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Issue: More Fun Comics #3 [15]
Publication Date: November 1936
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Issues: #3 [15] of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/25/1936
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 39 (29 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1936, New Series, Volume 31, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 323190.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color, duotone, and black and white interior (#9-47); color interior (#48 onwards)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior, paper covers (#9-11); glossy covers (#12 onwards)
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Kid getting mule to kick a field goal.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alger's Variety Show
First Line: My brother has quit Hollywood!
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The Resbian Affair, Part 2

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Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Sandra of the Secret Service
Character(s): Sandra; Lorenz
First Line: Sandra, as Marie Montell...
Synopsis: Sandra attempts to rescue a fellow Gavonian spy from prison.
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Prince of Patrania, Part 13

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Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): Spike Spalding
Character(s): Spike Spalding; Pincus; The Sailor
First Line: Spike, Pincus and their sailor friend...
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Island Adventure, Part 5

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Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Woozy Watts
Character(s): Woozy Watts
First Line: Halt and sit down!
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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
First Line: Entering an Egyptian tomb in quest of a magical belt, Occult and Zator feel apprehensive -- suddenly Occult whirls --
Synopsis: Searching for a magical belt inside an Egyptian pyramid, Occult and Zator are attacked by a giant wielding a scimitar, but Occult kills him. They find the magic belt, but when Koth learns of this he is filled with rage and orders their death within two minutes.
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In the Wake of the Wander [Part 13]

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Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Captain Grim
Character(s): Captain Grim; Filson (villain); Kango
Synopsis: Filson escapes and swims to the nearby beach. The native Kango uses Filson's own blow gun to kill him with a poison dart, and so the mystery of "The Death That Leaves No Mark" is finally solved.
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Disclose Notes: Script was formerly credited to "Tom Cooper [as Mac Fergus]", but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Cooper was a writer.
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Episode 14

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Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Ivanhoe
Character(s): De Bracey; Ivanhoe; The Black Knight; Locksley; Cedric; Bois-Gilbert; Rebecca; the Templar
First Line: De Bracey, seeing that his men are daunted...
Synopsis: De Bracey's castle is under siege and the gate is breached by the Black Knight. They battle and the Knight is victorious. Ivanhoe and Rebecca become aware that the castle is burning, when the Templar bursts in and abducts her.
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Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Pep Morgan
Character(s): Pep Morgan; the Dean's daughter; Doug; Benny; Tubs Miller
First Line: Who's the blonde, Doug?
Synopsis: Pep is smitten with the Dean's daughter, which distracts him on the football field.
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Disclose Notes: Script was formerly credited to Creig Flessel, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Flessel was a writer on this strip.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Fun Club
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Gold Gulch, Part 2

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Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Pelion and Ossa
Character(s): Pelion; Ossa
First Line: Gee! I wish we were near Gold Gulch...
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The Bedouin Adventure, Part 14

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wing Brady
Character(s): Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad (villain); Lynn Harding; Lieutenant Canfield
First Line: The warning of the escape of Wing Brady...
Synopsis: Wing and Lynn are recaptured by the Arabs led by Ali Ben Saad. Before their planned fate can be put in motion a warning comes that the sentry has spied thousands of Legionnaires marching on the camp.
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Disclose Notes: Script was formerly credited to Tom Hickey, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Hickey was a writer.
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Fang Gow of China [Part 15]

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Genres: adventure, crime
Feature(s): Barry O'Neill and Fang Gow of China
Character(s): Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow; Le Grand
Synopsis: Barry and Le Grand are trapped underground by Fang Gow, but when part of Paris is blown up they escape. Barry takes a gun from a fallen guard and confronts Fang Gow, who pulls a gun from his sleeve. But Barry is faster and the villain falls.
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Genres: adventure, non-fiction
Feature(s): Thrilling True Stories
First Line: Two dogs disappeared suddenly...
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In the Wilderness, Part 3

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Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): The Bradley Boys
Character(s): Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley
First Line: Tom + Jack Bradley are lost...
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Disclose Notes: Script was formerly credited to Creig Flessel, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Flessel was a writer on this strip.
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Episode 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): The Three Musketeers
Character(s): D'Artagnan; Athos; Porthos; Aramis; De Treville; Captain Jussac; The King
First Line: Young D'Artagnan, seeking enlistment with the King's Guard...
Synopsis: Keeping his tryst with the three musketeers for successive duels, D'Artagnan is waylaid by five of the Cardinal's private Guard. He and the other three fight and drive them off. The King is pleased to hear of this and asks to see these men to congratulate them on their prowess.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Touchdown! Pigskin Puns
First Line: I'm sorry - Coach - but you kept me on the bench so long...
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Brad Hardy
Character(s): Brad Hardy; Prince Kardos; Helgar
First Line: After finally finding Lorraine...
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Disclose Notes: Script was formerly credited to Tom Hickey, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Hickey was a writer.
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Just Suppose
Character(s): Erikson; Filui Orsene
First Line: That Erickson had not completed the Monitor at just the moment he did...
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Captain Hale, Gun-Runner, Part 2

