More Fun Comics
#v3#1 (25)
(October 1937)
DC,
1936 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1937
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (editor and publisher); Vin Sullivan (associate editor); Whitney Ellsworth (associate editor)
Issue Notes
The indicia has "VOL. 3 No. 1", but the cover has "No. 25".
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Inks
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Synopsis
- Football player carrying kid under his arm.
- Keywords
- football
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[The Brain, Part 6]
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Pencils
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Inks
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sandra and Michael were thrown into prison...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sandra; Michael; The Brain (Dies)
- Synopsis
- Sandra and Michael are rescued by a U.S. patrol boat.
Indexer Notes
conclusion
[no title indexed]
Doctor Occult / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (credited as Leger)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (credited as Reuths)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (credited as Reuths)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A telephoned warning frightens Richard Manners...
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Occult; Richard Manners (dies); Captain Ellsworth
- Synopsis
- Manners is shrunken to doll size by an embittered scientist.
[no title indexed]
Sam the Porter / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Pencils
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Inks
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- De trubble wif you is you bin on a sit-down strike ever since you wuz born!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sam the Porter
[The Smugglers, Part 7]
Wing Brady / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wing's terrific clout landed flush...
- Genre
- adventure; military
- Characters
- Wing Brady; Abdul-Crim; Morros
- Synopsis
- With Morros's help, Wing captures Abdul-Crim.
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Hickey was previously credited as scripter, but according to the Who's Who only supplied pencils and inks on all his features for D.C. during this period.
Peter the Hermit -- "Apostle of the First Crusade"
The Magic Crystal of History / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)
- Inks
- Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Bobby and Binks look into the magic crystal...
- Genre
- non-fiction; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Bobby; Binks; Peter the Hermit
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Fleming was previously credited as scripter, but according to the Who's Who only supplied pencils and inks.
[no title indexed]
Spike Spalding / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Pencils
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Inks
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The threats and cries of the angry crowd...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Sailor; Spike Spaulding; Count Alex; Ruppo; Pincus; King Philip; Margie
- Synopsis
- Spike appears as the King and unnerves Ruppo.
[Episode 24]
Ivanhoe / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- historical; adventure
- Characters
- Gerald of Ivanhoe; Athlestane; King Richard the Lionheart
Indexer Notes
adapted from the Sir Walter Scott novel
Printed in black and red.
[no title indexed]
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (credited as Fless)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (credited as Fless)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She's yours, Hanko...
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Hanko; Daisy
- Synopsis
- Hanko trades in his horse for an auto.
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Flessel was previously credited as scripter, but according to the Who's Who only supplied pencils and inks.
[Fang Gow of China, Part 25]
Barry O'Neill / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow; Jean Le Grand
- Synopsis
- Fang Gow is ready to cut off Jean's Finger when Barry pulls the trigger.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Script was previously credited to O'Mealia.
[Part 13]
Pirate Gold / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sven Elven (credited as Sven Elvén)
- Inks
- Sven Elven (credited as Sven Elvén)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Jeff Roberts; Captain Dennis; Tsang Li
- Synopsis
- Captain Dennis and Jeff are accosted by Chinese pirates.
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Elven was previously credited as scripter, but according to the Who's Who only supplied pencils and inks.
[People of the Red Planet, Part 11]
Mark Marson of the Inter-Planetary Police / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Mark, I don't think this fellow will cause us anymore trouble.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Marson; Monty; Gail Hillary; Prof. Hillary
- Synopsis
- Mark rescues Prof. Hillary and blows up the Red People's stronghold.
Indexer Notes
Conclusion.
Printed in black and red only.
Keith Chandler : Hickey was previously credited as scripter, but according to the Who's Who only supplied pencils and inks on all his features for D.C. during this period.
[At the County Fair, Part 3]
The Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An' - Over here we have the Tumble Twins...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley; Nita Noble
- Synopsis
- The boys fight over Nita, but she has other plans.
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Flessel was previously credited as scripter, but according to the Who's Who only supplied pencils and inks.
[no title indexed]
Jest Jokes / cartoon / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's my own idea...
- Genre
- humor
[Episode 15]
The Three Musketeers / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Pencils
- Sven Elven (credited)
- Inks
- Sven Elven (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D'Artagnan is amazed...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- D'Artagnan; Madame Bonancieux; Athos; Planchet
- Synopsis
- Athos is arrested, mistaken for D'Artagnan.
Indexer Notes
adapted from the Alexandre Dumas novel
[Island Adventure, Part 15]
Woozy Watts / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Pencils
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Inks
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At times I get fed up here!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Woozy Watts; the woman in red
- Synopsis
- Woozy finds a chest with a message in it.
Indexer Notes
Printed in black and red.
