MORE FUN COMICS #13 * CGC 4.0 * Siegel & Shuster

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 13
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: More Fun Inc.]
Date Published: September, 1936
Description: CGC certified: VG (4.0). Grader's notes: "Light creasing to cover; moderate staining to cover; moderate staple rust." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 5.0 (Billy Wright pedigree) sold for $956 in 2012; another 5.0 sold for $598 in 2010.

Overstreet: "Fred Astaire photo / bio." CGC Census: 11 graded copies (5 Universal, 2 Conserved, 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, Joe Eichberger, Bill Carney, Creig Flessel, Richard Speed, Jerry Siegel, Paul Ferrer?, Leo O'Mealia, Whitney Ellsworth, J. Muselli, Homer Fleming. Art: W. C. Brigham, Vin Sullivan, Russell Cole, Raymond Perry, Clem Gretter, Joe Eichberger, Leo O'Mealia, Tom Cooper, Bill Carney, Creig Flessel, Tom Hickey, Sven Elven, Henry Kiefer, Joe Shuster, Paul Ferrer , Whitney Ellsworth, Homer Fleming, Bill Patrick.More About the Major: "With the advent of the Great Depression in 1929, writers for the pulps who were making a good living began to be paid much less. In May 1930 the Wheeler-Nicholsons returned to New York [from Paris] and, like most, had to face the difficult financial circumstances of the Depression. Wheeler-Nicholson was confronted with not enough pay for pulp writing to care for his wife and now five children. Once again, the Major looked to publishing to survive. Not being one to stand in line and wait for a handout he decided to start another publishing venture." — Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics. Hermes Press: 2018, p. 27.****************************************
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