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Sandra of the Secret Service: "Sandra's Vacation, Part 3 (of 4)"
Aboard the passenger liner bound for Florida, Sandra shadows Baron Von Schmidt, who is talking to himself out loud. He's guilty all right. Meanwhile at another stateroom, the Baron's two erstwhile partners have finished tying up Michael, and now set out to pay a visit to their backstabbing buddy. Sandra, unobserved, sees them arrive, and watches as they brandish handguns at the Baron, awaken and gag Mrs. Von Schmidt, and generally gloat about how well this is going. The Baron douses the lights, drops to the floor, draws a gun, and shoots one of these punks, who screams.
Outside, Sandra is frustrated; she's packing a gun but can't shoot into the darkened stateroom. Some of the ship's officers arrive and she tells them it's a mob fight. They charge into the stateroom, but by now the Baron is gone, both crooks are dead, and Mrs. Von Schmidt is just now peeling the tape from her mouth, to inform them that the Baron has escaped, with the loot. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Sandra McLane) **Supporting Characters:** * Michael **Other Characters** * Lucille du Pont von Schmidt * passenger liner officers **Antagonists:** * Baron von Schmidt (wears a monocle) * two thugs both die **Locations:** * Atlantic Coast **Vehicles:** * passenger liner
| Writer2_1 = Jerry Siegel | Penciler2_1 = Joe Shuster | Inker2_1 = Joe Shuster | Editor2_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle2 = Dr. Occult: "The Spirit Medium" | Synopsis2 = Ellsworth convinces Occult to accompany him to a seance, so that Occult can judge whether the medium, Madame Zora, is a fake or a genuine psychic. Madame Zora soon proves to be legitimate -- too legitimate, as she is possessed by an evil spirit. The other seance attendees flee, leaving only Occult and Ellsworth with the possessed Madame Zora. She corners Ellsworth with a spear, but Occult uses his powers to overcome the possessed woman. With Madame Zora unconscious, the evil spirit flees. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Doctor Occult) **Supporting Characters:** * Police Captain Vin Ellsworth **Antagonists:** * an evil spirit **Other Characters:** * Madame Zora
| Writer3_1 = Will Ely | Penciler3_1 = Will Ely | Inker3_1 = Will Ely | Editor3_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle3 = Jack Woods: "Last Chance Gulch, Part 1 (of 6)" | Synopsis3 = Jack Woods returns to Texas, only to find himself immediately embroiled in unexpected danger. Jack riding serenely towards 'Last Chance Gulch', contemplating his return to familiar Texan territory. However, this peaceful atmosphere is abruptly shattered when Jack becomes the target of a sniper ambush. Jack's horse stumbles, narrowly saving him from being hit by the sniper's bullets. Realizing the seriousness of his predicament, Jack quickly goes on the offensive. He locates one of the snipers, whose position is given away by a slip, and neutralizes him with a precise shot. The battle intensifies as more assailants join the fray, but Jack, with his adept gun handling, effectively defends himself, delivering accurate shots at the attackers. Despite his prowess, Jack is grazed in the arm by a stray bullet during his escape. He then strategically decides to change his route, opting for a less-traveled path to throw off his pursuers. This swift maneuver allows Jack to escape, leading the attackers to ride past him without noticing his whereabouts. The story concludes with Jack arriving at his ranch, where he is greeted by his faithful Indian servant, concerned about his wounded state. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Jack Woods) **Supporting Characters:** * Jack's faithful Indian servant **Antagonists:** * 4 or more bushwhackers One dies **Locations:** * American Old West, 1920s ** Texas *** Last Chance Gulch *** Jack's Ranch
