Volume: #3, Issue: #1
Published: January 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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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| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Poachers |
| Synopsis: |
Forest ranger Rip Burns is instructed to search for poachers. He comes across a gang using a truck and a bright spotlight in order to 'freeze' the deer while being shot. Burns is knocked unconscious, but discovers the name of the culprit at a way station. |
| Credits: |
Colours: ? (see notes) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
"Rip" Burns Butch Bill Fike |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Amateur Murderer |
| Synopsis: |
Lilly Belle rejects Le Zard's proposal of marriage in favor of Norman Rogers. Le Zard murders Rogers, staging it to look like a suicide, but still has no luck gaining her affections. Eventually, proof of the murder takes Le Zard to the electric chair. |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Lilly Belle Swidge Whitney D. Le Zard Norman Rogers |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Reynolds Comes Through |
| Credits: |
Colours: ? (see notes) |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Silent Robbery |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Statement Of Ownership (0 pages) |
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. |
| Synopsis: |
Statement of ownership for Funny Picture Stories for October 1, 1938. |
| Credits: |
Script: Berta M. Holcepl (notary public) | Letters: typeset | Editing: S. J. Fried (owner); Harle Publications, Inc. (owner); Centaur Pubications, Inc. (owner) |
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