More Fun Comics #34

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Sandra of the Secret Service: "The River Boat Racketeers, Part 3 (of 4)"

Tied up in the next room of the shack in the swamp, Sandra is able to eavesdrop as the kidnappers viciously work over their "pal" the ex-gangster. He does enough screaming to cover the noise of Sandra struggling her way loose from her ropes and escaping out the window. In the swamp she very luckily finds an old canoe and gets a good head start before the bad guys notice her absence, and start up their river boat in pursuit. She makes it back to her car, and drives away, but is quickly pursued by the gangsters, in their car. They've brought their kidnap victim with them.

In the darkness, on the twisty swamp roads, Sandra outmaneuvers the bad guys, and is soon following *them*, the dopes. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Sandra McLane) **Antagonists:** * kidnap boss ** two kidnappers * kidnapped ex-gangster **Locations:** * Florida ** swamplands **Vehicles:** * diesel riverboat * abandoned canoe

| Writer2_1 = Jerry Siegel | Penciler2_1 = Joe Shuster | Inker2_1 = Joe Shuster | StoryTitle2 = Radio Squad: "Officer Dugan" | Synopsis2 = | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Radio Squad) ** Sandy Keene) ** Larry Trent) ** "Chief" **Antagonists:** * Officer Dugan * Nick Simonette, racketeer **Locations:** * New York City ** Radio Squad HQ **Vehicles:** * Radio Car K-7 * Radio Car G-11

| Writer3_1 = Bernard Baily | Penciler3_1 = Bernard Baily | Inker3_1 = Bernard Baily | StoryTitle3 = Buccaneer: "Captain Klaugh" | Synopsis3 = In a barroom fistfight, Dennis Stone humiliates an aggressive bully, and makes an awkward initial impression on his new business partner, Captain Klaugh. Klaugh's left hand is an edgy-looking metal prosthetic. He's a slave-runner, and so was his late partner Captain Slighe. Stone wants no part of his business. Klaugh reminds him that his crew's incomes depend on their business, and challenges him to consult with his own crew about this matter. Mightily indignant, Stone vows to do just that.

He assembles the Serpent's crew on the main deck and puts the question to his men. They withdraw below-decks to talk it over. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Dennis Stone) **Supporting Characters:** * Daneo * Crew of the Serpent **Antagonists:** * Captain Klaugh ** his crew: barroom bully, others **Other Characters:** **Locations:** * Atlantic Ocean, 18th Century ** Port of Dahnjer Destination *** "Mad Boar" waterfront saloon **Vessels:** * "Serpent," a square-rigged sailing ship * Klaugh's ship

| Writer4_1 = | Penciler4_1 = Ray Burley | Inker4_1 = Ray Burley | StoryTitle4 = Cap'n Jerry: "The Shipwrecked Gamblers" | Synopsis4 = Jerry and Charlie have gone into the pearl business, buying pearls from the Island People. Two thugs show up in a lifeboat, with no ship's name on it. These castaways cheat at dice, and swindle the local divers and fishermen out of some of their stuff. When Cap'n Jerry confronts them about it, they produce handguns, steal Jerry's pearls, and retreat to an old stone building. This place turns out to be the local people's abandoned old jail, and it's abandoned for a reason: there's a gaping hole in the roof. While the Chief and his guys hold the villains' attention, Cap'n Jerry drops in onto one of the gunmen, then Charlie drops a rock onto the head of the other.

But then the natives want to drag out the thugs for a gruesome execution, so now Jerry and Charlie have to fend off their own erstwhile allies at gunpoint. As the situation deteriorates, a British gunboat shows up and a detachment of riflemen comes ashore, looking for these very same thugs. They're wanted for murder and it's expected that they'll hang. | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Cap'n Jerry) **Supporting Characters:** * Charlie, crewman **Antagonists:** * Mike, thug * Joe, thug **Other Characters:** * Island People ** pearl divers **Locations:** * South Seas **Items:** * sack of pearls

| StoryTitle5 = Magic Crystal of History: "The Wars of the Roses" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Bobby) * Binks) **Items:** * Magic Crystal of History **Events:** * Wars of the Roses | Writer5_1 = Homer Fleming | Penciler5_1 = Homer Fleming | Inker5_1 = Homer Fleming

| Writer6_1 = Ed Winiarski | Penciler6_1 = Ed Winiarski | Inker6_1 = Ed Winiarski | StoryTitle6 = Red Logan: "Giovanni Gumbardo" | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Red Logan) **Antagonists:** * Giovanni Gumbardo ** his gang: Slug, others **Other Characters** * District Attorney Alson * Frankie, office boy * Sgt. Kelly ** his cops **Locations:** * Times-Courier Office * Strachan's Inn * Police HQ

