The Funnies

The Funnies,
Vol. 1, no. 57
Dell Publishing Co., July 1941
Copyright deposit
Serial & Government
Publications Division (194.5)

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.