More Fun Comics
#50
(December 1939)
DC,
1936 Series
- Volume
- [5]
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-10-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 435263.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Football players
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are the best books on Earth!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Wing Brady / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fort Geneaux, a desolate Foreign Legion outpost...
- Genre
- adventure; military
- Characters
- Akmed Dul (villain, introduction, dies)
[no title indexed]
Katnip / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Katnip! - Wake up!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
[no title indexed]
Biff Bronson / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Biff Bronson and Dan Druff are sightseeing in New York...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mastermind (villain); Brenda Lucre (introduction); Dan Druff
[no title indexed]
King Carter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Lauretta (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Lauretta (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Lauretta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- India! Land of strange sights and dark mystery...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Prince Ali Ghazi (villain, introduction, dies)
[no title indexed]
The Buccaneer / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Synopsis... Dressed as a soldier of the pretender's army...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- False king of Natria (villain); Dennis; Regina
Short Postal History
Fun Stamp Page / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
[no title indexed]
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Mart Bailey (signed)
- Inks
- Mart Bailey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Stop! What's the idea?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; crime
- Characters
- a gang of car thieves (villains); Sandy Keene; Larry
Anything for a Story
text story / 1.33 pages
- Script
- Terry Keane
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Across two pages.
[no title indexed]
Lieut. Bob Neal / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Synopsis - In Honolulu where the 662 is stationed...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Prof. Smith; Frank McDonald; Tubby
The Youth of Peter the Great
The Magic Crystal of History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Peter the Great
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
The Flying Fox / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Pencils
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Inks
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The sensational trip flying a valuable shipment of jewels...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- air pirates (villains)
The Avenging Ghost
Detective Sergeant Carey / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- a murderer (villain, introduction); Captain Dart; Sleepy
[no title indexed]
Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Lehti (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Lehti (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Due to many mysterious forest fires in the lumber camp regions...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Blackton (villain, introduction)
[Bulldog in Switzerland]
Bulldog Martin / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bart Tumey (signed)
- Pencils
- Bart Tumey (signed)
- Inks
- Bart Tumey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jonah
Indexer Notes
title from next issue blurb in previous issue
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["There are the best books on Earth!"]
-
2.
["Fort Geneaux, a desolate Foreign Legion outpost..."]
Wing Brady -
3.
["Hey Katnip! - Wake up!"]
Katnip -
4.
[no title indexed]
Chemcraft -
5.
["Biff Bronson and Dan Druff are sightseeing in New York..."]
Biff Bronson -
6.
["India! Land of strange sights and dark mystery..."]
King Carter -
7.
["Synopsis... Dressed as a soldier of the pretender's army..."]
The Buccaneer -
8.
Short Postal History
Fun Stamp Page -
9.
["Hey! Stop! What's the idea?"]
Radio Squad -
10.
Anything for a Story
-
11.
[no title indexed]
-
12.
["Synopsis - In Honolulu where the 662 is stationed..."]
Lieut. Bob Neal -
13.
The Youth of Peter the Great
The Magic Crystal of History -
14.
["The sensational trip flying a valuable shipment of jewels..."]
The Flying Fox -
15.
The Avenging Ghost
Detective Sergeant Carey -
16.
["Due to many mysterious forest fires in the lumber camp regions..."]
Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol -
17.
[Bulldog in Switzerland]
Bulldog Martin -
18.
[no title indexed]
Flash Comics -
19.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. -
20.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chem. Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Bob Hughes
- Arthur Lortie
- Allen Ross
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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