MORE FUN COMICS #36 * CGC 4.5 * Captured by Comics

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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 36
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics Inc.]
Date Published: October, 1938
Description: CGC certified: VG+ (4.5). Grader's notes: "Light tears to cover; moderate creasing to cover; moderate spine stress lines to cover; moderate staining to cover." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: A 4.5 sold for $525 in 2016.

Overstreet: "The Masked Ranger & sidekick Pedro begins; Ginger Snap by Bob Kane." CGC Census: 16 graded copies (13 Universal, 1 Qualified, 2 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Creig Flessel. Scripts: Fred Schwab, Sven Elven, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Kane, Joe Donohoe, Bernard Baily, Jerry Siegel, Bob Hirsch. Art: Jim Chambers, Fred Schwab, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Bill Ely, Homer Fleming, Ed Winiarski, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Jenney, Bob Kane, Joe Donohoe, Bernard Baily, Joe Shuster, Rusty Lehman.Captured by Comics: "Pulps were dying, and Flessel saw comics as a stop-gap until he could find legitimate illustration work. Like many artists of his generation, Flessel entered the comics field reluctantly, hesitantly, skeptically; having no confidence that they would last more than a few years — besides, he wanted to be an illustrator for the slick magazines. But, like many of his contemporaries, he was scrounging for work during the Depression and the pittance comics paid was more than enough to lure him in. And, like many of his fellow artists of the time, he never quite left." — Gary Groth, "The Creig Flessel Interview." The Comics Journal, August 22, 2001.****************************************
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