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Issue: More Fun Comics #105
Publication Date: September 1945
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Issues: #105 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/23/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster ? (see notes)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jim; Jerry
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Superboy #[nn] published October 2010
as More Fun Comics No. 105 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Some say by Henry Boltinoff. Some say by Joe Shuster. Stan Kaye most probably as evidenced by the dog that appears on many of Stan Kaye's covers.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: We like to think of it as a medal -- Sort of!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Miracle of the Mistaken Miser!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Maurice del Bourgo
Inker(s): Maurice del Bourgo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; I. Havemor; Sylvia Havemor; Andy Wilton; Meachem
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Inker(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: ...He'll hit anything you pitch...
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Pages: 1
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The Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster (signed)
Inker(s): Marvin Stein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jim; Jerry; Mr. Plummer (owner of Plummer Plastics); Withers (Plummer's partner)
Synopsis: Superboy uses the idea of a marbles tournament to help recover a secret formula and sample of an amazing plastic sent to Plummer Plastics by the inventor on his death bed.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Superboy #[nn] published October 2010
as The Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Clark Kent does not wear glasses.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Pages: 1
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The Mad Bull

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
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Hearse for Hoodlums!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.]
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts
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Pages: 10
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bit-o-Honey
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win
Inker(s): Lit-Win
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Scuffy the Tramp
First Line: Look at this puny mess!
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Pages: 1
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Dressed to Kill

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as Fred Whitby]
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Figures Don't Lie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Whitney Ellsworth ?
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dover and Clover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his blog Kleinletters, posted 23 September 2016 (http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-more-fun-comics/).
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Start Playing the Champion Style Golf of Gene Sarazen

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Be-Kind-to-Whales Week!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman; Captain Trawler; Professor
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Robbins
Inker(s): Frank Robbins
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: His strange magnetic powers save an arsenal...
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Pages: 1
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Tops in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Reamer Keller (signed)
Inker(s): Reamer Keller (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Eveready
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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