Funny Boy

A lighthearted, gag-a-page humor series from Marvel, Funny Boy ran for four issues between 1965 and 1966, offering a blend of slapstick and satire. The title character, a cheerful everyman, navigates absurd situations in a style typical of the era’s cartoon comedy, with art by a rotating team of Mad magazine veterans including Bill Wenzel, Dan DeCarlo, and Dave Berg. Though brief, the series captures a transitional moment when Marvel, then best known for superheroes, briefly experimented with all-ages humor in the tradition of its earlier 1950s funny animal and joke books. It remains a minor but charming footnote in the publisher's Silver Age history.