Famous Funnies comic books issue 17

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

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Cover by R. Webster. Stories and art by Stephen Douglas, E. Demby, Alan Mandel, Dan Barry, Charles Bruno, Harry G. Peter, Ben Thompson and Bill Everett. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Hydroman and Rainbow Boy battle The Red Scorpion; A true war story featuring early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry; Man O' Metal investigates the murder of a millionaire. Also featuring a Rainbow Boy story promoting War Bonds, a WWII fundraising effort. Rainbow Boy, Music Master and Man o' Metal were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Outstanding Hero of the War; Hydroman; The Music Master; Rainbow Boy; 18 Karat Heroes; Man O' Metal; He Learned It Well; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.