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Famous Funnies #51
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Taking a Detour," a 1938 classic from Famous Funnies #51, Pasquale manipulates Homer with a cryptic threat—claiming that beneath his amnesia, Homer is a known criminal. Written, drawn, and inked by Fred Locher, the story unfolds with a twisty, suspenseful tone, while Victor Pazmiño’s cover captures the tension in bold, expressive lines.
Contains 35 stories
Taking a Detour
NapoleonUncle Elby
Untitled Humor story
ButtyFatty
Untitled Adventure story
Roy PowersChunkyRocky JonesMrs. KeelerPhillip Jones
Untitled Science Fiction story
Anthony "Buck" Rogers' Killer Kane' Princess ArdalaDr. Elias HuerWilma Deering
Untitled Adventure story
Silky SimsHurricane HawkBilly HillLittle JerryBull Benham
Untitled Adventure story
Harry HollingsworthRudolph Rassendale (villain)Belinda Blinks
Untitled Humor story
High-Gear Homer
Untitled Crime story
Agent Baker
Clipping Hedges
JitterFred Fuddle
Untitled Humor story
Big Chief WahooPigtailsThe Great Gusto
Untitled Adventure story
Dickie DareDan FlynnSitaJohn Barrington
Untitled Adventure story
Patsy CardiganUncle Phil CardiganThimbleGinny
Caractacus
Caractacus
Pulling a Thread
Jitter
Untitled Humor story
Holly
Eddie Proves Something, Anyhow
Eddie BowersElmore
Untitled Humor story
NapoleonUncle Elby
Untitled Humor story
Untitled Humor story
The SkipperSam Snake
Untitled Humor story
Sir Oaky DoaksKing Cedric, Constance ConsidineSir Basil
Untitled Humor story
Seaweed Sam
Untitled Humor story
Bic Chief WahooPrincess Minnie-Ha-ChaThe Great Gusto
Untitled Drama story
Olive LaneAbe "A.G." GinsbergLonaBuddy Lane
Untitled Adventure story
Scorchy SmithGeneral ArmaraSpikeTantaHimmelstoss
Untitled Humor story
Cam O'FlageSam SmithersMaryNoahReggie Smithers
Untitled Humor story
John SmithMrs. Smith [both unnamed here]
Untitled Humor story
Mescal IkeMiss SallyPa Piffle
Leaky Fountain Pen
NapoleonUncle Elby
Untitled Adventure story
Dorothy "Babe" BuntingMrs. CrumpetZenasMary MoleMrs. BuntingMrs. Sleazy
Untitled Drama story
Connie Kurridgeher fatherTeddy Smithunnamed book salesman
Untitled Humor story
Untitled Humor story
QueenieAunt PrunellaJitters
Untitled Adventure story
Homer HoopeePasquale
In "null," Pasquale manipulates Homer by claiming he was once a criminal—though Homer can’t remember his past—using that supposed history to force him into a theft. The story hinges on a fragile trust and a mystery buried beneath forgotten memories.
Dinosaur Bone
NapoleonUncle Elby
Untitled Humor story
ComicBooks.com Value
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Raw (Good) $81
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $470*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $314*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $191*
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CGC 4.5 · 4 in census $155*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $135*
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writer, artist, inker Fred Locher
cover pencils, inks Victor Pazmiño
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