The Funnies, #33

Published: July 1939

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The Funnies #33

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1 page humor

"Now don't get lost - Here - Take my hand!"

Story 1 1 page non-fiction; sports

"Dick Metz"

Characters
  • Dick Metz
  • Harold Cagle
  • Eric Tipton
  • Lauren Gale
Credits
Reprint Notes

from In This Corner daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Story Notes

The inside-front cover.

Story 2 5 pages humor

"You never heard of harnessin' a dinosaur??"

Reprint Notes

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

A Princess of Mars - Episode 4 (1)
Story 3 4 pages science fiction

"As John Carter is being taken to the Green Martian capitol city, Barsoom, a peaceful flight of merchant rocket ships..."

Credits
Story Notes

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.).

Story 4 4 pages crime

"Ah! - There's the cash!"

Characters
  • John Seadlund
Credits
Story 5 4 pages humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Now old mister bird - was as mad as could be..."

Credits
Story 6 5 pages adventure

"Something's made Wash and Easy suspicious."

Characters
  • Wash Tubbs
  • Captain Easy
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Story 7 1 page humor

"I'll teach that hobo that he can't fool a westerner so easy!"

Storyline

Several 1-panel jokes.

The Ghost of Winter Ranch
Story 8 4 pages western-frontier
Story 9 3 pages humor

"I'm th' game warden, fellas!"

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story 10 3 pages humor; domestic

"Why, that kid is chasing Willis..."

Reprint Notes

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

Story 11 4 pages western-frontier

"Now, Wilson, are you gonna talk?"

Story Notes

Previous archivist credited writer as R. S. Callender. (Callender, a Western Printing business manager who registered copyrights for creations owned by Western Printing, hence "© R. S. Callender" often found on various segments of a Dell comic, was not a writer.)

The Black Widow
Story 12 4 pages adventure
Story 13 1 page humor

"Oh, Willis - come here and help me."

Reprint Notes

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

Story 14 2 pages humor

"Hooray, Uncle Amos!"

Characters
  • Major Hoople
Reprint Notes

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

The Solution of the Fountain Pen Gun
Story 15 3 pages detective-mystery
Story 16 4 pages adventure

"But it won't do you any good!"

Story 17 1 page humor; domestic

"Why, that little snip!"

Reprint Notes

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

Story 18 1 page humor

"Look, Uncle Amos!"

Characters
  • Major Hoople
Reprint Notes

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

Featuring Curious Facts About Stamps

Story 19 2 pages non-fiction
Story 20 4 pages fantasy

"It is getting dark and Ojo, Scraps and the Glass Cat are looking for a place to sleep."

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story 21 1 page humor

"I'd like to run over to Ella's for a few minutes but I can't..."

Reprint Notes

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

Featuring Crossword Puzzle Page

Story 22 1 page non-fiction
Story 23 1 page humor

"Traffic light - what's that?"

Storyline

Several 1-panel jokes.

The Cassowary
Story 24 1 page non-fiction; animal; nature

Featuring Funnie-Bone Riddle Page

Story 25 1 page humor
Featuring Philip Lord's Gang Busters
Story 26 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

House ad for Popular Comics.

Story Notes

The back cover.