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Issue: More Fun Comics #63
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #63 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: With Canadian Price
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
30 (10 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: "15¢ in Canada" appears in the white box below the standard price, where it is otherwise blank. This is similar to variants from this time period, such as All Star Comics (DC, 1940) #3 or Adventures Comics (DC, 1938) #58.

Ellsworth credit from Statement of Ownership.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Trigger Daniel's Death Curse

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Chief; Trigger Daniels (villain); Bugs O'Leary (villain)
Synopsis: The murder of a famed philanthroptist lands Trigger Daniels to prison and the death sentence, leading the Spectre to have to fight his ghost that comes to Earth to exact revenge on those responsible for his arrest and death.
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Feature(s): Butterfinger
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The Panama Plot

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Sergeant Carey
Character(s): Sergeant Carey; Sleepy
Synopsis: Sleepy and the Sergeant thwart a plot to blow up the Panama Canal using a stolen plane.
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Pages: 4
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The Jungle Scientist

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Prof. Kent; Nero (lion); Nagaka
Synopsis: Congo Bill and the professor encounter a mad scientist and his beautiful daughter in the middle of the jungle. The scientist is creating flesh-eating plants.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: None of the hallmarks of the scripter of the Congo Bill feature in More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #56-58 are present here. Bails' Whos Who indicates a script credit for Long in 1940.
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Feature(s): Bendix Coaster Brake
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Disclose Notes: Crossword puzzle for a free pennant.
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Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

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Feature(s): Book Review
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Situations
First Line: You'd have been proud to see the way I parked downtown today...
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Feature(s): Built-Rite Toys
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Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Captain Desmo; Gabby McGuire; Jean Black; Blackie Mason
First Line: A speedy plane cut across the blue Pacific...
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Pages: 6
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The Man Who Was Dead

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Professor Barton; Professor Greene; Professor Silna
First Line: Strange things happen to the Radio Squad -- and nothing stranger ever happened to Larry Trent and Sandy Keene than the incident of 'The Man Who Was Dead.'
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Hello Superman Fan!

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First Line: Take your choice...
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Disclose Notes: In the lefthand column of the first page of the text story and above the Superman radio show ad.
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First Line: The Superman Radio Program is now heard over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes 15 stations in Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: In the lefthand column of the first page of the text story and below the Reliable Sales Company ad.
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Cold Theory

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.1
Disclose Notes: Across two pages.
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Is Epilepsy Inherited?

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First Line: What causes it?
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Disclose Notes: To the right on the second page of the text story and above the 60 Power Telescope ad.
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60 Power Telescope $2.19

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Disclose Notes: To the right on the second page of the text story, below the Epilepsy Booklet ad and above the Krypto-Raygun ad.
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First Line: See Daisy's new genuine official Superman equipment featuring Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Disclose Notes: To the right on the second page of the text story and below the 60 Power Telescope ad.
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Great Get Acquainted Offer 6 Months For 50¢

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First Line: Boys, here's a chance to get this great magazine...
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Disclose Notes: On the bottom of the second page of the text story.
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The Besieged City

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Lieutenant Bob Neal
Character(s): Bob Neal; Tubby; Steve Wright
Synopsis: Bob and Tubby help refugees escape from Moravia.
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Biff Bronson
Character(s): Biff Bronzon; Rupert Hayes; Dan Druff; Joe Pagelli
First Line: The police are baffled by several deaths by poison...
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Feature(s): More Fun Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page is mostly small ads for stamps dealers.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm not one for bragging!
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Pages: 0.44
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: informational
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Disclose Notes: Publisher:Detective Comics Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
Editor: W. F. Ellsworth
Owners: Harry Donenfeld; P. H. Sampliner
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Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol
Character(s): Sgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk
First Line: Across the frozen wasteland races an outlaw ...
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Pages: 6
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The Sorcerer

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Haldane the Sorcerer (villain); John Jerome Jr. (villain); John Jerome Sr. (villain)
Synopsis: Doctor Fate responds to Inza's thoughts after a sorceror tries to kill a millionaire with black magic and turns Inza to stone.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Dr. Fate wears gloves for the first time.

Oddity: Jerome Kern Jr. comes up to Inza in the 2nd panel and tells her that he has read about her in More Fun Comics!
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Here It Is -- All-Star No. 3

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Feature(s): Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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