Publishers / Dell / The Funnies (1936) / #56
56June 1941
$0.10

The Funnies #56

Dell · June 1941

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
June 1941
Key date
1941-06-00
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]; Whizzer McGee
1Funnies Fans! Color This Picturepromo (ad from the publisher)1colors: ? (red tones); letters: typeset
2Whizzer Gains the Powercomic story10pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. StonerPhantasmo [Phil Anson]; Whizzer McGee; 'Nosey' Williams; Rattler; Rattler's boss
3-comic story0.67script: Wilson Starbuck; pencils: Wilson Starbuck; inks: Wilson Starbuck
5-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneCaptain Easy
6-comic story7script: Vic Bloom; pencils: Vic Bloom; inks: Vic Bloom
7-comic story6script: Edgar Rice Burroughs; pencils: John Coleman Burroughs; inks: John Coleman Burroughs
8-comic story8pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
9-comic story8script: Gordon A. J. Petersen; pencils: Erwin Hess; inks: Erwin Hess
10Professor Supermind and Son; Popular Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
12-comic story6script: Bob Jenney; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
13Chapter VIIItext story2letters: typesetMac Harmon; Frank Blade
14-comic story6pencils: Maurice Kashuba; inks: Maurice Kashuba
15-comic story5

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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