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(1942 Series)
1942 to Dec-Jan 1948

Issues published: 30
(#1-30)

COMPLETE SERIES!

Home to many early Walt Kelly works and the birthplace of Pogo Possum!

Latest Download:	Animal Comics 024 -upgrade
Files Available:	32

(1956 Series)
May-Jul 1956 to Nov-Jan. 1959

Issues Published:
11 (7-17)

Tracking:
Continues from Four Color (1942 series) #443 [1], 513 [2], 557 [3], 599 [4], 626 [5], 657 [6].

NOTE: 4C# 626 [5], 657 [6] ARE NOT PD.
Please do NOT upload these.

Latest Download:	Ben_Bowie_and_His_Mountain_Men_007
Files Available:	11

(1951 Series)
Apr-Jun 1951 to Oct-Dec 1952

Issues published:
2-8

COMPLETE SERIES!

Tracking:
Continues from
Four Color (1942 series) #299 [1].
Continues as Four Color (1942 series) #460.

Latest Download:	Buck Jones 06 -fixed
Files Available:	8

(1949 Series)
March-May 1949 - July 1952

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues published:
1-9

Tracking:
Series carried over from Four Color (1942 series) #196.
Continued back into Four Color (1942 series) #445.

Latest Download:	Charlie_McCarthy_004_c2c
Files Available:	9

Dell Christmas books

Latest Download:	Santa Claus Funnies 002 (1943)
Files Available:	42

(1937 Series)

Issues published:
1-11

Title Notes:
Original strips (?) plus newspaper reprints.
Several of the newspaper strips do not seem to be drawn by the regular artists, and appear possibly to be done specifically for this book

Latest Download:	The Comics 001
Files Available:	7

(1938 Series)
June 1938 to January 1942

Issues published: 43
(#1-43)

NOTE - Any issues with TARZAN content are not allowed on DCM. They will be removed or edited before they can be shared. Thanks.

Tarzan is in the following issues - please remove his stories if you are going to upload these:
15-36..

Latest Download:	Crackajack Funnies 012 (diff ver)-c2c
Files Available:	38

NOTE - We are NOT accepting any uploads on this title due to lack of time or expertise on learning the Public Domain status for each individual title.
Please do NOT upload any of this title.

1942 - April-June 1962

Issues published:
1-1354

Dell's long running showcase for various titles.

Latest Download:	4C0103-Easter with Mother Goose (diff ver)
Files Available:	45

(1955 Series)
January 1955 to October 1957

Issues Published: 10
(#1 - #10)

NOTE - Please do NOT upload #1 and 8. They are not in the Public Domain. Thanks.

Latest Download:	Dell Junior Treasury 009 -Clementina
Files Available:	8

(1942 Series)
Jun-Jul 1942 to Nov-Jan 1944

Issues published: 9
(#1-9)

COMPLETE SERIES!

Lots of Walt Kelly here!

Tracking:
Continues into Four Color (1942 series) with #50.

Latest Download:	Fairy Tale Parade 003_Jon-AgentUup
Files Available:	9

(1953 series)
June-August 1953 to August 1959

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues published:
2-24

Tracking:
Continues from Four Color (1942 series) #404 [1].

Latest Download:	Range Rider 024
Files Available:	24

(1936 Series)
October 1936 to 1942

Issues published: 64
(#1-64)

PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD ANY FURTHER ISSUES.

Title Notes:
title combines newspaper strip reprints and some original material.

The presence of ERB's John Carter on Mars means we can't share any beyond the first 29 issues. Sorry.

Latest Download:	The Funnies 059 (c2c)
Files Available:	31

(1946 Series)
May-June 1946 to July 1956

Issues published: 101
(#1-101)

Please only upload up to issue 29, the later ones are not PD.

Tracking:
Series continues as Gene Autry & Champion #102

Latest Download:	Gene Autry Comics 007 (diff ver)
Files Available:	31

(1951 series)
Aug-Oct 1951 to Aug-Oct 1955

Issues Published:
17 (#3-19)

COMPLETE SERIES!

NOTE - #3-5 are NOT in the public domain so do Not upload them.

Tracking:
Continuation from the FC (1942 series) #287 [1] and #319 [2]

Latest Download:	Gene Autry's Champion 006 (diff ver)
Files Available:	17

(1950 Series)
Aug-Sep 1950 to Sep-Nov 1954

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues published: 22
(#1-22)

Based on the OTR radio show

Latest Download:	Henry Aldrich 021 -fixed
Files Available:	22

(1950 Series)
January 1950 to July-September 1956

Issues published: 38
(#1-38)

Latest Download:	Howdy Doody 37
Files Available:	38

(1951 Series)
1951 to Oct-Dec 1958

Issues published: 30
(#3-33)

Title Notes:
continued from the Four Color intro issue and Chief #2.

NOTE -
Do NOT upload after issue #25 - the later ones are not public domain.

March of Comics #159, #170 and #187 are also not public domain, so please do not upload them.

Latest Download:	4C0290-The Chief (#1) -fixed
Files Available:	25

(1953+1956 series)
v1 - May-Jul 1953 to Feb-Apr 1955

Issues: 8
(#2-9)

Continuation from the Four Color series.
---
Jace Pearson's Tales Of The Texas Rangers
v2 - Mar-May 1956 to Jun-Aug 1958
Issues: 10
(#11-20)

#10 does not appear to exist.

