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| Name | More Fun Comics 9 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Published monthly by MORE FUN, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial Office, 373 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter at postoffice [sic], St. Louis, Mo., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rate: 12 issues in the United States, its possessions, and Mexico, South America and Spain—$1.00; elsewhere $2.60. Single copies 10 cents—(in Canada 15 cents). The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and drawings. Due care will be exercised in handling them. All drawings and manuscripts must be accompanied by sufficient postage for their return. Contents of this magazine may not be reprinted without written permission of the publisher. Printed in U. S. A. Copyright 1936, MORE FUN Magazine, Inc. For advertising rates, address William J. Delaney, Inc., Eastern representative, Graybar Bldg., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y., or T. W. Farrell, Western representative, 180 No. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. First standard comic sized (8" x 10") issue in the New Fun / More Fun / More Fun Comics series. First appearance of "MORE FUN, Inc." rather than "MORE FUN Magazine, Inc.", although the latter form continues to appear as the copyright holder. On-sale date from copyright registration. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Synopsis | While looking up at a thrush singing in a tree, Charlie steps on a roller skate and careens downhill, finally knocking his head on a telegraph pole. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Charlie Fish |
| Script | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
| Pencils | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
| Inks | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
| First Line | Spring is just around th' corner! |
| Notes | Last "strip" cover. Paper cover. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | New Comics |
| Genre | Children |
| Characters | Jibby Jones ? |
| Pencils | Vin Sullivan |
| Inks | Vin Sullivan |
| Notes | cover of New Comics #4 (March-April 1936) in black and white |
| Foreword/Afterword | Hello Again! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promotes new smaller size of More Fun Comics. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
| Pencils | Vin Sullivan ? |
| Inks | Vin Sullivan ? |
| Comic Story | The Gavonian Affair, Part 9 / Sandra of the Secret Service (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sandra is forced by Count Tauru to masquerade as the Princess Yolanda, but she doesn't fool Count De Wex. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Sandra; Michael; Count Tauru; Lothar; Reynolds; Count de Wex |
| Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
| Pencils | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
| Inks | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
| First Line | Sandra, refusing to impersonate the missing princess... |
| Notes | Script credit derived from textual analysis. |
| Comic Story | The Holdup, Part 1 / Along the Main Line (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A suspicious figure knocks out the station agent and forces Jake to send a message that will wreck the Express! |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jake; Ed |
| Script | Tom Cooper |
| Pencils | Tom Cooper |
| Inks | Tom Cooper |
| First Line | A suspicious figure lurks... |
| Notes | continued |
| Comic Story | Prince of Patrania, Part 7 / Spike Spalding (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pincus sneaks around the ship and tries to figure out why Spike has been kidnapped. |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Spike; Pincus; Phillip of Patrania |
| Script | Vin Sullivan |
| Pencils | Vin Sullivan |
| Inks | Vin Sullivan |
| First Line | Kind fate has thus far... |
| Notes | continued |
| Comic Story | In the Wake of the Wander [Part 7] / Captain Grim (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Grim meets a stranger on the island, but the stranger is soon captured by the natives. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Captain Grim |
| Script | Tom Cooper |
| Pencils | Tom Cooper |
| Inks | Tom Cooper |
| First Line | Captain Grim jumps from the burning block house... |
| Notes | continued |
| Story | Bobby and Scotty (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Bobby; Scotty |
| Script | Harry Lewis (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Lewis (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Lewis (signed) |
| First Line | The music goes round & round... |
| Notes | 2nd page of story. 1st page is printed out of order as sequence #31. |
| Story | Woozy Watts (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Woozy Watts (intro) |
| Script | Russell Cole (signed) |
| Pencils | Russell Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Cole (signed) |
| First Line | Ho hum! |
| Notes | 2nd page of story. 1st page is printed out of order as sequence #32. |