| Writer7_1 = Will Ely | Penciler7_1 = Will Ely | Inker7_1 = Will Ely | StoryTitle7 = Johnnie Law: "Tiger's Claw Gang, Part 1 (of 4)" | Synopsis7 = | Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnnie Law) **Supporting Characters:** * New York City Police Department ** "the Chief" **Other Characters:** * Jimmie Haskell * Jimmie's girlfriend, witness **Antagonists:** * Tiger's Claw Gang, ammunition smugglers **Locations:** * New York City ** Anson Munitions Plant

| StoryTitle8 = Three Musketeers: "Episode 23 (of 25)" | Synopsis8 = | Writer8_1 = Alexandre Dumas | Writer8_2 = Sven Elven | Penciler8_1 = Sven Elven | Inker8_1 = Sven Elven | Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** * Three Musketeers ** D'Artagnan) ** Aramis) ** Athos) ** Porthos) **Locations:** * Paris, France, the 1620s

| Writer9_1 = | Penciler9_1 = Jim Chambers | Inker9_1 = Jim Chambers | StoryTitle9 = Jack Woods: "Last Chance Gulch, Part 5 (of 6)" | Synopsis9 = Jack and his men herd the formerly scattered cattle back to their owner's ranch. The owner, Hank Wilson, and his men, meets them out on the trail, and accuses THEM of being the rustlers. Tempers are hot but no shooting breaks out, and the owner herds his herd back home. Jack and Chuck think that's a mistake, because Vasquez and his men are still in the area, looking for those same cattle. That evening Wilson and his outfit set up camp near the town, and they spot that as an even bigger mistake.

That night Vasquez returns with about a hundred pistoleros, and encircles the town. Jack and his riders hit them from one side, break through, and ride into the town, where Wilson and his cowhands are also. A lot of gunfire is exchanged, then Jack and a small squad charge out, and again break the circle, while Jack shoots Vasquez dead in the chest. The leaderless bandits retreat.

Jack's cattle, however, are still missing. | Appearing9 = **Featured Characters:** * Jack Woods) **Supporting Characters:** * Jack's men: Chuck, others **Antagonists:** * Vasquez ** his mob **Other Characters:** * Hank Wilson, rancher ** Hank's hands **Locations:** * American Old West, 1920s ** New Mexico

| Writer11_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Penciler11_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker11_1 = Stan Aschmeier | StoryTitle11 = Marg'ry Daw: "The 'Partridges'" | Synopsis11 = | Appearing11 = **Featured Characters:** * Marg'ry Daw **Antagonists:** * gang of kidnappers

| Writer23_1 = Tom Hickey | Penciler23_1 = Tom Hickey | Inker23_1 = Tom Hickey | StoryTitle23 = Wing Brady: "Paid in Full, Part 1 (of 8)" | Synopsis23 = | Appearing23 = **Featured Characters:** * Wing Brady) **Supporting Characters:** * French Foreign Legion, 12th Battalion ** Rene Lemaire ** Roger Lawrence **Antagonists:** * Sergeant van Blarcom * Adjutant Pytlak * Jose Fernandez (proprietor of a dive in the village of Beltaz) **Locations:** * North Africa ** Casa Bey, Foreign Legion outpost ** Prison Camp at El Brunda ** Beltaz, Arab town *** Fernandez' dive bar

| Notes = * Published by Detective Comics, Inc.. * Last issue for **Cap'n Jerry** by Ray Burley. This issue it's printed in black, white, and red. * **Johnnie Law** is printed in black & white. * This issue **Radio Squad** by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster expands from 2 pages to 6. ** Sandy's partner, formerly "Jimmy," is back to being called "Larry." * **Red Logan** is in black & white. * **Wing Brady** has jumped to a completely new storyline. Jill Bradford and Frenchy Reynard have fallen out of the story, without explanation, and it's more than three years later. * Also appearing in this issue of *More Fun Comics* were: ** *Just Like Junior* ** "High Stakes" (2 page text story) by Richard Martin ** *Ginger Snap*, by Bob Kane ** *Just For Fun* by Alger ** "Puzzletrix" by Walter Wellman ** *Butch the Pup* by Fred Schwab ** *Now You Know* by Sheldon Moldoff ** *Stardust* by Bernard Baily ** *Here And There* (1-panel gags) by Paul Gustavson ** *Dopey Dick* by Alger ** *Alger's Variety Show* by Alger | Trivia = * In **Buccaneer**, Captain Klaugh's prosthetic is on his left arm except in the 5th panel of the 3rd page. | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Will Ely, Jerry Siegel, Bernard Baily, Homer Fleming, Ed Winiarski, Will Ely, Alexandre Dumas, Sven Elven, Stan Aschmeier, Tom Hickey

Interior art: Will Ely, Joe Shuster, Bernard Baily, Ray Burley, Homer Fleming, Ed Winiarski, Will Ely, Sven Elven, Jim Chambers, Stan Aschmeier, Tom Hickey

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