank" Barrow
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Roy Powers, Eagle Scout
Credits:	Script: Paul Powell \| Pencils: Kemp Starrett ? \| Inks: Kemp Starrett ?
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Roy Powers

Text Article (1 page)
Featuring:	Let's Get Into a Huddle
Credits:	Script: Stephen Douglas \| Pencils: Stephen Douglas \| Inks: Stephen Douglas \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Buck Rogers
Credits:	Script: Philip Francis Nowlan \| Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) \| Inks: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Buck Rogers

Cartoon (0 pages)
Featuring:	Such is Life
Synopsis:	Goofy says he wasn't blowing a hockey player a "razzberry" (aka Bronx Cheer), he just has a cold and was blowing his nose.
Credits:	Script: Walt Munson \| Pencils: Walt Munson \| Inks: Walt Munson
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Goofy Saunders

Cartoon (0 pages)
Featuring:	Dumb-Bells
Credits:	Script: Charles. J. Dunn [as Gar] \| Pencils: Charles J. Dunn [as Gar] \| Inks: Charles J. Dunn [as Gar]
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (0 pages)
Featuring:	Dizzy Dramas
Synopsis:	A woman breaks a 5,000 year old vase at a museum and tells the guard "you're lucky it wuzn't bran' new."
Credits:	Pencils: Hugh Joseph Deeney [as Joe Bowers] \| Inks: Hugh Joseph Deeney [as Joe Bowers]
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Skyroads
Synopsis:	Bull and Hurrican chase the kidnapper, Silky Sims, while Jerry and Gilly talk about airplanes.
Credits:	Script: Dick Calkins \| Pencils: Russell Keaton (signed) \| Inks: Russell Keaton (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	Bull Benham Hurricane Hawk The Pima Kid Silky Sims Puma Jerry Gilly

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Hairbreadth Harry
Synopsis:	Marooned on an island with crocodiles.
Credits:	Script: F. O. Alexander \| Pencils: F. O. Alexander \| Inks: F. O. Alexander
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	Harry Belinda

Comic Story (0 pages)
Featuring:	High-Gear Homer
Credits:	Script: F. O. Alexander \| Pencils: F. O. Alexander \| Inks: F. O. Alexander
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Homer

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Life's Like That
Credits:	Script: Fred Neher \| Pencils: Fred Neher \| Inks: Fred Neher
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	War on Crime
Credits:	Script: Rex Collier \| Pencils: Jimmy Thompson ? \| Inks: Jimmy Thompson ?
Genre:	Crime

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Jitter
Credits:	Script: Arthur Poinier \| Pencils: Arthur Poinier \| Inks: Arthur Poinier
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Jitter

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Big Chief Wahoo
Credits:	Script: Allen Saunders \| Pencils: Elmer Woggon \| Inks: Elmer Woggon
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Big Chief Wahoo Pigtails

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Dickie Dare
Synopsis:	Dan and Dickie sail back to America and are sent by Dickie's father out to New Mexico to track down a new mystery.
Credits:	Pencils: Coulton Waugh \| Inks: Coulton Waugh
Genre:	Adventure Children
Characters:	Dickie Dare Dan Flynn Wags (dog) Mr. Dare Mrs. Dare

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	The Adventures of Patsy
Credits:	Script: Mel Graff (signed) \| Pencils: Mel Graff (signed) \| Inks: Mel Graff
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Patsy Miss Ginny Phil Cardigan Thimble

Comic Story (1 page)	Theodora--Her Girlhood
Featuring:	High Lights of History
Credits:	Script: J. Carroll Mansfield \| Pencils: J. Carroll Mansfield \| Inks: J. Carroll Mansfield
Genre:	Biography History
Characters:	Empress Theodora

Comic Story (0 pages)
Featuring:	Boys and Girls the World Over
Synopsis:	Information on Guatemala.
Credits:	Script: J. Carroll Mansfield \| Pencils: J. Carroll Mansfield \| Inks: J. Carroll Mansfield
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (0 pages)
Featuring:	Would You Believe It?
Credits:	Script: J. Carroll Mansfield \| Pencils: J. Carroll Mansfield \| Inks: J. Carroll Mansfield
Genre:	Non-fiction

Activity (1 page)
Featuring:	Funland
Synopsis:	Seven different panels, each with an activity or puzzle.
Credits:	Script: A.W. Nugent \| Pencils: A. W. Nugent

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Napoleon
Credits:	Script: Clifford McBride \| Pencils: Clifford McBride \| Inks: Clifford McBride
Genre:	Humor Animal
Characters:	Napoleon (dog) Uncle Elby

Comic Story (0 pages)
Featuring:	Animals in the News
Credits:	Script: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Pencils: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Inks: M.E. Brady [as MEB]
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Frog Pond Ferry
Credits:	Script: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Pencils: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Inks: M.E. Brady [as MEB]
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Napoleon
Credits:	Script: Clifford McBride \| Pencils: Clifford McBride \| Inks: Clifford McBride
Genre:	Humor Animal
Characters:	Napoleon (dog) Uncle Elby

