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Famous Funnies#121
Cover: Stephen Douglas

Famous Funnies #121

Aug 1944 · Eastern Color · 0.10 USD
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"Recording the Three Grafters" is a sharp, wry slice of wartime humor from 1944, spotlighting a housewife caught between civic duty and her own exhaustion. Written, drawn, and inked by David Tendlar, the story follows Butch and Algy’s increasingly creative tactics to collect scrap paper—until their persistence leads to an unexpected payoff. The cover by Stephen Douglas captures the moment with a playful, period-accurate flair.

Contains 13 stories
Untitled Science Fiction story
6 pp · Science Fiction
Buck Rogers
Recording the Three Grafters
6 pp · Adventure, Fantasy
Invisible Scarlet O'NeilAdeleMyrtJoe JacsonAxelSnead (crook)
The Golf Game
1 pp · Humor, Animal
NapoleonUncle Elby
The Mysterious Mr. Turner
5 pp · Adventure, Aviation
Scorchy SmithBuzzJohn Turner
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
ButchAlgy

In this lighthearted 1944 slice of everyday life from *Famous Funnies #121*, a frazzled housewife finds herself overwhelmed by Butch and Algy’s persistent scrap paper drive—until their cheerful singing becomes too much to bear. With a mix of exasperation and wit, she tosses them a mountain of paper just to make them go away, turning a simple chore into a moment of comic chaos.

"The Bear Facts"; "Overtime"; "Pistol Packing Papa"; "Presto-Chango"
1 pp · Humor, Western-Frontier
Mescal IkeMiss SallyPa PiffleYung'un
Rescued From the Alligators
5 pp · Adventure, Children
Dickie DareDan FlynnElectra BillingsBaron von KrusteZomba
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Animal
NapoleonUncle ElbyWillie
To Rescue the Indian Princess
4 pp · Adventure
Big Chief WahooSteve RoperPrincess Minnie-Ha-ChaMoon FlowerBlack Eagle
Olly is Saved
2 pp · Drama
Olive LaneDukeFaro
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Animal
NapoleonUncle Elby
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Animal
JitterFred FuddleSusie FuddleWoody
Defeat of the Racketeers
4 pp · Adventure, Historical
Sir Oaky DoaksKing Cedric

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $5
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $185*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $119*
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $82*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $45*
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $36*
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CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $30*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $30*
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Full credits

writer, artist, inker David Tendlar
cover pencils, inks Stephen Douglas

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