More Fun Comics #44

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CGC records 13 graded copies for More Fun Comics #44 (1939). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Wing Brady: "The Kidnapping of Jeanne Fitchard, Part 1 (of 3)"

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Wing Brady)

| Writer2_1 = Joe Donohoe | Penciler2_1 = Joe Donohoe | Inker2_1 = Joe Donohoe | StoryTitle2 = Detective Sergeant Carey: "The Clue of the Lipstick" | Synopsis2 = | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Detective Sergeant Carey) **Supporting Characters:** * Sleepy

| Writer3_1 = Joseph Sulman | Penciler3_1 = Joseph Sulman | Inker3_1 = Joseph Sulman | StoryTitle3 = Biff Bronson: "The Gold Mine Map, Part 1" | Synopsis3 = Biff and Dan take Biff's elderly mother out west and enroll her at the Dayo Sanatorium. That evening, way out in the countryside, by absolutely pure luck, Dan finds an abandoned old house, containing a gang of three robbers, with a stolen goldmine map. Biff arrives and siphons the gas out of the robbers' car's tank. While they're dealing with that, Biff pounces on one robber then sneaks up on another, choking them unconscious one at a time. The boss robber gets a full gasoline can upside the head, down he goes.

Biff and Dan return the map to its owner, who hires them to lead an expedition, to find and mine that gold claim. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Biff Bronson) **Supporting Characters:** * Dan Druff * old Mrs. Bronson **Antagonists:** * three robbers **Other Characters:** * William Peck, restaurateur **Locations:** * Dayo Sanatorium, in the Far West **Items:** * Gold Mine Map **Vehicles:** * Bronson's blue roadster

| Writer4_1 = Bob Jenney | Penciler4_1 = Bob Jenney | Inker4_1 = Bob Jenney | StoryTitle4 = Gary Hawkes: "Danger in San Columbo, Part 2" | Synopsis4 = In Vulcania, Gary Hawkes survives being shot down, and escapes back to San Columbo. San Columbo defeats the invading Vulcanians. | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Gary Hawkes) **Supporting Characters:** * Spike **Other Characters:** * San Columbo Armed Forces * Vulcania Armed Forces **Locations:** * San Columbo, South America * Vulcania, South America

| StoryTitle5 = Magic Crystal of History: "Cardinal Richelieu" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Bobby) * Binks) **Items:** * Magic Crystal of History **Other Characters:** * Cardinal Richelieu) | Writer5_1 = Homer Fleming | Penciler5_1 = Homer Fleming | Inker5_1 = Homer Fleming

| Writer7_1 = Sven Elven | Penciler7_1 = Sven Elven | Inker7_1 = Sven Elven | StoryTitle7 = Johnnie Law: "The Four Pawns" | Synopsis7 = | Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnnie Law)

| Writer16_1 = Terry Gilkison | Penciler16_1 = Terry Gilkison | Inker16_1 = Terry Gilkison | StoryTitle16 = Flying Fox: "Segudora Strikes Again" | Synopsis16 = | Appearing16 = **Featured Characters:** * Flying Fox) **Supporting Characters:** * "Buzz" Blair

| Writer18_1 = Robert Hirsch | Penciler18_1 = Russ Lehman | Inker18_1 = Russ Lehman | StoryTitle18 = Lt. Bob Neal: "Rescue Mission" | Synopsis18 = | Appearing18 = **Featured Characters:** * Lt. Bob Neal) **Vehicles:** * Sub 662

| StoryTitle23 = Radio Squad: "The Invisible Terror" | Synopsis23 = Officers Trent and Keene take down an invisible criminal, by throwing paint on him. | Appearing23 = **Featured Characters:** * Radio Squad) ** Sandy Keene) ** Larry Trent) **Antagonists:** * Invisible Terror **Locations:** * New York City | Writer23_1 = Jerry Siegel | Penciler23_1 = Joe Shuster | Inker23_1 = Joe Shuster

| Writer25_1 = Bernard Baily | Penciler25_1 = Bernard Baily | Inker25_1 = Bernard Baily | StoryTitle25 = Buccaneer: "Dr. Killmen of Castle Terror, Part 2" | Synopsis25 = | Appearing25 = **Featured Characters:** * Dennis Stone) **Supporting Characters:** * Daneo **Antagonists:** * Dr. Killmen **Other Characters:** * Kaboz * Dory * Sailor

| Notes = * Published by Detective Comics, Inc.. * **Biff Bronson** by Joseph Sulman is credited to "Albert S. Koppy." ** The "Sanatorium" in the story is mispelled that way in the story. * Last issue for **Johnnie Law**. The story ends in mid-cliffhanger, at the moment when Johnnie gets blown up by a suicide bomber. * This issue, *Red Coat Patrol* is still absent, but it returns in More Fun Comics Vol 1 45. * Also appearing in this issue of *More Fun Comics* were: ** *Butch the Pup*, by Fred Schwab ** *Cal 'n' Alec*, by Fred Schwab ** *Marg'ry Daw*, by Stan Aschmeier | 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 =

Creative credits

Writers: Tom Hickey, Joe Donohoe, Joseph Sulman, Bob Jenney, Homer Fleming, Sven Elven, Terry Gilkison, Robert Hirsch, Jerry Siegel, Bernard Baily

Interior art: Tom Hickey, Joe Donohoe, Joseph Sulman, Bob Jenney, Homer Fleming, Sven Elven, Terry Gilkison, Russ Lehman, Joe Shuster, Bernard Baily

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