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| Please upload #5 and #6, whoever has them. |
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| #7 is the first issue of More Fun. Earlier issues were called New Fun. They are quite hard to find (and expensive when they can be found)! |
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| The last person I expected to see here was Walt Kelly. He would have been 21-22 years old. Nice work, too! Wikipedia says Kelly joined the Disney studios the following year (1936). |
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| Publication | January 1936 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Synopsis | Linda has mishaps performing various winter sports: making a snowman, skiing, sledding, snow ball fighting, skating. She finally contentedly gets to sit in front of a fire popping corn. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: Little Linda |
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| Credits | More Fun |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Featuring | The Pastime Novelty Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The Gavonian Affair, Part 7 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Linda shoots her way out of being abducted and saves Lothar and Reynolds in the bargain. The trio is finally captured by the Gavonian guards. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sandra; Lothar; Reynolds |
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| Synopsis | Brad breaks free of the grip of the giant snake, and throws a spear, wounding King Naga. The Black Magician abandons his snake form and Brad knocks him out. Brad, Lorraine and Kardos make a run for it but the Black Magician conjures a wall of sulphurous flame which surrounds them. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Brad Hardy; The Black Magician; King Naga of the Underworld; Lorraine; Prince Kardos |
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| Synopsis | Drake is acclaimed a hero in the Midget City of Zetruria, but the ceremonies are interrupted by the annual appearance of a sea serpent to claim his sacrifice of the most beautiful maiden in the city. Before she can be thrown into the sea, Don brings his ray gun to the point of sacrifice, aiming to kill the monster. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Don Drake |
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| Synopsis | Grim and his companions retreat to the Blockhouse, but the natives attack and set fire to it. |
| Featuring | In the Wake of the Wander |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Captain Grim; Holcomb |
| Notes | Part five of an ongoing story. |
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| Comic Story | Fang Gow of China, Part 7 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Barry and LeGrand are captured by Fang Gow's men and taken aboard the mystery ship, where Fang Gow projects a terrifying beam into their eyes. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Barry O'Neil; Inspector LeGrand; Fang Gow |
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| Synopsis | Bob accepts an offer from an old prospector who claims there is millions of dollars worth of gold in a location which can only be reached by air. But a criminal gang learn of the meeting and one of them disguises himself as the prospector in order to fool Bob. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Bob Merritt; Shorty; Lefty; Mr. Brandon; Prospector Jake |
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| Comic Story | Episode 7 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Cedric's party is taken to Front-de-Boeur. |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Ivanhoe; Cedric; Lady Rowena; Prince John; Waldemar Fitzurse; Locksley [Robin Hood]; Hubert; Isaac of York; Rebecca; De Bracy; Athelstane |
| Notes | Adapted from the Sir Walter Scott novel.
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Featuring | Thor's Famous Flights |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Simon Magus; Dante; Jacques Alexander Charles Montgolfier; Robert Montgolfier; Mme. Blanchard; Robertson; Lhoest |
| Notes | Subtitled "A Word and Picture History of the Progress of Aviation". |
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| Text Story | Shavetail, Conclusion (2.2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lieutenant Stewart tries to save his troop from an ambush. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: First Lieutenant Stewart; Second Lieutenant Rollins; Captain Bullen; Bull Manners; Farnsworth; Golden Dawn (horse) |
| Notes | Second page on page 26, third page on page 29. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Harold Svihus (photo); Frank Parker (photo) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Special Holiday Premium Offer! |
| Featuring | More Fun Magazine |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Publisher advertisement | New Comics |
| Featuring | New Comics |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Oswald sets off to join his Uncle Oasis on a ranch in Texas, but discovers three days out on the voyage that he is on the wrong ship. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Oswald |
| Notes | Last appearance at DC. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Synopsis | Fanny dresses up like a boy and discovers it was a mistake. |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Fanny |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Across pages 13 and 17. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Button, Button -- Get Your Button! |
| Featuring | More Fun Magazine |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | The crew try to escape from the island. |
| Featuring | Skipper Hicks |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Skipper Hicks; Minnie; Soupladle |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Synopsis | Jim rescues Mary from the Indian village then torches the encampment. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: Buckskin Jim; Mary Halliday |
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| Featuring | In Days of Yore |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Haunted House, Part 3 |
| Synopsis | In the supposedly haunted house Slim is lifted from his bed and placed on the floor by a friendly ape. Two figures dressed as ghosts seize the sleeping figure believing it to be Slim, but the ape makes short work of them. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Slim Pickins |
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| Synopsis | Crooks try to steal the professor's formula. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Professor; Schnooper; Schnif (dog) |
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| Synopsis | A lion escapes from its cage on the Circus Train, but leaps onto a flat car as the train pulls out. The lion finds its way to the cab, where the driver and engineer lure it onto the ground and blast it with a burst of steam, which sends it packing. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Ed; Jake |
