Comic books in 'Funny Animal'

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Written by Frank Tieri and John Cerilli. Art by Jacob Chabot. Cover by Bobby Rubio. NOT SO FUNNY WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU? Once they were superstars of the Funny Animal Comedy circuit! Now money and fame have ruined their friendship. Will it ruin their lives? 28 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $3.99.

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Secret variant. Written by Frank Tieri and John Cerilli. Art by Jacob Chabot. Cover by Nic Klein. NOT SO FUNNY WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU? Once they were superstars of the Funny Animal Comedy circuit! Now money and fame have ruined their friendship. Will it ruin their lives? 28 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $3.99.

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2nd Printing. Written by Frank Tieri and John Cerilli. Art and Cover by Jacob Chabot. NOT SO FUNNY WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU? Once they were superstars of the Funny Animal Comedy circuit! Now money and fame have ruined their friendship. Will it ruin their lives? 28 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $3.99.

Silly Seal and Ziggy Pig take on the Japanese; Capt. America & Bucky advert for paper salvage. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. Written by Isabel Atherton. Art and cover by Bethany Straker. Tiddles is a suave, carefree kitty cat whose only pleasures in life are eating mice, wooing the ladies, and being generally apathetic toward his owner, Jake. But when a toxic spill occurs outside of town, Tiddles finds himself savagely attacked by a nasty-looking radioactive field mouse, and he wakes up as one of the undead! However, Tiddles, a.k.a. Zombie Cat, is decomposing rapidly and would prefer to live a normal life in the zombie apocalypse with his owner, Jake. But will Jake take in his former cuddly pet or will ZC be doomed to roam the streets trying to avoid the inevitable pull of his undead yearnings? Zombie Cat is a humorous adult picture book in the vein of Pat the Zombie and Ten Little Zombies: A Love Story. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 8-in. x 5 1/2-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke. When Erika and Patrick's parents leave them home alone for the night, they head straight to the attic to explore. When they open a mysterious box, hundreds of animals come pouring out! Soon the town is awash in more and more zoo animals, until Erika and Patrick discover that the tables have been turned - and the animals now run a zoo full of humans! A gentle, fantastical adventure for the very youngest of readers. The Zoo Box will be a terrific introduction to comics for both learning readers and their parents. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 48 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $17.99.

1st printing. By Matt McCray. In order to cut costs, the Zoo decided it would be a good idea to have the animals run their IT department and website. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 74 pages, Full Color. Cover price $9.95.

