Publishers / Dell / Four Color (1942) / #196
196September 1948
$0.10

Four Color #196

Dell · September 1948 · on sale 1948-07-29

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#196
Issue title
Charlie McCarthy in the Haunted Hide-Out
Publication date
September 1948
Key date
1948-09-00
On-sale date
1948-07-29
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Haunted Hide-Outcover1pencils: Harvey Eisenberg; inks: Harvey EisenbergCharlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
1Charlie McCarthy Triviacomic story2pencils: Harvey Eisenberg; inks: Harvey EisenbergCharlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
2The Haunted Hide-Outcomic story25pencils: Harvey Eisenberg; inks: Harvey EisenbergCharlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd; Grampaw Snerd; Skinny Dugan
3Charlie McCarthy and His Pet Ostrichcomic story7pencils: Harvey Eisenberg; inks: Harvey EisenbergCharlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd; Penelope the Ostrich; Skinny Dugan
4Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerdillustration1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typesetEdgar Bergen; Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd

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