Issue Contents:
Featuring The Funnies Letter Club
Story Notes
On inside front cover.
"And so dawns the day of the big fight"
Credits
- Script: Marçal Abella Brescó
- Pencils: Marçal Abella Brescó
- Inks: Marçal Abella Brescó
- Letters: Marçal Abella Brescó
Reprint Notes
from Alley Oop Sundays (NEA) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
"I hafta go in the store an' get some soap for Mom!"
Credits
- Script: Gene Byrnes
- Pencils: Gene Byrnes
- Inks: Gene Byrnes
Reprint Notes
from Reg'lar Fellers Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
"Two spades."
Credits
- Script: Yan Gevuld
- Pencils: Yan Gevuld
- Inks: Yan Gevuld
- Letters: Yan Gevuld (uncertain)
Reprint Notes
from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) 1936-XX-XX - 1936-XX-XX
Featuring The Funnies Crossword Puzzle Page
"Well, of all things - just when I'm in a hurry."
Credits
- Script: J. R. Williams
- Pencils: J. R. Williams
- Inks: J. R. Williams
Reprint Notes
from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
Story Notes
The pages are not sequential. Spread throughout the magazine.
G-Man vs. the Red X
Credits
- Pencils: Roy Thomason
- Inks: Roy Thomason
- Script:
Story Notes
Copyright Stephen Slesinger. Adapted from Big Little Book (Whitman, 1932 series) #1147 [G-Man vs the Red X] (1936).
"Watch closely, gentlemen!"
Credits
- Script: Séraphine Claeys
- Pencils: Séraphine Claeys
- Inks: Séraphine Claeys
Reprint Notes
from Freckles and His Friends Sundays (NEA) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
"Fetch a spade Hopkins!"
Credits
- Script: Clyde Lewis
- Pencils: Clyde Lewis
- Inks: Clyde Lewis
- Letters: Clyde Lewis (uncertain)
Reprint Notes
from Hold Everything Sundays (NEA) 1937-XX-XX - 1937-XX-XX
"Harmless little housefly out for some fun"
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Cicero's Cat Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 1937-XX-XX - 1937-XX-XX
Featuring Home Magic
Credits
- Script: A. W. Nugent
- Pencils: A. W. Nugent
- Inks: A. W. Nugent
"Honey, whut is yo gone an' done?"
Credits
- Script: Hélène Bury-De León
- Pencils: Hélène Bury-De León
- Inks: Hélène Bury-De León
Reprint Notes
from Boots Sundays (NEA) 1936-XX-XX - 1936-XX-XX
"This is the third time I've asked you to spade my flower bed!"
Credits
- Script: Robert Labs
- Pencils: Robert Labs
- Inks: Robert Labs
Reprint Notes
from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
"Gergory Main, of Saint Louis, M.O…"
Credits
- Pencils: Walter Galli
- Inks: Walter Galli
- Script:
Reprint Notes
from Stranger Than Fiction daily (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 1935-10-25, 1936-04-15
West of Rainbow's End
Characters
Credits
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Script: original story
- Script: original screenplay
- Script: original screenplay
Story Notes
Adapted from the 1938 Monogram Picture "West of Rainbow's End" motion picture. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey (story), Stanley Roberts (screenplay), and Gennaro Rea (screenplay).
Featuring Funnies Cartoon Club
Credits
- Script: W. C. Brigham
- Pencils: W. C. Brigham
- Inks: W. C. Brigham
Doing Things Over!
Credits
- Script: Edwin Alger
- Pencils: Edwin Alger
- Inks: Edwin Alger
Reprint Notes
from Ben Webster's Page Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
Story Notes
The strip was probably ghosted.
"Forget that pocketbook business, Irwin --"
Credits
- Script: Mikael Tomasic
- Pencils: Mikael Tomasic
- Inks: Mikael Tomasic
Reprint Notes
from Dan Dunn Sundays (Publishers Syndicate) 1937-08-22 - 1937-09-12
Story Notes
On the 4th Page of Dan Dunn it says See what happen - in our next issue. Dan Dunn does not appear in the next issue of The Funnies. Instead the feature move to a new comic series called Crackajack Funnies. Between this issue and the first issue of Crackajack Funnies they skip over 1937-09-19 Sunday.
"Just when Enoch Scroggins, vice-president of Comet Airways…"
Credits
- Script: Paolo Campana
- Pencils: Paolo Campana
- Inks: Paolo Campana
Reprint Notes
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
Featuring Everybody's Playmate
Credits
- Script: A. W. Nugent
- Pencils: A. W. Nugent
- Inks: A. W. Nugent
"Ma. Oh Ma! I'm goin' to Hollywood!"
Storyline
Scribbly tells his mother that he's going to Hollywood with Mr. Barlowe and Roscoe. After Scribbly leaves, Mrs. Jibbet discovers that her younger son is missing.
Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet
- Mrs. Jibbet
- Dinky Jibbet
Credits
- Script: Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils: Sheldon Mayer
- Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribbly
"I'm going to the archery club!"
Storyline
Scribbly heads out to the archery club, unaware that his kid brother has attached a bullseye to his back.
Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet
- Dinky Jibbet
Credits
- Script: Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils: Sheldon Mayer
- Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Story Notes
Based on an idea sent in by Marshall Rosenberg.
"While at home Scribbly's kid-brother has disappeared..."
Storyline
Mr. Barlowe brings Scribbly and Roscoe to meet his friend, Bernie von Goldstein, the movie director. Bernie complains that his star, Dimples Dumpling, is out sick with the mumps. When Scribbly's kid brother emerges from his luggage, Bernie exclaims that he has found Dimples' replacement.
Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet
- Dinky Jibbet
- Mr. Barlowe (nickname established as "Natey")
- Roscoe T. Rooney
- Bernie von Goldstein (introduction, movie director)
Credits
- Script: Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils: Sheldon Mayer
- Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Knick-Names for Scribbly's Kid Brother!
"I call my kid-brother 'Brilliantine', because..."
Storyline
A reader tells Scribbly that she calls her kid-brother "Brilliantine" (a hair-grooming product) because he gets in her hair.
Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet
Credits
- Script: Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils: Sheldon Mayer
- Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Story Notes
Based on an idea sent in by Genevieve Ayoub.
"A man in Washington D.C. made 20 billion dollars in one week!"
Credits
- Script: Joe Larsen
- Pencils: Joe Larsen
- Inks: Joe Larsen
Redskin Renegade
Credits
- Pencils: W. C. Brigham
- Inks: W. C. Brigham
- Script:
Featuring Curious Facts About Stamps
Credits
- Script:
"I suppose it was silly of me, but I asked Bronc Peeler to follow you!"
Credits
- Script: Fred Harman
- Pencils: Fred Harman
- Inks: Fred Harman
Reprint Notes
from Bronc Peeler Sundays (Consolidated News) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
Buffalo Jones
Credits
- Script: Stookie Allen
- Pencils: Stookie Allen
- Inks: Stookie Allen