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34August 1938
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More Fun Comics #34

DC · August 1938 · on sale 1938-07-01

First appearance: Boris Karloff
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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#34
Publication date
August 1938
Key date
1938-08-00
On-sale date
1938-07-01
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Boris Karloff - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan; colors: Vin Sullivan
1No Jack Isn't Sick!promo (ad from the publisher)1script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin SullivanJack; Ma
2-comic story3pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElySandra
3-comic story6script: Siegel; pencils: Shuster; inks: ShusterSandy Kean, Captain John Henry Toth, Larry Trent
4-comic story2pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch
5-comic story6script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyDennis Stone; Captain Klaugh
6High Stakes [Part 1]text story2script: Richard Martin
7The Shipwrecked Gamblerscomic story4pencils: R. A. Burley; inks: R. A. Burley
8The Wars of the Roses - 1453comic story2pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. Fleming
9-comic story6pencils: Win; inks: WinRed Logan; Giovani Gumbardo
10-comic story2script: Robert Kane; pencils: Robert Kane; inks: Robert Kane
11-comic story1script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
12-activity1script: Walter Wellman; pencils: Walter Wellman; inks: Walter Wellman; letters: Walter Wellman
13-comic story4pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely
14-comic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabButch the Pup
15"Copper," the Wonder Dogcartoon1script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
16Boris Karloff, Alice Faye, W. C. Fields, Stepin Fetchitcartoon1script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyW. C. Fields, Boris Karloff First
17Episode 24comic story4script: Alexandre Dumas; pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén
18-comic story4pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersJack Woods
19-cartoon1script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson
20Dopey Dickcomic story1script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
21-comic story4script: Stan Asch; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch
22Paid in Fullcomic story6pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
23-comic story1script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
24Max Schmeling, Sonja Heine, Jimmy Foxx, Ed Lewiscartoon1script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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