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Famous Funnies #61-84 Bound Volume Group (Eastern

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Famous Funnies #61-84 Bound Volume Group (Eastern
<B>Famous Funnies #61-84 Bound Volume Group (Eastern Color, 1939-41) Condition: Average VG+.</B></I> A favorite among early comics fans was <B>Famous Funnies</B></I>, filled with reprinted newspaper strips both well-remembered (<I>Buck Rogers</B></I>, <I>Dickie Dare</B></I>, <I>Napoleon</B></I>); and now-forgotten (<I>BIg Chief Wahoo</B></I>, <I>Babe Bunting</B></I>, <I>Adventures of Patsy</B></I>, <I>Jitter</B></I>). Early Jack Kirby <I>Lightnin' and the Lone Rider</B></I> art (signed "Lance" Kirby) can be found in a number of issues. Issue #81 contains the first appearance of <I>Invisible Scarlet O'Neil</B></I>. Great stuff for comics historians, fans of old strips, or comic collectors in general. These were file copies that were bound and trimmed into hardback books for office use -- Western Publishing presumably received these to use as reference, as the comics weren't published by Western. Most of the comics still retain their original cover gloss and like-new appearance. Overstreet 2005 VG 4.0 value for group = $1,120. <I>From the Random House Archives.</B></I>