Publishers / Dell / The Funnies (1936) / #57
57July 1941
$0.10

The Funnies #57

Dell · July 1941 · on sale 1941-05-29

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#57
Publication date
July 1941
Key date
1941-07-00
On-sale date
1941-05-29
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Phantasmo; Captain Midnight
2-comic story10pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. Stoner
3-comic story10pencils: Robert Brice; inks: Robert BriceCaptain Midnight (introduction, origin); Fury; Ivan Shark (introduction); Fang; Chuck Ramsey; Steve Donavan
4A Complete Magazine of Terry and the Piratespromo (ad from the publisher)0.4letters: typeset
6-comic story8script: Oskar Lebeck; pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
7-comic story6pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers
8-comic story7script: Vic Bloom
9-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan Gormley
11-comic story8script: Gordon A. J. Petersen; pencils: Erwin L. Hess; inks: Erwin L. Hess
12Chapter IX [Part 1]text story2letters: typesetMac Harmon; Frank Blade
13-comic story5script: Wilson Starbuck; pencils: Erwin Greenwood; inks: Erwin Greenwood
14-comic story6script: Bob Jenney; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob JenneyBruce McKay
15U.S.A. Can Beat Hitler!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry Anderson

Plus 3.1 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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