Digital Comic Museum - Famous Funnies 197 (no BR)(paper+digi pics)


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Famous Funnies # 197- No Buck Rogers in comic -
December 1951- 52 pages - complete comic - 30% paper scan 70% digital photo.

Issue: #197
Published: December 1951, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Earlier Issues Standard Golden Age U. S.; Later Issues Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: All content of this comic are newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed. Indexed from a copy missing the Buck Rogers story.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Humor Historical
Characters:	Sir Oaky Doaks

Comic Story (11 pages)
Synopsis:	Dickie and Dan are in a Paris courtroom. Dan persuades the judge to release Jason, the defendant, into his custody, and Dickie extols the virtues of sailing to him. Their boat has been destroyed, so Mac Snorgan lends them his cruiser. Always devious, Jason sells the cruiser to Jacque, the head of the Parisian Black Market, so Dickie and Dan give chase.
Credits:	Script: Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed) \| Pencils: Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed) \| Inks: Mabel Burwick Waugh [as Odin] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Children
Characters:	Dickie Dare Mac Snorgan Dan Flynn Jason Jacque

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Bobby Sox
Credits:	Script: Jerry Bundsen \| Inks: Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Emmy Lou Taffy

Comic Story (1 page)
Synopsis:	Sir Oaky practices his lance skills on a snowman, but tumbles off and himself becomes encased in a ball of snow.
Genre:	Humor Historical
Characters:	Sir Oaky Doaks Nellie (horse)

Comic Story (1 page)
Genre:	Humor Animal
Characters:	Napoleon Uncle Elby

Comic Story (4 pages)
Synopsis:	A woman greets Scorchy and gives him a big kiss. But she has mistaken him for his double, Cyril Jones, who is affronted. Scorchy recognizes Jones as a creep, and muses on his relationship with the woman.
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	Scorchy Smith David Livingstone Toni Lovell Cyril Jones Betty Forbes

Comic Story (1 page)
Synopsis:	Sir Doaky is jousting when the tip of his lance is bent into a hook. He carries on regardless and unhorses his opponent by hooking him round the neck.
Genre:	Humor Historical
Characters:	Sir Oaky Doaks Unnamed Knight

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Bobby Sox
Credits:	Script: Jerry Bundsen \| Inks: Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Emmy Lou Taffy

Comic Story (1 page)
Synopsis:	While Uncle Elby is trying to decide on what sauce to make with his capon, the bird is burnt in the oven.
Genre:	Humor Animal
Characters:	Napoleon Uncle Elby

Text Story (2 pages)	The Old Man Handles the Jungle
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Captain Thomas Clearly Lieutenant Jack Brennan Colonel William C. Mow

Comic Story (12 pages)
Featuring:	Ben Friday
Genre:	Adventure Detective-mystery
Characters:	Ben Friday Professor Bull Prince Hassan Raven John Sheever

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Bobby Sox
Synopsis:	Emmy Lou shows Alvin how much preparation goes into making herself attractive for him.
Credits:	Script: Jerry Bundsen \| Inks: Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Emmy Lou Alvin Applehead

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Bobby Sox
Synopsis:	Emmy Lou tells Alvin they are through, but on re-reading his love letters calls him up for another date.
Credits:	Script: Jerry Bundsen \| Inks: Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Emmy Lou Her Mother Alvin Applehead

Comic Story (1 page)
Genre:	Humor Animal
Characters:	Napoleon Uncle Elby

Comic Story (10 pages)
Featuring:	Steve Roper
Synopsis:	Steve sees Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha on the bus off to Hollywood, but she becomes jealous when his old friend Cupcake Brawnski calls long-distance. She later calls again and asks for Steve's help. He meets her the following day and she tells of her suspicions that her husband Sonny is cheating on her. Steve berates Sonny for lying to his wife, but there is a plausible explanation.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Steve Roper Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha Sonny Brawnski Cupcake Brawnski Miss Kit Karson

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Bobby Sox
Synopsis:	To get boys to notice Taffy, Emmy Lou suggests she learn to play the piano. She gets so good that she ends up playing at a party while all the boys dance with other girls.
Credits:	Script: Jerry Bundsen \| Inks: Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Emmy Lou Taffy

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