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1May 1948
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Comedy Comics #1

Marvel · May 1948 · on sale 1948-02-06

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Identification plate

Series
Comedy Comics (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
May 1948
Key date
1948-05-00
On-sale date
1948-02-06
Indicia publisher
Animirth Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Ken Bald, Christopher Rule; inks: Chris Rule
1The Critic's Crisiscomic story8
2Oh Those Clothes!comic story6
3-comic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Harvey Kurtzman
4The Prison Problemcomic story6pencils: Morris Weiss; inks: Morris Weiss
5Beauty and the Beastcomic story7

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CollectionYear
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics #[nn]
ISBN 9780810972964
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