The Big Book of Fun Comics #1 (1935) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: The Big Book of Fun Comics (DC, 1935 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [November] 1935
Key date: 1935-11-00
On-sale date: 1935-11
Indicia publisher: National Allied Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	script: various; pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: various	Sandra; Beevil; Jigger; Charlie Fish; Pelion; Ossa; Midshipman Dewey; Don Drake
1	-	blank page(s)	1
2	General Simon Bolivar	comic story	0.2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: W. C. Brigham; inks: W. C. Brigham
3	Part 3	comic story	0.8	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: W. C. Brigham; inks: W. C. Brigham
4	General Simon Bollivar	comic story	0.2	pencils: W. C. Brigham; inks: W. C. Brigham	General Simon Bolivar
5	Part 4	comic story	0.8	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: W. C. Brigham; inks: W. C. Brigham	Jack Woods; Don Pedro; Dolores
6	-	comic story	0.2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
7	Prince of Patrania, Part 1	comic story	0.8	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
8	-	comic story	0.2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Pincus
9	Prince of Patrania, Part 2	comic story	0.8	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Spike Spalding; Pincus; Red; Little King Philip of Patrania; Alex (villain); Nikko (villain)
10	-	comic story	0.2	script: Lander; pencils: Lander; inks: Lander; letters: Bob Lander	Captain Jack; unnamed Moros; unnamed soldiers
11	-	comic story	0.8	script: DeKerosett; pencils: DeKerosett; inks: DeKerosett	Wing; Slim; unnamed Legionnaires; unnamed Bedouins; unnamed Bedouin leader
12	-	comic story	0.2	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney Ellsworth	Sonny; unnamed African-American child
13	-	comic story	0.8	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney Ellsworth	Little Linda; Uncle Wilbur (villain); kidnapped boy
14	-	comic story	1	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clemens Gretter; inks: Clemens Gretter	Don Drake (introduction); Betty (introduction)
15	-	comic story	1	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clemens Gretter; inks: Clemens Gretter	Don Drake; Betty; the Midget Men; Bandars
16	Sail Ho!	cartoon	0.2
17	The Gavonian Affair, Part 3	comic story	0.8	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Charles Flanders; inks: Charles Flanders
18	Part 4	comic story	1	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clem Gretter; inks: Clem Gretter
19	-	comic story	0.2	script: Joe Archibald; pencils: Joe Archibald; inks: Joe Archibald	Western Willie; Spud
20	The Gavonian Affair, Part 4	comic story	0.8	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Monroe Eisenberg; inks: Monroe Eisenberg	Sandra
21	In the Wake of the Wander [Part 1]	comic story	1	script: Mac Fergus; pencils: Mac Fergus; inks: Mac Fergus	Captain Grim
22	-	comic story	0.5	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper
23	-	comic story	0.5	script: Dick Loederer; pencils: Dick Loederer; inks: Dick Loederer	Midshipman Jack Dewey
24	3rd Episode: Tad Among the Pirates	comic story	0.67	script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe Barreaux
25	-	comic story	0.33	script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe Barreaux
26	On the Banks of the Nile	comic story	0.2	script: Monroe Eisenberg; pencils: Monroe Eisenberg; inks: Monroe Eisenberg	Thothmes IV; Marcus Aurelius; Napoleon Bonaparte
27	Part 4	comic story	0.8	script: Monroe Eisenberg; pencils: Monroe Eisenberg; inks: Monroe Eisenberg	Bobby; Binks; The Pharaoh
28	Charles Martel	comic story	0.2	pencils: de Kerosett; inks: de Kerosett
29	The Bedouins, Part 3	comic story	0.8	script: Henry Kiefer; pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry Kiefer
30	-	comic story	1	script: Tom McNamara; pencils: Tom McNamara; inks: Tom McNamara; letters: Tom McNamara	Lefty (introduction); Slimsy (introduction); Lefty's uncle (introduction); Old Man Spinks (introduction)
31	-	comic story	1	script: John Lindermayer; pencils: John Lindermayer; inks: John Lindermayer	Pelion; Ossa; Mister Walrus
32	-	comic story	0.84	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Charles Flanders; inks: Charles Flanders	Wilfred of Ivanhoe (introduction; not named, referred to as "a stranger"); Wamba (introduction); Gurth (introduction); Prior Aymor (introduction); Brian (introduction); Cedric the Saxon (introduction)
33	-	comic story	0.16	script: Sheldon Stark; pencils: John Lindermayer; inks: John Lindermayer	Oswald the Rabbit (introduction)
34	-	comic story	1	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clemens Gretter; inks: Clemens Gretter	Rex (introduction); Professor Shanley (introduction); Joan Shanley (introduction, the professor's daughter)
35	Episode 3	comic story	0.9	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Sir Walter Scott; pencils: C. Flanders; inks: C. Flanders
36	-	comic story	0.1	pencils: ? [as Rich]; inks: ? [as Rich]
