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Series: The Funnies Public Domain
Years in Print: 1929 - 1930
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Publisher: FlagDell Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #36 (36 Issues) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: none Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: Information about this series has been taken from "The American Comic Book: The Evolutionary Era, 1884-1939" by Denis Gifford & US Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals for 1929 & 1930.

Weekly (#1-4; 22-36), Monthly (#5-17), Every Three Weeks (#18-21)

Issues #1 to 4 published by: Film Humor, Inc
Issues #5 on: Dell Publishing Co. 100 Fifth Avenue, New York NY;
Harry Steeger (editor);
Abril Lamarque (comic art editor);
Edythe Seims (assistant editor);
George T. Delacorte, Jr. (managing editor)

Issues #1-2, #6-21 were 24 pages; #3-5 were 32 pages; the final issues, #22-36, were reduced to 16 pages, but priced at 5 cents.
The first American newsstand comic book of all original material; early issues lacked a cover scene, and were therefore more like a newspaper insert or UK style comic, but sold independently.

The Funnies helped lay the groundwork for two subsequent publications in 1933: Eastern Color Printing's similar proto-comic book, the eight-page newsprint tabloid Funnies on Parade, and the Eastern Color / Dell collaboration Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics.
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Publication Type: Comic Books
Color: Color (some pages)
Dimensions: 10.5" x 15.5"
Paper Stock: Newsprint (no covers)
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