Publishers / Dell / New Funnies (1942) / #72
72February 1943
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New Funnies #72

Dell · February 1943

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Series
New Funnies (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#72
Publication date
February 1943
Key date
1943-02-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Andy Panda; Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy
1-table of contents1pencils: Emma McKean; inks: Emma McKeanAndy Panda; Li'l Eight Ball; Felix the Cat; Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy
2-comic story10script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: L. Bing, George Kerr; inks: L. Bing, George KerrAndy Panda; Tommy; Marion; a movie director; circus people and circus animals
3-comic story6Li'l Eight Ball; Li'l Eight Bal's mammy; Bonaparte, their old horse; two young brown scoundrels; Colonel Southern, a southern gentleman
4-comic story6pencils: Frank Thomas; inks: Frank ThomasBilly Bee; Bonny Bee; Nurse Betsy; a dragonfly; Daddy Longlegs
5-comic story8script: Gaylord Du BoisOswald; Mrs. Possum; Woody Woodpecker; Toby Bear; Hi-Yah Wahoo
6-comic story8script: Justin C. Gruelle; pencils: Justin Gruelle; inks: Justin GruelleMr. Twee Deedle; Dicky, Dolly, and their dog, Micky; Charlie Cricket, his wife and music pupils; an old woodchopper and his horse, Harry; Pearl Opossum; a bunch of gnomes; two giants
7Buttons + Bootstext story3script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Mo Gollub; inks: Mo GollubButtons (a puppy); Boots (a cat); Bulldog; the clan of the other neighborhood dogs; Great Dane (presiding over the dogs' meeting); Fox Terrier (speaks at the dogs' meeting); five kittens
8-comic story6The brownies
9-comic story10script: Johnny Gruelle; pencils: George Kerr; inks: George KerrRaggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Mother; Marcella; Snoopwiggy; Grinny Bear; Prince Gallant; Princess Joy; Ronny the Robot (the metal Pilot who mans the wheelhouse of the jumping sailboat)
10On Cannibal Islandcomic story7script: Pat SullivanFelix the Cat; a cannibal king and his tribe
11"This swell 8" x 10 1/2" picture in full color"promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBugs Bunny; Porky Pig
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (various); inks: ? (various); letters: typesetAndy Panda; Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Felix the Cat; Oswald; the Brownies; Li'l Eight Ball; Mr. Twee Deeddle

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The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-8109-5730-5
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