More Fun Comics
#v3#3 (27)
(December 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)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Inks
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa has a flat tire.
[The Gas Murders, Part 2]
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sandra; Ames; Martin
- Synopsis
- Sandra and Ames track down Martin's killer.
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
- Upon visiting the police-hospital, Dr. Occult is shown an interesting case...
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Occult; Sgt. Ellsworth; The Snake-God
- Synopsis
- Occult and Ellsworth battle a cult of snake worshipers.
[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
- You couldn' git a job here - you is illiterate!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Pincus / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heads we go to the movies...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pincus; Spike Spalding
[no title indexed]
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys, in order to beat this team you've got to play fast and clean!!
- Genre
- adventure; sports
- Characters
- Pep Morgan
- Synopsis
- Pep plays hockey.
[no title indexed]
Wing Brady / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well! Guess I've given good old Morros enough time...
- Genre
- adventure; military
- Characters
- Wing Brady; Lynn
- Synopsis
- Wing tells Lynn it's over. He's returning to his post with the Foreign Legion.
[Prince of Patrania, Part 27]
Spike Spalding / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Pencils
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Inks
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spike Spalding; Pincus; Uncle George; King Philip of Patrania; The Sailor; Margie; Count Alex
- Synopsis
- With the King back on his throne, Spike prepares to return to America, but the Sailor decides he likes Patrania (and Margie) fine.
[Episode 26]
Ivanhoe / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- historical; adventure
- Characters
- Ivanhoe; Brian; Rebecca; Isaac; King Richard; Rowena; John; Grand Master
- Synopsis
- Ivanhoe rescues Rebecca. Richard puts John in his place, the Grand Master is arrested for treason, Ivanhoe marries Rowena and everyone lives happily ever after.
Indexer Notes
last episode; in red only
[no title indexed]
The Count / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Pencils
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Inks
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- Letters
- Vin Sullivan (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a special invitation for me to attend a banquet...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Count; Hives
Indexer Notes
only appearance
[Fang Gow of China, Part 27]
Barry O'Neill / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow; Ling Foo; Jean Le Grand
- Synopsis
- After Ling Foo frees him, Barry attempts to rescue Jean Le Grand from Fang Gow's clutches.
- Reprints
in [Part 15]
Pirate Gold / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Pencils
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Inks
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Captain Dennis; Jeff Roberts; Jean
- Synopsis
- After being captured and sold as slaves to a Chinese merchant, Jeff knocks a guard out with a rock and he and Dennis escape in the ensuing melee.
[The Murder of Lord Greystone, Part 2]
Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Marson; Monty; Captain Waldo; Gail Hillary; Professor Hillary
- Synopsis
- Just as Mark is going on leave, Lord Greystone, a friend of Professor Hillary is murdered.
[no title indexed]
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hanko Hare is at the fair aspending his money so free...
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Hanko the Cowhand
- Synopsis
- At the State Fair, Hank buys a rejuvenating tonic and then goes on a spree winning every test of strength.
[no title indexed]
Jest Jokes / cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- Whitney Ellsworth (signed)
- Pencils
- Whitney Ellsworth (signed)
- Inks
- Whitney Ellsworth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the idea of always walking backwards, Henry?
- Genre
- humor
[Episode 17]
The Three Musketeers / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- historical; adventure
- Characters
- D'Artagnan; Duke of Buckingham; Anne of Austria
[Island Adventure, Part 17]
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
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Woozy Watts
- Synopsis
- Woozy searches for treasure while the people back home wonder if he'll ever be found.
Indexer Notes
red and black only
[no title indexed]
The Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tom and Jack Bradley the boy rovers of the forest are back...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley
- Synopsis
- The Bradley Boys are caught by the sheriff when they try to protect Harry from a bank robbery charge.
[Alaskan Adventure, Part 12]
Bob Merritt / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Bob Merrit; Trigger; The Wasp; Dicky Saunders; Monk
- Synopsis
- Bob's men, Monk's men and the Asiatics vie for control of the gold mine, with bombs and airplanes.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the matter, Kean?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; crime
- Characters
- Sandy Kean; Larry Trent; Heels Norton; Captain Toth; The Commissioner
- Synopsis
- Sandy captures Heels Norton as a birthday present for the Captain.
