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44June 1940
$0.10

The Funnies #44

Dell · June 1940 · on sale 1940-05-15

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#44
Publication date
June 1940
Key date
1940-06-00
On-sale date
1940-05-15
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1letters: typeset
1Bucky Walterscomic story1script: Art Krenz; pencils: Art Krenz; inks: Art KrenzBucky Walters; Bill Werber; Morris Arnovich; George Washington Case
2-comic story8pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
3-comic story8script: Edgar Rice Burroughs; pencils: John Coleman Burroughs; inks: John Coleman BurroughsJohn Carter, Kantos Kan, Tars Tarkas
4-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneWash Tubbs; Captain Easy
5-comic story4script: Win Smith; pencils: Win Smith; inks: Win Smith
6-cartoon0.3script: Charles Hedinger; pencils: Charles Hedinger; inks: Charles Hedinger; letters: Charles Hedinger
9-comic story5script: Vic Bloom; pencils: Bob Hebberd; inks: Bob Hebberd
10-comic story6
11-comic story4
12-comic story4script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. HamlinAlley Oop
13-comic story8script: Bob Gaylord; pencils: Bob Gaylord; inks: Bob Gaylord
14-comic story4pencils: Walt Spouse; inks: Walt Spouse
15-comic story1.67script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising
16-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
17-comic story6pencils: Ken Ernst; inks: Ken Ernst
18$25°° In Cash Prizespromo (ad from the publisher)1colors: ? (red tones); letters: typeset
19Popular Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 0.7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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