More Fun Comics #74

(December 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Superman Krypto-Raygun / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Introducing Percival Popp, the Super Cop (Table of Contents: 2)

The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel ?

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp (introduction); 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 scientist Mortimer Crandall of his evil tendencies by taking him to the Nebula of Truth.

Keywords

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Story not signed by Jerry Siegel. Per Richard Morrissey, Baily claimed to have written this story himself. However, the style matches all the previous and following Siegel stories.

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Silent City! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

George Papp (signed)

Inks

George Papp (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

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

Reprints

• in Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])

Keywords

Arrowplane

Indexer Notes

Oddities: GA's car called the Arrowplane, and he is pictured as having brown hair.

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze; Sergeant York (Table of Contents: 6)

Good Movies and Books / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a "Superman's Secret Message!"

The Case of the Dead Thoroughbred! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Chad Grothkopf (signed)

Inks

Chad Grothkopf (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; crime

Characters

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

Synopsis

Larry and Sandy investigate the murder of a race horse.

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Flex-i-Track / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Just Jokes / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, boss, I feel seasick!

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Aquaman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Paul Norris

Inks

Paul Norris

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Black Jack! Does a dreadful raider of buccaneer days live again...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman; yacht's captain; Captain Black Jack (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Captain Black Jack, a modern-day pirate who takes advantage of the nations at war in order to plunder ships, along with his gang, steals a yacht full of passengers. Aquaman saves the ship's captain and defeats the Black Jack's gang, but is surprised by a gas pump, knocking him unconscious. Refusing to join the gang, Aquaman has an anchor placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, but escapes in time to catch a torpedo launched by Black Jack to destroy the yacht. Aquaman re-directs it towards the pirate's ship, which explodes, presumably killing Black Jack in the process.

Indexer Notes

Golden-age Aquaman is not Arthur Curry. He's just Aquaman.

Newest Idea in Comics! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

New Lionel Catalog (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Lionel / advertisement / 0 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Mort Meskin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Across the king of speed's horizon moves a satanic vanguard of villainy...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Dr. Clever (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Dr. Clever is a swindler, and one of his plans is convincing people that he can extract gold from seawater. He's stopped by Johnny Quick.

Indexer Notes

Extracting gold from sea-water was a plot point of "The Sea Magician," a Doc Savage adventure from 1934.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Jest Kidding / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Would you mind if my little boy pilots the plane...

Genre

humor

Built-Rite Toys for Girls and Boys! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Built-Rite Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Kid from Kentucky (Table of Contents: 17)

text story / 1.25 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Gilbert (signed) (house name)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

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advertisement / 0.42 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Papp (signed)

Inks

George Papp (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Buenos Aires... Colorful South American city...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Clip Carson

[Mr. Who Lives Again] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Sherman

Genre

superhero

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

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

Keywords

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit and synopsis modification by Craig Delich.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)