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43May 1939
$0.10

More Fun Comics #43

DC · May 1939 · on sale 1939-03-28

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Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#43
Publication date
May 1939
Key date
1939-05-00
On-sale date
1939-03-28
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselKid (fighting alligator)
1-comic story1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
2-comic story6script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyEl Ben Azda (villain, introduction, death)
3Detective Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.05colors: ? (red & black); letters: typeset
4Beanycomic story0.75script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneBeany (only appearance)
6Murder by a Ghostcomic story4script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe DonohoeDr. Dickson (introduction, villain)
7-comic story6script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSandy Kean, Larry Trent
8Spring Trainingtext story1.75script: Terry Keane
11-comic story4script: Rob Jenney; pencils: Rob Jenney; inks: Rob JenneyThe Vulcanians (villains, introduction)
12Queen Mother Marie De Medicis and Her Favorite Concinicomic story2script: Homer Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. Fleming
13Pony Express Recordscartoon1script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison
14Johnny Weismuller, Francis Drake, Mickey Mousecartoon1script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffTarzan [Johnny Weismuller]; Mickey Mouse
15-comic story4script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyThe Ape (villain); his gang (villains); Lin Po (villain, introduction, death)
16-comic story2script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
17-comic story6script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry GilkisonRafferty (villain, introduction); Maozatazan (introduction)
18In Death Valleycomic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabButch (villain)
19-activity1script: Bob Barton; pencils: Bob Barton; inks: Bob Barton
20Wild Stamps from Borneo; Red Cross Stamp; Forthcoming Itemstext article0.6letters: typeset
22A Palace of Mystery, Part 2comic story4script: Stan Asch; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschAhm; Stephen Dean (introduction); Nahri (introduction)
23Gets His Wishcomic story6script: Koppy; pencils: Koppy; inks: KoppyBiff Bronson (introduction); Dan Druff (introduction); Killer Koss (villain, introduction)
24-comic story6script: B. Hirsch; pencils: R. Lehman; inks: R. Lehmana maniac (villain, introduction, death)
25-comic story5script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyDr. Killmen (villain, introduction)
26All-American Comics; Movie Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 1.85 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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