The Funnies, #34

Published: August 1939

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The Funnies #34

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1 page humor

"Gosh! They Don't Feed These Animals Enough!"

Storyline

Two boys look at skeleton in a museum exhibit.

Story 1 4 pages humor

"By golly, Umpa - for a while, there, I was beginnin' to think..."

Reprint Notes

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

Down the Wyoming Trail
Story 2 6 pages western-frontier
Credits
Trigger Men
Story 3 4 pages crime
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
A Princess of Mars - Episode 5 (1)
Story 4 4 pages science fiction

"John Carter and the princess, Dejah Thoris, are being taken to the Green Martian's capital city..."

Characters
Story Notes

Adapts Edgar Rice Burroughs' "A Princess of Mars." Script adaptation credit per Western's then policy per Oskar Lebeck cited by Michael Barrier, p. 28, Funnybooks (UC Press, Oakland, 2015). These credits continue until the strip was canceled.

Story 5 4 pages adventure

"Quick! My jug! My gun!"

Characters
  • Wash Tubbs
  • Captain Easy
Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story 6 1 page humor

"Mother isn't feeling well"

Reprint Notes

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

Frameup
Story 7 4 pages western-frontier
Story 8 1 page humor

"What can I do for you my good man?"

Reprint Notes

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

Story 9 2 pages humor

"Whazza matter, Duzz?"

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story 10 1 page humor

"I know how to handle him"

Reprint Notes

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

$25 Prize Money - Kids! Paste-up Goofuss
Story 11 2 pages
Story 12 4 pages western-frontier

"Lightning Jim and his Deputy, Whitey Larsen, are trailing the bank bandits, who..."

The Black Widow
Story 13 4 pages
Story 14 1 page humor

"Th' only one we have to worry about"

Reprint Notes

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

Story 15 1 page humor

"Yes, sir - as a mere lad of eight I had mastered the art..."

Reprint Notes

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

Dick Tracy at Homeville
Story 16 3 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Dick Tracy
Story 17 1 page humor

"What's th' contraption, Sam?"

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Featuring Curious Facts about Stamps

Story 18 2 pages
Story 19 1 page humor

"Yeh, Duzz, this year, instead o' plantin' onions, I'm gonna some leek!"

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story 20 4 pages humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Remember the jellyfish - floating so bold..."

Credits

Featuring Funnies Crossword Puzzle Page

Story 21 1 page
Story 22 4 pages adventure; aviation

"Larry and Ronnie, having completed their motion picture work in Florida..."

Credits

Featuring How to Draw

Story 23 1 page
Credits
Story 24 3 pages fantasy

"Ojo, Scraps and the magic cat"

Characters
  • Ojo
  • Scraps
Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story 25 1 page humor

"Well, Duzz has gone home, but it was swell o' him ta lemme..."

Credits
Reprint Notes

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