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. Punchy the boxer gets into a fight with a squirrel over an acorn - but that is one tough squirrel. So tough, in fact, that his manager puts him in the ring. Atomic Rabbit pursues The Disappearing Bandits. In a wordless story, Reynard the Fox gets all dressed up for his new job, only to find that it's in road construction. Punchy and the Black Crow; Leon the Lyin Lion; Atomic Mouse and the Armored Car; Atomic Rabbit: The Disappearing Bandits; Nip the Cat; Reynard the Fox; Leon the Lyin Lion: Big Stuff; What!!! No Elephants? 32 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. Punchy tries to sell Shorty a talking dog, but Shorty knows they only exist in cartoons. An alligator tries to swindle Tubby the Scout at a carnival. Leon the Lyin Lion has a tall tale for every occasion, and no one has out-fibbed him yet. Punchy and the Black Crow; Leon the Lyin Lion: Be Seated Please; Zoos Zoo Funnies Page of Fun; Complaint Time at the Zoo; Nip the Cat; Tubby the Scout; Bruin the Braggin' Bear; Leon the Lyin' Lion: Big Doings. 32 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 wins a trip to a dude ranch, but nobody believes the stories of his adventures there.Punchy the boxer wants to trick Shorty the Squirrel out of his house by pretending to be a ghost haunting it. Bruin the Braggin' Bear buys a hot car. Punchy and the Black Crow; Leon the Lyin Lion: Get Me Off This Hook; Zoo Crooks; Super Atomic Fox: No Imitations; Nip the Cat: The Jackpot; Who's Who in Zoo; Bruin the Braggin' Bear: Wotta Bargain; Shadow: Too Many Curves; Leon the Lyin' Lion: His Ups and Downs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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. Gate the Gator joins the scouts and tries to out-merit Tubby the Scout for a merit badge. Leon the Lyin Lion tells his own version of the jumping-frog tall tale. Shorty Squirrel tries to sell Blackie Crow a book of household hints, but first he must convince him he needs it. Shadow: X Marks the Spot; Punchy and the Black Crow; There's a Word for It; Leon the Lyin Lion: Ah... Choo!!!; Tubby the Scout; Nip the Cat: Mouser Trouncer; Who's Who in Zoo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Charlton's second go at this funny-animal book, originally one of their first published titles. Punchy the boxer goes to the gym to try to get muscular. Tubby the Scout and his pal go camping, and hear a wild animal outside the tent. Tubby tries to help when a deaf man's house is on fire. Leon the Lyin Lion; Punchy and the Black Crow; Leon the Lyin Lion: Truth Ache; Tubby the Scout: Camping Out; Nettie Bear and the Three Goldilocks; Shorty: Strike Me Pink, Black and Blue; Fair Game; Nip the Cat; Coo-Coo Nuts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover and several stories drawn by Al Fago. Cover reprinted in Punchy and the Black Crow (1985) #12, most stories reprinted in Wotalife (1959 Norlen) #5, "The Carpet Bagger" further reprinted in Funny Animals (1984) #1. Untitled: Leon the Lyin' Lion swears he's seen a longer dog. Untitled: Shorty's new business is a knockout. Untitled: Tubby the Scout prepares for dismissal. Untitled: Leon's ice cream budget drops. "Stuck with the Stick", text story. Untitled: Nip the Cat's picnic plan is full of holes. "The Carpet Bagger": Shadow does exactly as he's told. Untitled: Leon plants a garden of lies. "Sun Fun": Shorty shares an unexpected lunch. "Real Cool!": Leon serves lies on the rocks. "Where's Shorty?": Shorty is a fish magnet. 36 pages. Full-color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of Nyoka, the Jungle Girl. Nyoka tries to help the peaceful Pacii tribe when they are attacked by the powerful and evil Marus. Soldiers seek the help of jungle lord "Clibo" while on maneuvers in the African bush. But the war games are complicated by a redheaded captain's wife with a pistol and an agenda. Nyoka the Jungle Girl: Fury on the Wing: The Jungle Ultimatum; Jungle Wings; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: The Great Deception; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: The Jungle Battle; Clibo, Congo King: Maneuvers and Murder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Victor Pazmino. Adventures of Nyoka, the Jungle Girl. Nyoka encounters a strange gas that turns trees and animals to stone - and people, too. She makes a desperate high-wire walk to save herself and a party of paleontologists from the volcano responsible. Jetsam Joe tries to unload a case of firecrackers. Action-girl cover (with gorillas!) by Maurice Whitman. Nyoka the Jungle Girl: The Petrified Jungle: A Grave Plot!; The Diamond of Kor-El-Maninoor; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: The Weird Earthquake!; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: The Underground Volcano!; Trader Tom: Not Satisfied!; Jetsam Joe: The Snapshot That Didn't Snap!; Jetsam Joe: Business Is Booming! Final issue under this title; series continues as Nyoka The Jungle Girl (1955 Charlton) #14. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories by unknown. Art by Phil Fago and unknown. Punchy tries to sell Shorty a talking dog in a tale starring Punchy and the Black Crow! Plus: Leon wins a trip to a dude ranch in a tale starring Leon the Lyin' Lion! Also: Five single panel Zoo's Who joke cartoons "Who's Who in Zoo" starring Punchy, Black Crow, Leon the Lyin' Lion and Nip the Cat; and Nip the Cat has a bag of magic beans in "The Jackpot"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.75.

