MORE FUN COMICS #30 * CGC 2.0 * 1 of 10 Universal Copies

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 30
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: A.I. Mein, rec. Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: March-April, 1938
Description: CGC certified: Good (2.0). Grader's notes: "Detached cover; heavy spine splits to cover; moderate creasing to cover; moderate staining to cover; moderate tears to cover." Off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: A 2.0 sold for $277 in 2003. More recently, a 5.0 sold for $3120 in 4/22.

Overstreet: "1st non-funny cover." CGC Census: 11 graded copies (10 Universal, 1 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Creig Flessel. Scripts: Jerry Siegel, Russell Cole, Whitney Ellsworth, Sven Elven, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vin Sullivan, Creig Flessel. Art: Bill Ely, Joe Shuster, Russell Cole, Whitney Ellsworth, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Alexander Nikitin, Vin Sullivan, Homer Fleming, Creig Flessel, Leo O'Mealia, Alex Lovy.Kiboshed Cossack: Creig Flessel assumes cover duties with a departure from Vin Sullivan's cartoonish scenarios, as a Slam Bradley type mashes a cossack's mug with his brazen Yankee fist. Perhaps emboldened by the success of the action-packed Detective Comics, More Fun briefly pivots from humor to high adventure with this ish's cover. The transition to action-adventure wouldn't be complete for another dozen issues, though, and humor covers would return with the next ish, before finally giving way to the adventure motif with ish #42.****************************************
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