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The Funnies #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Instructions!", Ving Parker’s boss, Mr. Barlowe, pays an unexpected visit and stumbles upon Scribbly’s comic strip "Why Big Brothers Leave Home"—a discovery that leaves him intrigued and eager to see more. Written and illustrated by Sheldon Mayer, this 1937 Dell gem captures a quiet moment of unexpected inspiration, all drawn in Mayer’s distinctive early style. Cover by Sheldon Mayer.
Contains 65 stories
Untitled Humor story
Alley OopFoozyKing GuzzleQueen Umpateedle
Untitled Humor story
Alley OopFoozyKing GuzzlePrincess WootietootQueen Umpateedle
Untitled Humor story
Alley OopFoozyQueen Umpateedle
Untitled Humor story
Alley OopFoozyKing Guzzle
Untitled Humor story
Herky
Untitled Humor story
HerkyLoisRaza Mataz [Virgil Snorp]
Untitled Humor story
HerkyLoisMrs. SnorpRaza Mataz [Virgil Snorp]
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
Dan DunnSheriffJed (villain)Mr. Dake (villain)
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
Dan DunnSheriff
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
Dan DunnIrwinMr. Dake (villain)
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
Dan DunnMr. Dake (villain)
Untitled Humor story
Ches NutWal NutMr. Blotto
Untitled Humor story
Major HoopleBaxter
Untitled Humor story
Ches NutWal NutMr. Blotto
Untitled Humor story
Major Hoople
The Instructions!
Ben WebsterBriar (a dog)Elmer AveryMrs. Tippett
The Fun Begins!
Ben WebsterBriar (a dog)Dotty [Dorothy Smith]Elmer AveryLawyer Dague
Cap'n Avery Acts!
Ben WebsterBriar (a dog)Cap'n Avery [Phineas Avery]Elmer Avery
Untitled Crime story
Agent Bill LeeChief Wilson
Untitled Adventure story
Captain EasyGizzyNikky Eskota (villain)
Untitled Adventure story
Captain EasyGizzyGizzy's fatherNikky Eskota (villain)
Untitled Adventure story
Captain Easy
Untitled Adventure story
Captain Easy
Untitled Humor story
Annibelle
Seeing Is Believing - Sometimes
Sam HowdyE. Duzzem
Untitled Humor story
Boots
Untitled Humor story
Boots
Untitled Humor story
BootsCora TuttOpalProfessor Stephen Tutt
Untitled Humor story
BootsCora TuttProfessor Stephen Tutt
Untitled Humor story
Coyote PeteShortyWillie
Untitled Humor story
Bronc PeelerRaquel Garcia
Untitled Adventure story
Otto HonkDutch (villain)
Untitled Humor story
Willis WilletLil WilletMrs. Willet
Untitled Adventure story
Otto HonkDutch (villain)
Untitled Humor story
Willis WilletLil WilletMrs. Willet
Untitled Adventure story
Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]Betty Lou BarnesDaniel DuaneHerb SlackNina DuanePaul SmithSkeeter [Skeets Milligan]Cardigan (villain)Maurice Guilford (villain)
Untitled Adventure story
The Four Aces [Ernst Von OetteLt. Larry GaleMaurie [Maurice Du Pont]Ronnie [Ronald Newton]]Bruce WestJune LaneHorace LaneSam Scroggins (villain)
Untitled Adventure story
Myra NorthHakkimJackLew WenSir Edmond GalawayDr. Devries (villain)Hyster (villain)
Untitled Humor story
Jimmie DuganPinhead DuffyPuddinhead DuffyBullseye (a dog)
Untitled Humor story
DaisybelleDaisybelle's mother
Untitled Humor story
Mrs. DuffyPinhead DuffyPuddinhead Duffy
Untitled Humor story
DaisybelleDaisybelle's mother
Scribbly Meets the Editor!!!
Scribbly JibbetVing ParkerSammy ParkerMr. Barlowe (introduction, Ving Parker's boss)
Scribbly Jibbet’s latest comic strip, "Why Big Brothers Leave Home," catches the eye of Ving Parker’s boss, Mr. Barlowe, during a surprise visit to the Parker house. Impressed by the kid’s talent, Mr. Barlowe insists on seeing more of Scribbly’s work—just as the boy’s big brother, Sammy Parker, starts to worry about what’s next.
Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribbly
Scribbly JibbetDinky JibbetAdeline (introduction, unnamed until issue #7)
Big Doin's!!!
Scribbly JibbetVing ParkerMr. Barlowe
Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribbly
Scribbly JibbetDinky Jibbet
Untitled Adventure story
TadMr. MorganSlimEmma (an elephant)Eddie (villain)
Untitled Adventure story
Don DixonMalaMarciaMatt HaynesWanda
Untitled Adventure story
TadMr. MorganSlimEmma (an elephant)Eddie (villain)
Untitled Adventure story
Don DixonAzelMalaMarciaMatt HaynesWanda
Untitled Adventure story
TadMadame AlvaMr. MorganPattySlimLita (villain)
Untitled Adventure story
Don DixonAzelMalaMarciaMatt HaynesWanda
Untitled Humor story
Freckles McGooseyOssie
Untitled Humor story
Ossie
Untitled Historical story
OgAk (corpse)NadaRu
Untitled Humor story
Augustus MuttJeff
Fish
Desdemona (a cat)
Untitled Humor story
Augustus MuttJeff
Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
Desdemona (a cat)
Untitled Humor story
Augustus MuttJeffLollypop (a seal)Peanuts (an elephant)
Heartbroken
Desdemona (a cat)
Untitled Humor story
Jimmie DuganPinhead DuffyPuddinhead Duffy
Untitled Humor story
DaisybelleRaymond
The Fella Musta Been Wrong
Sam HowdyE. Duzzem
He Knows All the Answers
Sam HowdyMrs. Hoople
ComicBooks.com Value
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Raw (Good) $110
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $706*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $566*
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $342*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
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CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $202*
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $160*
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Full credits
writer, artist, inker Sheldon Mayer
Reprints
Reprinted in Comics about Cartoonists: Stories about the World's Oddest Profession #[nn] (2012)
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