Publishers / Western / Crackajack Funnies (1938) / #9
9March 1939
$0.10

Crackajack Funnies #9

Western · March 1939

First appearance: Red Ryder
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Identification plate

Series
Crackajack Funnies (Western, 1938 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
March 1939
Key date
1939-03-10
Indicia publisher
Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Red Ryder - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanRed Ryder
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2-comic story4script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman MarshDan Dunn; Babs; Richard Curtis; Police Captain Sharp
3-comic story4script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanRed Ryder First
4-text story1pencils: Charles Coll; inks: Charles CollMyra North; Detective Sergeant Jack Lane; Doctor Leer; Wally
5-comic story4script: Merrill Blosser; pencils: Merrill Blosser; inks: Merrill BlosserFreckles; McGoosey; Police Sergeant Driscoll; Mrs. Lampwick; Ossie; Tag; 'Nutty' Cook; Mr. Kent; Dodo
6-comic story0.5script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene AhernMajor Amos B. Hoople; Jason
7-comic story0.5script: Virginia Krausmann; pencils: Virginia Krausmann; inks: Virginia KrausmannAnnibelle
8-comic story4pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliamsSpeed Bolton; Chick Wilson; Shorty; Major Egan; Sally Lee; Dr. Wu
9-text story1pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene AhernMajor Amos B. Hoople; Captain Neptunis Noah
10-comic story4script: Abe Martin; pencils: Abe Martin; inks: Abe MartinBoots; Opal; Cora; Ferdinand; Horace; Mr. Givens
11-comic story0.5script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
12-comic story0.5script: Gladys Parker; pencils: Gladys Parker; inks: Gladys ParkerFanny; Sylvia
13-comic story4script: Ray Thompson; pencils: Charles Coll; inks: Charles CollMyra North; Carson; Captain Dakin; Doctor Jim Jason; baby Mark; baby Moses
14-text story1pencils: Merrill Blosser; inks: Merrill BlosserFreckles; Oscar; 'Speed' Stevens
15The Bandits of Dead Man's Gultchcomic story4pencils: James Gary; inks: James GarySheriff Buck Jones; Jenny Wade; Deputy Big Lars Larson; Lock Maze; Pete; Dogie
16-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneWash Tubbs; Captain Easy [aka The Tiger Man]; Colonel Jessup; Bow Wow Jones; Lulu Belle Wallis
17-text story1pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman MarshDan Dunn; Irwin Higgs; Cosmo Vippo
18-comic story3script: Oscar Lebeck; pencils: Win Smith; inks: Win SmithLooney Luke; Glug; Mug; Hug
19-comic story4script: F. V. Martinek; pencils: Leon A. Beroth; inks: Leon A. BerothDon Winslow; Red Pennington
20The Kidnappers of Cholla Washcomic story4script: Jim Stevens; pencils: Jim Stevens; inks: Jim StevensTom Mix
21-comic story3script: Sol Hess; pencils: W. A. Carlson; inks: W. A. CarlsonRudy Nebb; Max; Luther
22-comic story4pencils: Al Lewin; inks: Al LewinClyde Beatty; Cockney; Alice; Grosser
23-comic story4script: Martha Orr; pencils: Martha Orr; inks: Martha OrrApple Mary; Dennie; Sunny; Peggy
24Against the Spy Ringcomic story4pencils: Jim Gary; inks: Jim GaryTom Traylor; Doctor Sabin; Captain Grove; Jimmy Grove; Igor; The Baron

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Don Winslow of the Navy1939On eBay ›
Red Ryder in Crackajack Comics2016On eBay ›

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Sources

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