Stories and art by Nina Albright, Charles Voight, George Appel and Bernard Baily. Humor and adventure anthology from short-lived publisher Carlton. Spoof superhero Captain Milksop's secret identity, Mortimer X. Mortimer, is targeted by con men, but they don't know he can gain superpowers from comic books. The evil Satanas uses sonic vibrations to wreak havoc on a city. Reporter King O'Leary and photographer Kitty Allen investigate murder at a midnight movie. Dr. Mercy: The Deadly Cap Pistol!; Captain Milksop; Satanas; Bogeyman Deals the Cards; King O'Leary. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Len Short and others. Kids' humor comics and funny-animal hijinks from Fox Feature Syndicate. A funny-animal spoof of quiz shows, with an owl as the M.C.; Nanny and Boots are a little-girl-and-dog duo in the Buttons and Mindy mold; Nightclub owner and amateur detective Pussy Katnip discovers that gangsters have kidnapped a baby panda from the zoo. Quizzo; Nanny and Boots; Pinky Penguin; Timmy and Tubby; Pussy Katnip: Orchids for Temptation; Gussie the Gob. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by J. L. Keen and Jack Lane. Kids' humor comics and funny-animal hijinks from Fox Feature Syndicate. Senor Tamale, a parrot in a sailor hat, accepts a challenge to make the King laugh for a $1000 reward; When crooks hide stolen radium in the zoo, zookeeper Murray Mane becomes the superhero Jaguar Man; Dippy persuades Stubby to be his cousin's blind date, but she turns out to be a knockout. Senor Tamale; Walter the Waiter; Bobby's Adventure In The Land of"Down-Under; Senor Tamale; Jaguar; Stubby; Roscoe Bear. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by A. E. Howard and Frank Little. Kids' humor comics and funny-animal hijinks from Fox Feature Syndicate. Red Kamphor the skunk finds a box of fireworks and decides to open a fireworks stand, but learns the meaning of the word backfire; Senor Tamale gets lost in the California desert; Ernie tries to use self-hypnosis to become master of his own fate, but the world can't be hypnotized. Red Kamphor; Somebody's Stenog; The Back-Seat Driver; Gallery for Murder; Senor Tamale; Joy Family; Ernie; Roscoe Bear. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Frank Sinatra appearance in an advertising comic page for the lead feature Li'l Pan. The ad promotes the forthcoming Li'l Pan #1, but no such issue was ever published. Li'l Pan runs issues #6-8 (#1-5 was Rocket Kelly). Cover price $0.10.

