More Fun Comics #1 [13] for Sale - First Appearance of The Purple Tiger - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue: #1 [13]
Publication date: September 1936
Key date: 1936-09-00
On-sale date: 1936-07-24
Indicia publisher: More Fun Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Purple Tiger - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Mrs. Daniels.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
2	The Gavonian Affair, Part 13	comic story	3	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C Brigham	Princess Yonda; Count De Wex; Sandra [aka Madame Montell]; Premier Vakor
3	Prince of Patrania, Part 11	comic story	2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Pincus; Wa Fung; The Sailor; Spike Spalding
4	Island Adventure, Part 3	comic story	2	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger	Woozy Watts; Whiskers; Sourface
5	Damsel in Distress, Part 10	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C Brigham	Pancho Villa, Jack Woods
6	Episode 12	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Sir Walter Scott; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry	Rebecca; Ivanhoe; Front de Boeuf; The Black Knight; Unfried; Cedric
7	-	comic story	2	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clemens Gretter; inks: Clemens Gretter	Don Drake; Queen Zira; Betty
8	He Plays Ball	comic story	2	script: Joe Eichberger; pencils: Joe Eichberger; inks: Joe Eichberger	Unc
9	Fang Gow of China [Part 13]	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia	Barry O'Neil; LeGrand; Fang Gow
10	-	in-house column	2	letters: typeset
11	The Half-Breed, Part 3	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Jim; Mary; Dan; Marty: Trapper Pete; Pierre
12	-	comic story	2	script: Bill Carney; pencils: Bill Carney; inks: Bill Carney	Pelion; Ossa
13	Batter Up! [Part 2]	comic story	2	script: Creig Flessel; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel	Chuck Kelly; Tubs Miller; Lank O'Doul; Pep Morgan
14	The Holdup, Part 5	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Jake; Ed; Slick Carter; Mully; Malverne
15	-	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey	Brad Hardy; Prince Kardos; High Priestess
16	Episode 3	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Alexandre Dumas; pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; letters: Sven Elven	D'Artagnan; De Treville; Athos; Porthos; Aramis
17	At the Beach - Sunburn and Sand	cartoon	2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
18	In the Wilderness [Part 1]	comic story	2	script: Creig Flessel; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel	Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley
19	-	comic story	2	pencils: H. C. Kiefer; inks: A. D. Kiefer	Hannibal
20	-	comic story	2	script: Richard Speed; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel
21	-	comic story	2	script: Leger; pencils: Reuths; inks: Reuths	Mrs. Daniels Death, Dr. Occult, Mr. Westly
22	Dewey and the Pirates, Part 10	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Dewey; Captain Smith; Captain Hale
23	The Bedouin Adventure, Part 12	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey	Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad; Ronelli
24	-	text article	0.67	script: Mary Partrick	Fred Astaire (photo)
25	The Mystic Coincidence	text article	0.33	script: ? [as Graysen, the Magician]; letters: typeset
26	-	comic story	1	script: Paul Ferrer; pencils: Paul Ferrer; inks: Paul Ferrer
27	The Mystery Plane, Part 9	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia	Bob Merritt; Red; Shorty
28	Adopted by Flint, Part 2	comic story	2	script: Whit Ellsworth; pencils: Whit Ellsworth; inks: Whit Ellsworth	Jonas Flint; Linda; Ned Flint; Togo; Wilkins
29	In the Wake of the Wander [Part 11]	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Captain Grim; Holcomb; Slim; Saunders; Filson
30	The Queen's Face	comic story	2	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clemens Gretter; inks: Clemens Gretter	Rex Cosmos; Axel Yoke; The Queen [Renee]; Capt. Kiddlaw; Joan Shanley; Professor Shanley
31	Episode 2	comic story	2	pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; letters: Sven Elven	Jeff Roberts; Gregory Roberts; Captain Dennis
32	Fetch	comic story	2	script: J. Muselli; pencils: Bill Patrick; inks: Bill Patrick	Hubert
33	-	comic story	2	script: H. Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. Fleming	Bobby; Binks; Alexander the Great
34	The Purple Tiger, Part 3	comic story	2	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster	Police Commissioner Bailey, Sandy Kean, The Purple Tiger First
35	-	comic story	1	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger	Joe; Morton
36	-	credits, title page	0.25	letters: typeset

Plus 2.75 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Federal Men Comics #2	1945	On eBay ›
Warrior Comics #1	1945	On eBay ›
DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics #[nn] ISBN 9781613451649	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #125 of 119#2 [14] ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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