Issue: #1
Published: January 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
Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume I, Part 2, Numbers 1 and 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B112027.
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| Text Story (2 pages) |
Jerks in the Works |
| Credits: |
Script: Ray Krank [as Ray Gardner]; Gardner Fox [as Ray Gardner] | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Funnyman |
| Synopsis: |
TV comedian Larry Davis was convinced by his girlfriend and manager, June Farrell, to do a superhero-like publicity stunt where Larry would defeat Happy, an actor playing a criminal, as a crime fighting clown. However, Larry ends up defeating a real criminal by mistake. He decides he likes being a hero, and becomes Funnyman, the Comic Crimebuster, protector of Empire City -- much to the chagrin of June and Happy, who are the sole people who know his secret. |
| Credits: |
Script: Jerry Siegel | Pencils: Joe Shuster (layouts); John Sikela | Inks: Dick Ayers |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Funnyman [Larry Davis] (comedian, Introduction, Origin) June Farrell (Larry's Manager) Happy |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Funnyman, Comicman, and Laffman |
| Featuring: |
Funnyman |
| Synopsis: |
Flathead Floogie escapes from the Police at Grand Central Station, and while Larry puts on his Funnyman attire, two costumed imitators of Funnyman, Comicman and Laffman, seek to capture the fugitive Flathead. The trio finally captures Flathead, and, after dispatching his irritating, smug competitors, Funnyman turns Flathead over to the authorities. |
| Credits: |
Script: Jerry Siegel | Pencils: Joe Shuster (layouts); Marvin Stein | Inks: Shuster Shop; Dick Ayers ? |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Funnyman [Larry Davis] Comicman (introduction) Laffman (introduction) Flathead Floogie (villain, Introduction) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Truant Toy |
| Featuring: |
Funnyman |
| Synopsis: |
Larry buys a toy kangaroo on his way to a nightclub performance. A sneak thief, in the meantime, goes back stage and mishandles June, and Funnyman throws ink and assorted junk at the mean-spirited crook. For safe-keeping, June hides her diamond ring inside the mechanical toy kangaroo, which then tears across the city landscape, followed by Funnyman, who finally captures the kangaroo and returns the ring to June. After the show ends, Larry goes out and buys five mechanical dogs. |
| Credits: |
Script: Jerry Siegel | Pencils: Joe Shuster (layouts) (signed); Marvin Stein | Inks: Shuster shop; Dick Ayers ? |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Funnyman [Larry Davis] June Farrell Crook (villain, Introduction) |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
A Killer-Diller! |
| Credits: |
Script: ? (ad copy) | Pencils: Ogden Whitney ? (cover) | Inks: Ogden Whitney ? (cover) | Letters: typeset |
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