Publishers / Dell / The Funnies (1936) / #53
53March 1941
$0.10

The Funnies #53

Dell · March 1941 · on sale 1940

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
March 1941
Key date
1941-03-00
On-sale date
1940
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
1Harvest Micecomic story1script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson
2-comic story10pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. Stoner
3Professor Supermind and Son; Popular Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67letters: typeset
5-comic story9pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
6-comic story8pencils: Erwin Hess; inks: Erwin Hess
7-comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
8-comic story6script: Edgar Rice BurroughsJohn Carter
9-comic story6script: Vic Bloom
10-comic story6pencils: Maurice Kashuba; inks: Maurice Kashuba
11-comic story1
12Chapter Vtext story2letters: typeset
13-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane
14-comic story5

Plus 2.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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