The Funnies, #30

Published: April 1939

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The Funnies #30

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1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"I'm letting him break in my new shoes!"

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Story 1 4 pages humor

"So tha's why we're all here..."

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from Alley Oop Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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copyright NEA Service, Inc.

The Ghost of Winter Ranch
Story 2 4 pages western-frontier
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Story 3 3 pages fantasy

"In the south part of Munchkin country..."

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from Wonderland of Oz Sundays (C. C. Winnigham) 1933-xx-xx - 1933-xx-xx

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copyright Reilly and Lee. Adaptation of the Patchwork Girl of Oz.

Story 4 3 pages western-frontier

"Red Ryder, cowboy and handyman wherever danger trails, is on his way up a winding trail."

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Story 5 1 page humor

"If ya want to visit our camp..."

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from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx

Story 6 4 pages adventure

"Toughest dive on the Mediterranean..."

Characters
  • Wash Tubbs
  • Captain Easy
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from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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copyright NEA Service, Inc.

Story 7 4 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Said Bosko to Bruno, 'Oh boy--we'll have fun...'"

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Art and writing credit from David Gerstein's Ramapith Prehistoric Pop Culture Blog (http://ramapithblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/bosko-shipwrecked-comic-strip.html). The story is based loosely on the 1931 Bosko Shipwrecked animated cartoon.

Story 8 2 pages humor

"It's that windy salesman, again!"

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from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Story 9 4 pages adventure; aviation

"If ... I ... can ... only"

The Black Widow
Story 10 4 pages adventure
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copyright by R.S. Calender

Story 11 2 pages humor

"I built th' fort..."

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from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Story 12 4 pages western-frontier

"Sock 'im Bronc!"

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from Bronc Peeler Sundays (Fred Harman) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

A Princess of Mars - Episode 1 (1)
Story 13 4 pages science fiction

"After serving in the Civil War..."

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Adapts Edgar Rice Burroughs' "A Princess of Mars." Art credit per Michael Barrier, p. 27, Funnybooks (UC Press, Oakland, 2015). Script adaptation credit per Western's then policy per Oskar Lebeck cited in Barrier, p. 28 (ibid.).

Sundown on the Prairie
Story 14 6 pages western-frontier
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Adapted from the movie by Monogram.

Story 15 2 pages humor

"I'll make the big, lazy lummox peel the potatoes and set the table for me!"

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from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Story 16 1 page humor

"Now what did ya do?"

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from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx

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Newspaper strip.copyright NEA Service, Inc.

Story 17 2 pages humor

"Oh, he was just a fresh guy ..."

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from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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Newspaper strips.

Leonard Scarnisi
Story 18 4 pages crime
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copyright by Stephen Slesinger

Story 19 1 page humor

"I sure got a head on me, Duzz!"

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from Salesman Sam Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx

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Newspaper strips.