Funny Picture Stories #1

Michael Fury flees to the Foreign Legion to escape a murder frame—but discovers that his ruthless superior, Adjutant Michelet, has a personal vendetta against him and may be orchestrating something sinister at the remote outpost of El Mazzuk. When Fury defends a sick soldier from the adjutant's brutality, he lands in the stockade, only to watch Michelet secure a mysterious assignment to the harsh Moroccan garrison—leaving Fury to wonder what his enemy is really planning.

When Joe Brailey discovers a loose tiger on the Sampore waterfront, he meets Maudie, a young woman determined to train the beast for show business—but the animal proves resistant to conventional methods. Enter Fritz Kurt, a confident trainer convinced he can whip any tiger into shape, only to learn that this particular beast responds to something far gentler and more surprising. It's a spirited tale of stubbornness, unexpected allies, and second chances in 1939 colonial India.

In "Poachers," forest ranger Rip Burns sets out on a mission to track down a gang of illegal hunters operating in the woods. Using a truck and a blinding spotlight to immobilize deer, the poachers seem to vanish—until Rip, after being knocked out, wakes to uncover a crucial clue at a remote way station.

In "The Amateur Murderer," Le Zard’s obsession with Lilly Belle drives him to commit a murder that only deepens his downfall. When she chooses Norman Rogers over him, Le Zard stages Rogers’ death as a suicide—only to find his twisted plan leads nowhere. The story unfolds with chilling precision, building tension as the truth slowly unravels.

When Dodge Prep's star player gets sidelined before the championship game against Briggs Academy, the coaches turn to Bud Reynolds—a talented but inconsistent fullback haunted by fumbles and self-doubt. As Reynolds struggles under the weight of the team's expectations and his teammates' doubt, a recovering player and the coaching staff devise an unconventional plan to give him the confidence he needs. It's a story about second chances and discovering that sometimes the biggest obstacle standing in a player's way is belief in himself.

Kid Dugan's just won his boxing championship fight, but when a mysterious note lures him away with promises of a victory party, the champ gets snatched by two mugs with kidnapping on their minds. Derby rushes to the Hotel George to save his pal, armed with nothing but his fists, quick thinking, and a police backup plan—though a comedy of errors involving wrong room numbers and a broken elevator handle might slow him down.

In "Mountain Murder," Jim Tyson follows a long-burning blood feud into the Tennessee hills, where the moon casts long shadows over a final reckoning. The story unfolds in stark, suspenseful tones, building toward a tense showdown rooted in old grudges and mountain isolation.