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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 47
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics Inc.]
Date Published: September, 1939
Description: CGC certified: VG+ (4.5): Restored (C-1). Grader's notes: "Cover re-attached with glue; spine split sealed bottom spine C-1; tear seals right top & left center back cover C-1." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: A Restored 4.5 (SA) sold for $156 in 2011. For comparison purposes, an unrestored 5.0 sold for $840 in 8/18.

CGC Census: 10 graded copies (6 Universal, 4 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: Uncommon ("50-200 copies").

Credits: Cover: Fred Guardineer. Scripts: Tom Hickey, Joe Donohoe, Joe Sulman, Russell Cole, Homer Fleming, Jerry Siegel, Bob Kane, Terry Gilkison, Fred Schwab, Bart Tumey, Bob Hirsch, Jack Lehti, Bernard Baily. Art: Tom Hickey, Joe Donohoe, Joe Sulman, Russell Cole, Homer Fleming, Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, Terry Gilkison, Fred Schwab, Bart Tumey, Rusty Lehman, Jack Lehti, Bernard Baily.Chabon, Cont'd: "Partly for this reason, but also to avoid paying the established syndicates for the reprint rights, the early publishers of comic books began to experiment with original content, hiring artists or packagers of artists to create their own characters and strips. These artists, if experienced, were not generally successful or talented; if they had talent, they lacked experience. Those in the latter category were mostly immigrants or immigrants' children, or country boys right off the bus. They had dreams but, given their last names and lack of connections, no real chance of succeeding in the lofty world of Saturday Evening Post covers and ads for Mazda lightbulbs. Many of them, it must be said, could not even draw a realistic picture of the admittedly complicated bodily appendage with which they hoped to make their livings." — Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier & Klay. Random House: 2000, p. 76.****************************************
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