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COMIC #2: New Fun #2 DATE: March 1935 (cover) PUBLISHER: National Allied Publications, Inc. CONTENTS: "New Fun Hello Everybody:" (text article); "Sandra of the Secret Service" by Charles Flanders; "Western Willie", pencilled by Joe, inked by Schus; "Jigger And Ginger", pencilled by Joe, inked by Schus; "Pete's Place" by Archie; "Barry O'Neill" by Lawrence Lariar; "Bright Spots Of History"; "Magic Crystal Of History" by Adolphe Barreaux; "Famous Soldiers Of Fortune" by Lander; "Wing Brady" by Henry Kiefer; "Ivanhoe" by Raymond Perry; "In Days Of Yore" by Charles; "Judge Perkins" by Bert Salg; "Don Drake On The Planet Saro", written by Ken Fitch, drawn by Clem Gretter; "Loco Luke" by Jack A. Warren; "Hot Gold" (text story) by Ken Fitch; "Spook Ranch" (text story) by Roger Furlong; "Scrub Hardy" by Joe Archibald; "Jack Andrews" by Lyman Anderson; "Oswald, The Rabbit" by John Lindermayer; "Fun Movies"; "It's A Fact" by Joe Archibald; "Sports" by Joe Archibald (text article); "Radio" (text article) by Joe Archibald; "Movies" (text article) by Joe Archibald; "Fun Mail" (text article); "Model Aircraft" (text article); "Aviation" (text article); "Cap'n Erik" by Robert Weinstein; "Fun In Magic" (text article); "Captain Spinacker" by Tom Cooper; "Buckskin Jim" by Tom Cooper; "Popular Science" (text article); "Stamps And Coins" (text article); "Young Homemakers" (text article); "Sonny" by Whitney Ellsworth; "Little Linda" by Whitney Ellsworth; "After School" by Tom McNamara; "Caveman Capers" by Dick Loederer; "Tad Among The Pirates" (Fun Films story) by Adolphe Barreaux; "Introducing Jack Dewey" (Jolly Roger story) by Adolphe Barreaux; "Jumpy And Bunny" by Dick Loederer; "Bubby And Beevil" by Dick Loederer; "Pelion And Ossa" by John Lindermayer; "2023 Super-Police", written by Ken Fitch, drawn by Clem Gretter. Cover by W.C. Brigham. Editor: Lloyd Jacquet. Art editor: Dick Loederer. Cartoon editor: Sheldon H. Stark. CANONICAL STATUS: Non-canon. What a disjointed mess. Let's see if I can think of anything to say: Pulp illustrator W.C. Brigham is a regular now with his Jack Woods cowboy feature-- which was also in the previous issue, and I think I screwed up the credits. Jack Woods is on the cover of this issue, fighting a cow and getting called a gringo by Don Nogales. Sandra of the Secret Service: old-timey spy stuff. Not sure what's going on. Western Willie: cowboy hijinks, apparently from "Joe" and "Schus", the same creative team behind Jigger and Ginger (and supposedly not Joe Shuster). Jigger and Ginger: Ginger gets a ride with someone who turns out to be an escaped convict. Jigger freaks out. The cliffhanger: "What will Jigger do? Will he save Ginger?" But Jigger and Ginger will not appear again (nor will the mysterious Schus), so we're left to imagine whether Ginger is heroically rescued or brutally murdered. Unless someone wants to go write and draw part three. Pete's Place: cowboy hijinks, again. Lots of cowboys in 1935. Don't know who Archie is. Barry O'Neill: Barry beats a guy up and chases a guy on a boat. Bright Spots Of History: Illustrated trivia about George Washington, just to fill space. Magic Crystal Of History: Two kids named Bobby and Binks are nearly killed by ancient Egyptians-- until the pharoah shows up. Cliffhanger! Famous Soldiers Of Fortune: Filler about Captain Jack. Don't know who Lander is. Wing Brady: Wing fights some Bedouins. Certain regions of the world are not doing well in New Fun. Ivanhoe: Why is there an ongoing Ivanhoe adaptation? Doesn't fit with the rest. In Days Of Yore: Illustrated trivia filler about knights. Don't know who Charles is. Judge Perkins: The judge gets taken care of by a nurse and then escapes? I'm confused. Judge Perkins ends here, and Bert Salg will never work in comics again. Don Drake: Something about fighting midget-men and then maybe drowning. Loco Luke: A bunch of racist Indian stereotypes try to kill Loco Luke while saying things like "heap". Scrub Hardy: Scrub Hardy gets a bad haircut and is mocked and throws a brick at his barber's face. Scrub Hardy ends here; Joe Archibald will continue to contribute text filler, and return to comics when New Comics launches later this year. Jack Andrews: Jack takes out a mysterious stranger while skiing. Cliffhanger: "who is this man?". Oswald The Rabbit: The Mickey Mouse prototype escapes rabbits. He really does look a lot like early Mickey Mouse: It's A Fact: fun facts. Cap'n Erik: Cap'n Erik finds an orphan stowaway. Cap'n Erik ends, and Robert Weinstein will do a single comic story a few years later, for Dell. Captain Spinacker: Some guy escapes ice? Buckskin Jim: More fighting of more Indians. Sonny and Little Linda are two new recurring features by comic strip artist Whitney Ellsworth, who will become a major player at DC for the next 35 years. He'll be an assistant editor by the end of the year, and he'll eventually become editorial director, running DC creatively and serving as its contact with Hollywood. But for now, he's starting small. Little Linda, which will stick around for a few years, stars a young girl who rescues a kid named Buddy who's been abandoned by his uncle. Sonny, meanwhile, is the most racist strip in this comic: a guy falls down a manhole, comes out covered in dirt, and is dismayed to find that a black girl thinks he's black. After School: y'know, roguish kids. Caveman Capers: couple of caveboys run away from a dinosaur. Nice art. Fun Films is weird... kind of a flipbook comic. Anyway, Tad gets clutched by pirates. Jolly Roger: In this new recurring feature, a kid named Jack Dewey is on a ship and pirates show up. It's all setup, and yet somehow contains virtually no information. Jumpy And Bunny: A kangaroo and a bunny chill. Bubby And Beevil: Two little elf creatures look for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Instead, they find-- a cliffhanger. Pelion And Ossa: Animal hijinks. A walrus whose name is Mister Walrus. 2023 Super-Police: The cliffhanger is "How will Rex combat the pirate-wizard??" This is full of so much weirdness that I can almost appreciate it, but it's too annoying to keep up with. Won't waste time on most of the text filler, but Joe Archibald's sports column is all about how baseball is coming to Japan. I find this type of comic very hard to write about. It's all terrible, but also all sort of great, and I feel like I can either be dismissive or pick apart every single panel. But mostly it's terrible. And there's a lot of it. So this will do for now. I'll leave you with the following out-of-context panel: