More Fun Comics #84

(October 1942)

Hunting Headlines (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lamont Morgan; Arrowplane (car)

Synopsis:

Millionaire Lamont Morgan offers $10,000 to prove Green Arrow is a fake: he has to make headlines without using his arrows. So he goes west to Boomtown where he gets involved trying to stop a stage coach robbery and a Japanese invasion of California.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gags; military

Characters:

Shorty

Crime's Hobby House (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]; Inza Kramer; Mordunt Grimm (Villain)

Synopsis:

Mordaunt Grimm, while working on a movie production that features people and their hobbies, get the idea to use those people's hobbies to commit crimes.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Story takes place in Gotham City; with this issue, the golden epaulettes on Fate's shoulders disappear for good; letterer credit & modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-10-07.

Crimes in Camouflage (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Cliff Young

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; George Scroggs

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

Raid on Atlantis (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Atlantis; Dr. Coburn, Captain Jerrod; Ark the seal; Skol

Synopsis:

Greedy fortune hunters want to capture Aquaman and exhibit him in a carnival.

Fair Exchange (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Carter (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Laffs / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Adventure of the One Man Movie (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton, Jr.]

Inks:

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mort Morton, Jr; Cliff Young; Torchy Trasker; Shadow Shank

Synopsis:

Gangsters try to get a cartoon studio to pay extortion.

Indexer Notes

Artists Meskin and Young draw themselves into this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Just For Fun / filler / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gags

The Cry-Baby Crimes (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; The Cry-Baby (Villain)

Synopsis:

The Cry-Baby makes everyone so sad they can't stop his crimes.