Kids' humor comics and funny-animal hijinks from Fox Feature Syndicate. A rhyming story about nerdy Peter Poke, who decides to go out for athletics to impress a girl; The tale of Goldilocks retold in jazz lingo, as Bobby Sox and the Three Bears; Gloria gets a chance at a reporter job, but first she must get a picture of a reclusive millionaire at the zoo. Peter Poke; Gloria; Dotty Doakes; Horse Opera; Walter the Waiter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by A. E. Howard and Frank Little. Kids' humor comics and funny-animal hijinks from Fox Feature Syndicate. The introduction of Honey, a teen girl-next-door strip for the beatnik generation; A rhyming story about Dotty and her blind date; Gloria (now a brunette) is assigned to photo-document a mountain-climbing expedition. Honey: Meet Miss America!!; Peter Poke; Senor Tamale Goes to a Fiesta; Dotty Doakes; Buster Bang; Gloria On the Job; Lefty. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. The former kids' humor comic from Fox Feature Syndicate switches to adventure, as Rulah, Jungle Goddess makes her debut, with possible art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Female aviator Jane Dodge crashes in the African rainforest and becomes Rulah, jungle warrior; Unsung sports heroes of yesteryear; Reporter Joan Mason (best known as the original Blue Beetle's girlfriend) goes looking for trouble with her new watch-sized video camera. Rulah, Jungle Goddess; Janie Runs For Mayor; Girl Trouble; Joan Mason. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker, Stan Ford and Jo Logan. Cover by Matt Baker. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah warns a treasure-hunter about a dangerous witch doctor, but he refuses to believe a woman knows more about the jungle than he does; Fun facts about elephants; Spacefaring hero Rick Evans battles aliens that are using an iceberg as a base for invasion. Death from Fangs of Stone!; African Adventure; Natural Science: Elephants; Rick Evans: The Green Menace from Voluta; One Round Hogan. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. A red-headed villainess (who wears a cute kitty-ears hat like those that were popular 70 years later) menaces Rulah with her command of panthers and octopi; Fun facts about native people around the world; Rulah busts a slavery ring. Classic dueling-amazons cover by Jack Kamen, and plentiful good-girl art throughout. Rulah, Jungle Goddess: Fangs of Black Fury; African Treasure Hunt; Private Lives of Jungle Folk; Slave Girls of the Monstrous Bwana Terra!; Dick Transom. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Frenzy of the Dishonored Idol!" reprinted in Jungle Girls (1988) #5; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Ice Beast..." reprinted in Jungle Girls (1988) #5 and Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) #85; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Harpies From Hades!"; and "Tropical Topics, The Pigmy". "The Big Paw" text story. Indicia states "ZOOT COMICS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Foreign agents choose Rulah's corner of the jungle to test a biological weapon, but Rulah and a handsome reporter are hot on their trail; Fun facts about the Bushmen tribes of Africa; Rulah accidentally awakens the people of a lost city who have slept for 5000 years. Classic bondage cover by Jack Kamen. More daring costumes and classic pre-Code good-girl art. The Purple Plague; Tears of Death; The Slumbering City; The Deadly Dust. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Rulah" panel exhibits Fredric Wertham's injury-to-the-eye motif; see "Rulah...The Menaced Maidens!" story page five, panel seven. In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Bloodstained Fangs!" reprinted in Wild Women (1999) #1 and Vixens, Vamps and Vipers SC (2014 EA Press) Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics #1-1ST; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Thirsty Stone!" reprinted as "The Bloodthirsty Stone.." in Terrors of the Jungle (1952) #10; "Buccaneers" reprinted in Frank Buck (1950) #71; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Menaced Maidens!"; and "Tropical Topics, The Lion, King of the Jungle" art by Louis Zansky. "Bloom of Death" text story. Indicia states "ZOOT COMICS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the Feb. 1948 issue, is the first issue #13; a later issue was erroneously numbered 13 as well. A circus promoter uses a boy in his scheme to lure Rulah to New York; Ungar warns Rulah that the spirit of a dead slaver may return to the jungle; Rulah pursues a jungle cult that killed a woman with gold, in a strange premonition of the James Bond adventure Goldfinger. Terrific cover has Rulah battling a snake, leopards and forest fire all at once. More outrageous action and classic pre-Code good-girl art. Stone Jungle; Bloody Moon; Murder Deadline; Plundering Cult. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the April 1948 issue, is technically the fifteenth issue, but was erroneously numbered #13. A jungle wizard named Loki makes animals and people alike slaves to his will, but Rulah bows to no one; Rulah uses jungle strategy against what appears to be an invading Mongolian horde; Rulah is hired to escort a harem through the jungle, and ends up battling wild animals in an arena. Another action-packed cover. The Golden Lake; Satyrs of Satan; Bait for the Lion; Harem of Horror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Matt Baker. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the March 1948 issue, is technically the fourteenth issue, but the May issue was also erroneously numbered #14. Treasure hunters seek sacred precious stones that Rulah has sworn to protect; Hagga tries to have Rulah made into a jungle outcast; Renegade Jacque Legreed tries to frame Rulah for a safari's fatal journey. The Pearls of Patmos; Condemned; The Trek of Danger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the May 1948 issue, is technically the sixteenth issue, but was erroneously numbered #14. Rulah encounters a bizarre plot involving a mysterious figure in a red suit of armor, a machine that creates sandstorms, and a blonde femme fatale; A jungle tyrant wants to add Rulah to his harem of wives; A cult leader predicts the future and commands his trained gorilla to capture Rulah. Dynamic art, pre-Code action and classic good-girl imagery combined. The Knave of Scarlet; The Thirsty Tyrant of Tii; Deaths Grim Reflection. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. A Broadway dancer brings her troupe to the jungle tribe that taught her wicked dances, but doesn't mention that they're cannibals; Rulah is challenged by a lost French colony and its self-appointed Napoleon; Rulah faces a blonde villainess in a feather bikini and her army of trained falcons. More pre-Code jungle action, gorgeous good-girl art and just plain strange storytelling. Another great jungle goddess-vs.-gorilla cover. Death Dancers; A Jungle Bonaparte; Jungle Pitfall; The Falcon. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Story and Art by Mike Kazaleh. Comedic musings on the medical system, conspiracies, and baldness. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.