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Issue: More Fun #8
Publication Date: February 1936
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: More Fun Magazine Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/10/1936
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 46 (30 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (editor & publisher); William H. Cook (managing editor); Vin Sullivan (assistant editor); John F. Mahon (business manager)
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"MORE FUN
The National Comics Magazine

More Fun. Published monthly by More Fun Magazine, Inc. Office of publication, 420 DeSoto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial office, 373 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, St. Louis Missouri, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rate: 12 issues in the United States and possessions, and Mexico, South America and Spain, $1.00; elsewhere $2.60. Single copies 10 cents (15 cents in Canada)."

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white and color interior
Dimensions: 10" x 12"
Paper Stock: newsprint cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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George Washington

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adventure
Spike Spalding
Spike Spalding
Reading about George Washington chopping down the tree and confessing, Spike does the same to a much larger tree in the yard, and gets his rear end tanned.
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More Fun

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Now Is the Time... For a Chemistry Set

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The Pastime Novelty Co.
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Inside front cover.
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This Bike Can Be Yours

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The Crowell Publishing Co.
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Inside front cover.
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The Gavonian Affair, Part 8

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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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Subject Matter
mystery
Sandra of the Secret Service
Sandra; Count Taurus (villain); Lothar; Reynolds
Count Taurus has ordered Sandra...
Count Taurus threatens Sandra's friends with death if she doesn't cooperate with his schemes.
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[untitled]

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mystery
Along the Main Line
Ed
You may be somebody else's goat...
A woman stops a steam locomotive in a remote area and asks if the driver and fireman have any milk for her baby. They don't, but go looking and find a nanny goat. It attacks them, but is herded back to the woman, who milks it.
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Prince of Patrania, Part 6

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Spike Spalding
Spike Spalding; Pincus; Philip of Patrania
Pincus, a stowaway...
Spike and Pincus are kidnapped and taken aboard an ocean liner.
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In the Wake of the Wander [Part 6]

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Captain Grim
Captain Grim
Capt. Grim finds himself face to face with the enemy...
The Captain finds himself trapped within a blazing blockhouse.
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[untitled]

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humorous
Charley Fish
Charley Fish
Gargle" "Gargle"
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Rescuing the King, Part 3

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adventure, historical
Henri Duval
Henri Duval; The King
Out of the night...
Henri Duval must protect the King from enemies disguised as musketeers.
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[untitled]

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childrens
Little Linda
Little Linda; Bill; The Sheriff
If you come along quietly...
Linda talks the Sheriff out of jailing Bill for stealing hens.
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Episode 8

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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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historical
Ivanhoe
Isaac of York; Front de Boeuf
For three hours Isaac of York...
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adapted from the Sir Walter Scott novel
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Wheels Go Round

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humorous
Elmer Buckley; Miss Thompson; Fred Hopkins
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[untitled]

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Movies
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[untitled]

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Matt Curzon
Matt Curzon (signed)
Matt Curzon (signed)
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Subject Matter
Puzzle Page
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[untitled]

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Stamps and Coins
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[untitled]

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Fun Mail
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The Haunted House, Part 4

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adventure, humorous
Slim Pickins
Slim Pickens
Slim's hairy visitor...
After the gorilla helps Slim get the better of two counterfeiters hiding in his dead aunt's home, he faces the problem of what to do with him.
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The Mysterious Island, Part 3

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adventure
Skipper Hicks
Skipper Hicks; Soupladle; Spongenose; King Okey; King Dokey
The Mary Ann got safely through the giant whirlpools...
On Gillyfish Isle diamonds are so plentiful they have no value, but pop bottles are rare and precious.
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The Mountain Lion, Part 1

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Subject Matter
western
Buckskin Jim
Buckskin Jim; Zeb
After a fight with the red-skins...
Jim tries to cross a canyon by rope, but runs into a mountain lion.
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Here It Is -- Get Your Button!

