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51January 1941
$0.10

The Funnies #51

Dell · January 1941 · on sale 1940-12-13

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Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#51
Publication date
January 1941
Key date
1941-01-00
On-sale date
1940-12-13
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. Stoner
1The Voice; Popular Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1colors: ? (red tones); letters: typeset
2-comic story10pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. Stoner
3-comic story8script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
4-comic story4script: Erwin Greenwood; pencils: Erwin Greenwood; inks: Erwin Greenwood
5-cartoon1
6-comic story5script: Maurice Kashuba; pencils: Maurice Kashuba; inks: Maurice Kashuba
7-comic story7script: Al McWilliams; pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
8-comic story6script: Victor Bloom; pencils: Bob Hebberd; inks: Bob Hebberd
9-comic story8script: John Coleman Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs; pencils: John Coleman Burroughs; inks: John Coleman Burroughs
10-comic story5script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane
11Marvel Man; Popular Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
13Chapter IIItext story2pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. Stoner
14-comic story7script: George Peter; pencils: Erwin Hess; inks: Erwin Hess

Plus 1.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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