The Funnies comic books issue 23

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Nut Brothers" and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "The Nebbs" by Sol Hess and Wallace A. Carlson; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Captain Easy" by Roy Crane; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Hairbreadth Harry" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Such Is Life" by Walt Munson; "Dumb-Bells" by Charles J. Dunn (as Gar); "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Flying to Fame" by John Welch and Russell Ross; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "This Curious World" by William Ferguson;"Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson; "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Apple Mary" by Martha Orr; "Fisher's History of Boxing" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); and "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix. "A Vacation at Spooks House" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Jimmy Thompson, H.C. Kiefer, Harry G. Peter, Charles G. Loeb, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Man O' Metal investigates strange hauntings in a coal mine and discovers diamonds; A PSA for wartime scrap-metal drives featuring The Music Master; Music Master learns the Nazis are testing a secret sonic weapon. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; Warrior in Underwear; Man O' Metal; I Faced a One-Man Firing Squad; Destination: Death; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "The Comic Zoo" by George Scarbo; "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Hold Everything" by Clyde Lewis; "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "The Crime Busters" by Alden McWilliams; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Wonderland of Oz" by Walt Spouse; "Curious Facts about Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Bob Baker: Courage of the West" film adaptation; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); and "Be a Champion" by Ed Cronin. "Redskin Renegade, Part Four" text story by H. T. Sperry. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Ely. Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Norman Marsh, Bill Ely, J. R. Williams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Win Smith, Al McWilliams, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, and Abe Martin. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. In what may be his first comic-book appearance, legendary detective Ellery Queen is hired by Margie to prove her fiancé is innocent of murder. Stratosphere Jim hires a crew in preparation for aerial heroics, in a story that features the first cutaway view of his experimental plane, the Flying Fortress. Red Ryder and Little Beaver set out to catch the rogue cougar Scarfoot, but catching him and keeping him are two different things. Plus a Tarzan prose story. Ellery Queen; Dan Dunn; Red Ryder; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Wash Tubbs; Apple Mary; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; The Crusoes; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy; Ed Tracer, G-Man X32; Tarzan; Time Marches Back with Looney Luke; Out Our Way; Curious World. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by George Harrison. Stories by Al Anders, Basil Wolverton, Malcolm Kildale, George Loomis, Bob Butts, James P. McCague, Steven Dahlman, Harry Francis Campbell, and Walter Galli. Science fiction stories, adventure tales, and Amazing Mystery Funnies starring such characters as Fantom of the Fair, Speed Centaur, Space Patrol, Bill and Davey, Larry Kane, and John Linton. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Dynapubs comic strip reprints from 1912-1945, complete stories in serial format, 11-in x 17 1/2-in, 16 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Issue 23, July 1986 issue - Comic Strip Fanzine. 24 pages, B&W.

First appearance Air Man. Also Dean Denton, Scientific Detective in "The Return of the Conqueror," Spark O'Leary, Dean masters D.A., the Masked Marvel, "The Eye Sees," and Dan Dennis F.B.I. Cover price $0.10.

16 pages, partial color Cover price $0.05.