Famous Funnies

    (Famous Funnies, 1934-1955)
©1951 The Eastern Color Printing Company

Famous Funnies has the distinction of being the first modern comic book title. Its first regular issue, May, 1934’s Famous Funnies #1, was reputedly the first monthly comic book. That issue reprinted newspaper strips such as Mutt & Jeff, Joe Palooka, and other popular dailies. With issue #3, Famous Funnies kicked off a Buck Rogers strip that was to last throughout most of its two-decades-long run.

A typical issue of Famous Funnies alternated gag strips like Oaky Doakes and Bobby Sox with serial adventure strips such as Steve Roper or headliner Buck Rogers. Clearly, the newspaper strip was the model being followed, although later issues, particularly the Frank Frazetta covers on issues #209–216, had more of a true “comic book” feel. Other art highlights include the first professional work by Al Williamson on an interior ad that ran in issues #169–170.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jul 1934
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    W: Fontaine Fox, H.J. Tuthill, Glenn Chaffin, A.E. Hayward, F.O. Alexander, J.P. McEvoy, Al Smith, A.W. Brewerton, Sol Hess, Charles Payne, Clare Dwiggins, Frank Godwin, J. Carroll Mansfield, Edwin Alger, A.W. Nugent, Harold Godwin, Jane Corby, Roscoe Fawcett  ·  A: Fontaine Fox, H.J. Tuthill, Hal Forrest, A.E. Hayward, F.O. Alexander, John Striebel, Al Smith, A.W. Brewerton, Wallace Carlson, Charles Payne, Clare Dwiggins, Frank Godwin, J. Carroll Mansfield, A.W. Nugent, Bud Thompson
    First regular monthly comic book; First regular monthly comic book ever published
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  • 2
    #2
    Sep 1934
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    #3
    Oct 1934
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    1st Appearance of Buck Rogers (in a comic book); Buck Rogers strips begin
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    #4
    Nov 1934
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    #5
    Dec 1934
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    #6
    Jan 1935
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    #7
    Feb 1935
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    #8
    Mar 1935
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    #9
    Apr 1935
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    #10
    May 1935
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    #11
    Jun 1935
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    4 pages of Buck Rogers
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    #12
    Jul 1935
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    4 pages of Buck Rogers
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    #13
    Aug 1935
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    #14
    Sep 1935
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    #15
    Oct 1935
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    #16
    Nov 1935
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    #17
    Dec 1935
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    #18
    Jan 1936
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    4 pages of Buck Rogers
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    #19
    Feb 1936
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    #20
    Mar 1936
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    #21
    Apr 1936
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    #22
    May 1936
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    #23
    Jun 1936
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    #24
    Jul 1936
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    #25
    Aug 1936
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    #26
    Sep 1936
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    #27
    Oct 1936
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    1st True-Crime in comics; War on Crime begins
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    #28
    Nov 1936
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    #29
    Dec 1936
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    #30
    Jan 1937
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    #31
    Feb 1937
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    #32
    Mar 1937
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    #33
    Apr 1937
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    Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger stories
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    #34
    May 1937
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    #35
    Jun 1937
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    #36
    Jul 1937
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    #37
    Aug 1937
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    #38
    Sep 1937
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    Buck Rogers portrait
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    #39
    Oct 1937
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    #40
    Nov 1937
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    #41
    Dec 1937
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    #42
    Jan 1938
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    #43
    Feb 1938
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    #44
    Mar 1938
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    #45
    Apr 1938
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    #46
    May 1938
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    #47
    Jun 1938
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    #48
    Jul 1938
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    #49
    Aug 1938
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    #50
    Sep 1938
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    #51
    Oct 1938
