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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published January 1943
Cover Price .10
Pages 68

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Dick Tracy (main cover); Dick Tracy, Smitty, Tiny Tim, Harold Teen and Winnie Winkle [insets]
Genre detective
Pencils Chester Gould
Inks Chester Gould
Letters typeset

1 page Sweeney & Son filler "untitled"

Characters Sweeney
Genre humor
Script Al Poinier (signed)
Pencils Al Poinier (signed)
Inks Al Poinier (signed)
Notes Found on the inside front cover.
Reprinted Sunday strip from 1-15-39.

8 page Dick Tracy story "The Princess Comes to America"

Characters Dick Tracy
Genre detective
Pencils Chester Gould (signed)
Inks Chester Gould (signed)
Reprinted 1939 strips

4 page Moon Mullins story "untitled"

Characters Moon Mullins
Genre humor
Script Frank Willard (signed)
Pencils Frank Willard (signed)
Inks Frank Willard (signed)

6 page Jim Ellis, Axis Smasher story "untitled"

Characters Jim Ellis
Genre war
Script Tom Hickey (signed)
Pencils Tom Hickey (signed)
Inks Tom Hickey (signed)

6 page Magic Morro story "untitled"

Characters Magic Morro
Genre war; jungle
Pencils Ken Ernst (signed)
Inks Ken Ernst (signed)

4 page Winnie Winkle story "untitled"

Characters Winnie Winkle
Genre family; humor
Script Martin Branner [as Branner] (signed)
Pencils Martin Branner [as Branner] (signed)
Inks Martin Branner [as Branner] (signed)

4 page Smitty story "untitled"

Characters Smitty
Genre humor
Script Walter Berndt [as Berndt] (signed)
Pencils Walter Berndt [as Berndt] (signed)
Inks Walter Berndt [as Berndt] (signed)

4 page Harold Teen story "untitled"

Characters Harold
Genre teen; humor
Script Carl Ed
Pencils Carl Ed
Inks Carl Ed
Reprinted 1942

4 page Tiny Tim story "untitled"

Characters Tiny Tim
Genre humor
Script Stanley Link
Pencils Stanley Link
Inks Stanley Link

4 page The Ripples story "untitled"

Genre family; humor
Script George Clark
Pencils George Clark
Inks George Clark
Reprinted 1940

1 page text article "Nailed"

Genre war
Pencils ? (2 head shots)
Inks ? (2 head shots)
Letters typeset

4 page Clyde Beatty story "untitled"

Characters Clyde Beatty
Genre adventure
Pencils Jim Chambers
Inks Jim Chambers

7 page The Flying Fortress story "untitled"

Genre war

8 page Little Orphan Annie story "untitled"

Characters Little Orphan Annie
Genre adventure
Script Harold Gray (signed)
Pencils Harold Gray (signed)
Inks Harold Gray (signed)
Reprinted 1939 dailies

1 page Sweeney & Son filler "untitled"

Characters Sweeney
Genre humor
Script Al Poinier
Pencils Al Poinier
Inks Al Poinier
Notes Found on inside back cover.
Reprinted Strip from 2-12-39

1 page New Funnies promo (ad from the publisher) "untitled"

Synopsis New Funnies subscription ad.