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48October 1939
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More Fun Comics #48

DC · October 1939 · on sale 1939-08-28

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Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#48
Publication date
October 1939
Key date
1939-10-00
On-sale date
1939-08-28
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: John Richard Flanagan; inks: John Richard Flanagan
2The Battle of Marjoca, Part 2comic story6script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyAli Pascha (villain)
3Ben Blue, Movie Slangcartoon0.5script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
5The Terror in the Swampcomic story4script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe DonohoeThe "Gorilla" (intro, villain, a man in a gorilla suit)
6The Dangerous Missioncomic story6script: Koppy; pencils: Koppy; inks: KoppyCol. Uretz (villain, introduction); other military men (villain, introduction)
7Boxcar Touristscomic story5script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabDusty (introduction); Jake (introduction); Sourpuss Malone (introduction, villain)
8Hungary's Fashion Saint; Item from Venezuelatext article0.67letters: typeset
10The Reign of Queen Anne; The Duke of Marlboroughcomic story2script: Homer Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. Fleming
11-comic story6script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Paul Graham; inks: Paul GrahamSandy Kean, Captain John Henry Toth, Larry Trent
12-comic story2script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
13The Dawn Arrowcomic story6script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry GilkisonA-X (villain)
14Baseball Forecasttext story1.95script: Jack Anthony
16-comic story6script: B. Hirsch; pencils: R. Lehman; inks: R. Lehmanan unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
17Adventure in Algierscomic story6script: Tumey; pencils: Tumey; inks: TumeyBom Ben Gay (villain, introduction)
18-comic story6script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiNancy McClennan (introduction)
19-comic story5script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyDr. Killmen (villain)

Plus 3.88 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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