MORE FUN COMICS #11 * Siegel & Shuster's Calling All Cars" Debuts"

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 11
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: More Fun Inc.]
Date Published: July, 1936
Description: CGC certified: Good+ (2.5). Grader's notes: "Staple detached top of cover; tape cover; light pieces out to cover; light tears to cover; moderate spine splits to cover." Off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 2.0 sold for $388 in 2011; a 1.5 sold for $408 in 11/20; a 5.0 sold for $1800 in 1/22.

Overstreet: "1st 'Calling All Cars' by Siegel & Shuster; new classic logo begins." CGC Census: 15 graded copies (12 Universal, 3 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 8 ("Rare: 11-20 copies").

Credits: Cover: Vin Sullivan. Scripts: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vin Sullivan, Russell Cole, Ken Fitch, Harold Sherman, Jerry Siegel, Creig Flessel, Al Stahl, Leslie Ross, Paul Ferrer?, Whitney Ellsworth, J. Muselli. Art: Vin Sullivan, W. C. Brigham, Russell Cole, Raymond Perry, Clem Gretter, Leo O'Mealia, Harold Sherman, Tom Hickey, Tom Cooper, Joe Shuster, Creig Flessel, Al Stahl, Henry Kiefer, Leslie Ross, Sven Elven, Whitney Ellsworth, Bill Patrick.Calling All Cars: "Increasingly prolific contributors Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster used this issue to launch their latest feature, 'Calling All Cars.' Their two-page tale introduced police officer Sandy Kean who drove a police car equipped with the radio — a newsworthy occurrence. The feature was later renamed 'Radio Squad,' and it is likely that Siegel was influenced by the newspaper comic strip 'Radio Patrol,' which dated from 1933. Also in this issue was an exhortation for young readers to join 'the growing army of youngsters who are enrolling in the Worldwide Fun Club.' Members were mailed a Fun Club button and given a secret password and countersign to identify fellow members." — Alan Cowsill, Alex Irvine & others. DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing, 2010, p. 14.****************************************
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