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:

occult; superhero

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Dr. Fate faces the threat of a new criminal called Dr. Who, who has created "Solution Z", with which he can grow to a tremendous size and become invisible. Fate must stop him from seizing the famed Almond Diamond.

Reprints:

• 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), #[nn] (January 2001)
• in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Keywords:

Solution Z

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. An interesting note is that Mr. Who's "Solution Z" cures all ills, can grow back lost limbs and even protect the user from death.

[Case of the Namesake Murders] (Table of Contents)

The 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 [Oliver Queen] (introduction, has brown hair); Speedy [Roy Harper] (introduction); George Lincoln (death); John Hale (millionaire, death); Anthony Caesar (oil magnate, death); Frank D.Arcy (President of the History Club); Leonard Achilles (death); Amos Socrates; Ezra Samson (villain, Treasurer of the History Club, death); Muggsy Smith (villain)

Synopsis:

G.A. and Speedy must track down the vicious killer of men belonging to the History Club and who carry the names of famous people.

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

Arrowplane (introduction)

[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-mystery

Characters:

Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Lorna Drake (Larry's girl friend); Sparky Sanders (rodeo rider, brother of Lorna); Emmy Sanders (Sparky's sister); Eddie (Policeman); Nicky (villain); Jasper Rawdon (villain)

Synopsis:

Larry gets on the trail of a violinist, Jaspar Rawdon, who intends on kidnapping Lorna Drake in order to secure some oil bonds as security should his profession of musician didn't pan out.

Reprints:

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

Chad Grothkopf ?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (ace cameraman); Tubby Watts; Sam Porter (art collector); Harrison Camden (art collector); Amos Green (art collector); The Black Knight (villain, a robot; Sam Kirby (villain, art collector, man controlling the Black Knight)

Synopsis:

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

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

Quick's magic formula

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-6-29.

Who Did It? (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Wilton Weston (signed)

Pencils:

Stan Kaye [as Stanley Kaye] (signed)

Inks:

Stan Kaye [as Stanley Kaye] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ed Gale; Jethro Drake (financier, death); Norma Blair (ward of Jethro Drake); Percy (Jethro's cat); Mr. Woods (Jethro's lawyer); Stephen Drake (villain, nephew of Jethro Drake)

Synopsis:

Detective Gale discovers the murderer of Jethro Drake in a most unusual way: the killer made the mistake of making an enemy, instead of a friend, out of the victim's pet cat!

Reprints:

• 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 [as Mr. Jones]; Mavilla (an importer); President Camapo; Captain Pardi (villain, Policeman); The Avenger [General Alomoz] (villain, death)

Synopsis:

Clip is sent to Central America on a secret mission to aid President Camapo, whose enemies are smuggling in guns to local guerillas, headed by someone called The Avenger.

Reprints:

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

[The Vanishing Menaces] (Table of Contents)

Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

occult; superhero

Characters:

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Rhodes (introduction); un-named Police Chief; Clarice Winston; Matt Tyler (famed explorer); Morton Kirk (scientist, death); Percival Popp (one panel cameo-next issue promo); Nat Rhodes (villain, Kirk's assistant, death)

Synopsis:

The Spectre comes to the aid of a scientist who has been captured by his own assiatnt, who wants to obtain Kirk's invention of a space-folding machine, which can transport anything from one spot on the earth to another in an instant.

Reprints:

• in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (January 2001), #[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 (introduction, origin); un-named father of Aquaman); the Nazis (villains, one dies))

Synopsis:

An unnamed scientist and explorer uses the science of ancient Atlantis to give his son the power to breathe underwater, and he uses this and other gifts to battle evil in the world.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

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