MORE FUN COMICS #17 * Only 12 Graded Copies

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 17
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: January, 1937
Description: CGC certified: VG (4.0): Restored (C-1). Grader's notes: "TOP EDGE TRIMMED; moderate creasing to cover; moderate staining to cover; moderate tears to cover; small amount of color touch on right center front cover; spine split sealed cover C-1; tear seals right center front cover C-1." White pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. The only reported Restored sale is a 7.0 (MP) that sold for $1725 in 2003. For comparison purposes, an unrestored 4.5 sold for $1350 in 12/21.

CGC Census: 12 graded copies (10 Universal, 2 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Vin Sullivan. Scripts: Russell Cole, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vin Sullivan, Ken Fitch, Jerry Siegel, Whitney Ellsworth, Richard Speed, Bill Carney, and Bill Patrick. Art: Russell Cole, W. C. Brigham, Vin Sullivan, Clem Gretter, Sven Elven, Joe Shuster, Raymond Perry, Creig Flessel, Tom Hickey, Tom Cooper, Leo O'Mealia, Whitney Ellsworth, Henry Kiefer, Bill Carney, Homer Fleming, and Bill Patrick.Tapped by Taschen: The DC Universe Collection copy of More Fun Comics #17 is illustrated in Taschen's 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking (page 28), with the caption: "As Jack Liebowitz steered More Fun toward an emphasis on adventure over humor, relying more heavily on the greater sophistication of talent like [Creig] Flessel and Fred Guardineer, cartoonists such as [cover artist Vin] Sullivan faced a dwindling demand for the light touch exhibited in his seasonal scenes. Sullivan would leave DC in 1940, and eventually found his own comics company, Magazine Enterprises."****************************************
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