MORE FUN COMICS #25 * Sullivan Sports Cover

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 25
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: October, 1937
Description: CGC certified: VG+ (4.5): Restored (C-1). Grader's notes: "Cover reinforced; light soiling on cover; light spine stress lines to cover; moderate creasing to cover; tear seals right center front cover C-1." Off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No recorded sales in this grade. A Restored 5.0 (MP) sold for $226 in 2008. For comparison purposes, an unrestored 2.5 sold for $260 in 8/18.

CGC Census: 20 graded copies (16 Universal, 4 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 6 ("Uncommon: 50-200 copies").

Credits: Cover: Vin Sullivan. Scripts: Bill Ely, Jerry Siegel, Russell Cole, Vin Sullivan, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Whitney Ellsworth, Tom Hickey, Gill Fox, and Ed Cronin. Art: Bill Ely, Joe Shuster, Russell Cole, Vin Sullivan, Tom Hickey, Homer Fleming, Raymond Perry, Creig Flessel, Leo O'Mealia, Sven Elven, Whitney Ellsworth, Henry Kiefer, Gill Fox, and Ed Cronin.Good Sport: Sullivan's football cover on this ish of More Fun displays the artist's love for sports cartooning. His first paid art gig, before he joined up with Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, was as a sports cartoonist. "[After finishing school] I tried to sell strips... I wasn't any good at that time. But I finally did locate with the New York Daily News as a sports cartoonist, on and off. And, uh, that was the beginning of my career, I guess you could call it." — Vin Sullivan interviewed by David Armstrong, 1998. Comic Book Historians YouTube channel.****************************************
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