More Fun Comics #v2#5 (17)

(January 1937)

["Dear English class"] (Table of Contents)

Alger's Variety Show / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Pencils:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Inks:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[The Resbian Affair: Part 4] (Table of Contents)

Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

W. C. Brigham

Pencils:

W. C. Brigham (signed)

Inks:

W. C. Brigham

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Sandra; Lorenz

Synopsis:

Sandra and Lorenz have escaped from the Resbian prison and steal a plane

[New Years Resolutions] (Table of Contents)

Pincus / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vincent Sullivan

Pencils:

Vincent Sullivan

Inks:

Vincent Sullivan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pincus

[Prince of Patrania: Part 17] (Table of Contents)

Spike Spalding / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vincent Sullivan (signed)

Pencils:

Vincent Sullivan (signed)

Inks:

Vincent Sullivan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spike Spalding; Pincus; The Sailor

Synopsis:

Spike lands in Patrania and is mistaken for the king,

[Blinded By the Light] (Table of Contents)

Don Drake / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ken Fitch

Pencils:

Clem Gretter (signed)

Inks:

Clem Gretter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Don Drake; Betty; Krenon; Queen Zira; Laswan

Synopsis:

Don and Betty are still captives in the Room of Blinding Light.

Indexer Notes

continued but last appearance

[Episode 5] (Table of Contents)

Three Musketeers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

D'Artagnan; Athos; Porthos; Aramis; M. De Treville; the King

Synopsis:

The four friends celebrate with a sumptuous dinner.

Indexer Notes

adapted from the Alexandre Dumas novel

[Koth and the Seven: Part 5] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel [as Leger]

Pencils:

Joe Shuster [as Reuths]

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Doctor Occult; Koth (villain); The Seven

Synopsis:

Occult conjures up a phantom army to defeat Koth.

Indexer Notes

conclusion

[Episode 16] (Table of Contents)

Ivanhoe / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils:

Raymond Perry

Inks:

Raymond Perry

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Fronte- de-Boeuf; the Black Knight

Indexer Notes

adapted from the Sir Walter Scott novel

[Fox and Hounds] (Table of Contents)

Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Creig Flessel

Pencils:

Creig Flessel (signed)

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Pep Morgan: Jane

Synopsis:

hi-jinks on skis

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fun Club / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

[The Bedouin Adventure: Part 16] (Table of Contents)

Wing Brady / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Hickey

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Wing Brady; Lynn Harding; Ali Ben Saad (villain); Captain Chevigny; Ronelli

Synopsis:

Wing makes a break for freedom

Indexer Notes

red only; continued

[The Menace of Little Wolf: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Buckskin Jim / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Pencils:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Buckskin Jim; Little Wolf

Synopsis:

Jim and Little Wolf may be swept over the falls

Fang Gow of China [Part 17] (Table of Contents)

Barry O'Neill / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo O'Mealia

Pencils:

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Inks:

Leo O'Mealia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Barry O'Neil; LeGrand; Fang Gow (villain); Jean LeGrand

Synopsis:

Fang Gow has kidnapped Le Grand's daughter

Indexer Notes

continued

[People of the Red Planet: Part 3] (Table of Contents)

Mark Marson / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Hickey

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mark Marson; Monty; Gail

Synopsis:

The ceiling of the pit is slowly descending on Mark and Monty

Indexer Notes

continued

[Island Adventure: Part 7] (Table of Contents)

Woozy Watts / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Pencils:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Inks:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Woozy Watts

Synopsis:

Woozy runs from a stranger

Indexer Notes

red only; continued

[In the Wilderness: Part 4] (Table of Contents)

Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Creig Flessel

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley; Harry Matson

Synopsis:

Tom and Jack meet a criminal on the run.

Indexer Notes

continued

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Just Jokes / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Whitney Ellsworth

Pencils:

Whitney Ellsworth

Inks:

Whitney Ellsworth

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

[Duck Hunting Disaster] (Table of Contents)

Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Richard B. Speed (signed)

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Disraeli / Benedict Arnold] (Table of Contents)

Just Suppose / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

A. D. Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Disraeli; Benedict Arnold

Indexer Notes

red only

[The Holdup: Part 9] (Table of Contents)

Along the Main Line / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Pencils:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Tom Cooper

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Jake; Ed; Malverne; Slick Carter (villain)

Synopsis:

Two trains and a plane- a great locomotive chase

[Alaskan Adventure: Part 3] (Table of Contents)

Bob Merritt / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils:

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Inks:

Leo O'Mealia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bob Merritt; Prospector Jake

Synopsis:

Aerial battle in Alaska

[Captain Hale, Gun-Runner: Part 4] (Table of Contents)

Midshipman Dewey / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Pencils:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Tom Cooper

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Dewey; Stumpy Smithers; Captain Hale; Haggens (Intro)

Synopsis:

Dewey is caught signalling the Hornet and left on a tropic island with a bunch of slave raiders

[Invading the Palace] (Table of Contents)

Brad Hardy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Hickey

Pencils:

Tom Hickey (signed)

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bard Hardy; King Marius (villain); Porgo; Kardos

Synopsis:

Brad organizes a jail break

Indexer Notes

red only

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Talk About Talkies / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Patrick

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Ritz Brothers (photo)

[Kidnaped!: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Little Linda / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Whitney Ellsworth

Pencils:

Whitney Ellsworth

Inks:

Whitney Ellsworth

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Linda; Ned Flint

Synopsis:

Ned and the G-Men burst in on Linda's captors

Sea Gold [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Captain Grim / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Pencils:

Tom Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Tom Cooper

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Captain Grim; Liverpool Johnny (intro), Nubbins (intro); Captain MacPherson; Buck Wilson

Synopsis:

Captain MacPherson breaks up a fight on deck

[Waiting Tables] (Table of Contents)

Sam the Porter / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Cole

Pencils:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Inks:

Russell Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Sam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Book of Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Now on sale at F. W. Woolworth Co. Stores!- 10 cents

[Gold Gulch: Part 4] (Table of Contents)

Pelion and Ossa / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Carney (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Carney (signed)

Inks:

Bill Carney (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animal

Characters:

Pelion; Ossa

Synopsis:

Pelion and Ossa find a map to a gold mine

[Damsel In Distress: Part 14] (Table of Contents)

Jack Woods / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils:

W. C. Brigham (signed)

Inks:

W. C. Brigham

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Jack Woods; Pancho Villa (villain); Dolores

Synopsis:

Jack fights Villa hand to hand

Indexer Notes

conclusion

Julius Caesar (Table of Contents)

Magic Crystal of History / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Homer Fleming

Pencils:

Homer Fleming (signed)

Inks:

Homer Fleming

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Bobby; Binks Julius Caesar, Vercingetorix

[Episode 6] (Table of Contents)

Pirate Gold / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sven Elven?

Pencils:

Sven Elven (signed)

Inks:

Sven Elven

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Jeff Roberts; Captain Dennis; Gregory Roberts

Synopsis:

Jeff tries to warn his uncle that the crew wants to steal the treasure map

[Eat Bananas for Your Health] (Table of Contents)

Hubert / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Patrick

Pencils:

Bill Patrick (signed)

Inks:

Bill Patrick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Hubert

[The Dan Bowers Case: Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Calling All Cars / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (Signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Sandy Kean; Dan Bowers (villain); Amos Twist (villain); Jimmy; the Chief

Synopsis:

Sandy tries to take on the gamblers, but the Department won't back him

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Do You Know? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

A. D. Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Frederic Chopin

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.8 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (promo copy)

Pencils:

Vincent Sullivan

Inks:

Vince Sullivan

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

January issue