Auctions: comic books published by Famous Funnies
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Item #60874397
Published 1952 by Famous Funnies.Buster Crabbe (1951 Famous Funnies) 4 CGC 2.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #3742309017
Starts Jul 6 Cover by Frank Frazetta. Art by Allen Ulmer, Mike Roy and Frank Frazetta. Adventure tales featuring Hollywood legend Buster Crabbe, star of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers and Tarzan serials. Whiskers goes underground when he thinks he's killed his barber; A classic PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Also featuring cover art by Frazetta. The Kansas Killer; Lead Poison; Top Secret; Whiskers Has A Close Shave; The Raiders; Red Cross New Method of Artificial Respiration. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #61114985
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished Oct 1938 by Famous Funnies.Famous Funnies (1934) 51 CBCS 0.5
Paper: Off white
INCOMPLETE. Centerfold, 25th and 28th page missing, affects story.
Label #23-4917586-002
Starts Jun 24 Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Such Is Life" by Walt Munson; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Holly of Hollywood" and "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Momand; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Punky" by Fred Balk; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow. "Maori Madness" text story by Russel M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #61114976
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished Apr 1946 by Famous Funnies.Famous Funnies (1934) 141 CGC 5.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #3873165003
Starts Jun 24 Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Gasoline Cowboy" text story. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60836453
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished Dec 1953 by Famous Funnies.Famous Funnies (1934) 209 PR 0.5
INCOMPLETE. Majority of 2 pages missing (affects Dickie Dare story). 7" cumulative spine split. Oxidation.
Starts Jul 6 Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Colton Waugh and Harold LeDoux. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Seminal sci-fi strip Buck Rogers returns to Famous Funnies, ushering in the first of a series of iconic Buck Rogers covers by fantasy and comics legend Frazetta that ran during the title's last years. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Terrible Titans; The Smoke Eating Marine; The River Secret; Star Scout in Star Act; The Best Automobile Sticker. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #61114979
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished May 1955 by Famous Funnies.Famous Funnies (1934) 217 CBCS 1.8
Paper: Off white
Cover reattached with 2 pieces of tape on interior.
Label #23-4917586-001
Starts Jun 24 Stories and art by Rick Yager, Matt Christopher and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie and Dan learn more about Dickie's rescuer, Granny Wing. Buck Rogers and Earthquake P. Jones are rescued by Dr. Immorta of Saturn. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Also featuring an ad to join the "Buck Rogers Rocket Rangers." Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; What's the Answer To These School Problems?; Don't Move, Don't Speak; Keep Smiling; Tree Top Rescue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60836428
Published Mar 1942 by Famous Funnies.Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) 11 GD/VG 3.0
2" spine split from top. Cover oxidation.
Starts Jul 6 Contains four original features accompanied by comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Man O'Metal" by H. G. Peter; "Hydroman" by Bill Everett; "Star Flashes" by Charles Bruno; "Flyin' Jenny" by Russell Keaton; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "The Purple Zombie" by Tarpe Mills; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Mann of India" by Tarpe Mills; "Bill and Davey" by James P. McCague; "Dare-devils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Gordon Fife and the Boy King" by Bob Moore and Jim Hales; and "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson. "River Pirate Bait" text story by Jack M. Greene. Indicia states "Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics". 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.