Digital Comic Museum - The Funnies 027


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Issue: #27
Published: December 1938, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Full Color And Some Black And White Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Our Boarding House with Major Hoople
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Major Hoople

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Alley Oop
Credits:	Script: V. T. Hamlin \| Pencils: V. T. Hamlin \| Inks: V. T. Hamlin \| Letters: V. T. Hamlin
Genre:	Humor

Cartoon (2 pages)	Ignorance Is Bliss
Featuring:	The Worry Wart
Credits:	Script: J. R. Williams \| Pencils: J. R. Williams \| Inks: J. R. Williams
Genre:	Humor Children

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Easy
Credits:	Script: Roy Crane \| Pencils: Roy Crane \| Inks: Roy Crane \| Letters: Roy Crane ?
Genre:	Adventure

Activity (1 page)
Featuring:	The Funnies Crossword Puzzle Page
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	The Comic Zoo
Credits:	Script: George Scarbo \| Pencils: George Scarbo \| Inks: George Scarbo \| Colours: ? (red tones)
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Four Aces
Credits:	Script: Hal Forrest \| Pencils: Hal Forrest \| Inks: Hal Forrest \| Colours: ? (red tones)
Genre:	Adventure Aviation

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Our Boarding House with Major Hoople
Credits:	Script: Bill Freyse \| Pencils: Bill Freyse \| Inks: Bill Freyse \| Colours: ? (red tones)
Genre:	Humor

Cartoon (2 pages)
Featuring:	Hold Everything
Credits:	Script: Clyde Lewis \| Pencils: Clyde Lewis \| Inks: Clyde Lewis \| Letters: Clyde Lewis ?
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Cicero's Cat
Credits:	Script: Bud Fisher \| Pencils: Bud Fisher \| Inks: Bud Fisher
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals

Activity (1 page)
Featuring:	Home Magic
Credits:	Script: A. W. Nugent \| Pencils: A. W. Nugent \| Inks: A. W. Nugent

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Stranger Than Fiction
Credits:	Script: Richard W. Thomas \| Pencils: Walter Galli \| Inks: Walter Galli
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Bronc Peeler
Credits:	Script: Fred Harman \| Pencils: Fred Harman \| Inks: Fred Harman
Genre:	Western-frontier

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Out Our Way
Credits:	Script: J. R. Williams \| Pencils: J. R. Williams \| Inks: J. R. Williams
Genre:	Humor Domestic

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Reg'Lar Fellers
Credits:	Script: Gene Byrnes \| Pencils: Gene Byrnes \| Inks: Gene Byrnes
Genre:	Humor Children

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Deserted City!
Featuring:	Ben Webster's Page
Credits:	Script: Edwin Alger \| Pencils: Edwin Alger \| Inks: Edwin Alger
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Scribbly
Synopsis:	Captain Colorful agrees to stay for dinner at the Jibbet home. Shortly, Bernie von Goldstein arrives. Incorrectly believing that Bernie wants him jailed, Colorful tries to escape out the window.
Credits:	Script: Sheldon Mayer \| Pencils: Sheldon Mayer (signed) \| Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Scribbly Jibbet Mrs. Jibbet Dinky Jibbet Bernie Von Goldstein Captain Colorful

Comic Story (0 pages)	Why Big Brudders Leave Home by Scribbly
Featuring:	Scribbly
Synopsis:	Scribbly's kid brother sends him a "fan" letter that says "Dear Scribbly, If I couldn't drawr cartoons no better'n you - I'd go soak my head!".
Credits:	Script: Sheldon Mayer [as Scribbly] (credited) \| Pencils: Sheldon Mayer (signed) \| Inks: Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Scribbly Jibbet Dinky Jibbet

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Scribbly
Synopsis:	Bernie von Goldstein catches Captain Colorful before he can get out the window. Bernie explains that he wants to make Colorful into a movie actor. When Colorful learns he will be working with beautiful actresses, he tells Bernie that the deal is off.
Credits:	Script: Sheldon Mayer \| Pencils: Sheldon Mayer (signed) \| Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Scribbly Jibbet Mrs. Jibbet Dinky Jibbet Bernie Von Goldstein Captain Colorful

Comic Story (0 pages)	Knick-Names For Scribbly's Kid Brudder
Featuring:	Scribbly
Synopsis:	A reader tells Scribbly that he calls his kid-brother "Muley" because he gets a kick out of making him sore.
Credits:	Script: Sheldon Mayer \| Pencils: Sheldon Mayer (signed) \| Inks: Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Scribbly Jibbet Dinky Jibbet

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Scribbly
Synopsis:	Professor Twitchel is furious that he was rejected as an actor. He meets Roscoe T. Rooney, who states that he lost his job as an actor when Bernie von Goldstein changed his mind about using him. Twitchel declares that they will start another moving picture company and force Von Goldstein out of business.
Credits:	Script: Sheldon Mayer \| Pencils: Sheldon Mayer (signed) \| Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Roscoe T. Rooney Professor Twitchel

Activity (0 pages)	Crossword Puzzle Solution
Featuring:	Scribbly
Synopsis:	Scribbly and his kid brother give the readers the answers to the crossword puzzles that appear elsewhere in the issue.
Credits:	Pencils: Sheldon Mayer \| Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Scribbly Jibbet Dinky Jibbet

Comic Story (4 pages)	Baby Face Nelson
Featuring:	The Crime Busters
Credits:	Pencils: Alden McWilliams \| Inks: Alden McWilliams \| Colours: ? (red tones)
Genre:	Crime

Activity (1 page)
Featuring:	Everybody's Playmate
Credits:	Script: A. W. Nugent \| Pencils: A. W. Nugent \| Inks: A. W. Nugent

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	The Wonderland of Oz
Synopsis:	Scarecrow guides Tip, Jack and the Sawhorse to the land of the Winkies where he requests the aid of his friend the Tin Woodsman against the forces of Jinjur.
Credits:	Script: Walt Spouse \| Pencils: Walt Spouse \| Inks: Walt Spouse
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	Tip Jack Pumpkinhead Wooden Sawhorse Scarecrow Tin Woodsman Winkies

Text Story (2 pages)	Coast Guard Pinch-Hitter
Credits:	Script: H. T. Sperry \| Pencils: W. C. Brigham (signed) \| Inks: W. C. Brigham (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Text Article (1 page)
Featuring:	Curious Facts About Stamps
Credits:	Script: I. S. Klein \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Last Stand
Credits:	Script: Norton S. Parker; Harry O. Hoyt \| Pencils: Richard Rogers ? \| Inks: Richard Rogers ?
Genre:	Western-frontier

Activity (1 page)	Blocking
Featuring:	Be a Champion
Credits:	Script: Ed Cronin (signed) \| Pencils: Ed Cronin (signed) \| Inks: Ed Cronin (signed)
Genre:	Sports

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