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The Funnies comic books issue 47

  • Issue #47
    Famous Funnies (1934) 47

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    Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "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); "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" by F. O. Alexander; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "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; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "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; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "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; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; and "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier. "Sailors of Fortune" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #47
    Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) 47
    • Center 3 wraps detached. Full spin split through 2 interior wraps.

    Painted cover by Allen Ulmer. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Fred Guardineer, Allen Ulmer, Sid Greene, Sam Burlockoff, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A pilot attempts to land a bomber with damaged landing gear; Stories featuring early art by comics legends Graham Ingels and Alex Toth; A ski instructor thinks fast after an avalanche. Not Even a Scratch; Run-In with Crime; Bicycle Hero; Sea Scout Emrich: Hero on a Golf Course; Avalanche!; Never Take a Dare; Guardian Angel; Buried Alive!; Invictus: Bloody... But Unbowed; Frozen by Electricity; Tunnel to Safety; All Hail the King; Man Overboard!; Heroism at Sea; Cheating Fire; The Drowning Boy; Nothing to It. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #47
    Funnies, The (1936-1942 Dell) 47

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    Cover by E. C. Stoner. Stories and art by Roy Crane, Gaylord Du Bois, Bob Jenney, Al McWilliams, E. C. Stoner, and John Coleman Burroughs. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. John Carter, Dejah Thoris and Tars Tarkas fly to the defense of the city of Helium as Zodangan forces attack, in the official comic-strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. John Carter art, including Martian battlefield scenes, by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Phantasmo uses his Spectre-like powers to save the city from a flood, and discovers that the dam was bombed by enemy aircraft. After the good King Victor breaks his leg while hunting in a remote section of England, a young smithy and a lady-in-waiting warn Victor of a plot against him. The smithy is secretly knighted, to become the masked warrior known as The Black Knight. Phantasmo's costume is mis-colored on the cover, making him appear to be nude! Phantasmo, the Master of the World; John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; Captain Easy; Rex, King of the Deep; Mr. District Attorney; Pie Gobb; Death Takes an Automobile Ride; The Black Knight; Speed Martin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #47
    Vintage Funnies (1973 Newspaper Reprints) 47

    Dynapubs comic strip reprints from 1912-1945, complete stories in serial format, 11-in x 17 1/2-in, 18 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.