The Funnies
The Funnies,
Vol. 1, no. 57
Dell Publishing Co., July 1941
Copyright deposit
Serial & Government
Publications Division (194.5)
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George T. Delacorte of Dell Publishing Company was one of the first
to recognize the possibilities of the comic book genre and in 1929,
published The Funnies, a short-lived newspaper tabloid
insert. In 1936, the company joined the burgeoning newsstand comic
book business with a new version of The Funnies, a
combination of comic strip reprints, original stories, and adaptations
of radio broadcasts, such as "Captain Midnight." In 1942, this comic
book became New Funnies and was published until 1962.
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