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39January 1940
$0.10

The Funnies #39

Dell · January 1940 · on sale 1939-12-15

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Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#39
Publication date
January 1940
Key date
1940-01-00
On-sale date
1939-12-15
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1letters: typeset
2-comic story8script: Bob Gaylord; pencils: Bob Gaylord; inks: Bob Gaylord
3The Hand of Horror [Part 4]comic story5pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
4-comic story8script: Victor Bloom
5Ozma of Ozcomic story5pencils: Walt Spouse; inks: Walt Spouse
6-comic story5script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin
7-comic story4script: Edgar Rice Burroughs; pencils: John Coleman Burroughs; inks: John Coleman BurroughsJohn Carter, Kantos Kan
8-comic story5script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane; letters: Roy Crane
9-comic story8pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
10Foodcomic story0.5script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson
12-statement of ownership0.12script: Helen Meyer
13-promo (ad from the publisher)0.02
14-comic story0.5script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising
15Winners of September The Funnies Contestpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
16-comic story6
17-comic story4
18-comic story4pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams

Plus 3.36 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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