Issue | #8 |
Published | February 1936 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD |
Pages | 44 |
Editing | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; William Cook (managing); Vincent Sullivan (assistant); John Mahon (business manager) |
Notes | MORE FUN The National Comics Magazine More Fun. Published monthly by More Fun Magazine, Inc. Office of publication, 420 DeSoto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial office, 373 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, St. Louis Missouri, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rate: 12 issues in the United States and possessions, and Mexico, South America and Spain, $1.00; elsewhere $2.60. Single copies 10 cents (15 cents in Canada). |
Characters | Spike Spalding |
Genre | adventure |
Pencils | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vin Sullivan |
Characters | Sandra; Count Taurus (villain); Lothar; Reynolds |
Synopsis | Count Taurus threatens Sandra's friends with death if she doesn't cooperate with his schemes. |
Genre | detective |
Pencils | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
Inks | W. C. Brigham |
Characters | Ed |
Genre | detective |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Characters | Spike Spalding; Pincus; Philip of Patrania |
Synopsis | Spike and Pincus are kidnapped and taken aboard an ocean liner. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Vin Sullivan |
Pencils | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vin Sullivan |
Characters | Captain Grim |
Synopsis | The Captain finds himself trapped within a blazing blockhouse. |
Genre | period; adventure |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper [as Mac Fergus] |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Characters | Charlie Fish |
Genre | humor |
Script | Vin Sullivan |
Pencils | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vin Sullivan |
Characters | Henri Duval |
Synopsis | Henri Duval must protect the King from enemies disguised as musketeers. |
Genre | adventure; period |
Script | Jerry Siegel (Signed) |
Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
Inks | Joe Shuster |
Characters | Little Linda; Bill; The Sheriff |
Synopsis | Linda talks the Sheriff out of jailing Bill for stealing hens. |
Genre | children |
Script | Whitney Ellsworth (signed) |
Pencils | Whitney Ellsworth (signed) |
Inks | Whitney Ellsworth |
Characters | Isaac of York; Front de Boeuf |
Genre | period |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | Raymond Perry |
Inks | Raymond Perry |
Notes | adapted from the Sir Walter Scott novel |
Script | Vin Sullivan |
Pencils | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vin Sullivan |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | black and red only |
Letters | typeset |
Script | Matt Curzon |
Pencils | Matt Curzon (signed) |
Inks | Matt Curzon (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Slim Pickens |
Synopsis | After the gorilla helps Slim get the better of two counterfeiters hiding in his dead aunt's home, he faces the problem of what to do with him. |
Genre | adventure; humor |
Script | Stan Randall (signed) |
Pencils | Stan Randall (signed) |
Inks | Stan Randall |
Characters | Skipper Hicks; Soupladle; Spongenose; King Okey; King Dokey |
Synopsis | On Gillyfish Isle diamonds are so plentiful they have no value, but pop bottles are rare and precious. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | John Patterson |
Pencils | John Patterson (Signed) |
Inks | John Patterson |
Characters | Buckskin Jim; Zeb |
Synopsis | Jim tries to cross a canyon by rope, but runs into a mountain lion. |
Genre | western |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Characters | Professor; Schnooper; Schnatcher; Zoppp |
Synopsis | With Schnooper and Schnatcher in the hospital the Professor has to defend himself against would be kidnappers all alone. |
Genre | humor; adventure |
Script | E. F. Koscik |
Pencils | E. F. Koscik (signed) |
Inks | E. F. Koscik |
Genre | fact |
Script | Thor (signed) |
Pencils | Thor (signed) |
Inks | Thor |
Characters | Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow (villain); Le Grand |
Synopsis | Barry and Le Grand are prisoners aboard Fang Gow's yacht. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Leo O'Mealia |
Pencils | Leo O'Mealia (signed) |
Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
Characters | Jack Woods; Dolores; Panco Villa |
Genre | western |
Script | W. C. Brigham |
Pencils | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
Inks | W. C. Brigham |
Genre | period; humor |
Characters | Fishy Gill; Rambler Jim; Sheriff Smith; Old Scratch |
Synopsis | Jim catches a group of gangsters single handed. |
Genre | detective |
Script | Stan Randall |
Pencils | Stan Randall |
Inks | Stan Randall |
Letters | typeset |
Genre | reviews |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Prospector Jake; Bob Merrit; Buzz; Shorty |
Synopsis | Cyrus Campbell is murdered and a gang member disguised as prospector jake tries to infiltrate Bob Merrit's group of aviators. |
Genre | adventure; aviation |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | Leo O'Mealia (signed) |
Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
Characters | Brad Hardy; Lorraine; Prince Kardos; Black Magician |
Synopsis | Hardy, Lorraine and Prince Kardos attempt to escape from the Black Magician. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | W. C. Brigham |
Pencils | W. C. Brigham [as Brig] |
Inks | W. C. Brigham |
Notes | continued |
Letters | typeset |
Script | John Patterson |
Pencils | John Patterson |
Inks | John Patterson |
Script | Rosemary Vole |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Junior Funsters |
Characters | Bobby; Binks |
Synopsis | Bobby and Binks are about to break through the lines of the enemy surrounding the city. |
Genre | fantasy; children |
Script | Ray Wardel |
Pencils | Ray Wardel (signed) |
Inks | Ray Wardel |
Characters | Don Drake; Krenon; Zetrurian priests; Betty |
Synopsis | Don Drake volunteers to engage the sea beast in mortal combat. |
Genre | sword and sorcery |
Script | Ken Fitch (signed) |
Pencils | Clem Gretter (signed) |
Inks | Clem Gretter |
Characters | Dr. Livesey; Squire Trelawney; Jim Hawkins |
Synopsis | Captain Flint's treasure map is revealed |
Genre | period |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | Sven Elven |
Inks | Sven Elven |
Notes | adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel |
Characters | Doctor Occult; Lois Amster; Sander Amster; The Vampire Master |
Synopsis | The Vampire Master tries to hypnotise Lois into killing her husband |
Genre | occult |
Script | Jerry Siegel [as Leger] |
Pencils | Joe Shuster [as Reuths] |
Inks | Joe Shuster |
Characters | Wing Brady; Slim; Laurel Deane; Ibn Hajez; Ali Ben Said |
Synopsis | Ali Ben Said attacks the Caravan and kidnaps Laurel Deane |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Henry Kiefer |
Pencils | Henry Kiefer (signed) |
Inks | Henry Kiefer |
Characters | Corby O'Glin (Intro) |
Script | Walt Kelly |
Pencils | Walt Kelly |
Inks | Walt Kelly |
Notes | only appearance |
Characters | Jack Dewey |
Synopsis | Dewey discovers a mutiny in progress |
Genre | period |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Characters | Pelion; Ossa |
Genre | funny animal |
Script | Al Stahl |
Pencils | Al Stahl (signed) |
Inks | Al Stahl |
Characters | Kiddlaw; Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos; Joan Shanley; Professor Shanley |
Synopsis | Rex and Axel are left dangling over a cliff, while Kiddlaw kidnaps the Professor and Joan |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Ken Fitch (signed) |
Pencils | Clem Gretter (signed) |
Inks | Clem Gretter |
Notes | continued |