MORE FUN COMICS #12 * CGC 3.5 * Only 9 Universal Copies on Census

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 12
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: More Fun Inc.]
Date Published: August, 1936
Description: CGC certified: VG- (3.5). Grader's notes: "Heavy staining to cover; light creasing to cover; moderate staple rust." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 3.0 sold for $781 in 2018; more recently, a 5.0 sold for $1576 in 4/22.

Overstreet: "Slick covers begin." CGC Census: 13 graded copies (9 Universal, 4 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Vin Sullivan. Scripts: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vin Sullivan, Russell Cole, Ken Fitch, Creig Flessel, Al Stahl, Jerry Siegel, Whitney Ellsworth, Joe Eichberger, J. Muselli, Paul Ferrer? Art: Vin Sullivan, Whitney Ellsworth, Russell Cole, Joe Shuster, W. C. Brigham, Raymond Perry, Clem Gretter, Creig Flessel, Leo O'Mealia, Tom Cooper, Al Stahl, Tom Hickey, Henry Kiefer, Sven Elven, Homer Fleming, Joe Eichberger, Bill Patrick, Paul Ferrer?Sullivan Silliness: A kid chases a butterfly off a cliff like a suicidal Eustace Tilly on Vin Sullivan's cover. Sullivan was a true comics pioneer whose chief claim to fame is probably his classic cover to Detective Comics #1 (1937). Sullivan's contributions go deeper than that, however — the artist/editor was largely responsible for DC's successful foray into single genre-driven titles, with Detective setting the template. "Vin Sullivan conceived Detective Comics not as a brochure for newspaper syndicates but as a comic book equivalent to pulps, with self-contained stories in a single genre." — G. Jones, Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book. Basic Books: 2004, p. 120.****************************************
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