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15August-September 1948
$0.10

Funny Folks #15

DC · August-September 1948 · on sale 1948-06-14

First appearance: The Professor
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Identification plate

Series
Funny Folks (DC, 1946 series)
Issue
#15
Publication date
August-September 1948
Key date
1948-08-00
On-sale date
1948-06-14
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Professor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanRobert Rabbit
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Time Out for Laughspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3-comic story8pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanJulius the Ghost
5Robin Crusoecomic story5pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanFriday
7-comic story3pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanThe Professor First
10Sweeney and Williecomic story6pencils: Ron Santi; inks: Ron Santi
12-comic story1pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanThe Professor First
13-comic story1pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanRobert Rabbit
14-cartoon1pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
15Willy Wolfcomic story6pencils: Ed Dunn; inks: Ed DunnJunior
17-cartoon1pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
18-text story2pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube Grossman
19-comic story7pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanThe Professor First
21-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

Sources

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