The Funnies, #36

Published: October 1939

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The Funnies #36

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Issue Contents:
1 page science fiction
Characters

Featuring Famous Books Contest

Story 1 1 page

"Boys and Girls! Enter this big contest!"

Story Notes

Inside front cover

Story 2 6 pages science fiction

"So Alley Oop an' his friends busted your cart, eh?"

Reprint Notes

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

Story Notes

copyright 1938 NEA Service, Inc.

Story 3 1 page humor

"Come on, we ain't going to no party..."

Reprint Notes

from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) 1938-xx-xx

Story Notes

copyright 1938 NEA Service, Inc.

Story 4 1 page
Story 5 2 pages humor

"You young lads wouldn't know, of course, but the older heads will recall..."

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story 6 4 pages science fiction

"Searching for the canal that leads to Helium, John Carter, Dejah Thoris and Sola are sighted...,"

Story Notes

© 1939 by E.R. Burroughs, Inc.

Story 7 1 page humor

"Yeah I gotta get to th' school house early t'day"

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story Notes

copyright by NEA Service, Inc.

A Bike For You
Story 8 1 page
The Famon Gang [part 2]
Story 9 3 pages detective-mystery
Credits
Story Notes

Text story with illustrations Copr. 1939 by Chester Gould

The Hand of Horror [Part 1]
Story 10 4 pages detective-mystery
Credits
Story Notes

© 1939 by R S Callender

Story 11 4 pages western-frontier

"Sammy Stevens has enlisted the aid of Lightning Jim Whipple and Whitey to solve the murder..."

Credits
Story Notes

Based on the famous radio feature © 1939 by Beatrice Creamery Co Writer credit from Dave Porta.

Story 12 4 pages humor

"My gosh!! I'll bet a dime that's my stolen overcoat!"

Credits
Story Notes

http://ramapithblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/bosko-shipwrecked-comic-strip.html Copyright 1939 by Stephen Slesinger

Story 13 1 page humor

"You get those ashes out of that furnace as soon as you know how!"

Reprint Notes

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

Story Notes

copyright by NEA Service, Inc.

Find the Errors

Featuring The Funnies Contest

Story 14 2 pages
Story Notes

a mail-in contest

Story 15 6 pages adventure

"Here's the situation. We've blundered into the Swink temple..."

Characters
  • Wash Tubbs
  • Captain Easy
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Story Notes

copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc. September dailies.

Story 16 6 pages aviation

"The Obermaster, a sinister, unknown figure in the Orient, is bent on causing world-wide conflict..."

Characters
  • Bruce McKay (intelligence agent)
Credits
Story Notes

© 1939 by R.S. Calender

Story 17 1 page humor

"There goes that quail"

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story Notes

copyright by NEA Service, Inc.

"Legs" Diamond
Story 18 4 pages crime
Credits
Story Notes

copyright by Stephen Slesinger

Story 19 4 pages fantasy

"The shaggy man is showing our friends the way to the Emerald City..."

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story Notes

copyright 1933 Reilly and Lee. Adaptation of the Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum, published in 1913.

Story 20 1 page
Credits
Solutions to Crossword Puzzles
Story 21 0 pages

Featuring The Funnies

Story 22 0 pages

"The Funnies on Sale Everywhere"

Stamp Story
Story 23 1 page
Story 24 1 page
Story 25 1 page humor

"Drat it! Had I 60 cents more I could see the game -"

Credits
Reprint Notes

from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) 1939-xx-xx

Story Notes

NEA Syndicate- copyright 1939

Story 26 2 pages humor

"Yoo hoo Sam! Where are ya?"

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story Notes

copyright NEA Service, Inc.

Story 27 4 pages detective-mystery

"Zara, petty chief of the produce racket, was stabbed by The Spider..."

Credits
Story Notes

Based on Phillips H. Lord's famous radio program © 1939 by Phillips H. Lord Inc.

The Famous Books in the Famous Size!

Featuring Better Little Books

Story 28 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover

Story 29 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover