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Issue: More Fun Comics #40
Publication Date: February 1939
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Issues: #40 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/03/1939
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vin Sullivan [as Vincent A. Sullivan]
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 408863. Volume number not listed in the comics' indicia.
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel (signed)
Inker(s): Creig Flessel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Kids (on sled, going off hill)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Coyote Canyon Bill
Character(s): Coyote Canyon Bill
First Line: Two bits - just to pull a tooth - robbery!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Chambers (signed)
Penciller(s): Jim Chambers (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Chambers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Ranger
Character(s): The Masked Ranger; Dave Walters; Steve Delaney
First Line: The Masked Ranger saved Dave Walters from jail...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Here and There
First Line: I haven't been able to hear your radio very well lately...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Ely
Inker(s): Will Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Johnnie Law
Character(s): Johnnie Law
First Line: Midnight in a tough section of lower Manhattan...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster
Inker(s): Joe Shuster
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Radio Squad
Character(s): Sandy; Larry
First Line: Calling all cars! Be on lookout for roadster fleeing...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Fun on Wheels

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Dean
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rob Jenney
Inker(s): Rob Jenney
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Gary Hawkes
First Line: A rich gold vein was discovered...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The first two pages are red, black, and white. The third and fourth pages are black and white.
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Guy Fawkes and the Gun-Powder Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming
Inker(s): Homer Fleming
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Magic Crystal of History
Character(s): Guy Fawkes; King James; Robert Catesby; Thomas Winter
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski [as Win]
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski [as Win]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Red Logan
Character(s): Red Logan; Ivan
First Line: Red Logan foreign correspondent caught in the turmoil of a European crisis -
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in Detective Comics #38.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Kane
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Bob Kane
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ginger Snap
Character(s): Ginger
First Line: Get into your things Ginger...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Ventriloquism and the World's Smallest Piano

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Now You Know
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This page is red, black, and white.
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Scientists Again Honored; Vatican City Stamps; Russian Scenics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Fun Stamp Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Murder in the Movies

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): Detective Sergeant Carey; Sleepy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The first two pages are red, black, and white. The third and fourth pages are black and white.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Butch the Pup
First Line: Grr-rr-r-r" "Where's Butch?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Hampton [as Wade Hampton]
Penciller(s): John Hampton [as Wade Hampton]
Inker(s): John Hampton [as Wade Hampton]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Red Coat Patrol
Character(s): O'Malley
First Line: O'Malley is sent to the Rocking 'R' Ranch...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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In the Clutches of the Purple Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Hirsch (signed)
Penciller(s): Rusty Lehman (signed)
Inker(s): Rusty Lehman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Lieut. Bob Neal of Sub 662
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story title from previous issue's "next issue" teaser. The last panel is signed "Russ Lehman."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tom Hickey
Inker(s): Tom Hickey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wing Brady
First Line: The half-drunken Van Blarcom has challenged Wing to a fight.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Buccaneer
Character(s): Dennis Stone
First Line: What has happened before - Determined to free the slaves aboard Captain Klaugh's ship...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Here and There
First Line: I was afraid they might go off...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Last appearance. Printed in black and white. Found on the inside back cover.

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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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): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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