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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 48
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics Inc.]
Date Published: October, 1939
Description: CGC certified: Good+ (2.5). Grader's notes: "Detached cover; light tears to cover; moderate creasing to cover; moderate pieces out to cover; moderate spine splits to cover." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 2.0 sold for $800 in 11/19; a 3.0 sold for $1560 in 1/21.

CGC Census: 20 graded copies (16 Universal, 1 Qualified, 3 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: Uncommon ("50-200 copies").

Credits: Cover: J.R. Flanagan. Scripts: Tom Hickey, Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Donohoe, Joe Sulman, Fred Schwab, Homer Fleming, Jerry Siegel, Bob Kane, Terry Gilkison, Bob Hirsch, Bart Tumey, Jack Lehti, Bernard Baily. Art: Tom Hickey, Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Donohoe, Joe Sulman, Fred Schwab, Homer Fleming, Paul Cassidy, Bob Kane, Terry Gilkison, Rusty Lehman, Bart Tumey, Jack Lehti, Bernard Baily.(Cha)Bon Mots: "The drop-off in quality that followed the original-content revolution was immediate and precipitous. Lines grew tentative, poses awkward, compositions static, backgrounds nonexistent. Feet, notoriously difficult to draw in realistic depth, all but disappeared from panels, and noses were reduced to the simplest variations on the twenty-second letter of the alphabet. Horses resembled barrel-chested, spindly dogs, and automobiles were carefully effaced with speed lines to disguise the fact that they lacked doors, were never drawn to scale, and all looked the same." — Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier & Klay. Random House: 2000, p. 76.****************************************
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