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Issue Details

Issue #v3#1
Published January 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Vol. 3, Number 1. January, 1939. FUNNY PICTURE STORIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial and executive offices: 220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.

Cover Details

Pencils ? [as RR]
Inks ? [as RR]
Notes Vol. 3, Number 1. January, 1939. FUNNY PICTURE STORIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial and executive offices: 220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.

5 page Fury of the Foreign Legion story "Episode 2: Michael Fury Walked Into a Murder Trap... And --"

Script Lawrence Spivack
Pencils Lawrence Spivack
Inks Lawrence Spivack

7 page A Complete Joe Brailey Story story "Trained Tiger"

Script Victor J. Dowling
Pencils Victor J. Dowling
Inks Victor J. Dowling

7 page A Complete Ranger-Detective Story story "Poachers"

Pencils George Filchock; Martin Filchock
Inks George Filchock; Martin Filchock

7 page story "The Amateur Murderer"

Script Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Pencils Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Inks Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Notes First line: "Away out west in San Francisco, after a good deal of thought a young lady writes a letter..."]
Reprinted from Detective Picture Stories (Centaur, 1936 series) #2

7 page story "Reynolds Comes Through"

Script E. Rantz
Pencils E. Rantz
Inks E. Rantz
Notes First line: "For three quarters Chelten had smeared the champion Dodge team"

5 page story "Canvas Dusters"

Script Irving Settel
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes First line: "The winner and champion -- Kid Dugan --" Strip is bylined Irving Settel; Paul Gustavson credit in bottom corner of first panel; division of labor listed in index is a guess.

1 page text story "Silent Robbery"

Script Harry Donnelly
Pencils ? [as TG] (illustration)
Inks ? [as TG] (illustration)
Letters typeset

Half page story "Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc."

Letters typeset

8 page story "Mountain Murder"

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 in original.)
Genre Adventure
Script Joe E. Buresch (credited)
Pencils Joe E. Buresch (credited)
Inks Joe E. Buresch (credited)
Notes Reprint info according to Keltner index. First line: "Among the hills in the Volunteer State of Tennessee..."
Reprinted from Funny Picture Stories (Centaur, 1936 series) #V1#1