More Fun Comics #9 for Sale - First Appearance of Long John Silver - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue: #9
Publication date: March-April 1936
Key date: 1936-03-05
On-sale date: 1936-03-05
Indicia publisher: More Fun Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Long John Silver - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: The Vampire Master.

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	-	cover	1	script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Charlie Fish
1	New Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan	Jibby Jones ?
2	Hello Again!	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
3	The Gavonian Affair, Part 9	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: W. C. Brigham; inks: W. C. Brigham	Sandra; Michael; Count Tauru; Lothar; Reynolds; Count de Wex
4	The Holdup, Part 1	comic story	2	script: Tom Cooper; pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Jake; Ed
5	Prince of Patrania, Part 7	comic story	2	script: Vincent Sullivan; pencils: Vincent Sullivan; inks: Vincent Sullivan	Spike; Pincus; Phillip of Patrania
6	In the Wake of the Wander [Part 7]	comic story	2	script: Mac Fergus; pencils: Mac Fergus; inks: Mac Fergus	Captain Grim
7	-	comic story	1	script: Harry Lewis; pencils: Harry Lewis; inks: Harry Lewis	Bobby; Scotty
8	-	comic story	1	script: Russell Cole; pencils: Russell Cole; inks: Russell Cole	Woozy Watts (intro)
9	Fang Gow of China [Part 9]	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia	Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow (villain); Inspector Le Grand
10	The Land of the Midgets of Zetruria	comic story	2	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clem Gretter; inks: Clem Gretter	Don Drake; Krenon; Betty; The Rider of the Winged Death
11	-	comic story	1	script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster	Henri Duval
12	-	letters page	1	pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Ken Bald
13	Damsel in Distress, Part 6	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: C Brigham; inks: C Brigham	Pancho Villa, Jack Woods
14	-	comic story	2	script: Stan Randall; pencils: Stan Randall; inks: Stan Randall	Slim Pickens
15	Episode 5	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Robert Louis Stevenson; pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén	Long John Silver First
16	-	comic story	2	script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al Stahl	Pelion; Ossa
17	-	comic story	2	script: Tom Cooper; pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Buckskin Jim
18	Treasure Hunt Contest	activity	2	letters: typeset
19	-	text article	2	script: Mary Partrick	Ginger Rogers (photo); Fred Astaire (photo)
20	Presenting Acorn Antics	illustration	2	script: Fless; pencils: Fless; inks: Fless
21	King High	text story	5	script: Vincent Sullivan
22	Write a Letter and Win $5.00	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
24	Big Premium Offer	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.45	letters: typeset
25	The Mystery Plane, Part 5	comic story	2	script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia	Bob Merritt; Prospector Jake
26	-	comic story	2	script: E. J. Koscik; pencils: E. J. Koscik; inks: E. J. Koscik	Joshua; Noah; Schnatcher
27	The Bedouins, Part 9	comic story	2	pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry Kiefer	Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad
28	-	comic story	2	pencils: A. Leslie Ross; inks: A. Leslie Ross	Brad Hardy; Lorraine
29	-	text article	0.9	script: Edith Brittin
31	-	comic story	1	pencils: Harold Sherman; inks: Harold Sherman	Chubby (intro)
32	The Bank Robbers, Part 1	comic story	2	script: Whit Ellsworth; pencils: Whit Ellsworth; inks: Whit Ellsworth	Linda; Butch
33	Siege in the Night	comic story	2	script: Harlan David Haskins; pencils: Harlan David Haskins; inks: Harlan David Haskins	Bobby; Binks
34	-	comic story	1	script: Harry Lewis; pencils: Harry Lewis; inks: Harry Lewis	Bobby; Scotty
35	-	comic story	1	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger	Woozy Watts
36	Dewey and the Pirates, Part 6	comic story	2	script: Tom Cooper; pencils: Tom Cooper; inks: Tom Cooper	Dewey; the Captain
37	Magnets	comic story	2	script: J. Muselli; pencils: Bill Patrick; inks: Bill Patrick	Hubert (intro)
38	-	comic story	2	script: Harold Sherman; pencils: Harold Sherman; inks: Harold Sherman	Rusty; his father
39	Captain Kiddlaw, Part 9	comic story	2	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Clem Gretter; inks: Clem Gretter	Kiddlaw; Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos
40	-	comic story	1	script: Leger; pencils: Reuths; inks: Reuths	Mrs. Amster, Sander Amster, Dr. Occult, The Vampire Master Death
41	New Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 1.15 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
New Book of Comics #1	1936	On eBay ›
Cavalier Comics #2	1945	On eBay ›
Wooley’s History of the Comic Book, 1899 – 1936: The Origin of the Superhero #[nn]	1986	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

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Sources

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

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