Publishers / Dell / The Funnies (1936) / #64
64May 1942
$0.10

The Funnies #64

Dell · May 1942 · on sale 1942-03-02

First appearance: Woody WoodpeckerFirst appearance: Li'l Eight Ball
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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#64
Publication date
May 1942
Key date
1942-05-00
On-sale date
1942-03-02
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Woody Woodpecker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Li'l Eight Ball - 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-cover1
1-cartoon1script: Herc Ficklen; pencils: Herc Ficklen; inks: Herc Ficklen
2-comic story12pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan GormleyJim Albright, Captain Midnight, Chuck Ramsay
3Smilin' Jack; Popular Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Zack Mosley; inks: Zack Mosley
5-comic story8Andy Panda
6-comic story3script: Walter Lantz; pencils: Walter Lantz; inks: Walter LantzLi'l Eight Ball First
7-comic story12pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
8-comic story4script: F. V. Martinek; pencils: Leon A. Beroth; inks: Leon A. Beroth
9-comic story1script: John Hermann; pencils: John Hermann; inks: John Hermann
10-comic story8script: Walter Lantz; pencils: Walter Lantz; inks: Walter LantzOswald the Rabbit, Woody Woodpecker First
11Settled Out of Courttext story2letters: typeset
12-comic story7pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
13-comic story6pencils: Maurice Kashuba; inks: Maurice Kashuba
14-cartoon1script: Herc Ficklen; pencils: Herc Ficklen; inks: Herc Ficklen
15-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 0.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #6364 of 64

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q741321 (Woody Woodpecker), first-appearance property (CC0)

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