Super Comics No. 95: Museum Object and Cultural History
Super Comics No. 95: date made: 1946. maker: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.
The object in the museum catalogue
Super Comics No. 95 was published by Dell Comics in April 1946. The cover features an image of Dick Tracy and his side kick Pat Patton exploring a darkened room. To the right are inset pictures of the book’s stars; Dick Tracy, Smitty, Orphan Annie, Tiny Tim, Winnie Winkle, and Harold Teen.
Super Comics was produced by Western Publishing and financed and distributed by Dell Comics from 1938 until 1949. Dell was well-known for licensing strips and characters for its comics, including Dick Tracy, Tiny Tim, Little Orphan Annie, and Gasoline Alley.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1946
- maker: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
- Object Name: comic book
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 26.035 cm
- Subject: Comics
- ID Number: 2013.0086.099
- catalog number: 2013.0086.099
- accession number: 2013.0086
- Credit Line: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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