The Funnies
#57
(July 1941)
Dell,
1936 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-05-29
- 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
[no title indexed]
Captain Midnight; Phantasmo, the Master of the World / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; aviation
- Characters
- Phantasmo; Captain Midnight
[no title indexed]
Phantasmo, the Master of the World / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Phil Anson and Whizzer McGee are flying to Miami for a few days of deep sea fishing.
- Genre
- superhero
[no title indexed]
Captain Midnight / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- War-torn France, during the critical first days of the first world war, was tottering...
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Midnight (introduction, origin); Fury; Ivan Shark (introduction); Fang; Chuck Ramsey; Steve Donavan
- Synopsis
- Introduction and origin of war hero Captain Midnight and his further adventures fighting the evil Ivan Shark.
- Keywords
- airplane; government; parachute; secret identity; war; ward; World War I
[no title indexed]
Rex, King of the Deep / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Oskar Lebeck ?
- Pencils
- Al McWilliams (credited as Alden McWilliams)
- Inks
- Al McWilliams (credited as Alden McWilliams)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rex and Tim are entrusted with the job of convoying a vitally important...
- Genre
- adventure; war
[no title indexed]
Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Chambers (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Chambers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Midland City suddenly finds itself the target of a ruthless mob...
- Genre
- crime; drama
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Speed Martin / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An American ship, homeward bound from Lisbon, enters New York harbor...
- Feature Logo
- Speed Martin Newsreel Cameraman
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
Gang Busters / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Excitement! Thrills!
- Genre
- crime
Indexer Notes
House ad for Gang Busters #17.
[no title indexed]
The Black Knight / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gordon A. J. Peterson (credited)
- Pencils
- Erwin Hess (credited as Erwin L. Hess) (signed)
- Inks
- Erwin Hess (credited as Erwin L. Hess) (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cautiously leaving the dungeon, after drugging the captain of the guard...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
Chapter IX
The Rocket Boys in Space / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mac Harmon; Frank Blade
[no title indexed]
Navy Bob Steele / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The rusty freighter has signalled the Alaska to stop...
- Genre
- war; military
- Reprints
- from Navy Bob Steele Sunday (McClure Newspaper Syndicate), copyrighted 1941.
[no title indexed]
The Sky Ranger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Jenney (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Jenney (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Jenney (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sabotage and sudden death struck at the Concord Aviation Co.
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Bruce McKay
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Midnight; Phantasmo, the Master of the World -
1.
["Phil Anson and Whizzer McGee are flying to Miami for a few days of deep sea fishing."]
Phantasmo, the Master of the World -
2.
["War-torn France, during the critical first days of the first world war, was tottering..."]
Captain Midnight -
3.
["Rex and Tim are entrusted with the job of convoying a vitally important..."]
Rex, King of the Deep -
4.
["Midland City suddenly finds itself the target of a ruthless mob..."]
Mr. District Attorney -
5.
["An American ship, homeward bound from Lisbon, enters New York harbor..."]
Speed Martin -
6.
["Excitement! Thrills!"]
Gang Busters -
7.
["Cautiously leaving the dungeon, after drugging the captain of the guard..."]
The Black Knight -
8.
Chapter IX
The Rocket Boys in Space -
9.
["The rusty freighter has signalled the Alaska to stop..."]
Navy Bob Steele -
10.
["Sabotage and sudden death struck at the Concord Aviation Co."]
The Sky Ranger
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- Keith Chandler
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jemiah Jefferson
- Dan Kocher
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Simone Nardi
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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