More Fun Comics #11 for Sale - First Appearance of Sandy Kean - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue: #11
Publication date: July 1936
Key date: 1936-07-00
On-sale date: 1936-05-24
Indicia publisher: More Fun Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sandy Kean - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Police Commissioner Bailey - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mr. Westly - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Doris Bailey - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
1	New Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	One Big Happy Family!	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
3	The Gavonian Affair, Part 11	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C Brigham	Sandra; Count De Wex; Count Tauru
4	Prince of Patrania, Part 9	comic story	2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Spike Spalding; Pincus; The Sailor
5	Island Adventure, Part 1	comic story	2	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger	Woozy Watts
6	Damsel in Distress, Part 8	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C Brigham	Pancho Villa, Jack Woods
7	Episode 10	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Sir Walter Scott; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry	Wamba the Jester; Front de Boeuf; Cedric
8	-	comic story	2	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clemens Gretter; inks: Clemens Gretter	Don Drake; Betty; Krenon; Queen Zira (intro)
9	Fang Gow of China [Part 11]	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia	Barry O'Neil; Le Grand
10	-	comic story	1	script: Harold Sherman; pencils: Harold Sherman; inks: Harold Sherman	Chubby
11	-	text article	1	script: Mary Partrick
12	Firebug	text story	5	script: Guy Monroe; pencils: Bill Carney; inks: Bill Carney
13	-	cartoon	1	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Spike Spalding
14	The Bedouin Adventure, Part 10	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey	Ali Ben Saad; Wing Brady; Nasir
15	The Holdup, Part 3	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Jake; Ed
16	-	comic story	2	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger	Sam
17	-	comic story	2	script: Leger; pencils: Reuths; inks: Reuths	Dr. Occult, Mr. Westly First
18	The Ole Swimmin' Hole	illustration	2	script: Fless; pencils: Fless; inks: Fless
19	The Half-Breed, Part 1	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Pierre; Jim; Mary; The Trapper
20	-	comic story	2	script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al Stahl	Pelion; Ossa
21	-	comic story	2	pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: A. D. Kiefer
22	-	comic story	2	script: A. Leslie Ross; pencils: A. Leslie Ross; inks: A. Leslie Ross	Brad Hardy; Lorraine; Prince Kardos
23	Dewey and the Pirates, Part 8	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Dewey; The Captain
24	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
25	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
26	Episode 1	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Alexandre Dumas; pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; letters: Sven Elvén	D'Artagnan (intro); his parents
27	-	text article	0.75	script: ? [as The Wizard of Biff]; letters: typeset
29	-	cartoon	1	script: Paul Ferrer; pencils: Paul Ferrer; inks: Paul Ferrer
30	The Bank Robbers, Part 3	comic story	2	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney Ellsworth	Little Linda; Butch
31	Captain Kiddlaw, Part 11	comic story	2	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clemens Gretter; inks: Clemens Gretter	Rex Cosmos; Axel Yoke; The Queen; The Court Bishop
32	In the Wake of the Wander [Part 9]	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Captain Grim; Kango; Holcomb
33	Fishing	comic story	2	script: J. Muselli; pencils: Bill Patrick; inks: Bill Patrick	Hubert
34	Episode 7	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Robert Louis Stevenson; pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; letters: Sven Elven	Long John Silver; Jim Hawkins
35	The Purple Tiger, Part 1	comic story	2	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster	Doris Bailey First, Police Commissioner Bailey First, Sandy Kean First
36	The Mystery Plane, Part 7	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia	Bob Merritt; Lefty; Buzz; Dusty; Tex
37	-	comic story	1	script: Harold Sherman; pencils: Harold Sherman; inks: Harold Sherman	G. Wiz; Chasum (dog)
38	Gigantic Premium Offer!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.25	letters: typeset

Plus 2 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

‹ #103 of 119#12 ›

Sources

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

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