The Funnies comic books issue 4

Scarce. Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Fisher's Nursery Rhymes" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "Dip and Duck" by M. E. Brady; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Good Deed Dotty" and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "Flying to Fame or Slim and Tubby" by John Welch and Russell Ross; "Fisher's Looney Legends" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "S'matter Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby" by Charles M. Payne; "Simp O' Dill" and "The Nebbs" by Sol Hess and Wallace A. Carlson; "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Fisher's Dizzy Dramas" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Vignettes of Life" by J. Norman Lynd; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "The Frog Pond Ferry" and "Buttons and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Ned Brant at Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "Holly of Hollywood" and "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Mormand; and "Fisher's Silly Scoops" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher). "Tim McKee's Stratosphere Adventure" text story by Ralph Daigh. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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(W/A) Sergio Aragonés Sergio Aragonés, master cartoonist, tells the classic tale of the kindly old toymaker who wanted more than anything in the world a son - and a wife! Sergio will also delight you with the other love of his youth (besides cartooning) - marionette puppets. Also, there will be plenty of puns and puzzles to please and perplex you. Cover price $3.50.

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Bill Everett cover. Contains three original features accompanied by comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Hydroman" by Bill Everett; "Flyin' Jenny" by Russell Keaton; "Screen Oddities" by Gordon Fawcett; "The Purple Zombie" by Tarpe Mills; "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Dinky Dinkerton" by Art Huhta (as Jim Wallace); "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Kitty Moran and her Hound" and "Idioddities" by Jack Romer; "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; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer. "Dangerous Treasure" text story by Jack M. Greene, illustrated by Everett. Indicia states "Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics". 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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*18+ Mature Readers Only* 1st printing. *18+ Mature Readers Only* Cover price $0.50.

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2nd printing. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, Lynch, Skip Williamson, Kim Deitch, Jay Kinney, Daniel Clyne, and Justin Green. The influential underground comic edited by Jay Lynch. This printing can be distinguished from the previous one by the Kitchen Sink emblem in the top left corner of the cover. 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 32 pages, B&W. NOTE: 2nd Printings say "Hey Kids! Adults Only!" across the top in GREEN INK and says First Krupp Printing at bottom of inside front cover. Cover price $0.50.

3rd printing. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, Lynch, Skip Williamson, Kim Deitch, Jay Kinney, Daniel Clyne, and Justin Green. The influential underground comic edited by Jay Lynch. This printing can be distinguished from the previous one by the Kitchen Sink emblem in the top left corner of the cover. 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 32 pages, B&W. NOTE: 3rd Printings have "Krupp Printing number 8765432" on interior front cover. Cover price $0.50.

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Spider-Woman is the 4th issue in the Bubble Funnies series released in 1981 by Amurol Products and Marvel. Each full color issue measures 2-5/8-in. x 3-1/2-in. and features 10 story pages. All new Spider-Woman story "To Defy Doctor Doom!". Copies originally came shrinkwrapped with a stick of pink bubble gum. A copy is considered mint even if the shrinkwrap and gum have been removed. In fact, the gum should be removed if still present to prevent future damage to the comic.