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Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Midshipman Dewey
Character(s): Dewey; Captain Hale; Dorgan; Blackbirder; Captain Smith
First Line: Dewey is attempting to get a loose gun in place...
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Disclose Notes: Script was formerly credited to Tom Cooper, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Cooper was a writer.
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Alaskan Adventure, Part 1

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Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Bob Merritt
Character(s): Bob Merritt; Red; Shorty; Buzz; Lefty
First Line: With the two enemy planes roaring down...
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People of the Red Planet, Part 1

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mark Marson of the Interpanetary Police
Character(s): Mark Marson (introduction); Monty Montague; Sarno; Hillary's daughter; Dorais; Captain Waldo
First Line: On the night of June 16, 2060...
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The Half-Breed, Part 5

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Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Buckskin Jim
Character(s): Buckskin Jim; Pete; Little Wolf
First Line: 'Pears to me that this is a likely place fer a settlement...
Synopsis: Buckskin Jim is among a group building a settlement in a lush valley. Riding out to shoot a buffalo for meat, Jim meets two Indian braves who take him back to their camp. The chief takes a liking to Jim and inducts him into the tribe.
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Disclose Notes: Script was formerly credited to Tom Cooper, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Cooper was a writer.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Talk About Talkies
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Genres: childrens, drama
Feature(s): Little Linda
Character(s): Linda Silas Flint; Ned
First Line: Linda is heiress to the fortune of Silas Flint...
Synopsis: Linda is kidnapped and a ransom note delivered to her guardian with the warning noy to contact the authorities. Ned decides to call in the F.B.I.
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Magic Crystal of History
Character(s): Bobby; Binks
First Line: When Bobby and Binks again seek an adventure in the Magic Crystal, the year is 490 B.C...
Synopsis: Bobby and Binks gaze into the magic crystal and see the adventure of Darius, King of Persia, invading Athens in 490 B.C.
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Disclose Notes: Script previously credited to Fleming on no known evidence.
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Damsel in Distress, Part 12

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Genres: adventure, mystery, western
Feature(s): Jack Woods
Character(s): Jack Woods; Dolores; Don Miguel; Pancho Villa (villain)
First Line: Jack has sent a heliograph message...
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The Hold-Up, Part 7

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Along the Main Line
Character(s): Jake; Ed; Slick Carter; Malverne; Dawkins
First Line: Malvern is attempting to forestall a plot...
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Disclose Notes: Script was formerly credited to Tom Cooper, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Cooper was a writer.
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[untitled]

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Genres: adventure, fantasy
Feature(s): Don Drake on the Planet Saro
Character(s): Don Drake; Queen Zira; Betty; Laswan (villain); Krenon (villain)
First Line: Betty's fatal misstep has plunged her into the rocky crevice...
Synopsis: Climbing down into a rock crevice in an attempt to save Betty, Don, Queen Zira and Betty herself are swept down a swift running stream. They emerge in a strange land, which the queen says must be that ruled by her cousin Laswan.
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Episode 4

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Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Pirate Gold
Character(s): Captain Dennis; Jeff Roberts; Pedro
First Line: There is mutiny aboard...
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Disclose Notes: Elven was previously suggested as possible scriptwriter, but the Who's Who, in combination with a long piece on the artist in Alter Ego #162 (January 2020), seems to refute this.
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Hunting

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hubert
Character(s): Hubert
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Disclose Notes: pantomime; wordless comic
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Burke; Purple Tiger Gang [Myrna]
First Line: As Burke fires, Bailey jerks the rug upon which the gangster is standing, sending him sprawling into the open trap-door!
Synopsis: Sandy is masquerading as the Tiger to save Doris Bailey, but is outed by Myrna. When the Tiger has Sandy in a huge jar filling up with water, Myrna saves him by firing at the jar and breaking it. She explains that the Tiger is her father, and she wanted him put into psychiatric care, not prison.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sam the Porter
First Line: Well - Sam - I'll soon be at school...
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): New Comics
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Big Prizes

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Crowell Publishing Co.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Factory to You

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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