[no title indexed]
Just Suppose / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer (signed)
- Inks
- A. D. Kiefer (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just suppose that Tom Paine had not written the pamphlet 'The Crisis'...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Tom Paine
Indexer Notes
last episode
[Alaskan Adventure, Part 11]
Bob Merritt / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, boys - That's Bob Merritt's rocket!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Bob Merritt; Dicky Saunders
- Synopsis
- Bob escapes from the Asiatics but Dicky is underground trying to stop Monk Morton's planted bombs from going off.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (credited as Fless)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (credited as Fless)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An-wot's more! I'm the quarterback - I'm running this team!
- Genre
- adventure; sports
- Characters
- Pep Morgan; Shorty
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Flessel was previously credited as scripter, but according to the Who's Who only supplied pencils and inks.
[no title indexed]
Brad Hardy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Having just defeated Lord Zion in a battle of brawn...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Brad Hardy; Queen Claudia; Kardos
- Synopsis
- Brad becomes king of the sub-sea world.
Indexer Notes
Printed in black and red.
Keith Chandler : Hickey was previously credited as scripter, but according to the Who's Who only supplied pencils and inks on all his features for D.C. during this period.
[no title indexed]
Talk About Talkies / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Bing Crosby
- Keywords
- movie reviews
[no title indexed]
Off the Set / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some make me blush Chinese red...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Paul Muni; Preston Foster; Victor McLaglen; John Ford
- Keywords
- celebrity
[no title indexed]
Marty McCann Champion of the Navy / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Ed Cronin (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Ed Cronin (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Ed Cronin (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, it seems funny t'be out of the navy and away from the old bunch...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Marty McCann; Pete Marko; Gorilla Greene (introduction)
[The Marijuana Racket, Part 1]
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Pencils
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Inks
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Johnnie is back at the rooming house...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Johnnie Law; Tim; Officer Murphy
- Synopsis
- Marijuana victims murder people to support their habit.
[Linda and the Lumberjacks, Part 2]
Little Linda / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are yuh gonna do about the kid...
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Linda; Lars Larsen
- Synopsis
- The men of the lumber camp petition to allow Linda to stay.
[The Dick Riley Case, Part 2]
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Pencils
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Inks
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jack just happens to enter the town of Red River...
- Genre
- western-frontier; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Woods; the sheriff; Dick Riley
- Synopsis
- Jack and the Sherrif pursue Dick as he tries to escape on an outgoing freight.
[no title indexed]
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, look! A package just fell off the back of that truck!
- Genre
- detective-mystery; crime
- Characters
- Sandy Kean; Larry
- Synopsis
- Sandy and Larry pull over a truck that's acting suspiciously.
[no title indexed]
Just for Fun / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Pencils
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Inks
- Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There goes Jones, the sprinter!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Farthingdale; Joe
Heigh Yo, Silver!
The Lone Ranger / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Ad for the pulp Lone Ranger Magazine #1, published by Donenfeld.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
[The Brain, Part 6]
Sandra of the Secret Service -
3.
["A telephoned warning frightens Richard Manners..."]
Doctor Occult -
4.
["De trubble wif you is you bin on a sit-down strike ever since you wuz born!"]
Sam the Porter -
5.
Daffies
-
6.
Dopies
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Hohner Harmonicas -
8.
[The Smugglers, Part 7]
Wing Brady -
9.
Peter the Hermit -- "Apostle of the First Crusade"
The Magic Crystal of History -
10.
["The threats and cries of the angry crowd..."]
Spike Spalding -
11.
[no title indexed]
Fun Club -
12.
[Episode 24]
Ivanhoe -
13.
["She's yours, Hanko..."]
Hanko the Cowhand -
14.
[Fang Gow of China, Part 25]
Barry O'Neill -
15.
[Part 13]
Pirate Gold -
16.
[People of the Red Planet, Part 11]
Mark Marson of the Inter-Planetary Police -
17.
[At the County Fair, Part 3]
The Bradley Boys -
18.
["It's my own idea..."]
Jest Jokes -
19.
[Episode 15]
The Three Musketeers -
20.
[Island Adventure, Part 15]
Woozy Watts -
21.
["Just suppose that Tom Paine had not written the pamphlet 'The Crisis'..."]
Just Suppose -
22.
[Alaskan Adventure, Part 11]
Bob Merritt -
23.
["An-wot's more! I'm the quarterback - I'm running this team!"]
Pep Morgan -
24.
["Having just defeated Lord Zion in a battle of brawn..."]
Brad Hardy -
25.
[no title indexed]
Talk About Talkies -
26.
["Some make me blush Chinese red..."]
Off the Set -
27.
["Gee, it seems funny t'be out of the navy and away from the old bunch..."]
Marty McCann Champion of the Navy -
28.
[The Marijuana Racket, Part 1]
Johnnie Law -
29.
[Linda and the Lumberjacks, Part 2]
Little Linda -
30.
[The Dick Riley Case, Part 2]
Jack Woods -
31.
["Say, look! A package just fell off the back of that truck!"]
Radio Squad -
32.
["There goes Jones, the sprinter!!"]
Just for Fun -
33.
Heigh Yo, Silver!
The Lone Ranger -
34.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Allen Ross
- Ramon Schenk
- Adam Spector
- Jim Stangas
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.