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48October 1940
$0.10

The Funnies #48

Dell · October 1940 · on sale 1940-09-15

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#48
Publication date
October 1940
Key date
1940-10-00
On-sale date
1940-09-15
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]
1Dick Tracy is on the Trail Again!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester GouldDick Tracy
2-comic story10pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. StonerPhantasmo [Phil Anson]; Whizzer McGee; Jerry (Whizzer's cousin); Captain Oaku (villain, death?); the Japanese (villains, many die)
3-comic story6The Black Knight
4-comic story6pencils: E. A. P.; inks: E. A. P.Mr. District Attorney
5Read The Voicepromo (ad from the publisher)0.75The Voice
7Hi, Funnies' Fans...promo (ad from the publisher)2letters: typeset
8-comic story10pencils: Alden McWilliams; inks: Alden McWilliamsRex; Tim
9-comic story7script: Vic Bloom; pencils: Bob Hebberd; inks: Bob Hebberd
10-comic story6pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
11-comic story8script: Edgar Rice Burroughs; pencils: John Coleman Burroughs; inks: John Coleman BurroughsJohn Carter, Tars Tarkas, Dejah Thoris
12Lucky Stormtext story2letters: typeset
13-comic story6script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneCaptain Easy; Wash Tubbs; Mary Lancaster

Plus 2.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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