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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:
Variant: Without Canadian Price
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/27/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth]
Disclose Notes: Ellsworth credit from Statement of Ownership.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color, Duotone, and Black and White (#9-47); Full Color (#48 onwards)
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
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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Disclose Reprinted In3
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre
Character(s): The Spectre
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Spectre Archives #1 published May 2003
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Trigger Daniel's Death Curse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel (signed)
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bernard Baily
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre
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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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Spectre Archives #1 published May 2003
as Trigger Daniels' Death Curse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Butterfinger
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Panama Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Donohoe (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Donohoe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Jungle Scientist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Belknap Long ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Congo Bill
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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Miscellaneous
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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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bendix Coaster Brake
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Crossword puzzle for a free pennant.
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Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Book Review
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hal Sherman (signed)
Penciller(s): Hal Sherman (signed)
Inker(s): Hal Sherman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Built-Rite Toys
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski [as Win] (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski [as Win] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Captain Desmo
Character(s): Captain Desmo; Gabby McGuire; Jean Black; Blackie Mason
First Line: A speedy plane cut across the blue Pacific...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Man Who Was Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Fred Ray
Inker(s): Fred Ray
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Radio Squad
Character(s): Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Kean]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Superman Radio Program

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: In the left-hand column of the first page of the text story.
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Cold Theory

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alec Leighton (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.1
Disclose Notes: Across two pages.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Model Airplane News
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of the second page of the text story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads on both pages of the text story.
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The Besieged City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Hirsch
Penciller(s): Rusty Lehman
Inker(s): Rusty Lehman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert Sulman (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Sulman (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sulman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): More Fun Stamp Page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page is mostly small ads for stamps dealers.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: I'm not one for bragging!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.44
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Liebowitz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.22
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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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Sorcerer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Sherman
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Fate
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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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 published September 2007
as The Sorcerer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
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

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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