Publishers / Quality Comics / Candy (1947) / #40
40July 1953
$0.10

Candy #40

Quality Comics · July 1953

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Identification plate

Series
Candy (Quality Comics, 1947 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
July 1953
Key date
1953-07-00
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Candy O'Connor; Tim O'Connor
2Champ Crampscomic story4Candy O'Connor; Ted Dawson
3-comic story4Will Bragg; Effy Gissel; Mrs. Mahoulahan; Fire Chief Carl Swenson; Inspector Frank Flanagan
5Front-Page Stuffcomic story6Candy O'Connor; Ted Dawson; Cornelia Clyde; Orville
6Smelling Saltscomic story5Candy O'Connor; Ted Dawson; Trish Traynor; Orville; Mindy; Phyllis; Sarah; Marty Moan
7A Little Less Auctioncomic story4Candy O'Connor; Ted Dawson; Agnes O'Connor; Tim O'Connor
8Candy Meets a Smoothietext story1letters: typesetCandy O'Connor; Ted Dawson; Edgar Buckley
9-comic story5script: Jack MendelsohnCandy O'Connor; Ted Dawson; Tina; Professor Tomkins; Ed

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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