There's an old shack ... and that canvas-covered object looks familiar ... ! 
More Fun Comics #36 is an issue of the series More Fun Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1938.
Synopsis for Masked Ranger: "Gold Mine Map, Part 1 (of 3)"
Appearing in Masked Ranger: "Gold Mine Map, Part 1 (of 3)"
Featured Characters:
- The Masked Ranger (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Pedro (First appearance)
Animals:
- Star (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Night Raiders (First appearance)
- 1 boss
- 4 hoods
Other Characters:
- Hermit Bill Clayton (Dies)
- Sam Whitcomb, Bill's partner back East (Mentioned only)
- Sally, Sam's niece
- Marge, Sam's niece (not yet named)
- Buck, stagecoach driver
- stagecoach shotgun rider
- White Rose
Locations:
- American Old West
- Whitcomb Ranch ("That place is a hoodoo!")
Items:
- two halves of a map to a gold mine
Vehicles:
- Stage Coach
Synopsis for Three Musketeers: "Episode 25 (of 25)"
Appearing in Three Musketeers: "Episode 25 (of 25)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Planchet
Locations:
- Paris, France, the 1620s
Synopsis for Wing Brady: "Paid in Full, Part 3 (of 8)"
Appearing in Wing Brady: "Paid in Full, Part 3 (of 8)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- French Foreign Legion, 12th Battalion
- Rene Le Maire
- Captain Chevigny
Antagonists:
- Sergeant van Blarcom
- Adjutant Pytlak
- Jose Fernandez
- his hired assassin
Locations:
- North Africa
- Casa Bey, Foreign Legion outpost
- Prison Camp at El Brunda
- Beltaz, Arab town
- Fernandez' dive bar
- Fernandez' dive bar
Synopsis for Johnnie Law: "Tiger's Claw Gang, Part 3 (of 4)"
The ammunition smugglers and the cops shoot it out on the open water with submachineguns; wounds and fatalities are inflicted on both sides.
Appearing in Johnnie Law: "Tiger's Claw Gang, Part 3 (of 4)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- New York City Police Department
- "the Chief"
- River Patrol
Antagonists:
- Tiger's Claw Gang, ammunition smugglers
Locations:
- New York City
- Pier 14
- New York Bay
Vessels:
- "Josephine", tramp steamer (Escapes)
- NYPD speedboats (One destroyed)
- Josephine's power launch (Damaged, abandoned)
Synopsis for Magic Crystal of History: "Queen Isabella and the Voyages of Columbus"
Appearing in Magic Crystal of History: "Queen Isabella and the Voyages of Columbus"
Featured Characters:
Items:
Other Characters:
Synopsis for Red Logan: "Boronia, Part 2 (of 5)"
Appearing in Red Logan: "Boronia, Part 2 (of 5)"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Gary Hawkes: "Claire Darroll"
Flight instructor Gary Hawkes' student pilot Claire Darroll gets kidnapped and Gary goes after her. Hawkes gets shot down by a hoodlum with a submachinegun, crashes in a swamp, and gets rescued from it by the villains, who now have a second hostage. Three days go by.
Hawkes gets the jump on one of the gunmen, disarms him, and shoots the other one in the arm. Then Hawkes' mechanic Joe shows up with some police and FBI to take charge of the kidnappers. Gary and Claire resume her flight training.
Appearing in Gary Hawkes: "Claire Darroll"
Featured Characters:
- Gary Hawkes (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Claire Darroll, student pilot
- C.B. Darroll, millionaire
- Joe, mechanic
Antagonists:
- Joe, kidnapper
- Tony, kidnapper
Other Characters
- Frank Lee, FBI man
Locations:
- Great Swamp hide-out
- Sandy Island hide-out (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
- Hawkes' Training Plane (stolen, recovered)
- Hawkes' Speed Plane "Sky-Bolt" (Destroyed)
Synopsis for Detective Sergeant Carey: "Baggage Car Mystery"
Appearing in Detective Sergeant Carey: "Baggage Car Mystery"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Sleepy
Synopsis for Buccaneer: "Episode 5 of 20"
Appearing in Buccaneer: "Episode 5 of 20"
Featured Characters:
- Dennis Stone
- his crew of Buccaneers
Antagonists:
- Capt. Klaugh
- crew of slave traders
Locations:
Vessels:
- square-rigged sailing ship
Synopsis for Radio Squad: "Adopting Crax"
Sandy runs in to a burning building to rescue a dog and in the process discovers a murdered night watchman. He salvages the corpse for evidence, and rescues the dog. After a visit to the city dog pound, Sandy adopts the dog, and Larry names him "Crax."
At the scene of another fire, Crax attacks one of the firemen who kicks the dog aside, then runs into the burning house. Sandy follows him in, and busts him. The fireman turns out to be a pyromaniac and the night watchman's murderer.
Appearing in Radio Squad: "Adopting Crax"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Crax, Sandy's new dog
Antagonists:
- pyromaniac fireman
Locations:
Synopsis for Lt. Bob Neal: "Submarine 662"
In a secret drydock in a secluded cove on the East Coast, Submarine 662 is being outfitted with secret new devices and instruments. Two foreign spies attempt to plant a bomb aboard the new ship, but are thwarted by an observant and quick-thinking young officer, Lieutenant Bob Neal. One of the spies is arrested. Lt. Neal becomes 2nd-in-command of the new ship, under Captain Mitchell.
Their first mission is to strike back at the Pirates of the Java Sea.
Appearing in Lt. Bob Neal: "Submarine 662"
Featured Characters:
- Lt. Bob Neal (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Ens. Tubby Potts (First appearance)
- Capt. Mitchell (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- two spies:
- "Herr Capitan" (Arrested)
- other spy (Gets away)
Other Characters:
- Ens. McKay
- enlisted security guards
- Patricia Grant
- Admiral Grant
Locations:
- East Coast
- secret drydock in a secluded cove
Vehicles:
- U.S. Submarine 662
Notes
- Published by Detective Comics, Inc..
- First issue for Gary Hawkes by Rob Jenney.
- Two "Joe"s here, one's a sidekick and the other's a villain.
- First issue for Lt. Bob Neal by Robert Hirsch and Russ Lehman.
- First issue for Masked Ranger by Jim Chambers.
- Last issue for Three Musketeers, by Sven Elven, an unfinished series.
- Also appearing in this issue of More Fun Comics were:
- Full-page ad for the current issues of Action Comics #5 and Detective Comics #20
- Coyote Canyon Bill by Stockton
- "Last of the Killers" (text story), by Tex Horton
- Butch the Pup, by Fred Schwab
- "Puzzletrix" by Walter Wellman
- Peekin' At Pictures by Sheldon Moldoff
- Ginger Snap, by Bob Kane
- The Sports-Teacher" by Sheldon Moldoff
- "The Fun Stamp Club" (text article)
- Full page ad for More Fun Comics cartoon contest
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