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| Synopsis | Thinking to catch some fish, Charley digs up a bowlful of worms, which his cook unknowingly makes into a hash. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Charley Fish; Pluto |
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| Cartoon | Down by the Old Mill Stream (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The Little Folk are frolicking in the ice and snow. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Bedouins, Part 7 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The two captured Arabs escape and attack Wing, but are driven off. Wing and the Legionnaires follow, but they are outdistanced. The Arab band prepares to attack a rich cargo caravan which contains many defenseless women and children. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wing Brady; Slim |
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| Synopsis | Duval tries to thwart an attempt on the King's life, but is attacked by the King's two companions. |
| Featuring | Henri Duval |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Henri Duval; The King |
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| Featuring | More Fun and Magic |
| Credits | Script:? [as The Wizard of Biff] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Advertisement | The House of Magic |
| Featuring | A. G. Steen's Magic Factory |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Activity | Answer to Puzzle in Last Issue |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | Universal Toy & Novelty Mfg. Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Article | Two New Coins for Young Collectors |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Activity | Lesson No. III |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Vampire Master, Part 2 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The Vampire Master terrorizes a city with his vampire legion. Doctor Occult answers a summons by the Vampire Master to meet him alone at midnight. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Doctor Occult; Rose Psychic; Sander Amster; The Vampire Master |
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| Publisher advertisement | Join the Treasure Hunt Contest (1.2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) |
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| Synopsis | Gill tries to steal the old man's gold, but little Jim knocks him out with a pan. |
| Featuring | Rambler Jim |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Rambler Jim; "Old Scratch"; "Fishy Gill" |
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| Featuring | Puzzle Page |
| Notes | A disc puzzle, figure out the song listing the names of pictures, get to the center by moving the number of squares of the square you start and land on, and a maze. |
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| Text Story | The Hungry Elf |
| Synopsis | Tweeni is hungry and doesn't know where to get food. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Tweeni; Maribel |
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| Text Story | The Young Cook |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A boy cries when he's tapped on the head with a newspaper. |
| Featuring | Oscar |
| Credits | Script:? [as Pat] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Pat] (signed) | Inks:? [as Pat] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Oscar |
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| Activity | Answer to Puzzles in Last Issue |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Published monthly in St Louis Mo
Publisher: More Fun Magazines 373 Fourth Ave New York, NY
Editor: Malcolm Wheeler_Nicholson
Managing Editor: William Cook
Business Manager John F. Mahon
Asst. Business Manager F. B. Jeske 420 DeSoto, Ave. St. Louis Mo.
Owners: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson 5 Forest Ave Great Neck, Long Island
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Eagle Bldg, Brooklyn NY |
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| Comic Story | Damsel in Distress, Part 4 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jack escapes from Pancho Villa and his men and rescues Dolores and Don Miguel, but as they ride off the exhausted Don falls from his horse. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jack Woods; Pancho Villa; Dolores Nogales; Don Miguel Nogales; Pedro; Sanchez |
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| Comic Story | Pharoah Tutankhamen (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bobby and Binks are still trapped in ancient Egypt, where they warn Tutankhamen of an attempt on his life. The Pharoah retreats to his palace taking the children with him. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; Historical | Characters: Bobby; Binks; Tutankhamen |
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| Comic Story | Episode 3 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jim and his mother discover a package in Bill Bones' chest. |
| Credits | Script:? (adaptation) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Jim Hawkins; "Blind Pew"; Bill Bones; Mrs. Hawkins; Dr. Livesey |
| Notes | Adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Credits from Mike Voiles.
Flanders signs "C.F.'34" |
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| Comic Story | Prince of Patrania, Part 5 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Spike and Pincus reunite on board of the kidnapper's yacht. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Spike Spalding; the Boy King Philip; Pincus |
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| Synopsis | Linda is on the tramp and encounters a hobo, who shares his fish supper with her. While they are eating a man with a gun appears from the bushes. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Little Linda |
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| Comic Story | Dewey and the Pirates, Part 4 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Dewey is pulled from the sea following his part in the firing of the pirate ship. The captured pirates are placed in the hold, and, later, Dewey is instructed to check on them. He finds no guards, but hears voices. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Midshipman Dewey |
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| Synopsis | While on a camping trip Pelion and Ossa decide to catch some fish to eat. Ossa keeps getting his line tangled, leading Pelion to ask if he is an angler or a tangler! |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Children | Characters: Pelion; Ossa |
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| Synopsis | Rex and his men are captured by Kiddlaw. Tied together by rope, while traversing a narrow mountain ledge one captive falls over the edge, taking a guard with him. Rex offers to climb down and pull them up, but the ledge starts to give way, showering the two men below with rocks. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rex; Kiddlaw |
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| Featuring | New Comics |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Factory to You (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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