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37November 1938
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More Fun Comics #37

DC · November 1938 · on sale 1938-10-03

First appearance: Celia
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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#37
Publication date
November 1938
Key date
1938-11-00
On-sale date
1938-10-03
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Celia - 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: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselKid football player chased by dog
1Supermanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.75script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSuperman
2-credits, title page0.25letters: typeset
3-comic story6script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersMasked Ranger; Pedro; Grant; Marge; Sally
4Football "Passing"activity0.75script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffSam Baugh
6-comic story4pencils: Rob Jenney; inks: Rob JenneyGary Hawkes; Michael del Monto; Rodista
7Paid in Full, Part 4comic story6pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyWing Brady; Van Blarcom; Rene LeMaire
8Touchdowntext story1.85script: Richard Martin
10-comic story4script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyJohnnie Law; Tigers Claw Gang
11King Phillip II and William of Orangecomic story2pencils: Homer Fleming; inks: Homer Fleming
12-comic story6pencils: Win; inks: WinRed Logan; Jonas Golden
13-comic story2script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
14-activity1script: Walter Wellman; pencils: Walter Wellman; inks: Walter Wellman; letters: Walter Wellman
15Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Dick Forancartoon1script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
16Mystery of the Hunting Lodgecomic story4script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe Donohoe
17-comic story1.95script: Stan Asch; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch
19Foiling the Air Pirates!comic story6script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry GilkisonRex Darrell [the Flying Fox] (first appearance)
20-comic story6script: B. Hirsch; pencils: R. Lehman; inks: R. LehmanLt. Bob Neal
21-comic story6script: Siegel; pencils: Shuster; inks: ShusterCelia First, Sandy Kean, Captain John Henry Toth, Larry Trent
22-comic story5script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyDennis Stone; Captain Klaugh; Daneo

Plus 2.45 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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