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Story by Phil Nowlan. Art by Dick Calkins. Cover by Stephen A. Douglas. Reprints of the early comic strip that defined "science fiction" for an entire generation. Collects the Buck Rogers Sunday strips (with a different storyline than the daily strip), following the adventures of Buddy Deering, younger brother of Buck's compadre Wilma Deering. In future Brazil, Buddy and Alura find themselves framed for a crime and condemned to the death-ray. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories and art by Harry Lazarus, Morris Weiss (credited as Pat Simon), A. W. Nugent, Herman C. Browner, Charlie Sanders, Gud Jud, Herman C. Browner, and Ellis Chambers. An early comics anthology featuring humor and funny-animal stories from Charlton, published under the imprint Children Comics Publishing. Rabbit-son Crusoe and Friday the turtle, stranded on a desert island, discover that they're not alone. Capt. Parrot (who looks a lot like Gold Key's later Cracky the parrot) goes swordfishing, but the fish complains about his choice of bait. A storyteller explains why wolves and foxes are always the bad guys. Plus puzzle and activity pages, and fun facts about the Tuatara lizard. Freddy Frog; Smarty; Play-Time; Just Call Me Sam; Capt. Parrot; Unusual Animals; Rabbit-Son Crusoe; A Visit to the Zoo; Indian Tales; Tommy and Dodo; Bojo and Tony; Barry the Bear; Kenny Katt. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and others. Charlton's second go at this funny-animal book, originally one of their first published titles. Leon the Lyin Lion tells tall tales about the time he was a sign painter. Tubby the Scout sets out to be a detective, but Dapper Dan the Second-Story Man smells a patsy. Punchy finds a wallet full of money, but his manager wants a cut. Punchy and the Black Crow; Leon the Lyin Lion; Tubby the Scout; Who's Zoo at Xmas; Nip the Cat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Christmas cover. Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, and activity pages. In order of appearance: "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "This Curious World" by William Ferguson; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "The Nut Brothers", "Mr. Blotto", and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Tailspin Tommy" by Hal Forrest; "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Myra North, Special Nurse" by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Annibelle" by Dorothy Urfer; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Og, Son of Fire" by James Irving Crump; "Tad of the Tanbark" and "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete" and "On the Range" by Fred Harman; "G Men on the Job" by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein; and "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Dec: 2023 - Seattle: Part 2!" Written by Dale Berry and Ken Sperry. Art by Dale Berry. Jinzai must face Yamagata's deadliest killer - Yami Doko, the Kite of Darkness! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Rube Goldberg. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Ed Wheelan, Les Marshall, Lank Leonard, Ham Fisher, Montfort Amory, John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, Jo Metzer, 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, Don DeConn and Ed Cronin. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Ne'er-do-well Mickey Finn poses as Santa to save Christmas for two poor neighborhood kids. A murderous loan shark makes examples of his unfortunate clientele, until The Clock intervenes. Teens Slim and Tubby decide to check up on Roger Bligh Jr. and Judith when they go to Look Out Peak. Plus a profile of Hollywood star Charles Laughton, Hawks of the Seas by comics legend Will Eisner, and the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Star Snapshots; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Modern Planes; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Off Side; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Hawks of the Seas; Puzzle Phun; Flossie; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Jim Swift. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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By Paul Hornschemeier. In the final chapter of "Mother, Come Home," a boy and his father are reunited after the father's escape from a mental institution. As they flee confinement, the boy becomes aware that something irreparable has occurred in his father...and that they will never return home together. 40 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.50.

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Golden Funnies (1973), published by DynaPubs Enterprises weekly in 1973, features rotating classic 1912-1945 newspaper strips such as The Phantom, Batman, Little Nemo, Charlie Chan, Superman, Buck Rogers, Krazy Kat, Dick Tracy, Mandrake, Bringing up Father. Included in #4 is a Superman Sunday page by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster from November 26, 1939. Newsprint, tabloid-sized 11.25-in. x 17.5-in. (standard horizontal tabloid fold not considered a defect), B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Newspaper strip reprints; scripts by Allen Saunders, art by Elmer Woggon. Allen Ulmer cover. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia has Vol.1 #3 which is incorrect Vol. 1 #4 no number, #3 on inside. Cover art by Bill Everett. Untitled Skyrocket Steele story, art by Bill Everett; Saved from a rocket bomb by Invex, Steele and Kurt are shown how Sari and Tal have been frozen stiff, then a gadget is placed on them that makes them respond like robots. Untitled Pal story, script and pencils by Clarie S. Moe. The Floating City starring Dick Kent, script and pencils by Arthur Pinajian; The whole world goes topsy-turvy, and Dick Kent is trapped by weird men above the clouds. War...Without Warning text story Lloyd Dyoll. 2038 A.D. story, script and pencils by A. S. Van Eerde. Devil of the Deep starring Dave Dean, script by Norman Daniels, art by Fred Guardineer. In a Prehistoric World starring Jay Douglas, script and art by Robert Louis Golden. The Christmas Kid starring Spinner, script by Bert Christman. 52 pgs.$0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Bru-Hed, Cynicalman, Hoodoo Voodoo, Saginaw Kid, and other short strips. 6.75" x 10.25", 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

*18+ Mature Readers Only* Written and Illustrated by Scott Krahl, Dave Brockie, Hunter Jackson, Charles Varga, Bob Gorman, Matt Maguire, Brigid Brown. 32 Pages, Full Color. *18+ Mature Readers Only* Cover price $2.95.

