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Title: MORE FUN COMICS No. 38
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics Inc.]
Date Published: December, 1938
Description: CGC certified: VF (8.0): Restored (A-4). Grader's notes: "Centerfold reinforced; color touch on spine; light creasing to cover; moderate staple rust; pieces added spine A-4; spine reinforced." Off-white to white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. The only Restored sale is a 4.5 (C-1) that sold for $359 in 2014. For comparison purposes, an unrestored 9.0 (Billy Wright pedigree) sold for $1315 in 2012.

CGC Census: 8 graded copies (6 Universal, 2 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Creig Flessel. Scripts: Jim Chambers, Fred Schwab, Jerry Siegel, Sheldon Moldoff, Terry Gilkison, Bob Kane, George Papp, Joe Donohoe, Bob Hirsch, Bernard Baily. Art: Jim Chambers, Fred Schwab, Bob Jenney, Joe Shuster, Bill Ely, Sheldon Moldoff, Terry Gilkison, Bob Kane, George Papp, Rusty Lehman, Homer Fleming, Joe Donohoe, Tom Hickey, Bernard Baily.Take the Money and Run: Cover artist Creig Flessel describes the seat-of-the-pants, slapdash ethos that prevailed in the comics biz at the time: "I did a lot of stuff real fast. I guess I was medium-fast. I did a lot of stuff I'd like to forget about, because I just took the money and ran. I can't believe I had the nerve to turn it in, but they accepted it. But things were so bad. They needed it so bad." — Gary Groth, "The Creig Flessel Interview." The Comics Journal, August 22, 2001.****************************************
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