| Writer4_1 = Alexandre Dumas | Writer4_2 = Sven Elven | Penciler4_1 = Sven Elven | Inker4_1 = Sven Elven | Editor4_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle4 = Three Musketeers: "Episode 19 (of 25)" | Synopsis4 = Arriving at dusk at the execution grounds of Croix du Trahoir, M. Bonacieux is yanked from the carriage and frog-marched past some hanging corpses on a scaffold. The guards drag him up a stairway and into an antechamber, then park him on a bench. Another officer conveys him into a well-appointed study, where at a table sits the widely dreaded Cardinal Richelieu. His eminence examines the arrest report and has some sharp questions for Bonacieux, who whimpers about his innocence and implicates his wife and his tenant, Constance and D'Artagnan. Richelieu sends for the Comte de Rochefort, who arrives with good news. Bonacieux is sent away and returned to his cell, then Richelieu confirms with Rochefort that the Queen has, indeed, met with the Duke of Buckingham, and that she has gifted him with a particular set of diamond studs. Richelieu is very pleased. | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:**
**Other Characters** * M. Bonacieux, Mercer * Constance Bonacieux, Queen's Milliner * George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|Duke of Buckingham * Queen Anne of Austria|Anne of France **Antagonists:** * Bastille Commissar ** Guards * Cardinal Richelieu) * Comte de Rochefort
**Locations:** * Paris, France, the 1620s ** Bastille ** Croix du Trahoir
| Writer5_1 = Tom Hickey | Penciler5_1 = Tom Hickey | Inker5_1 = Tom Hickey | Editor5_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle5 = Brad Hardy: "Lorraine, Part 2 (of 3)" | Synopsis5 = Brad and Kardos have made their way thru the Grey Jungle and arrived outside the walls of the City of the Grey People. Somewhere inside, Lorraine is being held captive by the city's cruel king. They intently study the city that whole day, as they wait for night to fall, then quietly swim the moat and climb the castle wall. They reach a balcony, outside a richly-furnished bedchamber, and enter it. In the bed, sound asleep, is General Porgo, with his sword conveniently propped against the side of the bed. Brad creeps into the room. | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Brad Hardy) **Supporting Characters:** * Prince Kardos) * Lorraine Lewis **Antagonists:** * King of the City of the Grey People * General Porgo **Locations:** * Kingdoms of the Underworld ** Grey Jungle ** City of the Grey People
| Writer6_1 = Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson | Penciler6_1 = Alexander Nitikin | Inker6_1 = Alexander Nitikin | Editor6_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle6 = Alan De Beaufort: "Hooves of the Tartar Horde" | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Alan De Beaufort **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * Tartar Horde **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Writer8_1 = Vincent Sullivan | Penciler8_1 = Vincent Sullivan | Inker8_1 = Vincent Sullivan | Editor8_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle8 = Spike Spalding: "Back to School" | Synopsis8 = Spike is very glad to be back in his normal life. He and Pincus go out to play, but are soon annoyed to hear the ringing of the school bell. Meanwhile Uncle George receives an exciting letter from a foreign country! | Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** * Spike Spalding) **Supporting Characters:** * Pincus * Uncle George **Other Characters:** * Postman
| Writer9_1 = Tom Hickey | Penciler9_1 = Tom Hickey | Inker9_1 = Tom Hickey | Editor9_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle9 = Wing Brady: "Omar Khan, Part 2 (of 2)" | Synopsis9 = Omar Khan shoots at the girl, but he is shaking with rage, and misses. He gets no time for a second shot, either, as Wing Brady pounces in and pounds him down. Khan tries again, with a knife this time, but Hap Hamilton grabs his arm and twists it up. Omar Khan yells for reinforcements, and a whole lot of them arrive, brandishing big knives! So out come the Legionnaires' side-arms, but it's a bad place to start shooting, so Lt. Brady has his guys hold their fire, and orders Omar