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Issue: The Funnies #62 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #62 of 64 Issues (65 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/31/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (8 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Captain Thatcher; Anderlitch
First Line: I think the gold bars on his shoulders...
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Reprint Notes: from Army Times volume 1 #38 1941-05-10; from Army Times volume 1 #39 1941-05-10
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Signatures removed from original publication.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ivan Shark; Fury Shark; Chuck; Joyce; Steve Donavan; Mrs. Donavan; Kelly
First Line: Ivan Shark ordered the murder of Captain Midnight and his friends at the Donavan home at Ribbon Lake in northern Wisconsin.
Synopsis: Captain Midnight and his friends escape Ivan's attempt to kill them.
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Pages: 10
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, military
First Line: Lookee, guard, a four leaf clover!
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Reprint Notes: from Army Times volume 1 #41 1941-05-24; from Army Times volume 1 #38 1941-05-10; from Army Times volume 1 #33 1941-03-29
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signature removed from three of the panels from their original publication, although the one with the signature did not have it in the original publication.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Phantasmo [Ted Bart]; Whizzer McGee; Bill Grent; Ma O'Brien; Raphel Zandusi; Stan Frank; Jack Whist
First Line: Our story opens in Midvale -- a small midwestern town and site of the army's new inland air base.
Synopsis: Phantasmo helps the FBI stop a gang of saboteurs.
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Pages: 10
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The Rocket Boys in Space (chapter 13)

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Frank Blade; Mac Harmon; Lanor
Synopsis: Frank and Mac's ship ends up on a moon with abandoned cities.
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gordon Petersen
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Character(s): The Black Knight; Zellah; Peter; Abbu Khan
First Line: While bathing in the river Nile, the queen of Egypt is rescued by the Black Knight as a mongol spy attempts to murder her
Synopsis: The Black Knight and his men face off against Abbu Khan's army.
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Mr. District Attorney; Harrington; William Beck; Ezra Cabot; Mr. Groul; Igor Stanlousky; Hans Krotz
First Line: In the printing shop of a small local newspaper owned by William Beck a patriotic American...
Synopsis: Fifth columnists murder a newspaper owner and a patriotic union leader.
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Pages: 6
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Breaking Up Camp

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Marion Allen; Tommy Allen; Raffy; Tambo; Buzin
Synopsis: Andy and the Allens head for the coast.
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Pages: 8
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lem Peters
First Line: You there, number two, get in step!
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Reprint Notes: from Army Times volume 1 #34 1941-04-05; from Army Times volume 1 #33 1941-03-29
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signatures removed from original printing.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Smilin' Jack one of the many features in Popular Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Stamps
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Pages: 0.67
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Rex; Butch; Nan; Captain Mars; Tim; Professor Bidoux
First Line: On their way back to America, Rex, Butch and Nan in one super-sub, and Tim and Professor Bidoux in the other have accidentally stumbled upon a huge and mysterious undersea naval base.
Synopsis: Rex and friends enter the underwater base of Captain Mars.
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Pages: 9
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Death Wears a Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Philo Vance; Skittles; James Clark (picture); Vance Grey; Lander; Markham; Iva Wallace; Helen; Mrs. Van Mills; Tom Allen
Synopsis: Philo Vance solves the murder of a blackmailer.
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Pages: 8
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): E. B. Conner
First Line: This is a strategic position...
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Reprint Notes: from Army Times volume 1 #41 1941-05-24
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Ready for Christmas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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