Issue Details

Issue	V2#1
Published	September 1937
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Harry "A" Chesler (Editor); George Nagle (Managing Editor)
Notes	From indicia on inside front cover: FUNNY PAGES is published monthly at 404 N. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, Ill., for Comics Magazine Company, Inc., 1213 W. 3rd St., Cleveland, Ohio. EDITORIAL OFFICE, 11 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. From indicia on contents page: FUNNY PAGES is published monthly by Ultem Publications, Inc., Mount Morris, Illinois. EDITORIAL OFFICE, 276 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. Incorrectly listed as v2#2 in indicia on inside front cover; correct numbering on contents page. Index created from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

Cover Details

Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan

1 page Laughs filler "Stop! Have you forgotten anything???"

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents"

Letters

typeset

1 page Jest a Minute foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Boy oh boy! Wasn't this a swell summer?"

Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Letters	typeset

5 page Missing Links story "I wonder what this is --"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan

1 page Simpy filler "Chicken Dinner"

3 page Block and Fall story "I see deys a guy named 'Potshot' Hogan what escaped from jail..."

1 page Peanut O'Hooligan story "That mugg tried to make a date with me, 'Peanut.'"

Script	Bob Wood
Pencils	Bob Wood
Inks	Bob Wood

2 page Circus Days story "Good-bye Nell. They let me go this morning..."

Script	Claire S. Moe
Pencils	Claire S. Moe
Inks	Claire S. Moe

1 page Do You Know Why? filler "Baby quail, when hatched under a bantam hen..."

1 page Lovey Dovey story "You're home early tonight..."

1 page Jungle Town story "Your [sic] two coconuts short in your pay..."

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan

1 page It's Really a Fact filler "In the course of a season..."

Script	Bob Wood (signed)
Pencils	Bob Wood (signed)
Inks	Bob Wood (signed)

3 page Smart Alec story "I'm leaving this town tomorrow..."

1 page Good Mornin' Judge story "Your neighbor charges you begun to croon..."

Script	Bob Wood
Pencils	Bob Wood
Inks	Bob Wood

2 page Penny Aunty story "How about a picnic?"

Script	John Lindermayer [as Linder Mayr] (signed)
Pencils	John Lindermayer [as Linder Mayr] (signed)
Inks	John Lindermayer [as Linder Mayr] (signed)

2 page Black and Tan story Ah feels confidunt Ah'll ketch plenty o' fish t'day!"

3 page Dick the Detective story "So you're a shore 'nuff detective now eh, Dick?"

Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan
Notes	indicia incorrectly lists this as v2#2, correct number is on content page

1 page filler "Aaron Burr"

Genre

Fact

2 page illustration "When my kid wants something he gets it."

5 page text story "Jungle Getaway"

Script	Tom Curry
Pencils	? (illustrations)
Inks	? (illustrations)
Letters	typeset

6 page Dave Dean story "Devil of the Deep"

Characters	Dave Dean (introduction); Shorty (introduction)
Synopsis	Dave Dean searches for pearls but finds a mysterious demon guarding the waters.
Genre	occult
Script	Norman Daniels (signed)
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer
Notes	Art credits from Who's Who under the Mystic Comics title of "Deep Sea Demon".
Reprinted	in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v1#3 [b]; in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v2#6; in Mystic Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 [re-colored, re-titled "Deep Sea Demon", with first panel redrawn and signature removed]

1 page Runt and Tuffy story "O'kay. Let's hitchhike!"

2 page Granny and Her Pets story "Granny! Hurry with that packing..."

Pencils	John Lindermayer [as Linder Mayr] (signed)
Inks	John Lindermayer [as Linder Mayr] (signed)

1 page Insurance Ike story "I've tramped all over town..."

Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

1 page Are You Handicapped? story "Charles P. Steinmetz"

Genre

Fact

1 page Bingo story "- And top it off with a good cigar."

1 page Toots story "Mummy - why are the shades down in Mrs. Brown's house?"

7 page Little Mary of the Circus story "Jim, why don't you let Mary play in public..."

Script	Claire S. Moe
Pencils	Claire S. Moe
Inks	Claire S. Moe

1 page School Daze story "Mama, can I have some writing paper and an envelope?"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan

2 page Speed-a-Way story "Well, I'm almost finished!"

Pencils	John Lindermayer [as Linder Mayr] (signed)
Inks	John Lindermayer [as Linder Mayr] (signed)

1 page Shanty O'Toole story "Git up out'a that chair 'n go down to th' five and ten..."

Pencils	? [as R L W]
Inks	? [as R L W]

1 page Ann How! story "I'm telling you it's coffee..."

Half page Behind the Scenes filler "...And I would strongly recommend..."

Half page What a Man filler "Don't forget to call me Ma..."