Issue Details

Issue	#v3#1
Published	January 1939
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
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.

Cover Details

Pencils	? [as RR]
Inks	? [as RR]
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.

5 page Fury of the Foreign Legion story "Episode 2: Michael Fury Walked Into a Murder Trap... And --"

Script	Lawrence Spivack
Pencils	Lawrence Spivack
Inks	Lawrence Spivack

7 page A Complete Joe Brailey Story story "Trained Tiger"

Script	Victor J. Dowling
Pencils	Victor J. Dowling
Inks	Victor J. Dowling

7 page A Complete Ranger-Detective Story story "Poachers"

Pencils	George Filchock; Martin Filchock
Inks	George Filchock; Martin Filchock

7 page story "The Amateur Murderer"

Script	Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Pencils	Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Inks	Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Notes	First line: "Away out west in San Francisco, after a good deal of thought a young lady writes a letter..."]
Reprinted	from Detective Picture Stories (Centaur, 1936 series) #2

7 page story "Reynolds Comes Through"

Script	E. Rantz
Pencils	E. Rantz
Inks	E. Rantz
Notes	First line: "For three quarters Chelten had smeared the champion Dodge team"

5 page story "Canvas Dusters"

Script	Irving Settel
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson
Notes	First line: "The winner and champion -- Kid Dugan --" Strip is bylined Irving Settel; Paul Gustavson credit in bottom corner of first panel; division of labor listed in index is a guess.

1 page text story "Silent Robbery"

Script	Harry Donnelly
Pencils	? [as TG] (illustration)
Inks	? [as TG] (illustration)
Letters	typeset

Half page story "Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc."

Letters

typeset

8 page story "Mountain Murder"

Characters	Jim Tyson
Synopsis	"Blood-red feud haunted the hills of Tennessee and Jim Tyson trailed his enemy to showdown under the moon." (Synopsis from table of contents in original.)
Genre	Adventure
Script	Joe E. Buresch (credited)
Pencils	Joe E. Buresch (credited)
Inks	Joe E. Buresch (credited)
Notes	Reprint info according to Keltner index. First line: "Among the hills in the Volunteer State of Tennessee..."
Reprinted	from Funny Picture Stories (Centaur, 1936 series) #V1#1