Dell : Dell (Brand Groups)

1942 ? - 1974 ?

Number of Issues:: 6193

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Used brand emblems:

Name	Issues	Year Began	Year Ended	Notes
A Dell Book	31	1944	1945	Emblem has "Dell" in the center of a square made up of the words "A Dell Book" running horizontally and vertically.
A Dell Comic	1300	1944	1952	Emblem has "Dell" in the center of a square made up of the words "A Dell Comic" running horizontally and vertically. This is an overprint with the background colors showing through. Used in 1944-45 and again in 1948-52. "A Dell Magazine" brand was used in 1946-47. The "A Dell Comic" brand was replaced by a solid color box with "Dell Comic" in late 1952.
A Dell Magazine	158	1944	1948	Emblem has "Dell" in the center of a square made up of the words "A Dell Magazine" running horizontally and vertically. In late 1945, it switched to an emblem that had the words "A Dell Magazine" in a circle around the comic's price. An overprint with the background colors showing through.
A Dell Magazine [circle]	260	1945	1948	Words "A Dell Magazine" in a circle surrounding the price.
Dell	2046	1955	1961	The word Dell in san serif inside a dotted box.
Dell A Giant Comic	20
Dell A Movie Classic	23	1955	1959	Dell in a solid color box with "A Movie Classic" in a different color box under it. Not the same as the later "Dell Movie Classic" brand.
Dell Book	2
Dell Comic	637	1952	1955
Dell Comic A Movie Classic	4	1954	1955
Dell Comic [sans serif]	215	1953	1955
Dell Dell Dell	2	1950	1950
Dell Exciting Adventure	64	1960	1961
Dell First Edition	6	1955	1963
Dell Fun Book	1	1953	1953
Dell Giant	49
Dell Giant Comics	13			"Dell" in symmetrical corner box, "Giant" with each block letter in its own irregular box running down front cover edge near spine, "Comics" in script in irregular box in lower left corner of front cover.
Dell Magazine [sans serif]	6	1953	1955
Dell Movie Classic	27	1959	1961	Not to be confused with the brand "Dell Comic A Movie Classic" and other Dell books that have one of the other Dell brands and the words "Movie Classic" somewhere outside the logo.
Dell Mystery	2	1960		Dell stamp with Mystery added.
Dell Nature Classic	5	1955	1957
Dell Publishing Co.	4	1942	1942	"Dell Publishing Co." on a banner above two children on a winged horse. Very short-lived.
Dell Special	1
Dell Surprise Books	12	1950	1950	The brand appears on the back cover of these items.
Dell TV Adventure	18	1960	1960
Dell TV Comedy	6	1960		Dell stamp with TV Comedy added.
Dell TV Mystery	2	1960		Standard Dell Stamp with TV Mystery added.
Dell Western Adventure	65	1960	1961
Dell [block]	46	1956	1974
Dell [Book Box]	9			Used on paperback books, printed the word DELL with the series number and sometimes the price of the book underneath in a box together.
Dell [rectangle]	708	1962	1973	The word Dell in san serif type, in a box with the price.
Dell [stamp]	392	1961	1969	The word Dell surrounded by a serrated border line, designed to look like a postage stamp.
Dell; Movie Classic [separate text]	40	1962	1969	This brand has the words separate from (NOT included in) the "Dell" box. There are three minor variations: "Movie-Classic" with hyphen, "A Movie Classic", and just "Movie", used only on a couple of issues each.
Giant Dell Comic	19			Used on several of the 100 Dell giants.

