More Fun Comics #35

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Radio Squad: "Robber of Lovers Lane"

To catch a robber, the Chief directs Sandy and Larry to masquerade as two young lovers, with Larry wearing women's clothing. They catch him, but back at the station a grudge-bearing news photographer snaps Larry's picture, and the next morning he's a public laughingstock. The Chief thinks it's hilarious, and directs Larry to show up at the Policeman's Ball wearing the same outfit. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Radio Squad) ** Sandy Keene) ** Larry Trent) **Supporting Characters:** * "Chief" **Antagonists:** * robber **Other Charactes:** * "Scoop" Hanlon, news photographer **Locations:** * New York City ** Radio Squad HQ **Vehicles:** * Radio Car K-7 | Writer1_1 = Jerry Siegel | Penciler1_1 = Joe Shuster | Inker1_1 = Joe Shuster | Editor1_1 = Vincent Sullivan

| Writer2_1 = Russell Cole | Penciler2_1 = Russell Cole | Inker2_1 = Russell Cole | StoryTitle2 = Bloodhound Brown | Synopsis2 = Brown spots a crook and follows him around. He's terrible at following, and gets spotted, and told on, but also contrives to signal the cops to the crook's location. The police arrest the crook. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Bloodhound Brown **Supporting Characters:** * his cop friend * two more cops **Antagonists:** * crook

| Writer3_1 = Bernard Baily | Penciler3_1 = Bernard Baily | Inker3_1 = Bernard Baily | StoryTitle3 = Buccaneer: "Declaration" | Synopsis3 = The Serpent's crew votes to fight against Captain Klaugh and other slavers, and Captain Stone conveys that message in person, aboard Klaugh's own ship. Klaugh offers a hundred guineas to any of his crewman who can shoot or capture Stone, but they all fail, and he gets over the side and away.

Back in the Port of Dahnger, Stone encounters a man whipping a slave, and confronts him about it, and ends up buying the slave and setting him free. Or trying to, anyway, but the slave, Kabor, just doesn't get the whole "freedom" concept, and insists on following Stone around and obeying him. So he joins the crew of the Serpent.

Meanwhile at his own lair, Captain Klaugh gives instructions to his enforcer, Yoto. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Dennis Stone) ** his crew of Buccaneers **Supporting Characters:** * Daneo, First Mate **Antagonists:** * Captain Klaugh ** Yoto (barroom bully from More Fun Comics Vol 1 34|last issue) **Other Characters:** * Kabor, slave **Locations:** * Atlantic Ocean, 18th Century **Vessels:** * square-rigged sailing ship

| Writer4_1 = Will Ely | Penciler4_1 = Will Ely | Inker4_1 = Will Ely | StoryTitle4 = Johnnie Law: "Tiger's Claw Gang, Part 2 (of 4)" | Synopsis4 = The ammunition-smuggling gang is ratted out by the girlfriend of one of their victims. Johnnie Law gets himself hired at the Anson Munitions factory, to snoop around, and he finds a secret passage and some hidden rooms in the factory, where the smugglers are discussing their plans. | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnnie Law) **Supporting Characters:** * New York City Police Department ** "the Chief" ** River Patrol **Other Characters:** * Jimmie Haskell's girlfriend, witness **Antagonists:** * Tiger's Claw Gang, ammunition smugglers **Locations:** * New York City ** Anson Munitions Plant ** Pier 14 **Vessels:** * "Josephine", tramp steamer * NYPD speedboats * Josephine's power launch

| StoryTitle5 = Magic Crystal of History: "Henry VII and the Two Pretenders" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Bobby) * Binks) **Items:** * Magic Crystal of History **Other Characters:** * Henry VII of England | 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: "Boronia, Part 1 (of 5)" | Synopsis6 = Red Logan gets promoted to Foreign Correspondent and assigned to Boronia. On the steamship trip to Europe, Logan breaks up an assassination attempt against the Foreign Secretary of Boronia. Later that same day there is another attempt, and this time the old man is tossed overboard, and his diplomatic briefcase is stolen. Red dives into the ocean and rescue-swims him to a life ring, but from the deck above, one of the assassins opens fire on them. Also some sharks are swimming into the area. | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Red Logan) **Supporting Characters:** * Frankie, office boy * Chief, Red's boss **Antagonists:** * at least 3 assassins, from the OMPGU **Other Characters** * Mr. McKee, big boss * Krug Yemko, Foreign Secretary of Boronia **Locations:** * Times-Courier Office * Atlantic Ocean * Boronia Destination **Vehicles:** * passenger liner from USA to Europe