Khan into a good hostage-position in front of them. The girl leads them, as they walk backward across the large courtyard, toward a gate in one wall. The gate is unbarred, and they all go thru it, Brady last, with his hostage. He releases Omar Khan, steps thru the gate, and bolts it. They're out in an alley, so picking a door at random, Wing steps into somebody's house. It's awkward, because a dead elderly well-dressed white man is lying on the floor in the middle of the room, with a big knife sticking out of his chest. When the girl sees this, she faints. | Appearing9 = **Featured Characters:** * Wing Brady) **Supporting Characters:** * French Foreign Legion, 12th Battalion ** "Hap" Hamilton ** "Frenchy" Reynard **Antagonists:** * Omar Khan ** his flashmob of knife-wielders
**Other Characters:** * Runaway American Girl * dead man in house **Locations:** * North Africa ** El Coro, Arab town
| Writer11_1 = Homer Fleming | Penciler11_1 = Homer Fleming | Inker11_1 = Homer Fleming | Editor11_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle11 = Magic Crystal of History: "King Edward I and the Conquest of Scotland" | Synopsis11 = | Appearing11 = **Featured Characters:** * Bobby) * Binks) **Items:** * Magic Crystal of History **Other Characters:** * Edward I of England)
| Writer12_1 = Creig Flessel | Penciler12_1 = Creig Flessel | Inker12_1 = Creig Flessel | Editor12_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle12 = Buzz Brown: "Captain Scudd, Part 1 (of 2)" | Synopsis12 = Beachcomber Sandy MacLean buys a very sketchy small sailboat for $100, and puts to sea. He finds young Buzz Brown bobbing in the ocean, having been thrown overboard from a passing freighter, aboard which he had attempted to stow away. MacLean and Brown attempt to sail to a port, but an enormous windstorm sweeps them far out to sea, snaps their mast, and capsizes them. This time Buzz pulls Sandy out of the water, and they drift about for a time atop the overturned sailboat. They are found by Captain Scudd and his tramp steamer crew, en route to Singapore, and are pretty much conscripted into his crew. | Appearing12 = **Featured Characters:** * Buzz Brown) **Supporting Characters:** * Sandy MacLean, beachcomber **Antagonists:** * Captain Scudd ** his crew: Spike, others **Other Characters:** * sailboat seller **Locations:** * Pacific Ocean **Vehicles:** * MacLean's sailboat, "Mary Lou" * Scudd's freighter
| Writer13_1 = Jerry Siegel | Penciler13_1 = Joe Shuster | Inker13_1 = Joe Shuster | Editor13_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle13 = Radio Squad: "Time Bomb" | Synopsis13 = While Radio Car K-7 is being serviced, some robbers plant a time bomb under the hood. Later, while Sandy and Larry are chasing these robbers, the bomb goes off, flipping the car on its side. Both cops survive, and they commandeer a civilian car, and chase it to its home base, which is the same garage where K-7 was serviced. All the robbers are arrested. | Appearing13 = **Featured Characters:** * Radio Squad) ** Sandy Keene) ** Larry Trent) **Antagonists:** * gang of armed robbers **Locations:** * New York City **Vehicles:** * Radio Car K-7
| Writer14_1 = Whitney Ellsworth | Penciler14_1 = Whitney Ellsworth | Inker14_1 = Whitney Ellsworth | Editor14_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle14 = Little Linda: "Yvonne Darling, Part 4 (of 4)" | Synopsis14 = On a river in the North Woods, a movie stunt has gone awry! Little Linda and Ted Reele are swept toward a waterfall! On the bank, lumber boss Lars Larsen, axe in hand, sees the situation, and sprints downstream, over jagged rocks and thru dense underbrush, to the side of the waterfall, and chops down a tall tree, so that it falls across the water; Ted catches the tree; Linda catches Ted; everyone is saved! The movie producers are so pleased with Linda's work that they invite her to join them on their return to Hollywood. | Appearing14 = **Featured Characters:** * Little Linda) **Other Characters:** * Lars Larsen, Lumber Camp Boss * two movie producers * Ted Reele, movie star * film crew: directors, photographers, gaffers **Locations:** * a northern middle-west state ** Larsen Lumber Co. logging camp