Latest Download:	Jace Pearson 010 (likely)(FC#648)
Files Available:	10

(1950 Series)
October-December 1950 to September-November 1952

Issues published: 8
(#2-10)

COMPLETE SERIES!

Tracking:
Continues from Four Color (1942 series) #269 (March 1953).
Continues in the Four Color series (1942 series) with issue #455.

Latest Download:	Johnny_Mack_Brown_001 - 4c0269
Files Available:	10

A variety of titles

Latest Download:	Popped Wheat Smilin Jack
Files Available:	2

(1936 Series)
February 1936 to July-September 1948

Issues published: 145
(#1-145)

NOTE - Any issues with TARZAN or FELIX THE CAT content are not allowed on DCM. They will be removed or edited before they can be shared. Thanks.

Felix is in the following issues - please remove his stories if you are going to upload these:
78,83,99,100,102, 107-110,116,121, 128-130,132-142.

Tarzan is in the following issues - please remove his stories if you are going to upload these:
40-43.

Latest Download:	Popular Comics 048 (62 of 68pgs)
Files Available:	94

(1951 Series)
Sep-Nov 1951 to Dec-Feb 1959

COMPLETE SERIES!
(minus #30)

Issues published: 30
(#2-31)

NOTE: #30 is NOT in PD, do Not upload it.

Tracking:
Numbering continues from FC #316,
which counts as #1 for this series.

Latest Download:	Rex Allen 19
Files Available:	31

(1948 Series)
Jan/-Mar 1948 to Oct/Dec 1949

Issues Published: 8
(#1 - #8)

Latest Download:	Smilin' Jack 006
Files Available:	8

(1948 Series)

Publication Dates:
Feb-Apr 1948 to Aug-Oct 1949

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues Published: 7

Latest Download:	Smitty 003
Files Available:	7

(1953 Series)
Nov - Jan 1953 to Sep-Nov 1954

Issues published: 7
(#4-11)

COMPLETE SERIES!

Tracking:
Continues in 1955 at Prize Comics.

Latest Download:	Tom Corbett Space Cadet 009 -fixed
Files Available:	8

War Comics (1940)
Issues published: 4
(#1-4)

Tracking:
Numbering continues in War Stories
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War Stories (1942)
Issues published:
5-8

Latest Download:	War Stories 05 (Dell) -JVJon -fixed
Files Available:	8

(1942 Series)
Summer 1942 to circa 1945

Issues published: 10
(#1-10)

COMPLETE SERIES!

Title Notes:
Issue #11 apparently does not exist.

Latest Download:	War Heroes 10 JVJon-Dell4C -fixed
Files Available:	10

(1950 Series)
November 1950 to April-June 1955

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues published: 18
(#1-18)

Title Notes:
Issues #1, 11, 12, and 18 were not published.
Instead they were published under the Four Color series.
#1 = Four Color # 278. #11 = Four Color #472. #12 = Four Color #520. #18 = Four Color #643.

Latest Download:	Wild Bill Elliott 011 (FC0472)
Files Available:	18

(1948 series)
Mar-May 1948 to Sep-Nov 1949

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues: 7

Teenage humour

Latest Download:	Winnie Winkle 003
Files Available:	7

Name	Uploader	Date	Filesize	Downloads	Select
Abraham Lincoln Life Story	darkmark	4-March-2013 2:01 pm	45.82 MB	204
Andy Hardy 005 (full size version)	Alexander Tuesday	7-May-2012 9:02 pm	13.77 MB	179
Andy Hardy 006 -fixed	prime user	8-September-2011 7:15 pm	28.61 MB	119
Cadet Gray At West Point 01 (1958) [Dell Giant]	Geo	27-August-2011 7:55 pm	33.32 MB	212
Famous Stories 001 [Tresure Island](1942) -JVJ	Ontology	7-February-2009 7:01 pm	46.58 MB	223
Famous Stories 002 [Tom Sawyer]	Henry Peters	14-October-2008 1:48 am	42.39 MB	215
Key Ring Comics #1e	mr_goldenage	27-November-2012 9:07 pm	25.13 MB	238
Large Feature Comic v1 18 (Phantasmo)-c2c	chuck006	27-February-2012 1:02 am	29.75 MB	290
Life Stories of American Presidents 001 (100pgs)	darkmark	4-March-2013 4:28 am	43.45 MB	278
March of Comics 003	prime user	27-October-2010 11:57 pm	17.74 MB	305
March of Comics 026	prime user	27-October-2010 11:59 pm	13.78 MB	289
March of Comics 102	prime user	28-July-2012 10:53 pm	47.16 MB	283
March of Comics 102 - Tom Corbett -Upgrade	CBpop	30-December-2012 8:45 pm	48.79 MB	212
Poll Parrot's Howdy Doody Comic Book 001	BobR	21-March-2009 5:05 pm	18.39 MB	139
Rootie Kazootie 004	prime user	19-March-2011 10:48 pm	6.45 MB	169
Rootie Kazootie 005	darkmark	6-March-2013 1:23 am	15.63 MB	104
Rootie Kazootie 006	darkmark	6-March-2013 1:42 am	15.83 MB	109
Santas_Surprise (1947)	narfstar	23-July-2008 1:26 pm	12.54 MB	177
The Dell Scribbly Collection! (incomplete)	OtherEric	21-June-2008 12:59 pm	27.05 MB	145
Tiny Tots Comics 01	narfstar	12-October-2008 6:31 pm	34.69 MB	184
USA Is Ready 001 (1941)-fixed	prime user	8-September-2011 8:27 pm	76.14 MB	226

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