More Fun Comics #44

A massive sea creature surges up from the waves to menace two men aboard a motorboat in Creig Flessel's striking cover for this June 1939 issue — one figure recoils from the monster's coiling tentacles while his companion winds up with an axe, ready to fight back. Promising a full 64 pages of laughs and thrills for just a dime, More Fun Comics #44 captures the wide-ranging spirit of late-1930s anthology comics perfectly. Inside, Tom Hickey contributes the complete writing, penciling, and inking for "Detective Sergeant Carey and the Clue of the Lipstick," making this a fine showcase of solo storytelling craft.