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18March 1938
$0.10

The Funnies #18

Dell · March 1938 · on sale 1938-02-08

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Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
March 1938
Key date
1938-03-00
On-sale date
1938-02-08
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1
1The Funnies Letter Clubletters page1letters: typeset
2-comic story3script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis; letters: Clyde Lewis
3-comic story4script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin
4-comic story4script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman Marsh
5-comic story2script: Richard W. Thomas; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli
6-comic story3script: Bill Freyse; pencils: Bill Freyse; inks: Bill Freyse
7G-Man vs. the Red Xcomic story2script: Dick Blair; pencils: Milt Youngren; inks: Milt Youngren
8-comic story2script: Merrill Blosser; pencils: Merrill Blosser; inks: Merrill Blosser
9Everybody's Playmateactivity1script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
10-comic story2script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
11-cartoon1script: Bill Freyse; pencils: Bill Freyse; inks: Bill Freyse
12-comic story2script: Abe Martin; pencils: Abe Martin; inks: Abe Martin
13-comic story2script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
14-comic story1script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
15Curious Facts About Stampstext article1script: I. S. Klein
16-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane; letters: Roy Crane
17Putting It Over!comic story3script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Edwin Alger; inks: Edwin Alger
18Funnies Cartoon Clubactivity2script: Brig; pencils: Brig; inks: Brig
19-comic story3script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
20-comic story3script: Glenn Chaffin; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest
21-comic story1script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest
22The Funnies Crossword Puzzle Pageactivity1letters: typeset
23-comic story1script: George Scarbo; pencils: George Scarbo; inks: George Scarbo
24The Tinymitestext story1script: Hal Cochran; pencils: George Scarbo; inks: George Scarbo
25-comic story0.8script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Mr. Barlowe; Roscoe T. Rooney; unnamed Daily Bugle employees
26Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribblycomic story0.2script: Scribbly; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
27-comic story0.8script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Mr. Barlowe; Roscoe T. Rooney; Uncle Sam (introduction, pawn shop owner)
28Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribblycomic story0.2script: Scribbly; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
29Home Magicactivity1script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
30-comic story0.5script: Dunkel; pencils: Dunkel; inks: Dunkel
31Battle Beneath the Midnight Suntext story2script: H. T. Sperry; pencils: W. C. Brigham; inks: W. C. Brigham
32-comic story3script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
33-comic story3script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes
34Basketball Guardactivity1script: Ed Cronin; pencils: Ed Cronin; inks: Ed Cronin
35Stanley Morgancomic story1script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen
36-cartoon1script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams

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