[no title indexed]
Brad Hardy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (signed as TH)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (signed as TH)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The huge baracula had charged hard...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Brad Hardy; Kardos
- Synopsis
- Bard rescues Prince Kardos from a Baracula.
Indexer Notes
in black and red only
[Barbara Stanwyck]
Off the Set / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Barbara Stanwyck; Bert Wheeler; Bette Davis; Carl Andre
- Keywords
- celebrity
The Yucca Terror
Jack Wyatt / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming (signed)
- Inks
- Homer Fleming (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jack Wyatt; Yucca Terror; Sheriff Logan; Anne Loomis
Indexer Notes
only appearance
[Yvonne Darling, Part 1]
Little Linda / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- children; adventure
- Characters
- Linda; Yvonne Darling
- Synopsis
- A movie troop comes to the Lumber camp for some location filming and notices that Linda is a dead ringer for their temperamental star.
[no title indexed]
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Pencils
- Bill Ely (signed as
Will Ely) - Inks
- Bill Ely (signed as Will Ely)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jack is headed south following his adventure with the bank robbers...
- Genre
- western-frontier; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Woods; Ed Tomkins; The Black Riders
Indexer Notes
Jack finds an unconscious rancher who's been beaten up by a gang of masked outlaws.
Henry II Plantagenet and Thomas à Becket
The Magic Crystal of History / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming (signed as
H. FLEMING [currved H]) - Inks
- Homer Fleming (signed as H. FLEMING [currved H])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; adventure; historical
[no title indexed]
Alger's Variety Show / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well - Just look! They're takin' a fellah t' jail!!
- Genre
- humor
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["All your friends in More Fun Comics..."]
-
2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
[The Gas Murders, Part 2]
Sandra of the Secret Service -
4.
["Upon visiting the police-hospital, Dr. Occult is shown an interesting case..."]
Doctor Occult -
5.
["You couldn' git a job here - you is illiterate!"]
Sam the Porter -
6.
["Heads we go to the movies..."]
Pincus -
7.
[no title indexed]
-
8.
["Boys, in order to beat this team you've got to play fast and clean!!"]
Pep Morgan -
9.
["Well! Guess I've given good old Morros enough time..."]
Wing Brady -
10.
[Prince of Patrania, Part 27]
Spike Spalding -
11.
[no title indexed]
Fun Club -
12.
[Episode 26]
Ivanhoe -
13.
["It's a special invitation for me to attend a banquet..."]
The Count -
14.
[Fang Gow of China, Part 27]
Barry O'Neill -
15.
[Part 15]
Pirate Gold -
16.
[The Murder of Lord Greystone, Part 2]
Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police -
17.
["Hanko Hare is at the fair aspending his money so free..."]
Hanko the Cowhand -
18.
["What's the idea of always walking backwards, Henry?"]
Jest Jokes -
19.
[Episode 17]
The Three Musketeers -
20.
[Island Adventure, Part 17]
Woozy Watts -
21.
["Tom and Jack Bradley the boy rovers of the forest are back..."]
The Bradley Boys -
22.
[Alaskan Adventure, Part 12]
Bob Merritt -
23.
["What's the matter, Kean?"]
Radio Squad -
24.
["The huge baracula had charged hard..."]
Brad Hardy -
25.
[no title indexed]
Talk About Talkies -
26.
[Barbara Stanwyck]
Off the Set -
27.
The Yucca Terror
Jack Wyatt -
28.
[Yvonne Darling, Part 1]
Little Linda -
29.
["Jack is headed south following his adventure with the bank robbers..."]
Jack Woods -
30.
Henry II Plantagenet and Thomas à Becket
The Magic Crystal of History -
31.
["Well - Just look! They're takin' a fellah t' jail!!"]
Alger's Variety Show -
32.
Helen Keller
Are You Handicapped? -
33.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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