More Fun Comics #74

(December 1941)

Introducing Percival Popp, the Super Cop (Table of Contents)

Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bernard Baily?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp (intro); Tim Donovan; The Avenger [Mortimer Crandall] (Villain); Daniel Walker (Villain); Harlow Johnson (Villain)

Synopsis:

Percival Popp tries to worm himself into Corrigan's cases so that he can prove fictional detective's methods really work. Meanwhile, the Spectre has to cure mad scientis Mortimer Crandall of his evil tendencies by taking him to the Nebula of Truth.

Indexer Notes

Story not signed by Jerry Siegel. Per Richard Morrissey, Baily claimed to have written this story himself.

Silent City (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Voice (intro; villain)

Synopsis:

The Voice threatens to silence the city forever unless he is paid 10 million dollars.

Indexer Notes

GA's car called the Arrowplane. GA has brown hair.

[Case of the Dead Thoroughbred] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf (signed)

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Diana Perry; Pamela Perry; John Windisch

Synopsis:

Larry and Sandy investigate the murder of a race horse.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Just Jokes / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

[Black Jack] (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 [Arthur Curry]; Black Jack (Villain; Intro)

Dr. Clever (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Dr. Clever (Villain; intro); Tubby Watts

Synopsis:

Dr. Clever steals gold and then pretends to extract it from sea water, among other swindles.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jest Kidding / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils:

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks:

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Kid From Kentucky (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Gilbert (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Buenos Aires] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp (signed)

Inks:

George Papp (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Clip Carson

[Mr. Who Lives Again] (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:

Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Mr. Who (Villain)

Synopsis:

Mr. Who uses his "Solution Z" to adapt himself to any danger, including taking over, in disguise, as the city Mayor.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit and synopsis modification by Craig Delich 11-29-07.