MORE FUN COMICS #33 * 10 Copies on Census

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 33
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics Inc.]
Date Published: July, 1938
Description: CGC certified: Fair/Good (1.5). Grader's notes: "1st wrap split; tape cover; heavy staining to cover; moderate spine splits to cover." Brittle pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 0.5 sold for $179 in 2011.

CGC Census: 10 graded copies (8 Universal, 2 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Vin Sullivan. Scripts: Jerry Siegel, Russell Cole, Bernard Baily, Fred Schwab, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Kane, Sven Elven, Stan Asch. Art: Bill Ely, Joe Shuster, Russell Cole, Bernard Baily, Jim Chambers, Homer Fleming, Fred Schwab, Sheldon Moldoff, Ray Burley, Bob Kane, Sven Elven, Ed Winiarski, Stan Asch, Tom Hickey.Skinnydippin' with Sullivan: A goat gobbles some skinny-dippers' duds on Vin Sullivan's cover, his second skinny-dip cover for More Fun. Guys horsing around in the buff seems to have been less of a hangup back then than it is now, and Golden Age DC toyed around with male nudity surprisingly more often than one would think — see, for instance, the covers to More Fun #10 and World's Finest #14, as well as Sullivan's "Licorice" story from New Fun #3, in which an Ebony White lookalike saunters around naked except for his pimp hat ('Ah left mah clothes home to dry!'). ****************************************
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