| Writer7_1 = Joe Donohoe | Penciler7_1 = Joe Donohoe | Inker7_1 = Joe Donohoe | StoryTitle7 = Detective Sergeant Carey: "Murderer on an Airplane" | Synopsis7 = Detective Sergeant Carey and Sleepy return by air from the Orient via Paris to the USA. Aboard their plane, Carey spots a hunted murderer. He tries to sends a note to the captain, to tip off the air crew, but the stewardess stumbles and the note is seen by the killer, who whips out an automatic and takes over the plane. He steps into the flight cabin and orders the pilots to land immediately, but they're flying over the Rocky Mountains, so they won't do it, even after he knocks one of them unconscious. With the stewardess' help, Carey and Sleepy lure the murderer out of the cockpit and grab him. | Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Detective Sergeant Carey) **Supporting Characters:** * Sleepy **Antagonists:** * murderer **Other Characters:** * Pilot * Stewardess **Locations:** * The Orient * Paris, France * Salt Lake City Destination

| StoryTitle8 = Three Musketeers: "Episode 24 (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 = Jim Chambers | Penciler9_1 = Jim Chambers | Inker9_1 = Jim Chambers | StoryTitle9 = Jack Woods: "Last Chance Gulch, Part 6 (of 6)" | Synopsis9 = Jack and Chuck form a posse to recover stolen cattle. Splitting up, they find a large herd of stolen cattle. In an escape attempt, they successfully disperse the cattle, blocking the bandits and enabling a successful escape. | Appearing9 = **Featured Characters:** * Jack Woods) **Supporting Characters:** * Jack's men: Chuck, others **Antagonists:** * Vasquez' 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: "Professor Booth" | Synopsis11 = | Appearing11 = **Featured Characters:** * Marg'ry Daw **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * Professor Booth ** his kidnap gang **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer13_1 = Tom Hickey | Penciler13_1 = Tom Hickey | Inker13_1 = Tom Hickey | StoryTitle13 = Wing Brady: "Paid in Full, Part 2 (of 8)" | Synopsis13 = | Appearing13 = **Featured Characters:** * Wing Brady) **Supporting Characters:** * French Foreign Legion, 12th Battalion ** Rene Le Maire ** Corporal O'Harra ** Captain Chevigny **Antagonists:** * Sergeant van Blarcom * Adjutant Pytlak * Jose Fernandez **Locations:** * North Africa ** Casa Bey, Foreign Legion outpost ** Prison Camp at El Brunda ** Beltaz, Arab town *** Fernandez' dive bar

| Writer14_1 = Will Ely | Penciler14_1 = Will Ely | Inker14_1 = Will Ely | StoryTitle14 = Sandra of the Secret Service: "The River Boat Racketeers, Part 4 (of 4)" | Synopsis14 = The kidnappers pursue Sandra, or so they think, until they figure out that she's gotten away, then they give up, and return to the their kidnap victim's estate. Still undetected, Sandra follows them there, then goes to look for a telephone.

Inside, the wily ex-gangster leads these dolts to a secret panel, then quickly steps thru it, and not only escapes, but locks all the doors and windows on his way out, trapping the gangsters inside. The windows are plexiglass; chairs are useless against them. He also floods the house with a deadly gas, killing all three of his torturers. Sandra has a newfound respect for this villain's cunning. | Appearing14 = **Featured Characters:** * Sandra McLane) **Antagonists:** * kidnap boss ** two kidnappers both die * kidnapped ex-gangster **Locations:** * Florida ** swamplands **Vehicles:** * kidnappers' car * Sandra's car

| Notes = * Published by Detective Comics, Inc.. * First and last issue of *More Fun Comics* for **Bloodhound Brown**, by Alger. The character was introduced in Detective Comics Vol 1 8, Oct 1937. * First *More Fun* issue for **Detective Sergeant Carey** by Joe Donohoe, last seen in New Adventure Comics Vol 1 28 (July 1938) * Last *More Fun* issue for **Jack Woods)** by Jim Chambers, which next appears in Adventure Comics Vol 1 39 (June 1939). * Last issue for **Marg'ry Daw**, by Stan Aschmeier, until More Fun Comics Vol 1 42. * **Red Logan** is printed in black & white. * Last issue for **Sandra of the Secret Service)** by Will Ely. Final panel says "To be continued" but it's not. * Also appearing in this issue of *More Fun Comics* were: ** *Pardon, Please!* (1-panel gags) ** "High Stakes, part 2" (text story), by Richard Martin ** *Ginger Snap*, by Bob Kane ** *Sportettes* by Sheldon Moldoff ** "Puzzletrix" by Walter Wellman ** *Butch the Pup*, by Fred Schwab ** "The Fun Stamp Club" (text article) ** *Cinema Dust" by Sheldon Moldoff ** *Just Like Junior* by Stan Asch

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Creative credits

Writers: Jerry Siegel, Russell Cole, Bernard Baily, Will Ely, Homer Fleming, Ed Winiarski, Joe Donohoe, Alexandre Dumas, Sven Elven, Jim Chambers, Stan Aschmeier, Tom Hickey, Will Ely

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

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