Number	Publication Date	On-sale Date	Indicia Publisher
Four Color (1942 series) #47 - Gene Autry	July 1944	1944-06-16	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #48 - Porky Pig	July 1944	1944-06-16	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #49 - Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	[July] 1944	1944-06-30	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #50 - Fairy Tale Parade	[September] 1944	1944-07-14	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #51 - Bugs Bunny Finds the Lost Treasure	[September] 1944	1944-08-01	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #52 - Little Orphan Annie	September 1944	1944	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #53 - Wash Tubbs	1944	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #54 - Andy Panda	[November] 1944	1944-09-16	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #55 - Tillie the Toiler	1944	1944-09-26	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #56 - Dick Tracy	1944	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #57 - Gene Autry, Raiders of the Range	November 1944	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #58 - Smilin' Jack	1944	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #59 - Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics	December 1944	1944-10-31	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #60 - Tiny Folks Funnies	December 1944	1944-11-14	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #61 - Santa Claus Funnies	December 1944	1944-11-14	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #62 - Donald Duck in Frozen Gold	January 1945	1944-12-01	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #63 - Roy Rogers Comics	[February] 1945	1944-12-29	?
Four Color (1942 series) #64 - Smokey Stover	February 1945	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #65 - Smitty	March 1945	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #66 - Gene Autry, Trail of Terror	[April] 1945	1945-02-16	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #67 - Oswald the Rabbit	April 1945	1945-02-27	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #68 - Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics	[April] 1945	1945-02-27	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #69 - Fairy Tale Parade	[May] 1945	1945-03-16	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #70 - Popeye and Wimpy	[April] 1945	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #72 - Raggedy Ann	[May] 1945	1945-04-13	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #73 - The Gumps	[June 1945]	1945-05-01	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #74 - Marge's Little Lulu	June 1945	1945-05-15	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #75 - Gene Autry and the Wildcat	June 1945	1945-05-15	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #76 - Little Orphan Annie	1945	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #77 - Felix the Cat	July? 1945	1945	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Four Color (1942 series) #78 - Porky Pig	August 1945	1945-06-15	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Animal Comics (1942 series) #25	February-March 1947	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Animal Comics (1942 series) #26	April-May 1947	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Animal Comics (1942 series) #27	June-July 1947	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Animal Comics (1942 series) #28	August-September 1947	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Animal Comics (1942 series) #29	October-November 1947	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Animal Comics (1942 series) #30	December 1947-January 1948	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Bozo (1952 series) #4	January-March 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Bozo (1952 series) #5	April-June 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Bozo (1952 series) #6	July-September 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Bozo (1952 series) #7	October-December 1952	1952-09-07	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Buck Jones (1951 series) #2	April-June 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Buck Jones (1951 series) #3	July-September 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Buck Jones (1951 series) #4	October-December 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Buck Jones (1951 series) #5	January-March 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Buck Jones (1951 series) #6	April-June 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Buck Jones (1951 series) #7	July-September 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Buck Jones (1951 series) #8	October-December 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies (1950 series) #1	[late ?] 1950	—	Wilson Publishing Company of Toronto, Limited (Wilson Publishing)
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies (1950 series) #1	November 1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies (1950 series) #3	November 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Bugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies (1951 series) #1	July 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Bugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies (1951 series) #2	1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #2	April-June 1948	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #3	July-September 1948	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #4	October-December 1948	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #5	January-February 1949	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #6	March-April 1949	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #7	May-June 1949	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #8	July-August 1949	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #10	November-December 1949	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #11	January-February 1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #12	March-April 1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #13	May-June 1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #14	July-August 1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #15	September-October 1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #16	November-December 1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #17	January-February 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #18	March-April 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #19	May-June 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #20	July-August 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #21	September-October 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #22	November-December 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #23	January-February 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #24	March-April 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #25	May-June 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #26	July-August 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #27	September-October 1952	1952	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Carl Anderson's Henry (1948 series) #28	November-December 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #1	March-May 1949	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #2	June-August 1949	1949-04-19	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #3	September-November 1949	1949-07-19	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #4	December 1949-February 1950	1949-10-18	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #5	1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #6	1950	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #7	1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #8	1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Charlie McCarthy (1949 series) #9	[July] 1952	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
The Chief (1951 series) #2	[April-June] 1951	1951-01-16	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #2	January 1951	—	Dell Publishing Company Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #3	April 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #4	July-August 1951	—	Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #5	September-October 1951	1951	Dell Publishing Company Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #6	November-December 1951	—	Dell Publishing Company Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #7	January-February 1952	—	Dell Publishing Company Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #8	March-April 1952	—	Dell Publishing Company Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #9	May-June 1952	—	Dell Publishing Company Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #10	July-August 1952	—	Dell Publishing Company Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #11	September-October 1952	—	Dell Publishing Company Inc.
The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #12	November-December 1952	—	Dell Publishing Company Inc.

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