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World-Wide Fun Club
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[untitled]

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adventure, humorous
The Professor
Professor; Schnooper; Schnatcher; Zoppp
Schnooper and Schnatcher, the private detectives, are in the hospital...
With Schnooper and Schnatcher in the hospital the Professor has to defend himself against would be kidnappers all alone.
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Airship: Paters Lourenzo de Guzmao

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Credits
Al Whitney [as Thor]
Al Whitney [as Thor]
Al Whitney [as Thor]
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Subject Matter
informational
Thor's Famous Flights
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Fang Gow of China, Part 8

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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Subject Matter
adventure
Barry O'Neill
Barry O'Neil; Le Grand; Fang Gow (villain)
Now will you answer the questions...
Barry and Le Grand are prisoners aboard Fang Gow's yacht.
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FlagCavalier Comics #2 [1945] published January 1945
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Damsel in Distress, Part 5

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western
Jack Woods
Jack Woods; Dolores; her father; Pancho Villa and his men
Jack decides to save Dolores...
Jack, Dolores and her father are being pursued by Pancho Villa and his men. Jack sends the pair off to hide in a cave they know about, while he turns and faces the pursuers. He leads them in the wrong direction, and hides under a rocky overhang in a river.
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A True Story of How a Great Mother-Lode Was Discovered

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historical, humorous
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There is a signature in the final panel, but it is illegible.
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Fishy the Gangster, Part 4

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mystery
Rambler Jim
Fishy Gill; Rambler Jim; Sheriff Smith; Old Scratch
Hey kid...
Jim catches a group of gangsters single handed, having never fired a gun before.
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[untitled]

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? [as The Wizard of Biff]
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More Fun and Magic
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[untitled]

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opinion
Books Books
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The Mystery Plane, Part 4

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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Bob Merritt
Prospector Jake; Bob Merritt; Buzz; Shorty
As a member of a dangerous gang...
Cyrus Campbell is murdered and a gang member disguised as prospector Jake tries to infiltrate Bob Merritt's group of aviators.
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[untitled]

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adventure
Brad Hardy
Brad Hardy; Lorraine; Prince Kardos; Black Magician (villain)
Deep in the kingdom of the underworld...
Leader of the Rat Men in the underground kingdom of the Dre, the Black Magician captures Hardy, Lorraine and Prince Kardos, who then attempt to escape.
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Join the Treasure Hunt Contest

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Lesson No. IV

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Charles Shows (signed)
Charles Shows (signed)
Charles Shows (signed)
Charles Shows
Subject Matter
Monthly Cartoon Lesson
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Special Holiday Premium Offer!

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More Fun Magazine
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The Happy Four Club

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Rosemary Volk
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Subject Matter
Junior Funsters
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In Ancient Egypt, Part 8

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childrens, fantasy
Magic Crystal of History
Bobby; Binks
The time is come...
Bobby and Binks, still trapped in ancient Egypt, are about to break through the lines of the enemy surrounding the city.
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[untitled]

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Ken Fitch ?
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Subject Matter
fantasy
Don Drake on the Planet Saro
Don Drake; Krenon; Zetrurian priests; Betty
Don Drake, seeking to save the life of the Zetrurian maiden...
Don Drake volunteers to engage the sea beast in mortal combat.
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Episode 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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Sven Elven
Subject Matter
historical
Treasure Island
Dr. Livesey; Squire Trelawney; Jim Hawkins
Jim sprang from the gulley [sic]...
Captain Flint's treasure map is revealed.
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adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel
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The Vampire Master, Part 3

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occult
Doctor Occult
Doctor Occult; Lois Amster; Sander Amster; The Vampire Master
A figure materializes out of the night.
The Vampire Master tries to hypnotize Lois into killing her husband.
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The Bedouins, Part 8

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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?
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Subject Matter
adventure
Wing Brady
Wing Brady; Slim; Laurel Deane; Ibn Hajez; Ali Ben Said
Wing and Slim, riding over the desert...
Ali Ben Said attacks the caravan and kidnaps Laurel Deane.
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Script formerly credited to Henry Kiefer, but an extensive list of strips in the Who's Who gives no writing credits.
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The Little People

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fantasy, humorous
Corby O'Glin
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Subtitled "Irish Tales by Walt Kelly".
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Dewey and the Pirates, Part 5

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historical
Midshipman Dewey
Jack Dewey
After discovering that part of the crew...
Dewey discovers a mutiny in progress.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Pelion and Ossa
Pelion; Ossa
Darnit - There goes that faucet again!
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Captain Kiddlaw, Part 8

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science fiction
2023: Super Police
Kiddlaw; Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos; Joan Shanley; Professor Shanley
Rex ties a hoisting rope...
Rex and Axel are left dangling over a cliff, while Kiddlaw kidnaps the Professor and Joan.
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[untitled]

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New Comics
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Inside back cover.
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Factory to You

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Remington Rand
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Back cover.

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