MORE FUN COMICS #9 * 1st Standard-Size DC Mag * Very Rare

Heading: First Standard-Sized Comic Book with Original Material
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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 9
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: More Fun Inc.]
Date Published: March-April, 1936
Description: CGC certified: VG- (3.5): Restored (B-1). Grader's notes: "Light creasing to cover; light pieces out to cover; spine split sealed spine B-1; tear seals top front cover B-1." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales of Restored copies in any grade. Very few reported sales at all. A Universal 3.5 sold for $2283 in 2012 (this is the highest-graded sale). More recently, a Universal 3.0 sold for $4560 in 10/22.

Overstreet: "Very rare. First standard-sized comic book with original material." CGC Census: 15 graded copies (11 Universal, 1 Conserved, 3 Restored). The highest-graded copies are a Universal 6.0 and a Restored 6.0. Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 9 ("Very rare: 6-10 copies").

Credits: Cover: Vin Sullivan. Scripts: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Tom Cooper, Vin Sullivan, Harry Lewis, Russell Cole, Ken Fitch, Jerry Siegel, Stan Randall, Al Stahl, Mary Patrick, Creig Flessel, Eugene Koscik, Whitney Ellsworth, Harlan Haskins, J. Muselli, Harold Sherman. Art: Vin Sullivan, W. C. Brigham, Tom Cooper, Harry Lewis, Russell Cole, Leo O'Mealia, Clem Gretter, Joe Shuster, Stan Randall, Sven Elven, Al Stahl, Creig Flessel, Eugene Koscik, Leslie Ross, Harold Sherman, Whitney Ellsworth, Harlan Haskins, Bill Patrick.Downsized DC: "After only six issues, New Fun underwent a name change to More Fun, although it would only remain as such until issue #8. The change helped distinguish the comics from the recently launched New Comics, but it would finally gel as More Fun Comics with issue #9 in March. This final christening also coincided with a new slimmed-down size, which corresponded to what modern audiences recognize as a standard comic book size." — Alan Cowsill, Alex Irvine & others. DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing, 2010, p. 14.****************************************
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