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7April 1937
$0.10

The Funnies #7

Dell · April 1937 · on sale 1937-03-09

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Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#7
Publication date
April 1937
Key date
1937-04-00
On-sale date
1937-03-09
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Major Hoopoe (umbrella)
1-comic story4script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. HamlinAlley Oop; Foozy
2-comic story3script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis
3Home Magicactivity1script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
4-comic story4script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman MarshDan Dunn
5-comic story0.4script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
6-comic story1.6script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
7-comic story3script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Edwin Alger; inks: Edwin Alger
8-comic story2script: Dick Blair; pencils: Milt Youngren; inks: Milt Youngren
9-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneCaptain Easy
10Funnie's Crossword Puzzle Pageactivity1
11-comic story1script: Richard W. Thomas; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli
12-comic story4script: Edgar Everett Martin; pencils: Edgar Everett Martin; inks: Edgar Everett Martin
13-comic story2script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
14The Tinymitestext story2script: Hal Cochran; pencils: George Scarbo; inks: George Scarbo
15-comic story0.4pencils: Bill Zaboly; inks: Bill Zaboly
16-comic story1.6script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
17-comic story3script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest
18-comic story1script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest
19-comic story1script: Richard W. Thomas; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli
20Lone Remnants of a Vast Empiretext story1script: I. S. Klein
21-comic story2script: J. Irving Crump; pencils: Kevin Royt; inks: Kevin RoytOg; Nada; Ru
22-comic story0.2script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
23-comic story0.8script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
24The Peace Committeecomic story1script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
25Such Is Fame!!!!!comic story0.8script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Eppie; Butch O'Flannigan (introduction, mentioned in issue #3, unnamed here, full name in issue #29); unnamed friend of Scribbly
26Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribblycomic story0.2script: Scribbly; pencils: Scribbly; inks: ScribblyScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
27Scribbly Meets the Boys!!!!comic story0.8script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Mr. Barlowe; Whitey (introduction); Charley (introduction)
28Why Big Brothers Leave Home by Scribblycomic story0.2script: Scribbly; pencils: Scribbly; inks: ScribblyScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Adeline
29-comic story2script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
30-comic story1script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
31-comic story1.8script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes
32-comic story1.2script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes
33-comic story2.1script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
34-comic story0.9script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
35Everybody's Playmateactivity1script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
36The Man Who Made Faces [Conclusion]text story2script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker
37-comic story1script: Merrill Blosser; pencils: Merrill Blosser; inks: Merrill Blosser
38-comic story0.6script: C. D. Small; pencils: C. D. Small; inks: C. D. Small
39-comic story0.5script: Merrill Blosser; pencils: Merrill Blosser; inks: Merrill Blosser
40-comic story0.6script: Gladys Parker; pencils: Gladys Parker; inks: Gladys Parker
41-comic story0.2script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
42-comic story0.8script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
43-comic story0.2pencils: Bill Zaboly; inks: Bill Zaboly
44-comic story0.8script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams

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