After the first two issues as a funny-animal comic, then MAD-style parody, Canadian publisher Superior converts Super Funnies to Western action. The Phantom Ranger must safeguard a railroad gold shipment from the outlaw Bates Gang and attacking Comanches alike. Ranchers hunt the wild black stallion Satana, but the rancher's young son bonds with the horse. El Tigre, the "Robin Hood of the West," and his sidekick Pancho are accused of murdering prospector Zeke, and must find the real killer to clear their names. The Phantom Ranger: The Doom Express; Satana; Arrow of Death; El Tigre; The Galloping Goof. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rex Lindsey. The Inspection, script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Pat Kennedy; the Awesome Foursome use their superpowers to help pass a district inspection of Riverdale High. Miss Grundy character profile, pencils by Stan Goldberg. Coach Clayton character profile, pencils by Stan Goldberg. Mime Time, script by Hal Smith, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Mike Esposito; Miss Grundy tries to get her class to communicate without using speech. Coffee Plant, script by Hal Smith, pencils by Stan Goldberg; Mr. Weatherbee thinks he's discovered a super-growth formule for plants - in Miss Beazly's terrible coffee. 36 pgs. $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

Stories and art by Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Tom Sims, Bill Zaboly, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Jimmy Murphy, Feg Murray, Paul Robinson, Colin Allen, Russ Westover, Clyde Lewis, Ted Shearer, George McManus, Vic Herman, Brandon Walsh, Darrell McClure, C. D. Russell, Doc Winner, Dudley Fisher, Ad Carter, Bill MacLean, Bob Naylor, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Wally Bishop, Fred Lasswell, Jimmy Hatlo, Art Helfant, Otto Soglow, Paul McCarthy, and Roy Crane. Harvey presents reprints of classic comic strips from King Features Syndicate; each issue features one page per strip. Blondie; Popeye; The Katzenjammer Kids; Dinglehoofer und His Dog; Snookums; Buz Sawyer; Felix the Cat; Tippie; Just Kids; Toots and Casper; Tillie the Toiler; Etta Kett; Elmer; Bringing Up Father; Henry; Flash Gordon; Pete the Tramp; Little Annie Rooney; Little Iodine; Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; Fun at the Zoo; Rumpus; Seein' Stars; Colonel Potterby and the Duchess; What a Family!; Muggs and Skeeter; Fatso; Little Stuff; Li'l Dot; Right Around Home; Double Trouble; Jerry on the Job; The Little King; Double Effort; Long Live the King!; Holly of Hollywood; Mandrake the Magician. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Favorite Funnies, published by DynaPubs of East Moline, Illinois, reprints "The best comic strips of 1912-1945). Among the strips featured are Skyroads, the Phantom, Little Nemo, Batman, Alley Oop, Krazy Kat, Brick Bradford, Charlie Chan and Bringing Up Father, complete stories in serial format. Tabloid-sized 11-14-in. x 17-1/2-in. (standard horizontal tabloid fold not considered a defect), 18-pages, black-and-white). NOTE: The comic strips reprinted in Favorite Funnies were continued in Vintage Funnies after Favorite Funnies ended with #12. Cover price $0.50.

32 pages, partial color Cover price $0.10.

Only covers for issues 4 known to exist

Cover by Dick Dyer. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Paul Gustavson, George Filchock, Frank Frollo, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Rafael Astarita, and William Allison. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of " Kit Carson and Chief Pakagon. Cowboy Jake takes on a tough guy using only his wits. In the early days of the frontier, the mysterious scout known as The Ermine promises to help a pioneer family find their kidnapped daughter. Also featuring early humor strips by Charles Biro and Bob Wood, later the minds behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Vacation Way Out West; Tenderfoot Joe; Killer McGee; The Ermine; Gold Coast; Cowboy Jake; Fabricatin' Phil; Chief Pakagon; Blood on the Rio Grande; One Buck and Two Bits; Wild West Junior; Star Gags; The Bison; Ace and Deuce; Pot o' Gold; Where Men Are Men; Lonesome Luke; Centaur Kid; Null and Void; Kit Carson; Tin Mule. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.