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46August 1940
$0.10

The Funnies #46

Dell · August 1940 · on sale 1940-07-15

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Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#46
Publication date
August 1940
Key date
1940-08-00
On-sale date
1940-07-15
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. StonerPhantasmo [Phil Anson]
1You Asked For It!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers
2-comic story8pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. StonerPhantasmo [as Phil Anson]; Whizzer McGee; Uncle Ben; Aunt Martha; Whiizer's un-named sister; Mrs. McGee (Whizzer's mother)
3-comic story8script: Edgar Rice Burroughs; pencils: John Coleman Burroughs; inks: John Coleman BurroughsJohn Carter, Tars Tarkas, Dejah Thoris
4-comic story6script: Phillips H. Lord
5-comic story0.67script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising
7-comic story6pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
8-comic story6pencils: Ken Ernst; inks: Ken Ernst
9-comic story7script: Victor Bloom; pencils: Bob Hebberd; inks: Bob Hebberd
10-comic story5script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane
11-comic story7script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
12Killer's Weathertext story2script: Allen Kirby
13-comic story0.67script: Roy Humphries; pencils: Roy Humphries; inks: Roy Humphries
15-comic story6pencils: Erwin Hess; inks: Erwin Hess
16-comic story0.67script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising
17-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
18Great Pages from Great Stories..promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various; colors: ? (red tones); letters: typeset
19-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers

Plus 0.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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