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Issue: More Fun Comics #43
Publication Date: May 1939
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Issues: #43 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/28/1939
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 412467.
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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
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Character(s): Kid (fighting alligator)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Gosh! Fifi has a new doghouse!
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): El Ben Azda (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: A small detachment of the French Foreign Legion, led by Wing Brady...
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Beany
Character(s): Beany (only appearance)
First Line: Young Men's Athletic Club
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Pages: 0.75
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Feature(s): Rosati Accordion
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Pages: 0.25
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Murder by a Ghost

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Sergeant Carey
Character(s): Dr. Dickson (introduction, villain)
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Joe Drake (villain) (introduction)
First Line: A dark knight... a woman walks rapidly home, when a figure springs from the blackness behind her!
Synopsis: Sandy Kean and Larry Trent go undercover dressed in women's clothes in an attempt to stop a purse snatcher.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This story references the Radio Squad story from More Fun Comics #35, where Larry Trent previously wore women's clothes during an undercover assignment.
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Spring Training

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: sports
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Pages: 1.75
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifle; The Crowell Publishing Co.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Gary Hawkes
Character(s): The Vulcanians (villains, introduction)
First Line: The flames of war were licking at the pillars of civilization...
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Queen Mother Marie De Medicis and Her Favorite Concini

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pony Express Records

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Genres: non-fiction, western
Feature(s): Westernotes
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Johnny Weismuller, Francis Drake, Mickey Mouse

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Character(s): Tarzan [Johnny Weismuller]; Mickey Mouse
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Johnnie Law
Character(s): The Ape (villain); his gang (villains); Lin Po (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Thru the information Johnnie gained while held captive...
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Pages: 4
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Now listen, Oswald...
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rex Darrell
Character(s): Rafferty (villain, introduction); Maozatazan (introduction)
First Line: Following a series of extraordinary adventures while fighting a gang of international air pirates...
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Pages: 6
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In Death Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cal an' Alec
Character(s): Butch (villain)
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Puzzle Page
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Wild Stamps from Borneo; Red Cross Stamp; Forthcoming Items

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Fun Stamp Club
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A Palace of Mystery, Part 2

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Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): Marg'ry Daw
Character(s): Ahm; Stephen Dean (introduction); Nahri (introduction)
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Pages: 4
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Gets His Wish

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Biff Bronson
Character(s): Biff Bronson (introduction); Dan Druff (introduction); Killer Koss (villain, introduction)
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Genres: war
Feature(s): Lieut. Bob Neal of Sub 662
Character(s): a maniac (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: In Hong Kong, in the anteroom of Admiral Grant's office...
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Buccaneer
Character(s): Dr. Killmen (villain, introduction)
First Line: Synopsis - Attempting to return the abducted Regina...
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): All-American Comics; Movie Comics
First Line: Thanks, boys and girls of America...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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