Complete Run of CGC-certified Famous Funnies Comics Offered by Heritage Auctions

These comics from one of the first true American comic book series ever published are no joke! Collectors can bid now on these vintage collectibles certified by CGC® in Heritage Auctions' Famous Funnies Complete Run Part I Comics Showcase Auction on December 3, 2026.

Included in this auction are aFamous Funnies #1 graded CGC 4.0 (lot 83001) and aFamous Funnies #2 graded CGC 2.5 (lot 83002).

To understand this book's significance in comic book history, you first have to step back a little further to thePlatinum Age, spanning from 1897-1938, preceding the beginning of the Golden Age and the birth of superheroes still several years ahead.

In 1929, Dell published a 16-page newsprint tabloid insert of comic strips, titled The Funnies. Comic strips had existed for decades already, and up until this point they had only appeared in the newspaper itself. The Funnies was the first stand-alone publication of comic strips. That laid the ground for Eastern Color in 1933 to publish The Funnies on Parade, a 32-page special-edition issue of collected Sunday comic strips. Then later in 1933, Dell and Eastern Color teamed up to publish Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics, featuring syndicated comic strips, which is remembered today as the first American comic book.

In 1934, the publishers collaborated again to release a special issue to retailers known as Famous Funnies, and shortly after, Eastern Color released the first official issue #1 of the ongoing series that would survive for 218 issues. The first 110 issues are offered in this auction, with a second auction planned in February.

Other CGC-certified comics offered in this sale include:

• a Famous Funnies #3 graded CGC 6.5 (lot 83003)
• a Famous Funnies #4 graded CGC 4.5 (lot 83004)
• a Famous Funnies #5 graded CGC 5.0 (lot 83005)
• a Famous Funnies #6 graded CGC 3.5 (lot 83006)
• a Famous Funnies #9 graded CGC 4.5 (lot 83009)
• a Famous Funnies #81 graded CGC 6.5 (lot 83081)
• a Famous Funnies #82 graded CGC 7.0 (lot 83082)
• a Famous Funnies #87 graded CGC 4.5 (lot 83087)
• a Famous Funnies #89 graded CGC 9.0 (lot 83089)
• a Famous Funnies #102 graded CGC 8.5 (lot 83102)

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