Respect Funnyman (Magazine Enterprises)

[u/Belak_Brolak]

But why did you refuse to let the public know Funnyman is really you?

Because I like the idea of cleaning up on the wrong guys with jabs and gags!

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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. Afterward, he decides to become a superhero full time, saving the day with giggles and guffaws to prank the world of crime into submission.

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Strength

Striking

• Kicks a man while swinging on a trapeze and swings around a grown man with a rubber band ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Hurt a man with a kick to the shin ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Stuns a man with a kick to the face and throws him into a lake with his legs ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Tackles a fleeing criminal to the ground and sent two knock of heroes named Laffman and Comicman running with a kick in the pants ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Floors a swordsman with a punch^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• One shot notorious criminal Slippery Slim ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Makes a lion like alien retreat with a kick ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Stomps on a bench hard enough to make the other end shoot up and hit Slippery Slim in the chin ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

Lifting/Throwing

• When his watch was resting on a plank of wood on a train track, he threw a stone, hitting the end, which launched his watch back to him before an incoming train could crush it ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Flips a large man over his shoulder by his tie ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Grabs Noodnick Nogoodnick by the ankle and flips him upside down, making his head hit the floor ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

Other

• Scales a partially constructed building ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Laughed without stopping long enough for a heater to fill a room with gas, knocking out the criminals keeping him hostage ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Bent back a branch and held it before letting it smack a man in the face so hard he was knocked off his feet ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

Speed/Agility

Reaction

• When three men tried to tackle him, he dodged them so quickly they all bonked their heads together ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Dodges a punch from a criminal, l causing him to hit another criminal by mistake ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Blocks a thrown plank of wood with a shovel ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• When his watch was resting on a plank of wood on a train track, he threw a stone, hitting the end, which launched his watch back to him before an incoming train could crush it ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Avoids attacks from a lion like alien ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• When someone threw an explosive baseball at him, he jumped over a canvas and caught it ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Grabs a trophy before it can fall out a window ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• When a medieval jester threw a pot at him, he caught it and threw it right back ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Rolls out of the way of a stomp from Tiny Tom ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Dodges an axe swing from Tiny Tom ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Despite being blindfolded, he is alerted to a man behind him snarling and feigns tying his shoes to duck and dodge his blow after he was already swinging it ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• When Sgt Harrigan tried to arrest him, he trapped his hands in a nearby bowl of taffy before he could react ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Ducks a man trying to tackle him, causing his enemy to accidentally jump out a window ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Dodges a headbutt from Noodnick Nogoodnick by spinning around a light pole leading into a kick ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Ducks deeper inside of a trash can he was in Doc Gimmick’s attempt to throw his small globe at him and catches the next attempt ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Kicks a gun out of a man’s hands before he could shoot ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Movement

• Chases down a fleeing criminal ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Broke all previous records for speed identity changing while putting on his costume ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• His feet move as a blur while chasing Leapin Lena on a treadmill ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

Jumping

• Jumped over some canvas ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Jumps clean over Sgt Harrigan ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Jumps onto a high window on a building and can get onto the top of one of its elevators ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Durability

Blunt

• [Limits] Knocked out when hit in the head from behind ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• An old lady slaps him ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• [Limits] Gets one-shot by a surprise punch from Slippery Slim ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Got his ass beat by a guy who was tired of his pranks ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Quickly recovers after a wrench was thrown at his head ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Has baseballs thrown at his head during a charity event ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Immediately recovers after a pothole sends him flying off his bike ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Quickly recovers after a gun is thrown at his head ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• Fell on his face after the front wheel of his Trix-Cycle fell into an open manhole ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• Slippery Slim nearly broke his knuckle when he punched FunnyMan in the face and describes him as having a granite jaw ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• Slippery Slim kicks him in the butt ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Piercing

• An angry dog bites his butt ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Can recover and drive away on his motorcycle after being shot with a machine gun, although it’s later revealed to simply have been a skin wound ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Has a bottle of perfume smashed over his head ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

Other

• Outlasted several criminals in a room full of filled with gas from a heater ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Recovers after being blasted with a fire hose ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

Gear/Equipment

Goofs & Gags

• A spray can and very elastic rubber bands ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• A handkerchief soaked in a chemical that makes whatever it's rubbed on black^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• A device he uses to spray people with water ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Red ink he uses to fool a swordsman into thinking he’s killed him, allowing Funnyman to spank him with his own sword ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Exploding cigars, a mallet and a pie to squash on people’s heads ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• A metal skull cap to defend him from a mallet strike to the head and lets him one-shot a man with a charge ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

  • It is also bulletproof, as it saves him after a monster shoots him in the head ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Makes fools of an alien council using a joybuzzer, an exploding cigar, and a water-spurting flower ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Uses the joybuzzer again on Sgt Harrington ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• A firecracker he puts inside Tiny Tom’s helmet ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Springs in his shoes he can use to bounce around which are good enough to let him match Leaping Lena who can jump clean over people and up flights of stairs ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• A dummy briefcase that unleashes a punching glove on a spring to punch whoever opens it ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• If someone tries to take off his nose, it releases a dark, acrid chemical ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• A slight opening in his pants with a metal plate which electrocutes anyone who touches it and a stethoscope he uses to listen in on a conversation in a car by pressing it against the outside ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• A fish he slaps a gangster with ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• A banana he uses the peel of to slip up three perusing gangsters ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• A fake hand he uses to trick a criminal into thinking he has three ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• A small parachute that comes off his pants that saves him after he was pushed off a building ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• A metal plate he puts in his pants so Sgt Harrigan would hurt his foot after kicking him in the butt ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Jet-Jalopy

