Motion Picture Funnies Weekly

Motion Picture Funnies Weekly
Planned premiere issue (1939)
Cover art by Fred Schwab
Publication information
PublisherFirst Funnies, Inc.
FormatAnthology
Publication date1939
No. of issues1 (unpublished)
Main character(s)Sub-Mariner, American Ace
Creative team
Written byBill Everett
Paul J. Lauretta
Artist(s)Bill Everett
Paul J. Lauretta

Motion Picture Funnies Weekly is a 36-page American comic book created in 1939, and designed to be a promotional giveaway in movie theaters. While the idea proved unsuccessful, and only a handful of sample copies of issue #1 were printed, the periodical is historically important for introducing the enduring Marvel Comics character Namor the Sub-Mariner, created by writer-artist Bill Everett.