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59September 1941
$0.10

The Funnies #59

Dell · September 1941 · on sale 1941-07-31

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#59
Publication date
September 1941
Key date
1941-09-00
On-sale date
1941-07-31
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan GormleyJim Albright, Captain Midnight
1New Atlantic Naval Basescartoon1colors: ? (red tones)
2-comic story8pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. Stoner
3-cartoon1
4-comic story6pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan GormleyJim Albright, Captain Midnight, Chuck Ramsay
5-comic story7script: Vic Bloom; pencils: Bob Hebberd; inks: Bob Hebberd
6Chapter Xtext story2letters: typeset
7It's Electrifyingpromo (ad from the publisher)0.6letters: typeset
9-comic story8script: Gordon A. J. Petersen; pencils: Erwin L. Hess; inks: Erwin L. Hess
10Murder Rings the Bellcomic story7script: S. S. Van Dine
11-comic story5
12-comic story6script: Bob Jenney; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
13-comic story6pencils: M. Kashuba; inks: M. Kashuba
14-comic story7script: Robert Turner; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
15Great Pages from Great Stories!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various; colors: ? (red tones); letters: typeset

Plus 1.4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Mr. District Attorney1942On eBay ›
Captain Midnight Battles the Nazis
ISBN 978-1-61655-242-8		2013On eBay ›

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Series context

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