Comic Story (1 page)	Cat O' 9 Lives
Credits:	Script: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Pencils: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Inks: M.E. Brady [as MEB]
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Frog Pond Ferry
Credits:	Script: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Pencils: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Inks: M.E. Brady [as MEB]
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Oaky Doaks
Synopsis:	Sergei Shadows makes his living haunting castles. Then Oaky is summoned back to Maple Island to fight a giant.
Credits:	Script: William McCleery ? \| Pencils: Ralph Fuller \| Inks: Ralph Fuller
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	Oaky Doaks King Cedric Sergei Shadows

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Seaweed Sam
Credits:	Pencils: Victor Pazmiño [as VEP] \| Inks: Victor Pazmiño [as VEP]
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Seaweed Sam Jibsail Jerry

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Big Chief Wahoo
Credits:	Script: Allen Saunders \| Pencils: Elmer Woggon \| Inks: Elmer Woggon
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Big Chief Wahoo Pigtails

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Olly of the Movies
Synopsis:	Two schemers try to convince Olly they've kidnapped Buddy.
Credits:	Script: Julian Ollendorf ? \| Pencils: Julian Ollendorf \| Inks: Julian Ollendorf
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Olly Lane Buddy Lane

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Scorchy Smith
Synopsis:	The adventure over, Scorchy takes his reward money and goes to buy his own plane.
Credits:	Script: Noel Sickles \| Pencils: Noel Sickles \| Inks: Noel Sickles
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	Scorchy Jay Tanta Randolph Amara Himmlestoff

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Somebody's Stenog
Credits:	Pencils: A.E. Hayward \| Inks: A.E. Hayward
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (0 pages)
Featuring:	The Back-Seat Driver
Credits:	Pencils: A.E. Hayward \| Inks: A.E. Hayward
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Above the Crowd
Synopsis:	Biography of 19th century photographer W.H. Jackson.
Credits:	Script: Stookie Allen \| Pencils: Stookie Allen \| Inks: Stookie Allen
Genre:	Non-fiction
Characters:	W.H. Jackson

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Mescal Ike
Credits:	Script: S. L. Huntley \| Pencils: Art Huhta \| Inks: Art Huhta
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Mescal Ike Pa Piffle

Activity (1 page)	Magic Made Easy
Credits:	Pencils: Stephen Douglas ? \| Inks: Stephen Douglas ? \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Napoleon
Credits:	Script: Clifford McBride \| Pencils: Clifford McBride \| Inks: Clifford McBride
Genre:	Humor Animal
Characters:	Napoleon (dog)

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	There's a Town
Credits:	Script: M.E. Brady \| Pencils: M.E. Brady \| Inks: M.E. Brady
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Babe Bunting
Synopsis:	Mrs. Bunting gets a job on a showbozt.
Credits:	Script: Roy Williams \| Pencils: Roy L. Williams \| Inks: Roy L. Williams
Genre:	Children
Characters:	Babe Bunting Mrs. Bunting Captain Mulberry Benjy

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Punky
Credits:	Pencils: Fred Belk (signed) \| Inks: Fred Belk (signed)
Genre:	Humor Children

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Connie
Credits:	Script: Frank Godwin \| Pencils: Frank Godwin \| Inks: Frank Godwin
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	Connie Daddy Johnny

Comic Story (0 pages)
Featuring:	The Wet Blanket
Credits:	Script: Frank Godwin \| Pencils: Frank Godwin \| Inks: Frank Godwin
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Life's Like That
Credits:	Script: Fred Neher \| Pencils: Fred Neher \| Inks: Fred Neher
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Queenie
Credits:	Script: S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss] \| Pencils: S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss] \| Inks: S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Queenie Auntie Jitters

Text Story (2 pages)	The Ghost of Devil Key
Credits:	Script: Connye M. Hyatt \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Homer Hoopee
Synopsis:	Homer is searching for buried treasure- but only under duress.
Credits:	Script: Fred Locher (signed) \| Pencils: Fred Locher (signed) \| Inks: Fred Locher (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Homer Hoopee Pasquale Obregado

Activity (0 pages)
Featuring:	Artistic Artie

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Butty and Fatty
Credits:	Script: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Pencils: M.E. Brady [as MEB] \| Inks: M.E. Brady [as MEB]
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Spunky Dory

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Napoleon
Credits:	Script: Clifford McBride \| Pencils: Clifford McBride \| Inks: Clifford McBride
Genre:	Humor Animal
Characters:	Napoleon (dog) Uncle Elby

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Jitter
Credits:	Script: Arthur Poinier \| Pencils: Arthur Poinier \| Inks: Arthur Poinier
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Jitter

Text Article (1 page)
Featuring:	Pen Pal Page
Synopsis:	List of pen pals for readers to correspond with.
Credits:	Pencils: Stephen Douglas \| Inks: Stephen Douglas \| Letters: typeset

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