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58August 1941
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The Funnies #58

Dell · August 1941 · on sale 1941-07-01

First appearance: Captain MidnightFirst appearance: Jim AlbrightFirst appearance: Chuck Ramsay
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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#58
Publication date
August 1941
Key date
1941-08-00
On-sale date
1941-07-01
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Captain Midnight - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jim Albright - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chuck Ramsay - 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: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan GormleyJim Albright First, Captain Midnight First
2-comic story9pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. StonerPhantasmo; Mrs. Huckett; Koler (villain)
3-comic story7pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan GormleyJim Albright First, Captain Midnight First, Chuck Ramsay First
4The Canary Murder Casecomic story6script: S. S. Van Dine; pencils: Bob Hebberd; inks: Bob HebberdPhilo Vance; Miss Canary; Gilbert Spotsworth; District Attorney Markham; Sergeant Heath, Austin Cleaver, Dude Skeel
5-cartoon1
6Chapter IX (Continued)text story1letters: typeset
7-comic story6script: Bob Jenney; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
8-comic story7script: Vic Bloom
9-comic story6pencils: M. Kashuba; inks: M. Kashuba
10-comic story8script: Gordon A. J. Petersen; pencils: Erwin L. Hess; inks: Erwin L. Hess
11-comic story7pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
12-comic story0.33script: Roy Humphries; pencils: Roy Humphries; inks: Roy Humphries
14-comic story5

Plus 3.67 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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