| Comic Story | Fang Gow of China [Part 9] / Barry O'Neill (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Barry and Le Grand attempt to escape from Fang Gow's yacht. |
| Genre | Adventure; Crime |
| Characters | Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow (villain); Inspector Le Grand |
| Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
| Pencils | Leo O'Mealia |
| Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
| Notes | continued |
| Comic Story | The Land of the Midgets of Zetruria / Don Drake on the Planet Saro (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Don and Betty do battle with Krenon, captain of the Midget Queen's guards. |
| Genre | Sword And Sorcery |
| Characters | Don Drake; Krenon; Betty; The Rider of the Winged Death |
| Script | Ken Fitch |
| Pencils | Clem Gretter (signed) |
| Inks | Clem Gretter (signed) |
| Notes | continued |
| Story | Henri Duval (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Henri swipes a musketeer's outfit and distracts the guards so he can rescue his friends. |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| First Line | Before Duval can return to the room wherein are his comrades, they are captured. |
| Letter Column | Fun Mail (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Pencils | Ken Bald (signed) |
| Inks | Ken Bald (signed) |
| Notes | Drawings of Kenneth Bald, age 14 of Mount Vernon NY win the one dollar prize. Note indicates that the colored pages in this issue are mixed up and the first pages of Bobby and Woozy Watts are in the back of the magazine. |
| Comic Story | Damsel in Distress, Part 6 / Jack Woods (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dolores and her father hide from Pancho Villa as Jack rides to the rescue. |
| Genre | Adventure; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Jack Woods; Pancho Villa; Dolores; Don Miguel |
| Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
| Pencils | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
| Inks | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
| First Line | Afraid to leave the mountain cave... |
| Notes | continued |
| Story | Slim Pickins (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Slim tries to shake off an ape who's trying to make a monkey of him. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Slim Pickens |
| Script | Stan Randall (signed) |
| Pencils | Stan Randall (signed) |
| Inks | Stan Randall (signed) |
| First Line | Ah! At last he fell asleep! |
| Comic Story | Episode 5 / Treasure Island (2 pages) |
| Genre | Historical |
| Characters | Jim; Squire Trelawney; Redruth |
| Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson Robert Louis Stevenson (original author) |
| Pencils | Sven Elven |
| Inks | Sven Elven |
| First Line | While Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawny prepared their plans... |
| Notes | adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel; continued |
| Story | Pelion and Ossa (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Pelion; Ossa |
| Script | Al Stahl (signed) |
| Pencils | Al Stahl (signed) |
| Inks | Al Stahl (signed) |
| First Line | Say - Pelion. Let's hitch our sled to the back of this car... |
| Story | Buckskin Jim (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim fights off a mountain lion and rescues a boy from the canyon river. |
| Genre | Adventure; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Buckskin Jim |
| Script | Tom Cooper |
| Pencils | Tom Cooper |
| Inks | Tom Cooper |
| First Line | Jim is lowered by a rope down the canyon... |
| Notes | continued |
| Activity | Treasure Hunt Contest (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Talk About Talkies (2 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Ginger Rogers (photo); Fred Astaire (photo) |
| Script | Mary Partrick |
| Illustration | Presenting Acorn Antics (2 pages) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Script | Creig Flessel |
| Pencils | Creig Flessel |
| Inks | Creig Flessel |
| Text Story | King High (5 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Vin Sullivan |
| Publisher advertisement | Write a Letter and Win $5.00 |
| Letters | typeset |
| Advertisement | Slingo Repeating Slingshot |
| Letters | typeset |
| Publisher advertisement | Big Premium Offer |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Be a Subscriber! |
| Comic Story | The Mystery Plane, Part 5 / Bob Merritt (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bob and a man impersonating Jake are about to leave for Alaska, while the real Jake escapes from his captors. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Bob Merritt; Prospector Jake |
| Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
| Pencils | Leo O'Mealia |
| Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
| First Line | Everything's settled, Jake... |
| Notes | continued |
| Story | The Professor (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An expedition is mounted to Australia to capture a Zopsaurus. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Joshua; Noah; Schnatcher |
| Script | Eugene Koscik |
| Pencils | Eugene Koscik |
| Inks | Eugene Koscik |
| First Line | Everything I ordered from the Zazalian Chemical Co. is here... |
