Funnyman (comics)
| Funnyman | |
|---|---|
 Funnyman #1 (Jan. 1948). Cover art by Joe Shuster. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Magazine Enterprises |
| First appearance | Funnyman #1 (Jan. 1948) |
| Created by | Jerry Siegel (writer) Joe Shuster (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Larry Davis |
| Partnerships | June Farrell Happy Sgt. Harrigan |
| Notable aliases | Comic Crimebuster |
Funnyman is a comic book character whose adventures were published in 1948 by Magazine Enterprises.[1]
Publication history
After leaving DC Comics and suing that company in a dispute over the rights to their character Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster rejoined their former DC editor Vin Sullivan — who had edited the earliest Superman adventures — at his new company, Magazine Enterprises.[2]
Siegel and Shuster's new creation, Funnyman, starred in a series that ran six issues (cover-dated Jan.–Aug. 1948).[3]
In the first issue, Siegel and Shuster mocked what they saw as the rush of Superman clones in a story called "Funman, Comicman and Laffman".[4] In the story, TV comedian Larry Davis dresses up in a costume to catch a fake criminal for a publicity stunt, but he catches a real criminal instead, and decides to become a superhero.
Funnyman's enemies include Doc Gimmick, a criminal robot, and the crime team of Schemer Beamer, Bug-Eyes, Crusher, Rockjaw and the Curve.[5]
A newspaper comic strip debuted in October 1948, but Funnyman also failed to find an audience in this format, and the strip was soon dropped.[6]
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