Famous Funnies #186

January 1950. Eastern Color Printing Co.

Anthology of newspaper-strip reprints including Ben Friday (Lawrence Lariar and John Spranger), Steve Roper and Wahoo (Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon), Napoleon (Clifford McBride), Buck Rogers (Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager, credited as Dick Calkins), Scorchy Smith (Rodlow Willard), Dickie Dare (Mabel Burwick, as "Odin"), Bobby Sox (Martha B. Links), Yipee (Clark Haas), and Oaky Doaks (Ralph Briggs Fuller). Cover art by Ralph Briggs Fuller. Storylines include Scorchy Smith uncovering a counterfeit-emerald ring and Ben Friday pursuing "Vertek." 48 pages, full color, 10-cent cover price.

Generally well-preserved cover, good color.

Light corner wear.

Faint spine stress lines.