More Fun Comics #81

(July 1942)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Anything Can Happen on the River! (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Adventure of the Bankrupt Heroes! (Table of Contents: 3)

Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crime, Incorporated (villain)

Synopsis

Oliver has to take a job in a department store when stock market reverses tie up his fortune.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Arrowplane (car)

Indexer Notes

Green Arrow is blond and Speedy has red hair in this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Laffs / 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

Well, now that we're here, what do we do?

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Hall of Lost Heirs (Table of Contents: 6)

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]; The Clock (villain); Inza Kramer; Stanley Kovacks; Erna Hanley; Hector Borne; Taggart

Synopsis

The Clock supplies phoney lost heirs to collect millions in legacies and kidnaps the real heirs so they can't interfere.

Reprints

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

Keywords

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Fate wears half-helmet. Letterer credit addded by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Joe Samachson ?

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What queer quirk of fate sent gangsters to the hospital?

Genre

detective-mystery; crime

Characters

Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Leopardess (villain); Irish

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes.

Champ of the Waves (Table of Contents: 9)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Norris

Inks

Paul Norris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman; Dotty; George Riggs; Humber; Roder

Synopsis

Aquaman helps a young man who can't swim win a crooked swimming race.

Hero's Death (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John Hilton (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.22 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Private Pete / comic story / 0.44 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here we go off on a long hike again!

Genre

humor; military

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

Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Code for Conspirators (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron ?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Kloven (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Shorty / comic story / 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

It's a swell night!

Genre

humor

The Case of the Scholarly Spendthrift (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bernard Baily

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Claudius Harmon; Sport O'Dea

Keywords

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

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

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

The Tootsie Roll of Honor (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Tootsie Rolls / advertisement / 1 page (report information)