(December 1939)

Dell, 1936 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1939-11-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
?

Issue 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. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rex, King of the Deep / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Keywords
submarine; torpedo; underwater
Cover Thumbnail for The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series) #38
Edit cover
Cover gallery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Bosko / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Hugh Harmon
Pencils
Rudolph Ising
Inks
Rudolph Ising
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
---So you insist upon hot chili?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

John Carter Warlord of Mars / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Coleman Burroughs
Inks
John Coleman Burroughs
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The great games of Warhoon have begun...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
John Carter; Kantos Kan; Warhoon; Dak Kova
Keywords
Calot; Thoats; white ape

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Alley Oop / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
V. T. Hamlin
Pencils
V. T. Hamlin
Inks
V. T. Hamlin
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Dinny, it looks as if our little war is over!
Genre
humor
Characters
Alley Oop; Ooola; Dinny; Eeny
Reprints
  • from Alley Oop daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Electric Fish (Table of Contents: 4)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
William Ferguson
Pencils
William Ferguson
Inks
William Ferguson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; nature

The Hound of Horror [Part 3] (Table of Contents: 5)

Tom Beatty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Hickey
Inks
Tom Hickey
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Carnival / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow!
Genre
humor
Keywords
jokes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Lightning Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lightning Jim, daring U.S. Marshal, and his faithful deputy, Whitey...
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Dave Porta. Feature title shortened from issue #35.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain Easy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Crane
Pencils
Roy Crane
Inks
Roy Crane
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, lads, how d'ye like the lovely isle of paradise?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy
Reprints
  • from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Rex, King of the Deep / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rex has made his preparations for the first cruise in his super submarine...
Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Crime Busters / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
While New York City sleeps, four figures labor furiously
Genre
crime

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Wizard of Oz / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walt Spouse
Inks
Walt Spouse
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thru an accident Ojo's uncle Nunkie and Mrs. Pipt, the magicians wife...
Feature Logo
The Wonderland of Oz
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ojo; Scraps; Shaggy Man; Woozy; Glass cat

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bud Lenoir 16 yr old witness of the Martin shooting...
Genre
detective-mystery; drama

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That lazy lummox!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Sky Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois (credited as Bob Gaylord)
Pencils
Gaylord Du Bois (credited as Bob Gaylord)
Inks
Gaylord Du Bois (credited as Bob Gaylord)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bruce McKay, aviator and government agent, assign Ed to capture the Obermaster...
Genre
adventure; aviation

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Speed Martin / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Victor Bloom
Pencils
Victor Bloom
Inks
Victor Bloom
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Speed Martin ace cameraman for United Newsreel, arrives at Riverdale...
Genre
adventure
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rex, King of the Deep
  2. 1. ["---So you insist upon hot chili?"]
    Bosko
  3. 2. ["The great games of Warhoon have begun..."]
    John Carter Warlord of Mars
  4. 3. ["Well, Dinny, it looks as if our little war is over!"]
    Alley Oop
  5. 4. Electric Fish
    This Curious World
  6. 5. The Hound of Horror [Part 3]
    Tom Beatty
  7. 6. ["Wow!"]
    Carnival
  8. 7. ["Lightning Jim, daring U.S. Marshal, and his faithful deputy, Whitey..."]
    Lightning Jim
  9. 8. ["Well, lads, how d'ye like the lovely isle of paradise?"]
    Captain Easy
  10. 9. ["Rex has made his preparations for the first cruise in his super submarine..."]
    Rex, King of the Deep
  11. 10. ["While New York City sleeps, four figures labor furiously"]
    The Crime Busters
  12. 11. ["Thru an accident Ojo's uncle Nunkie and Mrs. Pipt, the magicians wife..."]
    Wizard of Oz
  13. 12. ["Bud Lenoir 16 yr old witness of the Martin shooting..."]
    Mr. District Attorney
  14. 13. ["That lazy lummox!"]
    Our Boarding House
  15. 14. ["Bruce McKay, aviator and government agent, assign Ed to capture the Obermaster..."]
    The Sky Ranger
  16. 15. ["Speed Martin ace cameraman for United Newsreel, arrives at Riverdale..."]
    Speed Martin
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.