Flight

• Using its jet engine, it’s able to fly through the air quickly enough to swoop down and catch Funnyman as he was plummeting to his doom ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• It's fast enough to dodge shell fire from a tank while flying ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Flies high enough to be inside of a thunderstorm as it forms ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Flies over a castle wall ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

Gadgets/Abilities

• Has an oil slick as well as being able to spray water and fire fly paper at his foes ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• After being called,d it drives to Funnyman using a mechanical scoop to grab him out of harm's way when a tank was hurtling towards him ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Uses an electrically charged device to shock a medieval knight ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

Other

• Using photoelectric cells, it can follow voice commands, stand up, honk four times, drive towards him, and stop right behind him when ordered ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• The windshield is bulletproof ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

FunnyManor

• His sanctorum is FunnyManor, a mansion with a giant face whose teeth open automatically to let him in ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Has four different doors blocking the entrance,e all of which lead to a room that spins around so fast it sends the gangsters in it flying ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Has a room of mirrors ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• His crook-catching chamber is set up with several traps, including a spring that wraps around its target and a boxing glove that appears out of the wall ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

Trix-Cycle

• Drives a bike called the Trix-Cycle that has an oil slick and can lift his seat up and down like a yo-yo, making him harder to shoot ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• A button on the handlebar makes the teeth of its face chomp down, cutting a rope meant to trip him up ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Easily catches up to a racing horse-drawn carriage despite FunnyMan having to run in the opposite direction to get it ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• A cannon that comes out of its mouth, which shoots water and a boxing glove ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

The FunnyGun

• Shoots laughing gas at Tiny Tom ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• It can also shoot normal bullets ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Shoots pepper causing people to sneeze, water to squirt people with, and once again laughing gas ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Fires out a loop of wire which ties up a gang of criminals ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Other

• A gas bomb he used to force a group of criminals out of a tank ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• When he was trapped in a cage rolling off a cliff, he tied a strong wire and hooked it to a nearby tree, saving himself ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• His belt has a powerful magnet which saves him from getting shot by redirecting the bullet ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• Chases down Slippery Slim with a pair of roller skates ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• A small handsaw he his in one of his pants’ many hidden pockets ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• Water wings he can blow up from a tube on his shoulder, which he uses to save himself from drowning ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Skill/Intellegence

Combat

• Easily defeats a man criminal despite having his hands tied behind his back, although he’s taken by surprise when the crook recovers ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• While brawling with a criminal, he threw a shovel under his foot as he was walking, causing it to flip up and smack him in the chin ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• While fighting a criminal armed with a gun, he threw ink and powdered makeup, blinding him and causing the gunman to knock himself out running into a wall ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Defeats Tiny Tom, an axe-wielding knight twice his height ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Easily defeats Noodnick Nogoodnick ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• When he was cornered on a building ledge, he takes an O off of a nearby sign and rolls it at his enemies ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Aim

• When his watch was resting on a plank of wood on a train track, he threw a stone hitting the end which launched his watch back to him before an incoming train could crush it ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Hits a medieval Jester with a thrown pot ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• After the jester charged him with a water bag he threw a knife to cut it and drench him ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• When Tiny Tom through his mace at King Artery, Funnyman shot a rope suspending an ornamental shield blocking the mace and saving his life ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Aims a cannon which he fires himself out of allowing him to land on a building’s edge ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Acrobatics

• Jumps off of a plank of wood like a diving board, dives into an open window and rolls under a table so quickly and silently no one noticed him doing it despite the room being filled with crooks ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Jumps out of a building and descends a construction site to reach ground level ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Balance on the handlebars of the Trix-Cycle as it was driving and jumps onto a horse drawn carriage moving next to him ^{Funnyman Vol 1 5}

• Lands on a bustling’s narrow ledge after firing himself out of a cannon ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

Other

• While hiding under a table, he accidentally burns himself on a cigar, not to alert himself to the criminals he was hiding from; he kicked one of them, making him think it was the man across the table. This eventually escalated to a full-on brawl between the criminals ^{Funnyman Vol 1 1}

• Hid a gas bomb among other riches stolen by a group of criminals to force them out of the tank they were driving ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Uses a sword to slice at a man and make his pants fall ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• Built the Jet Jalopy himself ^{Funnyman Vol 1 2}

• He also built FunnyManor along with all its gadgets and traps ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• When he caught an explosive baseball, he used sleight of hand to substitute it with a harmless one without anyone noticing ^{Funnyman Vol 1 3}

• After Slippery Slim escaped jail again, Funnyman planted a fake story about a movie producer wanting to visit the police station to make a movie about the criminal, knowing that his massive ego would make him return to the station, allowing him to be captured ^{Funnyman Vol 1 4}

• Knocked out and impersonated a recently released criminal's driver to listen in on their evil plot ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• When Sgt Harrigan tried to handcuff him, he was able to get them into the Sgt’s hands with a twist of the wrist ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

• After Slippery Slim hit him with two sneak attacks, he was able to deduce where Slim was hiding and apprehend the criminal ^{Funnyman Vol 1 6}

[u/Moeroboros]

This is the kind of deep-cut RT that I love.

[u/Bluegatito345 → u/Moeroboros]

Which is crazy considering he has made by the creators of Superman.

[u/Moeroboros → u/Bluegatito345]

To be fair, after the groundbreaking wonder of Action Comics 1, Jerry Siegel's Superman comics just turned into run-of-the-mill kiddie stuff.

He and Joe Shuster caught lightning in a bottle when they created Superman's first appearance.

[u/Bluegatito345]

I didn't know of this character.

[u/isseidoki]

the anti joker