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6 (18)February 1937
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More Fun Comics #6 (18)

DC · February 1937 · on sale 1937-01-13

First appearance: The Lord of Life
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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#6 (18)
Publication date
February 1937
Key date
1937-02-00
On-sale date
1937-01-13
Indicia publisher
Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Lord of Life - 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: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
1New Adventure Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.7
2-credits, title page0.3letters: typeset
3The Resbian Affair, Part 5comic story3script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C BrighamSandra; Lorenz; Major Gandy; Princess Yonda
4-comic story1script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger; letters: AlgerSam
6-comic story0.2script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
7A Snapshot in Bunkerlandcartoon0.33script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger; letters: Alger
9Prince of Patrania, Part 16comic story2script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin SullivanSpike Spalding; Pincus
10Episode 17comic story2script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Sir Walter Scott; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond PerryLocksley; Bois-Guilbert; Prince John' Prior Aymer; Isaac; The Black Knight
11The Life-Raycomic story2script: Leger; pencils: Reuths; inks: ReuthsDr. Occult, The Lord of Life First
12Episode 8comic story2script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Alexandre Dumas; pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; letters: Sven ElvenD'Artagnan;; Athos; Porthos; Aramis; King Louis XIII; Planchet
13Sea Gold [Part 3]comic story2pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom CooperNubbins; Tyner; Liverpool Johnny
14-comic story2pencils: Fless; inks: FlessPep Morgan; Buck
15-in-house column2script: ? (as Jolly Bill) (credited); letters: typeset
16Gold Gulch, Part 5comic story2script: Bill Carney; pencils: Bill Carney; inks: Bill CarneyPelion; Ossa
17The Menace of Little Wolf, Part 3comic story2pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom CooperBuckskin Jim; Little Wolf
18Fang Gow of China [Part 18]comic story2script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'MealiaFang Gow; LeGrand; Barry O'Neil; Dr. Bonfil
19People of the Red Planet, Part 4comic story2pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
20-cartoon2pencils: H. C. Kiefer; inks: A. D. Kiefer
21The Bedouins, Part 17comic story2pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyAli Ben Saad; Wing Brady; Lynn Harding; Ronelli (dies)
22-cartoon2script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin SullivanCuster Livermore
23-comic story2script: Richard B. Speed; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel
24-comic story2pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyBrad Hardy; General Porgo; Lorraine; Kardos
25The Holdup, Part 10comic story2pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom CooperEd; Jake; Carter; Malvern; Dawkins
26Alaskan Adventure, Part 4comic story2script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'MealiaBob Merritt; Monk Mortin; Saunders
27Captain Hale, Gun-Runner, Part 5comic story2pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom CooperDewey; Haggens; Bango; Jubson
28Party Pagetext article2script: Monica MacClane
29-text article1script: I. W. Magovern
30Measurementscomic story1script: Henry Jay; pencils: Henry Jay; inks: Henry Jay
31Kidnapped! Part 3comic story2script: Whit Ellsworth; pencils: Whit Ellsworth; inks: Whit EllsworthLittle Linda
32In the Wilderness [Part 6]comic story2pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselTom Bradley; Jack Bradley; Mister Harry
33Island Adventure, Part 8comic story2script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: AlgerWoozy Watts; Doyle
34The Secret Mine, Part 1comic story2script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C BrighamJack Woods; Mrs. Harkins; Val Stanton
35-comic story2pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. FlemingBobby; Binks; Aleric the King of the Goths
36Part 7comic story2script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén; letters: Sven ElvenCaptain Dennis; Jeff Roberts; Gregory Roberts
37Training Your Watch-Dogcomic story2script: J. Muselli; pencils: Bill Patrick; inks: Bill PatrickHubert
38The Dan Bowers Case, Part 2comic story2script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterDan Bowers, Sandy Kean, Jimmy Trent, Amos Twist
39-comic story1script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
40-cartoon1script: Paul Ferrer; pencils: Paul Ferrer; inks: Paul Ferrer

Plus 1.47 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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Sources

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