Famous Funnies #16 is an anthology featuring multiple stories and informational features. "The Black Hole of Calcutta" by J. Carroll Mansfield presents a historical account of the 1756 incident at the trading post of the English East India Company in Calcutta, depicting the imprisonment and suffering of English colonists in a dungeon. "Ned Brant of Carter" follows a football coach navigating romantic and professional complications as he attempts to recruit players for an upcoming game against Harvard. "Amaze-A-Minute" offers a collection of educational facts and curiosities on topics ranging from engineering and animal biology to geography and scientific phenomena.
Contains 62 stories
Untitled Non-Fiction story
0.2 pp · Non-Fiction, Sports
Jack DempseyJim Flynn
Untitled Drama story
0.8 pp · Drama
Joe PalookaAnn Howe
Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Drama story
0.8 pp · Drama
Connie KurridgeFredMr. MagnusProfessor Morston
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor
Untitled Adventure story
0.8 pp · Adventure
Joe PalookaKnobby Walsh
Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Humor story
0.8 pp · Humor, Children
Nipper TuckerRuff BumpsMrs. Whickendoodle
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor
Bill
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor, Children
"Good Deed" Dotty
Untitled Humor story
0.8 pp · Humor
Dixie DuganDonEddie
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Animal
NapoleonWillie [not named]
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
Bobby
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
The SkipperNutsy Squirrel
Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Adventure story
0.8 pp · Adventure
Harry HollingsworthRudolph Rassendale (villain)Belinda Blinks
Untitled Science Fiction story
4 pp · Science Fiction
Buddy DeeringPrincess AluraUrlur
Rudy Buys a Turkey
0.5 pp · Humor
John “Junior” NebbRudy NebbFanny Nebb
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Simp O'DillIma Bore
Untitled Humor story
0.8 pp · Humor
Sam SmithersCam O’Flage
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor
John SmithMrs. Smith [both unnamed here]
The Black Hole of Calcutta
1 pp · Historical
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
ButtyFatty
Untitled Drama story
2 pp · Drama
Olive LaneAbe "A.G." GinsbergPeteBrad
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Pop WimpusAmbrose Wimpus
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Honeybunchher hubby
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Seaweed SamThe Mandarin of Honk Honk
Untitled Adventure story
2 pp · Adventure, Aviation
SlimTubbyO'Brien
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Animal
NapoleonWillieUncle Elby
Untitled Adventure story
0.8 pp · Adventure
Harry HollingsworthRudolph Rassendale (villain)Belinda BlinksSpeckMuggsyJim IzzoBud ReevesAl Morgan
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor
High-Gear Homer
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor, Children
Little Brother
Home-Work In Hunting
0.8 pp · Humor
George Bungle
George Bungle's got a problem—a fattened goose he was keeping in the basement has escaped and is now honking its way through the upstairs hall. When the neighbors come complaining, George discovers that honesty might just be the best policy when dealing with a loose bird and frustrated folks.
Untitled Humor story
0.8 pp · Humor
Sam SmithersCam O’FlageMrs. Smithers
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor
John SmithMrs. Smith [both unnamed here]
Untitled Humor story
0.17 pp · Humor
Highway Hank
0.25 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor, Children
"Good Deed" Dotty
Untitled Humor story
0.8 pp · Humor
Dixie DuganPa DuganMa Dugan
Untitled Drama story
2 pp · Drama, Sports
Ned BrantSallyCoach Dave MeechamJoe Bender
Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Non-Fiction story
0.2 pp · Non-Fiction, Sports
Jack Dempsey
Untitled Adventure story
0.8 pp · Adventure, Humor
Joe PalookaKnobby Walsh
Untitled Adventure story
4 pp · Adventure, Humor
Jane ArdenLena Pry
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Western-Frontier
Mescal IkeMiss SallyPa Piffle
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
The Skipper
Untitled Drama story
0.8 pp · Drama
Connie KurridgeWillie
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
QueenieAunt PrunellaChaunceyJitters
Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
An Ill Wind
0.5 pp · Humor
John “Junior” Nebb
Simp Is Obliging
0.5 pp · Humor
Simp O'Dill
Untitled Adventure story
4 pp · Adventure, Detective-Mystery
Dan DunnBabsDorothy
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
ButtyFatty
Untitled Humor story
0.8 pp · Humor, Children
Nipper TuckerAunt Sue
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor
Bill
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Animal
Napoleon
Untitled Humor story
0.2 pp · Humor, Children
Little Brother
Cured - Almost
0.8 pp · Humor
George BungleJo BungleHomer ClinchMrs. Clinch
