Publishers / Dell / The Funnies (1936) / #63
63March 1942
$0.10

The Funnies #63

Dell · March 1942 · on sale 1942-01-02

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#63
Publication date
March 1942
Key date
1942-03-00
On-sale date
1942-01-02
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Jim Albright, Captain Midnight
2-comic story10pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan GormleyJim Albright, Captain Midnight, Chuck Ramsay
3Smilin' Jack; Popular Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.3
5-statement of ownership0.1script: Helen Meyer
6-comic story9pencils: E. C. Stoner; inks: E. C. Stoner
7-comic story12pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
8-comic story8pencils: George Kerr, L. Bing; inks: George Kerr, L. BingAndy Panda
9-comic story8pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
10Death Plays The Acecomic story8script: S. S. Van Dine
11Chapter XIVtext story2letters: typesetFrank Blade; Mark Harmon
12-comic story6pencils: Maurice Kashuba; inks: Maurice Kashuba

Plus 3.6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

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