More Fun Comics #65

(March 1941)

[Dr. Mephisto] (Table of Contents)

Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

occult; superhero

Characters:

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; the Chief; The Blue Flame [Dr. Mephisto] (Villain; Intro)

Synopsis:

While the Spectre is being blamed for a rash of weird robberies involving the mysterior "Blue Flame," Jim Corrigan gets on the track of the real perpetrator, one Dr. Mephisto, magacian extraordinaire!

Reprints:

• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #443 (October-November 1974)
• in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([March] 2003)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• In Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #443 (October-November 1974)
• in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1

Indexer Notes

The Spectre and Jim Corrigan appear simultaneously for the first time. Writer Id by Martin O'Hearn. Letterer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11017-07.

Undersea Espionage (Table of Contents)

Detective Sergeant Carey / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Donohoe

Pencils:

Joe Donohoe

Inks:

Joe Donohoe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Sergeant Carey

[The Diamond Curse] (Table of Contents)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill

[The Information Leak] (Table of Contents)

Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Winiarski

Inks:

Ed Winiarski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Captain Desmo

[The Melting Pot] (Table of Contents)

Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Fred Ray

Inks:

Fred Ray

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Radio Squad

Cult of the Assassins (Table of Contents)

Lance Larkin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harold Sharp

Inks:

Harold Sharp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Lance Larkin

[Piracy on the Atlantic] (Table of Contents)

Biff Bronson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert Sulman

Pencils:

Joe Sulman

Inks:

Joe Sulman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Biff Bronson

[Blackjack Barns' Revenge] (Table of Contents)

Red Coat Patrol / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Lehti

Inks:

John Lehti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Sgt. O'Malley

[The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Fate / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Sherman

Content Information

Genre:

occult; superhero

Characters:

Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Nyarl-Amen (first appearance; villains; death)

Synopsis:

Dr. Fate spots one of the Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen in his crystal ball, from a dynasty of 50,000 years before, and sets out to stop them from over-running the globe.

Reprints:

• in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #3 (November 1972)
• in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #3 (November 1972)
• in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit and synopsis modification added by Craig Delich 11-17-07.