More Fun Comics #4 (16) for Sale - First Appearance of Hal "Scoop" Harlon - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue: #4 (16)
Publication date: December 1936
Key date: 1936-12-00
On-sale date: 1936-11-30
Indicia publisher: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Hal "Scoop" Harlon - 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	Xmas Number	cover	1	pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Santa Claus
3	The Resbian Affair, Part 3	comic story	3	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C Brigham	Sandra; Lorenz
4	-	comic story	0.3	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Pincus
5	-	cartoon	0.3
7	Prince of Patrania, Part 14	comic story	2	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Spike Spalding; Pincus; The Sailor
8	Episode 6	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Alexandre Dumas; pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; letters: Sven Elven	D'Artagnan; Athos; Porthos; Aramis; De Treville
9	-	comic story	2	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Reuths; inks: Reuths	Dr. Occult, Koth, Zator
10	Sea Gold [Part 1]	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Captain Grim; Capt. MacPherson; Buck Wilson; Tyner (introduction, villain)
11	Episode 15	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Sir Walter Scott; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry	Ivanhoe; The Black Knight; Cedric; Rowena; The Templar; Rebecca; Athelstane (death); Ulrica
12	-	comic story	2	pencils: Fless; inks: Fless	Pep Morgan
13	-	in-house column	2	script: ? (as Jolly Bill) (credited); letters: typeset
14	Gold Gulch, Part 3	comic story	2	script: Bill Carney; pencils: Bill Carney; inks: Bill Carney	Pelion; Ossa
15	Captain Hale, Gun-Runner, Part 3	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Dewey; Captain Hale; Dorgan; Blackbirder; Captain Smith
16	Fang Gow of China [Part 16]	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia	Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow; LeGrand
17	People of the Red Planet, Part 2	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey	Mark Marson; Sgt. Monty Montague; Sarno; Hillary's daughter
18	In the Wilderness, Part 4	comic story	2	pencils: Fless; inks: Fless	Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley; Harry Mattson (introduction)
19	The Holdup, Part 8	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Jake; Ed; Slick Carter; Malverne; Dawkins
21	-	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey	Brad Hardy; Prince Kardos; Helgar
22	-	comic story	2	pencils: H. C. Kiefer; inks: A. D. Kiefer	Henry VIII; Andrew Jackson
23	The Menace of Little Wolf, Part 1	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Buckskin Jim; Little Wolf
24	Alaskan Adventure, Part 2	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia	Bob Merritt; Prospector Jake; Saunders
25	The Bedouin Adventure, Part 15	comic story	2	pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey	Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad (villain); Lynn Harding; Lieutenant Canfield
26	-	comic story	1	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger	Sam the Porter
27	-	cartoon	1	pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: A. D. Kiefer
28	-	text article	1	script: Mary Partrick	Jane Withers (photo)
29	You Asked for It	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
30	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.5	script: Fred B. Jeske
31	Damsel in Distress, Part 13	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C Brigham	Pancho Villa, Jack Woods
32	-	comic story	2	pencils: Homer Fleming; inks: Homer Fleming	Bobby; Binks; Hannibal; P. Cornelius Scipio
33	Kidnaped!	comic story	2	script: Whit Ellsworth; pencils: Whit Ellsworth; inks: Whit Ellsworth	Ned Flint; Watson; X-42; Linda
34	-	comic story	2	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clemens Gretter; inks: Clemens Gretter	Don Drake; Queen Zira; Betty; Laswan (villain); Krenon (villain)
35	Island Adventure, Part 6	comic story	2	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger	Woozy Watts
36	Episode 5	comic story	2	pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén; letters: Sven Elven	Captain Dennis; Jeff Roberts; Pedro; the Stranger
37	Fighting for Chivalry	comic story	2	script: Bill Patrick; pencils: Bill Patrick; inks: Bill Patrick	Hubert
38	-	comic story	2	script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster	Hal "Scoop" Harlon First, Sandy Kean
39	-	comic story	1	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger

Plus 6.4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
New Book of Comics #2	1938	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

‹ #3 [15]8 of 119#5 (17) ›

Sources

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

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