More Fun Comics
#105
(September-October 1945)
DC,
1936 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1945-07-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jim; Jerry
- Reprints
-
in The Adventures of Superboy (DC, 2010 series) ([October] 2010) - in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999 series) #128 (September 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification as Joe Shuster by Bob Hughes. Gene Reed believes the cover to be pencilled by Stan Kaye as evidenced by the dog that appears on many of Stan Kaye's covers. Craig Delich says this cover is by Henry Boltinoff.
Cover letters credit from Todd Klein via his blog Kleinletters, posted 23 September 2016 (http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-more-fun-comics/).
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We like to think of it as a medal -- Sort of!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Miracle of the Mistaken Miser!
Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; I. Havemor; Sylvia Havemor; Andy Wilton; Meachem
- Reprints
- in Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
-
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Bob Hughes.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Inks
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...He'll hit anything you pitch...
- Genre
- humor
The Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament!
Superboy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Marvin Stein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jim; Jerry; Mr. Plummer (owner of Plummer Plastics); Withers (Plummer's partner)
- Synopsis
- Superboy uses the idea of a marbles tournament to help recover a secret formula and sample of an amazing plastic sent to Plummer Plastics by the inventor on his death bed.
- Reprints
- in The Adventures of Superboy (DC, 2010 series) ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.
Letters credit from Todd Klein via his blog Kleinletters, posted 23 September 2016 (http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-more-fun-comics/).
Clark Kent does not wear glasses.
The Mad Bull
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
Hearse for Hoodlums!
Johnny Quick / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Bob Hughes.
Letters credit from Todd Klein via his blog Kleinletters, posted 23 September 2016 (http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-more-fun-comics/).
[no title indexed]
Scuffy the Tramp / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at this puny mess!
- Genre
- humor
Figures Don't Lie!
Dover and Clover / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from Todd Klein via his blog Kleinletters, posted 23 September 2016 (http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-more-fun-comics/).
Be-Kind-to-Whales Week!
Aquaman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Captain Trawler; Professor
[no title indexed]
Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His strange magnetic powers save an arsenal...
[no title indexed]
Eveready / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Reamer Keller (signed)
- Inks
- Reamer Keller (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament
Superboy -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
["We like to think of it as a medal -- Sort of!"]
-
3.
The Miracle of the Mistaken Miser!
Green Arrow -
4.
["...He'll hit anything you pitch..."]
Wheaties -
5.
The Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament!
Superboy -
6.
[no title indexed]
Kellogg's Pep -
7.
The Mad Bull
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola -
8.
Hearse for Hoodlums!
Johnny Quick -
9.
[no title indexed]
Bit-o-Honey -
10.
["Look at this puny mess!"]
Scuffy the Tramp -
11.
Dressed to Kill
-
12.
Figures Don't Lie!
Dover and Clover -
13.
Start Playing the Champion Style Golf of Gene Sarazen
Wheaties -
14.
Be-Kind-to-Whales Week!
Aquaman -
15.
["His strange magnetic powers save an arsenal..."]
Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes -
16.
Tops in Comics!
-
17.
[no title indexed]
Eveready
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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