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47September 1940
$0.10

The Funnies #47

Dell · September 1940 · on sale 1940-08-15

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#47
Publication date
September 1940
Key date
1940-09-00
On-sale date
1940-08-15
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]
1$25°° Free!promo (ad from the publisher)1colors: ? (red tones); letters: typeset
2-comic story10pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. StonerPhantasmo [Phil Anson]; Whizzer McGee
3-comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
4Pie Gobbcomic story5script: ? [as Just Hurd]; pencils: ? [as Just Hurd]; inks: ? [as Just Hurd]
5-comic story8pencils: Erwin Hess; inks: Erwin HessThe Black Knight [Sir Percy] (a smithy, introduction, origin); King Victor (mention only); Sir Robin; Ruth (Lady-in-Waiting to Lady Allerton); Sir Mordant (villain, a disgraced knight)
6-comic story7pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
7-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneWash Tubbs; Captain Easy
8-comic story8script: Edgar Rice Burroughs; pencils: John Coleman Burroughs; inks: John Coleman BurroughsJohn Carter, Kantos Kan, Tars Tarkas, Dejah Thoris
9-comic story6pencils: E. A. P.; inks: E. A. P.
10-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
12Death Takes an Automobile Ridetext story2pencils: ? [signed as HB]; inks: ? [signed as HB]; letters: typesetSheriff Boze Johnson
13-comic story7script: Victor Bloom
15Popular Comics; War Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers

Plus 1.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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