More Fun Comics #73

(November 1941)

[Mr. Who] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Fate / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Sherman

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Mr. Who (introduction, origin)

Synopsis:

Dr. Fate faces the threat of a new criminal who has created "Solution Z", with which he can grow to a tremendous size and become invisible.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #8 (June-July 1973)
• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001)
• in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Fate wears half-mask. The series takes a pretty strong change in direction at this point, as Dr. Fate acts as a traditional super-hero, punching and wisecracking, rather than spouting on about matter and energy and astral planes and such. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-29-07.

Case of the Namesake Murders (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

George Papp [as Geo. Papp](signed)

Inks:

George Papp [as Geo. Papp](signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow (has brown hair, introduction)[Oliver Queen]; Speedy (introduction) [Roy Harper]; Arrowplane (Arrowcar, introduction)

Synopsis:

Someone is killing off members of the History Club.

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• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001)

[Murder Takes the Spotlight] (Table of Contents)

Radio Squad / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

Chad Grothkopf

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Lorna Drake; Sparky Sanders; Emmy Sanders; Jasper Rawdon.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001)

The Black Knight (Table of Contents)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Ed Moore

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Black Knight; Tubby Watts

Synopsis:

Johnny must battle against an armored foe that seeks out and destroys rare statue art.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001)

Who Did It? (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Wilton Weston (signed)

Pencils:

Stan Kaye (signed as Stanley Kaye)

Inks:

Stan Kaye (signed as Stanley Kaye)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ed Gale; Stephen Drake

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001)

Indexer Notes

The second page's illustration is a flopped blow up from the one on the first page to create a close up of the character depicted. The signature is left off.

[Secret Mission in Honduras] (Table of Contents)

Clip Carson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp [as Geo. Papp](signed)

Inks:

George Papp [as Geo. Papp](signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Clip Carson

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001)

[The Vanishing Menaces] (Table of Contents)

Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Rhodes (introduction); the Chief; Clarice Winston; Matt Tyler; Morton Kirk; Percival Popp (one panel cameo-next issue promo).

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• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001)

Indexer Notes

Takes place in Cliffland. Percival Popp appearance noted by Ted Watson.

[The Submarine Strikes] (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Paul Norris

Inks:

Paul Norris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman (intro, origin).

Synopsis:

An unnamed scientist and explorer uses the science of ancient Atlantis to give his son the power to breathe underwater.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #7 (October-November 1974)
• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001)

Indexer Notes

Neither Aquaman or his father are given names in this story.