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30April 1939
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The Funnies #30

Dell · April 1939 · on sale 1939-03-14

First appearance: John CarterFirst appearance: Tars TarkasOrigin: John Carter
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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#30
Publication date
April 1939
Key date
1939-04-00
On-sale date
1939-03-14
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of John Carter - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tars Tarkas - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: John Carter.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Win Smith; inks: Win Smith
1-comic story4script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin
2The Ghost of Winter Ranchcomic story4pencils: Al Lewin; inks: Al Lewin
3-comic story3script: L. Frank Baum, Walt Spouse; pencils: Walt Spouse; inks: Walt Spouse
4-text story3pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
5-comic story0.5script: C. D. Small; pencils: C. D. Small; inks: C. D. Small
6-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneWash Tubbs; Captain Easy
7-comic story4script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Win Smith; inks: Win Smith
8-comic story2script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
9-comic story4script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest
10The Black Widowcomic story4script: Russ Winterbotham; pencils: James Gary; inks: James Gary
11-comic story2script: Wood Cowan; pencils: Bill Zaboly; inks: Bill Zaboly
12-comic story4script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
13A Princess of Mars - Episode 1comic story4script: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jim Gary; pencils: Jim Gary; inks: Jim GaryJohn Carter First, Tars Tarkas First
14Sundown on the Prairiecomic story6pencils: Frank Frollo; inks: Frank Frollo
15-comic story2script: Wood Cowan; pencils: Bill Zaboly; inks: Bill Zaboly
16-comic story1script: C. D. Small; pencils: C. D. Small; inks: C. D. Small
17-comic story2script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
18Leonard Scarnisicomic story4pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
19-comic story1script: C. D. Small; pencils: C. D. Small; inks: C. D. Small

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Series context

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Sources

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