MORE FUN COMICS #20 * 1 of Only 4 Graded Universal Copies

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 20
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: May, 1937
Description: CGC certified: Fair (1.0). Grader's notes: "Spine of cover completely split & re-attached with tape; tape cover; large tear left center of front cover; light creasing to cover; light staining to cover." Brittle pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. Only one reported Universal sale: a 4.5 sold for $1226 in 2003.

CGC Census: 9 graded copies (4 Universal, 5 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Vin Sullivan. Scripts: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vin Sullivan, Russell Cole, Richard Speed, Jerry Siegel, Dick Ryan, Whitney Ellsworth, Pete De Angelo, Harry Lewis, Alex Lovy?, Henry Lewis. Art: W. C. Brigham, Vin Sullivan, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Creig Flessel, Joe Shuster, Raymond Perry, Tom Hickey, Leo O'Mealia, Dick Ryan, Henry Kiefer, Whitney Ellsworth, Pete De Angelo, Harry Lewis, Alex Lovy, Henry Lewis, Homer Fleming.Tapped by Taschen: The DC Universe Collection copy of More Fun Comics #20 is illustrated in Taschen's 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking (page 36), captioned: "Veteran newspaper cartoonist [Leo] O'Mallea, who had begun working out of Harry 'A' Chesler's shop, was repeatedly called upon to lend his lush rendering to simple adventure strips like [this ish's 'Bob Merritt and His Flying Pals']. All were knockoffs of Tom Swiftian boys' dime novels, already woefully old-fashioned, with titles like 'Barry O'Neill' and 'Inspector Donald and Bobby.' Leo the Lion, as O'Mallea was called, gave them better than they deserved, along with his trademark lion-cartoon signature."****************************************
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