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    #52
    Nov 1938
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    #53
    Dec 1938
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    #54
    Jan 1939
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    #55
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    #56
    Mar 1939
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    #57
    Apr 1939
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    #58
    May 1939
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    #59
    Jun 1939
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    #60
    Jul 1939
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    #61
    Aug 1939
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    #62
    Sep 1939
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    #63
    Oct 1939
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    #64
    Nov 1939
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    #65
    Dec 1939
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    #66
    Jan 1940
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    #67
    Feb 1940
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    #68
    Mar 1940
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    #69
    Apr 1940
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    #70
    May 1940
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    #71
    Jun 1940
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    #72
    Jul 1940
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    #73
    Aug 1940
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    #74
    Sep 1940
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    #75
    Oct 1940
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    #76
    Nov 1940
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    #77
    Dec 1940
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    #78
    Jan 1941
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    #79
    Feb 1941
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    W: E. Albert Willard
    Babe Bunting; Big Chief Wahoo; Buck Rogers; Butty and Fatty; Connie; Dickie Dare; Frog Pond Ferry; Goofie Gags; Hairbreadth Harry; High-Gear Homer; Homer Hoopee; Jitter; Life’s Like That; Lightnin’ and the Lone Rider; Mescal Ike; Napoleon; Oaky Doaks; Olly of the Movies; Roy Powers, Eagle Scout; Scorchy Smith; Seaweed Sam; Skyroads; Somebody’s Stenog; Speed Spaulding; Spunky Dory; The Adventures of Patsy; The Back-Seat Driver; The Gay Thirties; The Wet Blanket
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    #80
    Mar 1941
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    #81
    Apr 1941
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    #82
    May 1941
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    W: Hank Barrow  ·  A: Hank Barrow
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    #83
    Jun 1941
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    W: Hank Barrow  ·  A: Hank Barrow
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    #84
    Jul 1941
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    W: F.A. Saunders
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    #85
    Aug 1941
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    #86
    Sep 1941
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    #87
    Oct 1941
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    #88
    Nov 1941
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    #89
    Dec 1941
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    #90
    Jan 1942
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    #91
    Feb 1942
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    W: Clifford McBride, Frank Godwin, Arthur Poinier, Coulton Waugh, Russell Stamm, R.B. Fuller, Russell Keaton, E. Albert Willard, S.L. Huntley, Elmer Woggon, Stookie Allen, John Terry  ·  A: Dick Calkins, Harry G. Peter, Clifford McBride, Frank Godwin, Arthur Poinier, Coulton Waugh, Russell Stamm, R.B. Fuller, Russell Keaton, S.L. Huntley, Elmer Woggon
    Buck Rogers; Connie; Dickie Dare; Fearless Flint; Invisible Scarlet O’Neil; Jitter; Mescal Ike; Napoleon; Oaky Doaks; Ollie of the Movies; Roy Powers; Scorchy Smith; Skyroads
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    #92
    Mar 1942
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    W: Clifford McBride, Frank Godwin, Arthur Poinier, Coulton Waugh, Russell Stamm, R.B. Fuller, Russell Keaton, E. Albert Willard, S.L. Huntley, Elmer Woggon, Stookie Allen, John Terry  ·  A: Dick Calkins, Harry G. Peter, Clifford McBride, Frank Godwin, Arthur Poinier, Coulton Waugh, Russell Stamm, R.B. Fuller, Russell Keaton, S.L. Huntley, Elmer Woggon, Stookie Allen
    Buck Rogers; Connie; Dickie Dare; Fearless Flint; Invisible Scarlet O’Neil; Jitter; Napoleon; Oaky Doaks; Ollie of the Movies; Roy Powers; Scorchy Smith; Skyroads
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    #93
    Apr 1942
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    #94
    Buy war bonds cover
    May 1942
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    New Buck Rogers story
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    #95
    Jun 1942
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    W: Fred Neher  ·  A: Fred Neher
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    #96
    Jul 1942
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    W: Fred Neher  ·  A: Fred Neher
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    #97
    Aug 1942
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    #98
    Sep 1942
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    #99
    Oct 1942
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  • 100
    #100
    Nov 1942
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    100th anniversary issue
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