The Funnies #33 for Sale - First Appearance of Dejah Thoris - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue: #33
Publication date: July 1939
Key date: 1939-07-00
On-sale date: 1939-06-15
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dejah Thoris - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1
1	-	comic story	1	script: Art Krenz; pencils: Art Krenz; inks: Art Krenz	Dick Metz; Harold Cagle; Eric Tipton; Lauren Gale
2	-	comic story	5	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin
3	A Princess of Mars - Episode 4	comic story	4	script: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jim Gary; pencils: Jim Gary; inks: Jim Gary	John Carter, Dejah Thoris First
4	-	comic story	4	pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams	John Seadlund
5	-	comic story	4	script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising
6	-	comic story	5	script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane	Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy
7	-	cartoon	1
8	The Ghost of Winter Ranch	comic story	4
9	-	comic story	2.67	script: C. D. Small; pencils: C. D. Small; inks: C. D. Small
10	-	comic story	3	script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
11	-	comic story	4
12	The Black Widow	comic story	4
13	-	comic story	1	script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
14	-	comic story	2		Major Hoople
15	The Solution of the Fountain Pen Gun	text story	3	letters: typeset
16	-	comic story	4	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest
17	-	comic story	1	script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
18	-	comic story	1		Major Hoople
19	Curious Facts About Stamps	text article	2	letters: typeset
20	-	comic story	4	pencils: Walt Spouse; inks: Walt Spouse
21	-	comic story	1	script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
22	Crossword Puzzle Page	activity	1
23	-	cartoon	1
24	The Cassowary	comic story	1	script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson
25	Funnie-Bone Riddle Page	text article	1	letters: typeset
26	Featuring Philip Lord's Gang Busters	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #3233 of 64#34 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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