| Writer15_1 = Will Ely | Penciler15_1 = Will Ely | Inker15_1 = Will Ely | Editor15_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle15 = Johnnie Law: "The Dope Peddlers, Part 5 (of 5)" | Synopsis15 = Donati jumps into his car and drives recklessly away, and Johnnie Law pursues him. Donati crashes into an "L" pillar; his car is demolished but he emerges and flees on foot. He ducks into a building but is quickly cornered, but doesn't stop shooting until Johnnie puts two slugs into his stomach, after which he lives just long enough to confess to Officer Jones' murder. | Appearing15 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnnie Law), plainclothes cop **Supporting Characters:** * New York City Police Department|NYPD **Antagonists:** * Donati * Joe **Other Characters:** * Law's stoolie * pushcart peddler * two more cops **Locations:** * New York City ** Waterfront *** Joe's hide-out *** nearby building
| Writer16_1 = Sven Elven | Penciler16_1 = Sven Elven | Inker16_1 = Sven Elven | Editor16_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle16 = Pirate Gold: "Episode 18 (of 18)" | Synopsis16 = Inside an enormous house in a crowded city in China, Jeff Roberts and Captain Dennis, using firecrackers, have stampeded a squad of blade-wielding guards out of a large room. Once they are gone, the two race away in the other direction, down a corridor to the room where they know Jean is held. There is an oak door, but Captain Dennis busts it open with his shoulder. The three of them run away down a hall and across an open court. They are spotted and pursued by five sword-wielding guards. They escape out a back door which Dennis slams, and braces himself to hold in place. | Appearing16 = **Featured Characters:** * Jeff Roberts) * Captain Dennis **Other Characters:** * Jean **Antagonists:** * Jean's Slave Buyer ** his guards **Era:** * 18th Century **Locations:** * Shanghai, China
| Writer17_1 = Tom Hickey | Penciler17_1 = Tom Hickey | Inker17_1 = Tom Hickey | Editor17_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle17 = Mark Marson: "The Murder of Lord Greystone, Part 5 (of 6)" | Synopsis17 = One of the zoo-keepers has a bandaged head. Marson questions him. His story holds together, but when he sneezes, a small box falls out of his pocket, hits the floor, falls open, and out rolls a small hypodermic syringe. | Appearing17 = **Featured Characters:** * Mark Marson), of the Inter-Planetary Police **Supporting Characters:** * Inter-Planetary Police ** Lieutenant Montague **Antagonists:** * Doctor * Reptile House Attendant **Animals:** * Forked Cobra **Era:** * 2060 **Locations:** * Planet Ciro ** Blue Bay *** Zoo
| Writer18_1 = Jerry Siegel | Penciler18_1 = Joe Shuster | Inker18_1 = Joe Shuster | Editor18_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle18 = Radio Squad: "Fake Radio Call" | Synopsis18 = A gang of bank robbers use a fake radio call to draw Larry and Sandy out of their territory, then rob the First National Bank, killing at least one guard. Car K-7 pursues, and Sandy shoots some of the getaway car's tires, causing it to veer into a plate-glass storefront. The robbers are arrested, and their radio transmitting equipment is found in their car. | Appearing18 = **Featured Characters:** * Radio Squad ** Sandy Keene) ** Larry Trent) **Antagonists:** * gang of bank robbers **Locations:** * New York City **vehicles:** * Radio Car K-7
| Writer19_1 = Leo O'Mealia | Penciler19_1 = Leo O'Mealia | Inker19_1 = Leo O'Mealia | Editor19_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle19 = Bob Merritt: "The Mystery Plane, Part 25 (of 25)" | Synopsis19 = | Appearing19 = **Featured Characters:** * Bob Merritt) **Supporting Characters:** * Jake * Red * Shorty