37	-	comic story	0.2	script: Tom Cooper; pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper; letters: Tom Cooper	Captain Spinacker; Mrs. Kluk
38	Part 4	comic story	0.8	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo O'Mealia; inks: Leo O'Mealia	Barry O'Neill; Le Grande
39	-	comic story	0.2	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney Ellsworth
40	-	comic story	0.8	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney Ellsworth
41	-	cartoon	0.2	script: Loe; pencils: Loe; inks: Loe
42	Part 4	comic story	0.8	script: Richard Loederer; pencils: Richard Loederer; inks: Richard Loederer	Brad Hardy; Lorraine Lewis; Prince Kardos
43	-	comic story	0.2	script: Whit; pencils: Whit; inks: Whit	Sonny
44	-	comic story	0.8	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney Ellsworth	Little Linda; Buddy; Uncle Wilbur Stone
45	[Part 3] In Far Off China Sits Fang Gow	comic story	1	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Ed Stevenson; inks: Ed Stevenson
46	-	comic story	0.8	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Sir Walter Scott; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry	Ivanhoe; Bois de Guilbert; Font de Boeuf; The Disinherited Knight; Athelstane; Black Sluggard
47	-	comic story	0.2	pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
48	-	comic story	0.2	script: Tom McNamara; pencils: Tom McNamara; inks: Tom McNamara; letters: Tom McNamara
49	-	comic story	0.8	script: Tom McNamara; pencils: Tom McNamara; inks: Tom McNamara; letters: Tom McNamara
50	Episode 3	comic story	0.9	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Sir Walter Scott; pencils: Charles Flanders; inks: Charles Flanders	Rowena; Ivanhoe (disguised as an unnamed pilgrim); Bois Guibert; Isaac of York; Cedric; unnamed knights
51	-	comic story	0.1	script: Charles Flanders; pencils: Charles Flanders; inks: Charles Flanders
52	Part 3	comic story	1	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clem Gretter; inks: Clem Gretter	Captain Kiddlaw (introduction, villain); Rex; The Professor; Axel; unnamed female; unnamed uniformed male
53	-	comic story	0.8	script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe Barreaux	Bobby (introduction); Binks (introduction)
54	-	comic story	0.2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Fanny
55	George Washington 1731-1799	comic story	0.2	script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe Barreaux	George Washington; Lord Charles Cornwallis
56	-	comic story	0.8	script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe Barreaux	Bobby; Binks; Cheops the Pharaoh (introduction); unnamed Egyptian priest; unnamed Egyptians
57	Archimedes	comic story	0.2	script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe Barreaux
58	-	comic story	0.8	script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe Barreaux
59	-	comic story	1	script: Leighton Budd; pencils: Leighton Budd; inks: Leighton Budd
60	-	cartoon	0.2	script: Dick Loederer; pencils: Dick Loederer; inks: Dick Loederer
61	[Part 3] In the Underground Kingdom of the Snakemen	comic story	0.8	script: Dick Loederer; pencils: Dick Loederer; inks: Dick Loederer
62	In the Wake of the Wander [Part 2]	comic story	1	script: Mac Fergus; pencils: Mac Fergus; inks: Mac Fergus	Captain Grim; Slim
63	Part 3	comic story	1	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clem Gretter; inks: Clem Gretter
64	Part 4	comic story	1	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clem Gretter; inks: Clem Gretter	Rex Cosmos; Axel; Joan
65	-	comic story	0.2	script: Tom McNamara; pencils: Tom McNamara; inks: Tom McNamara
66	-	comic story	0.8	script: Tom McNamara; pencils: Tom McNamara; inks: Tom McNamara	Slimsy; Lefty
67	Dog-Gone!	comic story	0.2	script: Hay; pencils: Hay; inks: Hay
68	-	comic story	0.8	script: John Lindermayer; pencils: John Lindermayer; inks: John Lindermayer
69	Cyrano	comic story	0.2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Cyrano
70	-	comic story	0.8	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Charley Fish
71	-	comic story	1	script: Dick Loederer; pencils: Dick Loederer; inks: Dick Loederer	Ur; Wur
72	-	comic story	1	script: Jack A. Warren; pencils: Jack A. Warren; inks: Jack A. Warren	Loco Luke (introduction); Black Dan (villain; introduction)
73	-	comic story	1	script: Jack A. Warren; pencils: Jack A. Warren; inks: Jack A. Warren	Loco Luke; Turkey Tail (introduction); unnamed Indians
74	Sham Poo	comic story	0.2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Sham Poo
75	-	comic story	0.8	script: John Lindermayer; pencils: John Lindermayer; inks: John Lindermayer	Ossa; Pelion
76	-	comic story	1	script: Jack A. Warren; pencils: Jack A. Warren; inks: Jack A. Warren	Loco Luke
77	-	comic story	1	script: Al Whitney; pencils: Al Whitney; inks: Al Whitney
78	-	comic story	0.2
79	-	comic story	0.8	script: Dick Loederer; pencils: Dick Loederer; inks: Dick Loederer
80	-	blank page(s)	1
81	-	illustration	1	script: various; pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: various

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