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19April-May 1949
$0.10

Funny Folks #19

DC · April-May 1949 · on sale 1949-02-14

First appearance: Doodles DuckFirst appearance: Buttons Bunny
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Identification plate

Series
Funny Folks (DC, 1946 series)
Issue
#19
Publication date
April-May 1949
Key date
1949-04-00
On-sale date
1949-02-14
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Doodles Duck - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Buttons Bunny - 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 Grossman
1Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2-comic story9script: Woody Gelman; pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanThe Professor, Nutsy Squirrel
4-comic story6pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto FeuerChip, Nip
6-activity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin NaydelJ. Rufus Lion
7Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
8-comic story6pencils: Howie Post; inks: Howie PostButtons Bunny First, Doodles Duck First
10It's Laugh Timepromo (ad from the publisher)1
11Robin Crusoecomic story6pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanRobin Crusoe; Friday
12Starring... Nutsy Squirrelactivity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin NaydelThe Professor, The Professor, Nutsy Squirrel, Nutsy Squirrel
14Willy Wolfcomic story6Willy Wolf; Junior
15-activity1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
16The Curious Blue Jaytext story2letters: typeset
17-comic story6script: Woody Gelman; pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanNutsy Squirrel; the Professor; Robert Rabbit; Julius the Ghost

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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Series context

Sources

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