| Notes | Presumably to be continued, but this is the last appearance. |
| Comic Story | The Bedouins, Part 9 / Wing Brady (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wing tracks Laurel Deane who has been kidnapped by Ali Ben Saad. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer |
| First Line | Riding desperately across the sands... |
| Notes | Continued. Script formerly credited to Henry Kiefer, but the Who's Who makes it clear he was responsible only for the art. |
| Story | Brad Hardy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brad tries to save Lorraine from the living Ape God. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Brad Hardy; Lorraine |
| Pencils | Leslie Ross |
| Inks | Leslie Ross |
| First Line | The unknown idol! |
| Notes | Continued. Script formerly credited to A. Leslie Ross, but the Who's Who clearly states that he was responsible only for the art. |
| Story | Books Books |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Edith Brittin (signed) |
| Advertisement | She Got $400 for a Half Dollar / B. Max Mehl Coins |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Chubby (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Chubby (intro) |
| Pencils | Harold Sherman |
| Inks | Harold Sherman |
| First Line | Wheee! |
| Notes | Script formerly credited to Sherman, but the Who's Who lists him only as artist. |
| Comic Story | The Bank Robbers, Part 1 / Little Linda (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Linda is kidnapped by bank robbers. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Linda; Butch |
| Script | Whitney Ellsworth (signed) |
| Pencils | Whitney Ellsworth (signed) |
| Inks | Whitney Ellsworth (signed) |
| First Line | Now's the time! |
| Notes | continued |
| Comic Story | Siege in the Night / The Magic Crystal of History (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bobby and Binks continue following the star through Tutankahmen's Egypt. |
| Genre | Children; Fantasy |
| Characters | Bobby; Binks |
| Script | Harlan Haskins (signed) |
| Pencils | Harlan Haskins (signed) |
| Inks | Harlan Haskins (signed) |
| Notes | title from last issue blurb |
| Story | Bobby and Scotty (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bobby; Scotty |
| Script | Harry Lewis |
| Pencils | Harry Lewis |
| Inks | Harry Lewis |
| First Line | Mush!! |
| Notes | 2nd page is printed out of order as sequence #7. |
| Story | Woozy Watts (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Woozy Watts |
| Script | Russell Cole |
| Pencils | Russell Cole |
| Inks | Russell Cole |
| First Line | Stay on Juniper Street! |
| Notes | 2nd page printed out of order as sequence 8. |
| Comic Story | Dewey and the Pirates, Part 6 / Midshipman Dewey (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The crew mutiny and take the Captain prisoner, but Dewey jumps overboard. |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | Dewey; the Captain |
| Script | Tom Cooper |
| Pencils | Tom Cooper |
| Inks | Tom Cooper |
| First Line | Midshipman Dewey is made prisoner... |
| Notes | continued |
| Comic Story | Magnets / Hubert (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Hubert (intro) |
| Script | J. Muselli |
| Pencils | Bill Patrick (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Patrick (signed) |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
| Story | Rusty (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Rusty; his father |
| Script | Harold Sherman (signed) |
| Pencils | Harold Sherman (signed) |
| Inks | Harold Sherman (signed) |
| First Line | I'll ketch hail, Columbia... |
| Notes | Feature continues in New Comics #5. |
| Comic Story | Captain Kiddlaw, Part 9 / 20/23 Super-Police (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kiddlaw leaves Rex and Axel for dead. They follow an underground river looking for a way out. |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Kiddlaw; Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos |
| Script | Ken Fitch |
| Pencils | Clem Gretter |
| Inks | Clem Gretter |
| First Line | Kiddlaw marches his captives on to prison... |
| Notes | Continued. Next issue title: The Demented. |
| Story | Doctor Occult (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The Vampire Master succumbs to a blazing death, but Doctor Occult and the Amsters escape. |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy |
| Characters | monstrous duplicate of Mrs. Amster (death); monstrous duplicate of the Vampire Master (death) |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| First Line | Dr. Occult and Amster frantically empty their pistols into the Vampire Master as Amster recognizes him to be Bart Moore, a former suitor of his wife. |
| Notes | A box after the final panel of the last page promotes the next story: "Starting next issue a new and greater adventure featuring Doctor Occult the Ghost Detective" |
| Publisher advertisement | New Comics (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | Factory to You / Remington Typewriters (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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