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Issue: More Fun Comics #47
Publication Date: September 1939
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Issues: #47 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/28/1939
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vin Sullivan [as Vincent A. Sullivan]
Disclose Notes: There is no date or issue number in the indicia; that information is from the front cover.

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 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 424438. No volume number actually listed in the 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Hunter and African guide vs. lion.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits from David Young based on cover signature. We previously credited Creig Flessel in error.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-American Comics; Movie Comics
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Hickey
Penciller(s): Tom Hickey
Inker(s): Tom Hickey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wing Brady
Character(s): Ali Pascha (villain, introduction)
First Line: A native messenger, breathless and sand caked...
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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): Fun Stamp Page
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Fatal Hoax

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Donohoe
Penciller(s): Joe Donohoe
Inker(s): Joe Donohoe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Sergeant Carey
Character(s): Limehouse Willy (intro, villain)
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Sulman [as Koppy]
Penciller(s): Joe Sulman [as Koppy]
Inker(s): Joe Sulman [as Koppy]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Biff Bronson
Character(s): Countess De Fresco (introduction); two kidnappers (villains)
First Line: After safely delivering the Kashmere Pearls to the Royal Museum...
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Pages: 6
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Hazard in the Sky

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Capt. Frank Thomas
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Penciller(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Inker(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Handcuff Hank
Character(s): Handcuff Hank (only appearance)
First Line: Well, old bean, lets take the day off and play golf!
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Pages: 4
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William and Mary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Homer Fleming
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming
Inker(s): Homer Fleming
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Magic Crystal of History
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Pages: 2
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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): Chuck Mason (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
First Line: As a dark sedan speeds past the Gregory Pharmacy...
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Pages: 6
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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
First Line: Oh goody! The circus...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Gilkison
Penciller(s): Terry Gilkison
Inker(s): Terry Gilkison
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Flying Fox
Character(s): A-X (villain)
First Line: Whirling through the air, the Flying Fox, famous adventurer and sky sleuth...
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Pages: 6
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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: adventure
Feature(s): Cal an' Alec
Character(s): Slaughterhouse Pete (villain, introduction)
First Line: The car is packed and ready to go in the morning!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bart Tumey
Penciller(s): Bart Tumey
Inker(s): Bart Tumey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bulldog Martin
Character(s): Bulldog Martin (introduction); Jonah (introduction); Lord Frawley (villain, introduction, death); Clanton (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Ah didn't think you liked Mrs. Gush...
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Pages: 6
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In Peril [Part 2]

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): Lieut. Bob Neal
Character(s): Q62 (villain, introduction); Paula (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti
Inker(s): Jack Lehti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol
First Line: With the breaking up of winter, and the end of the big snowstorms ...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Baily
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Buccaneer
Character(s): Dr. Killmen (villain)
First Line: Synopsis... Having secured control of the 'Serpent'...
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Pages: 5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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