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42April 1939
$0.10

More Fun Comics #42

DC · April 1939 · on sale 1939-03-05

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Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
April 1939
Key date
1939-04-00
On-sale date
1939-03-05
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselTwo men (swordfighting)
2King of the Casbarcomic story6script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyPierre LaCroix (villain, introduction)
3-comic story0.75script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
5The Aquarium Casecomic story4script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe Donohoe
6-comic story6script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSandy Kean, Captain John Henry Toth, Larry Trent
7Spring Fevertext story1.7script: Terry Keane
11-comic story4script: Rob Jenney; pencils: Rob Jenney; inks: Rob JenneyYagoda (villain, introduction)
12Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealthcomic story2script: Homer Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. FlemingJohn Milton; Oliver Cromwell
13Mystery Islandcomic story6script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry GilkisonSegudora (villain); Gloria White (introduction); Prof. White (introduction)
14There's No Place Like Homecomic story1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
15-cartoon1script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison
16-activity1script: Bob Barton; pencils: Bob Barton; inks: Bob Barton
17Barbados to Have Anniversary; Russian Sport Set; French Scenictext article0.5letters: typeset
19The Dope Racketeers, Part 2comic story4script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyThe Ape (villain); his gang (villains)
20Movie Comics; All-American Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
21-cartoon1script: Ken Browne; pencils: Ken Browne; inks: Ken Browne
22-comic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabButch (villain)
23-comic story4script: Stan Asch; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschAhm (introduction)
24The Cavendale Emeraldscomic story6script: B. Hirsch; pencils: R. Lehman; inks: R. LehmanRene (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
25-comic story6pencils: Wade Hampton; inks: Wade HamptonFrenchy LaRue (villain, introduction, death)
26-comic story5script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyCaptain Klaugh (villain)

Plus 4.05 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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