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5 unusual facts about Famous Funnies


1934 in comics

Famous Funnies on newsstands in May, cover dated July, published by Eastern Color Printing Company.

Famous Funnies #2 (Eastern Color Printing) - With this issue, Famous Funnies would become the first monthly newsstand comic publication.

Famous Funnies #1 (Eastern Color Printing) - The first full-color comic book sold to the public.

Jingle Jangle Comics

Jingle Jangle Comics was a ten-cent, bimonthly, 42-issue, 68-page (later reduced to 52-page) children’s-oriented American comic book published by Eastern Color under the Famous Funnies, Inc. imprint between February 1942 and December 1949.

Republican-American

In 1934, it produced what is considered the first modern comic book, named Famous Funnies.



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