The Funnies
#50
(December 1940)
Dell,
1936 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-11-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Larry Wolfe
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. 4.
[no title indexed]
Phantasmo, the Master of the World / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Phantasmo [Phil Anson]
[no title indexed]
Phantasmo, the Master of the World / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- E. C. Stoner (signed)
- Inks
- E. C. Stoner (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How would you like to go on a trip where we can catch our own fish, Whizzer?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Phantasmo [Phil Anson]; Whizzer McGee; Injun Pete (guide);
- Synopsis
- While visiting a local aquarium, Anson suggests to Whizzer that they take a trip up to a lake in the north woods to do some fishing. When a forest fire threatens Pete's village, Phantasmo takes over to deal with it, but, unfortunately, the flames threaten to destroy the apparently lifeless Anson's body!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Three Rivers
in [no title indexed]
Rex, King of the Deep / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al McWilliams (signed)
- Inks
- Al McWilliams (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After Rex rescues Nan Barlow and her father from their crippled yacht...
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
Speed Martin / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Victor Bloom (credited as Vic Bloom)
- Pencils
- Victor Bloom (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The scene changes... the war shifts to the Mediterranean...
- Genre
- adventure; war
[no title indexed]
The Sky Ranger / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bruce, Pug and Hap find themselves in a small, coastal, Latin American republic.
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
[no title indexed]
John Carter Warlord of Mars / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Pencils
- John Coleman Burroughs
- Inks
- John Coleman Burroughs
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As they seek to escape from the horrible Valley of Dor...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- John Carter
[no title indexed]
Captain Easy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here we are, stranded in South America...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy
- Reprints
- from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Navy Bob Steele / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Open fire, Mr. Steele, when the target bears 90 degrees, range 20,000 yards
- Genre
- war; military
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.1 page
- Script
- Helen Meyer (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
The Black Knight / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In early England, a robber chieftain known only as "The Scouge", terrorized...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Phantasmo, the Master of the World -
1.
["How would you like to go on a trip where we can catch our own fish, Whizzer?"]
Phantasmo, the Master of the World -
2.
["After Rex rescues Nan Barlow and her father from their crippled yacht..."]
Rex, King of the Deep -
3.
["The scene changes... the war shifts to the Mediterranean..."]
Speed Martin -
4.
["Bruce, Pug and Hap find themselves in a small, coastal, Latin American republic."]
The Sky Ranger -
5.
["As they seek to escape from the horrible Valley of Dor..."]
John Carter Warlord of Mars -
6.
["Here we are, stranded in South America..."]
Captain Easy -
7.
The Rocket Boys in Space - continued
-
8.
["Open fire, Mr. Steele, when the target bears 90 degrees, range 20,000 yards"]
Navy Bob Steele -
9.
[no title indexed]
-
10.
["In early England, a robber chieftain known only as "The Scouge", terrorized..."]
The Black Knight -
11.
["The gates of an Eastern penitentiary swing open to permit..."]
Mr. District Attorney
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- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Dave Porta
- Ramon Schenk
- Len Wolinsky
- Warren Zeigler
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