Issue | #v1#9 |
Published | March-April 1936 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; Vince Sullivan (associate editor); F. Whitney Ellsworth (associate editor) |
Notes | last "strip" cover, first standard comic sized issue 8" x 10", paper cover. Pub by More Fun Magazine, Inc 373 Fourth Ave, NY, NY. Indicia Title: More Fun, the National Comics Magazine |
Characters | Charlie Fish |
Genre | humor |
Script | Vince Sullivan (signed) |
Pencils | Vince Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vince Sullivan |
Notes | last "strip" cover, first standard comic sized issue 8" x 10", paper cover. Pub by More Fun Magazine, Inc 373 Fourth Ave, NY, NY. Indicia Title: More Fun, the National Comics Magazine |
Characters | Jibby Jones ? |
Genre | children |
Pencils | Vince Sullivan |
Inks | Vince Sullivan |
Notes | cover of New Comics #4- Mar-Apr 1936 issue in black and white |
Synopsis | Promotes new smaller size of More Fun Comics |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Sandra; Michael; Count Tauru; Lothar; Reynolds; Count de Wex |
Synopsis | Sandra is forced to masquerade as the Princess Yolanda by Count Tauru, but she doesn't fool Count De Wex. |
Genre | detective |
Script | W. C. Brigham |
Pencils | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
Inks | W. C. Brigham |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Jake; Ed |
Synopsis | A suspicious figure knocks out the station agent and forces Jake to send a message that will wreck the Express! |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Spike; Pincus; Phillip of Patrania |
Synopsis | Pincus sneaks around the ship and tries to figure out why Spike has been kidnapped. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Vince Sullivan (signed) |
Pencils | Vince Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vince Sullivan |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Captain Grim |
Synopsis | Grim meets a stranger on the island, but the stranger is soon captured by the natives. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper [as macfergus] |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Bobby; Scotty |
Genre | humor |
Script | Harry Lewis (signed) |
Pencils | Harry Lewis (signed) |
Inks | Harry Lewis (signed) |
Notes | 1st page is printed out of order as sequence #30 |
Characters | Woozy Watts (intro) |
Genre | humor |
Script | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Pencils | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Inks | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Notes | 1st page is printed out of order as sequence #31 |
Characters | Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow (villain); Inspector Le Grand |
Synopsis | Barry and Le Grand attempt to escape from Fang Gow's yacht |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Leo O'Mealia |
Pencils | Leo O'Mealia (signed) |
Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
Notes | continued. |
Characters | Don Drake; Krenon; Betty; The Rider of the Winged Death |
Synopsis | Don and Betty do battle with Krenon, captain of the Midget Queen's guards. |
Genre | sword and sorcery |
Script | Ken Fitch |
Pencils | Clem Gretter (signed) |
Inks | Clem Gretter |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Henri Duval |
Synopsis | Henri swipes a Musketeer's outfit and distracts the guards so he can rescue his friends. |
Genre | adventure; period |
Script | Jerry Siegel (Signed) |
Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
Inks | Joe Shuster |
Notes | continued |
Pencils | Ken Bald (Signed) |
Inks | Ken Bald |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Drawings of Kenneth Bald, age 14 of Mount Vernon NY win the one dollar prize. Note indicates that the colored pages in this issue are mixed up and the first pages of Bobby and Woozy Watts are in the back of the magazine. |
Characters | Jack Woods; Pancho Villa; Dolores; Don Miguel |
Synopsis | Dolores and her father hide from Pancho Villa as Jack rides to the rescue |
Genre | western |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
Inks | W. C. Brigham |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Slim Pickens |
Synopsis | Slim tries to shake off an ape who's trying to make a monkey of him. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Stan Randall |
Pencils | Stan Randall (signed) |
Inks | Stan Randall |
Characters | Jim; Squire Trelawney; Long John Silver; Redruth |
Genre | period |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | Sven Elven |
Inks | Sven Elven |
Notes | adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel- continued |
Characters | Pelion; Ossa |
Genre | funny animal |
Script | Al Stahl |
Pencils | Al Stahl (signed) |
Inks | Al Stahl |
Characters | Buckskin Jim |
Synopsis | Jim fights off a mountain lion and rescues a boy from the canyon river. |
Genre | western |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Notes | continued |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Ginger Rogers (photo); Fred Astaire (photo) |
Script | Mary Patrick (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Creig Flessel (signed) |
Pencils | Creig Flessel (signed) |
Inks | Creig Flessel |
Notes | only appearance |
Script | Vince Sullivan (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Bob Merritt; Propsector Jake |
Synopsis | Bob and a man impersonating Jake are about to leave for Alaska, while the real Jake escapes from his captors. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | Leo O'Mealia (signed) |
Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Joshua; Noah; Shnatcher |
Synopsis | An expedition is mounted to Australia to capture a Zopsaurus. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | E. F. Koscik |
Pencils | E. F. Koscik (signed) |
Inks | E. F. Koscik |
Notes | continued, but last appearance |
Characters | Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad |
Synopsis | Wing tracks Laurel Deane who has been kidnapped by Ali Ben Saad. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Henry Kiefer |
Pencils | Henry Kiefer (signed) |
Inks | Henry Kiefer |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Brad Hardy; Lorraine |
Synopsis | Brad tries to save Lorraine from the living Ape God |
Genre | adventure |
Script | A. Leslie Ross |
Pencils | A. Leslie Ross (signed) |
Inks | A. Leslie Ross |
Notes | continued |
Script | Edith Brittin (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Chubby (intro) |
Genre | humor |
Script | Harold Sherman (signed) |
Pencils | Harold Sherman (signed) |
Inks | Harold Sherman (signed) |
Characters | Linda; Butch |
Synopsis | Linda is kidnapped by bank robbers |
Genre | children |
Script | Whitney Ellsworth |
Pencils | Whitney Ellsworth (signed) |
Inks | Whitney Ellsworth |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Bobby; Scotty |
Script | Harry Lewis (signed) |
Pencils | Harry Lewis (signed) |
Inks | Harry Lewis (signed) |
Notes | 2nd page is printed out of order as sequence #7 |
Genre | humor |
Script | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Pencils | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Inks | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Notes | 2nd page printed out of order as sequence 8 |
Characters | Bobby; Binks |
Synopsis | Bobby and Binks continue following the star through Tutankahmen's Egypt. |
Genre | fantasy; children |
Script | Harlan David Haskins (signed) |
Pencils | Harlan David Haskins (signed) |
Inks | Harlan David Haskins (signed) |
Notes | title from last issue blurb |
Characters | Dewey; the Captain |
Synopsis | The crew mutiny and take the Captain prisoner, but Dewey jumps overboard. |
Genre | period |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Notes | continued |
Characters | Hubert (intro) |
Genre | humor |
Script | J. Muselli (signed) |
Pencils | Bill Patrick (signed) |
Inks | Bill Patrick |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Harold Sherman (signed) |
Pencils | Harold Sherman (signed) |
Inks | Harold Sherman (signed) |
Notes | only appearance |
Characters | Kiddlaw; Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos |
Synopsis | Kiddlaw leaves Rex and Axel for dead. They follow an underground river looking for a way out. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Ken Fitch (signed) |
Pencils | Clem Gretter (signed) |
Inks | Clem Gretter |
Notes | Continued: Next issue title: the Demented |
Characters | Doctor Occult; Sander Amster; Vampire Master (dies); Mrs. Amster |
Synopsis | The Vampire Master succombs to a blazing death, but Doc and the Amsters escape. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Jerry Siegel [as Leger] |
Pencils | Joe Shuster [as Reuths] |
Inks | Joe Shuster |