Crackajack Funnies #23 (1940) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	A Scoop!	cover	1	pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	The Adventure of The Coffin Clue	comic story	10	pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely	Ellery Queen (first appearance)
3	-	comic story	6	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
4	-	comic story	4	script: Roy Humphries; pencils: Roy Humphries; inks: Roy Humphries
5	-	comic story	2	script: Merrill Blosser; pencils: Merrill Blosser; inks: Merrill Blosser
6	-	comic story	0.5	script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
7	-	comic story	5	pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
8	-	comic story	4	script: Frank V. Martinek; pencils: Leon A. Beroth; inks: Leon A. Beroth
9	-	comic story	5	pencils: Al Micale; inks: Al Micale
10	Tarzan	text story	3	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset
11	-	comic story	4	script: Win Smith; pencils: Win Smith; inks: Win Smith
12	-	comic story	4	script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman Marsh
13	-	comic story	5	script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane
14	-	comic story	1
15	Starlings	comic story	0.5	script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson
16	-	comic story	5	script: Ray Thompson; pencils: Charles Coll; inks: Charles Coll
17	-	comic story	4	script: Martha Orr; pencils: Martha Orr; inks: Martha Orr

Collection	Year
Ellery Queen: The Crackajack Funnies Files	2016	On eBay ›
Classic Pulp: Ellery Queen #[nn]	2020	On eBay ›
Spooks and Sleuths ISBN 978-1-954412-19-4	2021	On eBay ›

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