| Writer20_1 = | Penciler20_1 = | Inker20_1 = | Editor20_1 = Vincent Sullivan | StoryTitle20 = Hope Hazard: "Fenton Manor" | Synopsis20 = Hope Hazard inherits Fenton Manor, which is neighbored by Serge Rasoff's estate. Rasoff is an international thief, from Russia, known to Hope's father, an ex-Secret Service man. Actually, Rasoff is "Nifty Nick", known to Secret Service Inspector Thomas. This criminal has concealed a valuable stolen diamond under a floor tile, and murdered a French Secret Service agent, in his country house. Hope snoops around until she's figured out what's hidden, and where, while her butler calls in the Secret Service, which raids the estate, finds the dead agent and the stolen diamond, and arrests "Rasoff". | Appearing20 = **Featured Characters:** * Hope Hazard) **Supporting Characters:** * Mr. Hazard, Hope's father, former Secret Service agent **Antagonists:** * Baron Serge Rasoff (formerly "Nifty Nick") ** two giant black servants * Princess Fiesole (formerly "Glamorous Kate") **Other Characters:** * Mr. & Mrs. Hopkins, household staff * Novello, French Secret Service * Secret Service Inspector Thomas ** his raiding squad **Locations:** * Fenton Manor * Rasoff Estate **Items:** * DeChoff Diamond **Vessels:** * Rasoff's chartered yacht
| Notes = * Published by A.I. Menin, Rec. Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc.. ** The original publisher was in receivership at this time. The new publisher, next month, is Detective Comics, Inc. * Last issue for **Bob Merritt** by Leo O'Mealia. * In **Brad Hardy** by Tom Hickey, a long day and a bright moonlight night pass, in this story set in the Kingdoms of the Underworld. This makes it seem as if, one or two writer/artist changes ago, everybody lost track of where this story was set. ** This 28-appearance series had more than its share of creative team turnover, over its brief career. *Brad Hardy* started in New Fun Comics Vol 1 3 with writer/artist Richard Loederer. Starting in #5, W.C. Brigham took over. Starting in #9, A. Leslie Ross took over. Starting in #12, Tom Hickey took over. ** Next issue is the last for this series. * First issue for **Buzz Brown** by Creig Flessel * **Doctor Occult** by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster: Former police sergeant Vin Ellsworth has again resumed the rank of Captain. Recap: He is a sergeant in More Fun Comics Vol 1 27 and More Fun Comics Vol 1 29|#29, and a captain in More Fun Comics Vol 1 26, More Fun Comics Vol 1 38|#28, and in this issue. * Last issue for **Hope Hazard**. ** Hope's only other appearance was in Detective Comics Vol 1 3 (May 1937). ** This story's uncredited artist is definitely not Alex Lovy. * **Jack Woods** gets a bullet wound in one arm. * Last issue for **Little Linda** by Whitney Ellsworth. * Last issue for **Pirate Gold** by Sven Elven, breaking off in mid-cliffhanger. * This issue, **Radio Squad** by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster appears twice, both 2-page stories. The second story is in black & white. * Last issue for **Sam the Porter** by Alger. * Last issue for **Spike Spalding** by Vincent Sullivan. The contents of Uncle George's foreign letter remain unknown. * The Three Musketeers do not appear in this issue's episode of **The Three Musketeers** by Sven Elven. | Trivia = * This issue was not renewed for copyright after 28 years, effectively making its debut stories and characters public domain under United States law. | Recommended = | Links = * Read [https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=11625 More Fun Comics #30] online.
Creative credits
Writers: Will Ely, Jerry Siegel, Will Ely, Alexandre Dumas, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vincent Sullivan, Tom Hickey, Homer Fleming, Creig Flessel, Jerry Siegel, Whitney Ellsworth, Will Ely, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Jerry Siegel, Leo O'Mealia
Interior art: Will Ely, Joe Shuster, Will Ely, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Alexander Nitikin, Vincent Sullivan, Tom Hickey, Homer Fleming, Creig Flessel, Joe Shuster, Whitney Ellsworth, Will Ely, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Joe Shuster, Leo O'Mealia
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GCD: 268
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