Volume: #1, Issue: #2
Published: December 1936, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: William Cook
Color: Color Cover; Black And White And Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Paper Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Funny PICTURE STORIES is published monthly by Comics Magazine Company, Inc., 420 DeSoto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial Office, 11 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.
All subscriptions and correspondence should be addressed to this magazine at 11 West 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. The Publishers accept no responsibility for unsolicited drawings or manuscripts, but will exercise due care in handling same. Drawings and manuscripts to receive consideration must be accompanied by postage sufficient to ensure their return to owner. This magazine printed in U. S. A. and entire contents copyrighted 1936 by Comics Magazine Company, Inc. For advertising rates address William J. Delaney, Eastern Representative, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. or T. W. Farrell, Western Representative, 180 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
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| Credits, Title Page (1 page) |
Contents (all Stories Complete) |
| Synopsis: |
Quoted synopses for the various features in this index are all taken from this page. |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Smuggled Toys |
| Synopsis: |
"Inspector Scott took the trail in Chinatown and it lead to the stamping ground of Rat Larson, hoodlum of the high seas and China coast." (from contents page) |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Inspector Scott Ware Rat Larson |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Funny Picture Stories |
| Synopsis: |
FUNNY PICTURE STORIES Magazine is not all humor by any means. This is the magazine that readers of the popular FUNNY PAGES have asked for. Magazine fans the world over have waited for this-- Stories Complete in Pictures. And now you can read and see the action, the drama, the thrilling clashes of the hero who fights his way to glory in the tropics, the frozen north, the great west. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Easy Job |
| Synopsis: |
"He said his name was "Free" Smith and he smoked his way into their confidence. A yarn about the Coast Guard--and revenue men." (from contents page) |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
"Free" Smith Blackie Jig |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Buckaroo Brand (A Complete Novelet) |
| Synopsis: |
"A puncher wins a spread and a herd with the turn of a card, and--it brings him and his partner face to face with Red River Brent of the rustler bunch." (from contents page) |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Indian Joe Foster Pecos Madden Brent The Sheriff |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Christmas Kid (A Complete Novelet) |
| Synopsis: |
"A great story of gold and snow and men gone "beasts" in Alaska, wherein the Kid swaps lead with a killer pack." (from contents page) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Spinner Pop Kingsley, Christmas Kid Rose |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Red Raider |
| Synopsis: |
"Hill tribes swarm on the outpost like wolves to a slaughter, but Lieutenant "Smoky" Battle led his bullettieres with Yankee courage to dare the Rango chief." (from contents page) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Lt. "Smokey" Battle Rango Osef |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Ad for Detective Picture Stories v1#1 (December 1936, same cover date as this issue). |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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