The Funnies comic books issue 16

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Fisher's History of Boxing" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Good Deed Dotty" and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "Hairbreadth Harry" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "The Nebbs" by Sol Hess and Wallace A. Carlson; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "S'matter Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby" by Charles M. Payne; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Flying to Fame" by John Welch and Russell Ross; "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Such Is Life" by Walt Munson; "Dumb-Bells" by Charles J. Dunn (as Gar); "Dizzy Dramas" by Joe Bowers; "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Simp O' Dill" by Sol Hess and Wallace A. Carlson; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Vignettes of Life" by J. Norman Lynd; and "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson. "Tim McKee and the Talking Sign" text story by Ralph Daigh. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by R. Webster. Stories and art by Stephen Douglas, Frank Rentfrow, L.J. McCabe, Ben Thompson, Don Dixon, Harry G. Peter, Russell Keaton and Bill Everett. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Heat-activated hero Man o' Metal, with powers similar to the later Spidey villain Molten Man, goes to work as a private investigator; The Music Master gains power from musical sounds and uses music as a weapon, as well as a means of transport; Rainbow Boy battles a gang of murderous mail thieves. Rainbow Boy, Music Master and Man o' Metal were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; Rainbow Boy; Daredevils of Destiny; Man O' Metal; Hold Flight Five!; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Christmas cover. Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Fun with a Pencil" by Walter Cole Brigham; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Curious Facts about Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" and "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "G-Man vs. The Red X" (Big Little Book adaptation) by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Be a Big Leaguer" by Ed Cronin; and "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams. "White Tiger of Timur, Part One" text story by H. T. Sperry, illustrated by Walter Cole Brigham. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ed Cronin. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Art Pinajian, Ed Wheelan, Lank Leonard, Mo Leff (credited as Ham Fisher), John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, George Brenner, Bernard Baily, Bob Zuppke, R. W. Depew, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, Charles Driscoll, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Al Zere, and Vernon Henkel. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Will Eisner's spy hero Black X and his sidekick Batu must stop saboteurs from blowing up the 71st Regiment. Gallant Knight Sir Neville is captured while trying to free a young lad from the Black Baron. In the early Eisner strip Archie O'Toole, King Archie eludes crooks and rescues a woman from a runaway balloon. Plus a profile of Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr, and the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Gallant Knight; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Espionage Starring Black X; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Reynolds of the Mounted; Flossie; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Clip Chance at Cliffside; The Barbarian. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol 2 #12. Cover pencils by Paul Gustavson. Untitled Fantom of the Fair story, script and art by Paul Gustavson; story set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania. Daredevil Barry Finn story, script and art by Tarpe Mills. Untitled Space Patrol story, script and art by Basil Wolverton; Nick Nelson and Kodi pursue "notorious space bandit" Owen Kosterman to the jungles of Venus, and encounter a couple of couple of cannibalistic spider men. Untitled Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire story. Text feature devoted to reviews of fan magazines; Fanzines reviewed include FANTASY NEWS (James V. Taurasi), NEW FANTOM, THE FANTAST (C.S. Youd), FANTASCIENCE DIGEST (Bob Madle, Jack Agnew) and SPACEWAYS (Harry Warner, Jr.). Untitled John Linton story, script and art by Harry Francis Campbell. Untitled Speed Centaur story, script and art by Malcolm Kildale; Speed Centaur and Reel McCoy explore a cave which carries them back in time. 52 pgs.$0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Dynapubs comic strip reprints from 1912-1945, complete stories in serial format, 11-in x 17 1/2-in, 16 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Comic Strip Fanzine. 28 pages, B&W.

24 pages, partial color Cover price $0.10.