Issue | V1#1 |
Published | November 1936 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | William Cook ? |
Notes | Funny PICTURE STORIES is published monthly by Comics Magazine Company, Inc., 420 DeSoto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial Office, 12 West 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. Application for second class entry pending at post office, St. Louis, Mo., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879. Subscription price: One (1) year, 12 issues, in the United States and its Possessions, and Canada, $1.00. Single copies, 10 cents. Order of stories, synopses and credits added from scan of credit page, actual contents and page lengths of stories need to be verified from actual copy. |
Characters | The Clock |
Genre | Mystery |
Pencils | George Brenner |
Inks | George Brenner ? |
Reprinted | in Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn] |
Synopsis | Short synopses and credits for each of the stories in the issue. |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | The Clock (introduction ?) |
Synopsis | The Clock captures a night-watchman who was in on a jewel heist. |
Genre | Mystery |
Script | George Brenner |
Pencils | George Brenner |
Inks | George Brenner |
Notes | The Clock also appears in Funny Pages V1 #6 which has the same cover date. The Clock's civilian name of Brian O'Brien is not given until the character's later run in Feature Funnies. |
Reprinted | in Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v1#8; in Super-Dooper Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #1 |
Characters | Tom Campbell |
Synopsis | "Tom Campbell, Yank soldier of fortune, takes a fling along the banana border." (synopsis from table of contents). |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Ed Moore [as E. McD. Moore, Jr.] |
Pencils | Ed Moore [as E. McD. Moore, Jr.] |
Inks | Ed Moore [as E. McD. Moore, Jr.] |
Reprinted | in Super-Dooper Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #1 |
Characters | Red Dolan |
Synopsis | "Young Dolan knew his pal was not guilty - but he had to take a big chance to prove it." (synopsis from table of contents). |
Genre | Mystery |
Script | Joe Campbell [as Joe Campbell, Jr.] |
Pencils | Joe Campbell [as Joe Campbell, Jr.] |
Inks | Joe Campbell [as Joe Campbell, Jr.] |
Characters | Dick Kent |
Synopsis | "The whole world goes topsy-turvy and Dick Kent is trapped by wierd (sic) men above the clouds." (synopsis from the table of contents). |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Arthur Pinajian (credited) |
Pencils | Arthur Pinajian (credited) |
Inks | Arthur Pinajian (credited) |
Reprinted | in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v1#3[b] |
Characters | Jim Tyson |
Synopsis | "Blood-red feud haunted the hills of Tennessee and Jim Tyson trailed his enemy to showdown under the moon." (synopsis from table of contents). |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Joe E. Buresch (credited) |
Pencils | Joe E. Buresch (credited) |
Inks | Joe E. Buresch (credited) |
Notes | Reprint info according to Keltner index. |
Reprinted | in Funny Picture Stories (Centaur, 1936 series) #V3#1. |
Characters | Rat Larson |
Synopsis | "A rough, tough and salty gent was Rat Larson, skipper of the Morgelon. But a smuggler meets a weasel. Keno!" (synopsis from table of contents) |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | John Patterson [as J. A. Patterson] |
Pencils | John Patterson [as J. A. Patterson] |
Inks | John Patterson [as J. A. Patterson] |
Reprinted | in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v2#1 |
Synopsis | "A short, short Western yarn of a range beauty and the puncher who threatened to brand him for keeps." (synopsis from table of contents) |
Genre | Western |
Script | Buck Ringoe (credited) |
Pencils | Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison] |
Inks | Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison] |
Characters | The Spinner (introduction) |
Synopsis | "The Spinner weaves an exciting mystery around romance in the hill cave regions. A real thriller." (synopsis from table of contents). |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Bert Christman (credited) |
Pencils | Bert Christman (credited) |
Inks | Bert Christman (credited) |
Reprinted | in Super-Dooper Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #1 |
Characters | Joe Brailey |
Synopsis | "An animal man fights a plot for his life and a lovely girl in jungle wilds." (from introduction page). |
Genre | Jungle |
Script | Victor Dowling (credited) |
Pencils | Victor Dowling (credited) |
Inks | Victor Dowling (credited) |