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Issue: The Funnies #48 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #48 of 64 Issues (65 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/15/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color and some black and white
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Phantasmo [Phil Anson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Phantasmo's costume is mis-colored as flesh-color on the cover, making it appear that he is nude.
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Dick Tracy is on the Trail Again!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dick Tracy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Promo for Dick Tracy Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #8. Interior panel and cover are depicted.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Phantasmo [Phil Anson]; Whizzer McGee; Jerry (Whizzer's cousin); Captain Oaku (villain, death?); the Japanese (villains, many die)
First Line: A swift strato-liner wings westward with Phantasmo...
Synopsis: Phantasmo and Whizzer make their way to California to visit Whizzer's cousin, who has been hearing strange noises from underneath his house.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #91 published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagLarge Feature Comic #18 published January 1941
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: original Dell hero
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): The Black Knight
First Line: The young smithy has again proved his loyalty to the king...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part of a continuing story.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as EAP] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as EAP] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Mr. District Attorney
First Line: Hello-- hello-- D.A.?
Synopsis: Mr. District Attorney breaks up an espionage ring.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signed "EAP" in next-to-last panel.
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Read The Voice

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Voice The Invisible Detective
Character(s): The Voice
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Promo for "The Voice, the Invisible Detective" feature in Popular Comics featuring part of a page from a story. Promo takes up bottom third of page and left two-thirds of top of page.
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Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Classified ads for postage stamps. Section occupies right one-third of top two-thirds of the page.
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Hi, Funnies' Fans...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contest in which the parts of a drawing have to be cut out and pasted together. The completed drawing is then sent in to enter the Dell Publishing Contest. Two first prizes of one boys' and one girls' Rollfast bicycles. Winners of the contest in War Comics #3 are also announced: Jane Cooper, Jacksonville, Fla., and Bobby Emery Wessick, Watertown, Mass.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Rex; Tim
First Line: After discovering an enemy 'fifth column' camp...
Synopsis: Rex and his submarine crew battle a band of "Fifth Columnists."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
First Line: Speed and Mickey have just missed death several times!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Signed "Hebb" in a circle in fifth panel on last page.

Art credits suggested by Who's Who in American Comic Books 1928-1999.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
First Line: Deep in the ruins of the ancient city...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Initialed "R. L. J." on bottom of next-to-last page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Carter; Tars Tarkas; Dejah Thoris
First Line: Helium is being beseiged!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Lucky Storm

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with one illustration.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Captain Easy; Wash Tubbs; Mary Lancaster
First Line: Flying to Lima, Peru, Wash and Easy meet an American girl, Mary Lancaster...
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Reprint Notes: from Captain Easy Soldier of Fortune (NEA Service) Sunday newspaper reprints from 1939.09.24 - 1939.10.29
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Dialogue is re-lettered. First part of a continued story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
First Line: Swimming Googles
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Illustrated ad for novelties from Johnson Smith & Co., Detroit, Mich.
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Ready

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (additional art)
Inker(s): ? (additional art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver (cameo)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine for $2.95. Several headshots of Red Ryder, one of Red Ryder on horseback, and small full-figure of Little Beaver. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Plymouth, Mich.

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