Digital Comic Museum - Funnyman 002


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Issue: #2
Published: March 1948, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Vin Sullivan
Color: Four Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Funnyman
Credits:	Pencils: Creig Flessel ?; Marvin Stein ? \| Inks: Creig Flessel ?; Marvin Stein ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Funnyman [Larry Davis]

Text Story (2 pages)	The Giant in the Doll House
Credits:	Script: Ray Krank [as Ray Gardner]; Gardner Fox [as Ray Gardner] \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (10 pages)
Featuring:	Funnyman
Synopsis:	A crazed inventor creates a powerful car capable of breaking into banks and other establishments for the purpose of looting them. Funnyman counters with his unkmobile he calls the Jet-Jalopy, and the pair engage in an all-out auto battle royale.
Credits:	Script: Jerry Siegel (signed) \| Pencils: Joe Shuster (layouts) (signed); John Sikela (finished pencils) \| Inks: Shuster shop
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Funnyman [Larry Davis] June Farrell Happy Sardonic Lazar (villain, Inventor Of The Crime-Car, Introduction) Lazar's Gang (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (7 pages)	A Fool's Duel
Featuring:	Funnyman
Synopsis:	Larry overhears a young woman pleading with her lover to flee the area, but he (Charles Cheval) threatens any rival of his with death if they try to make a move on Dolores as he leaves. Funnyman decides to teach the man proper American etiquette when it comes to women, and the two end up in a duel. Armed only with a wooden sword, Funnyman is no match for Cheval, who stabs the Daffy Daredevil in the heart, which is really a bag of red ink. When Dolores and her escort see this, she knocks Cheval to the ground, Funnyman slices Cheval's belt (causing his pants to fall down), and Cheval slinks off.
Credits:	Script: Jerry Siegel (signed) \| Pencils: Joe Shuster (layouts) (signed); John Sikela (finished pencils) \| Inks: John Sikela ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Funnyman [Larry Davis] Dolores (Cheval's Lover, Introduction) Dolores' Escort (introduction) Monsieur Charles Cheval (villain, France's Greatest Duelist, Introduction)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Slippery Slim
Featuring:	Funnyman
Synopsis:	June and Larry attend a "crook nabbing" lecture at City Hall by Sgt. Harrigan when it is announced that the "World's Slyest Jailbreaker", Slippery Sam, has escaped again. Funnyman and Sam duke it out, with Funnyman being knocked out by Sam, who then switches outfits with the hero and walks out of City Hall unmolested. It's only when June kisses "Funnyman" and his nose falls off that she realizes it's not the hero at all, and Funnyman eventually takes care of the fleeing felon.
Credits:	Script: Jerry Siegel (signed) \| Pencils: Joe Shuster (layouts) (signed); John Sikela (finished pencils) \| Inks: John Sikela ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Funnyman [Larry Davis] June Farrell Sergeant Harrigan Slippery Slim (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Funnyman
Credits:	Script: Jerry Siegel (signed) \| Pencils: Joe Shuster (layouts) (signed); Dick Ayers (finished pencils) \| Inks: Dick Ayers
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Funnyman [Larry Davis]

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Kute Knockout!
Featuring:	Funnyman
Synopsis:	A crazed doctor invents a robot girl to serve as a feminine lure for potential victims, luring these victims to dark street corners, dropping a hanky to the ground, and when the victim reaches down to get it, the robot bops the victim over the head with a mallet and cleans out their pockets.
Credits:	Script: Jerry Siegel (signed) \| Pencils: Joe Shuster (layouts) (signed); John Sikela (finished pencils) \| Inks: Shuster shop
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Funnyman [Larry Davis] June Farrell Doc Gimmick (villain, Introduction) Torgo (villain, Introduction) The Kute Knockout (villain, A Female Robot, Introduction)

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