Famous Funnies #53
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: Victor E. Pazmino |
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Comic Title: Famous Funnies #53
Publisher: Eastern Color
(Famous Funnies, Inc.)
Address: 50 Church Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1938
On Sale Date:
November 15, 1938 Newsstand Date November 15, 1938
Source: House Ad, Famous Funnies #52, Page 8
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Harold A. Moore
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Cover | |
| IFC | Illustration; Indicia | Roy Powers and Chunky |
| 1 | Jitter; Ad | by Arthur Poinier; A.C. Gilbert Co. |
| 2 | Filler | "Goofie Gags" by Vep |
| 3 | Filler; Ad | "The Gay Thirties"; Chemcraft |
| 4 | Roy Powers | by Paul Powell |
| 5 | Roy Powers | by Paul Powell |
| 6 | Roy Powers | by Paul Powell |
| 7 | Roy Powers | by Paul Powell |
| 8 | Text Feature | "Let's Get Into a Huddle" - next issue on sale December 15th |
| 9 | Filler; Ad | "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; Lionel Trains |
| 10 | Skyroads | by Russell Keaton |
| 11 | Skyroads | by Russell Keaton |
| 12 | Skyroads | (No Title) |
| 13 | Skyroads | by Russell Keaton |
| 14 | Hairbreadth Harry; Filler | by F.O. Alexander; "High-Gear Homer" |
| 15 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unsigned (a) |
| 16 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unsigned (a) |
| 17 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unsigned (a) |
| 18 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unsigned (a) |
| 19 | Filler | "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher |
| 20 | War on Crime | by Rex Collier |
| 21 | War on Crime | by Rex Collier |
| 22 | Jitter | by Arthur Poinier |
| 23 | Big Chief Wahoo | by Saunders and Woggon |
| 24 | Dickie Dare | by Coulton Waugh |
| 25 | Dickie Dare | (No Title) |
| 26 | Dickie Dare | by Coulton Waugh |
| 27 | Dickie Dare | by Coulton Waugh |
| 28 | The Adventures of Patsy | (No Title) |
| 29 | The Adventures of Patsy | by Mel Graff |
| 30 | High Lights of History; Filler | "Theodora, the Empress" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Would You Believe It?" |
| 31 | Activity Feature | "Funland" by A.W. Nugent |
| 32 | Napoleon | by Clifford McBride |
| 33 | Text Feature | The Pen Pal Page |
| 34 | Napoleon | by Clifford McBride |
| 35 | Filler; Frog Pond Ferry | "Cat o' 9 Lives"; by Meb |
| 36 | Oaky Doaks | by R.B. Fuller |
| 37 | Oaky Doaks | by R.B. Fuller |
| 38 | Oaky Doaks | by R.B. Fuller |
| 39 | Oaky Doaks | (No Title) |
| 40 | Seaweed Sam | by Vep |
| 41 | Big Chief Wahoo | by Saunders and Woggon |
| 42 | Olly of the Movies | by Ollendorf |
| 43 | Olly of the Movies | by Ollendorf |
| 44 | Scorchy Smith | (No Title) |
| 45 | Scorchy Smith | (No Title) |
| 46 | Somebody's Stenog; Filler | by A.E. Hayward; "The Back-Seat Driver" |
| 47 | Fact Feature | "Above the Crowd" by Stookie Allen |
| 48 | Mescal Ike | by S.L. Huntley and Art Huhta |
| 49 | Fact Feature | "Magic Made Easy" |
| 50 | Napoleon | by Clifford McBride |
| 51 | Filler | "There's a Town" |
| 52 | Babe Bunting | by Williams |
| 53 | Babe Bunting | by Williams |
| 54 | Filler | "Punky" by Fred Balk |
| 55 | Connie; Filler | by Frank Godwin; "The Wet Blanket" |
| 56 | Nipper; Filler | by Dwig; "Footprints on the Sands of Time" |
| 57 | Queenie | by Bob Bliss |
| 58 | Text Story | "The Ghost of Pirate's Roost" by John A. Thorne |
| 59 | Text Story | |
| 60 | Homer Hoopee | by Fred Locher |
| 61 | Homer Hoopee | by Fred Locher |
| 62 | Filler; Butty and Fatty | "Artistic Artie"; by Meb |
| 63 | Napoleon | by Clifford McBride |
| 64 | Filler; Frog Pond Ferry | "Animals in the News"; by Meb |
| IBC | Ad | A.C. Gilbert Co. |
| BC | Ad | Daisy Manufacturing Co. |
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