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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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Issue # Publication Date Pages Content Items Issue Images Count
#1 January 1929 24 25/21/1 Issue Image
#2 January 1929 24 0/0/0 None
#3 January 1929 32 0/0/0 None
#4 February 1929 32 0/0/0 None
#5 April 1929 32 1/0/1 Issue Image
#6 May 1929 24 0/0/0 None
#7 June 1929 24 0/0/0 None
#8 July 1929 24 0/0/0 None
#9 August 1929 24 1/0/1 Issue Image
#10 September 1929 24 27/25/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#11 October 1929 24 0/0/0 None
#12 November 1929 24 1/0/1 Issue Image
#13 December 1929 24 0/0/0 None
#14 January 1930 24 1/0/1 Issue Image
#15 February 1930 24 0/0/0 None
#16 March 1930 24 0/0/0 None
#17 April 1930 24 0/0/0 None
#18 April 1930 24 0/0/0 None
#19 May 1930 24 0/0/0 None
#20 June 1930 24 0/0/0 None
#21 July 1930 24 0/0/0 None
#22 July 1930 16 0/0/0 None
#23 July 1930 16 1/0/1 Issue Image
#[24] July 1930 16 1/0/1 Issue Image
#25 August 1930 16 0/0/0 None
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