More Fun Comics #86

(December 1942)

The Man Who Purchased Lives (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young (signed)

Inks:

Steve Brodie (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mephisto (Villain); Bimbo Barnes; Clancy; Wurst; John Doe; Arrowplane (car)

Synopsis:

Mephisto gives a group of down and out men great wealth, then tells them they have to commit a crime a month to keep it.

The Man Who Wanted No Medals (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]; Dr. Roland; Dr. Paul Lawrence; Inza Kramer; The Gas Gun Gang (Villain); The Streak; Dr. Canning

Synopsis:

Dr. Lawrence refuses to take a medal for his accomplishments, and instead goes to a small town to become a consultant. When Dr. Fate investigates, he discovers that the reason hLawrence didn't accept the medal is because the discoveries that brought him fame were actually made by another doctor.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-10-07.

Hook, Lion and Thinker (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]; Hook (Villain); Lion (Villain); Thinker (Villain)

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

Race around the World (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]; Black Jack (Villain)

Synopsis:

Aquaman plans to swim around the world in seven days for Navy Relief.

Back In Harness (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Selby (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

400 Years in a Day (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; Timothy Tapp; Gustave Small

Synopsis:

Hobby Haven is an old folks home where people are allowed to pursue their hobbies in peace.

The Man Who Knew All the Angles (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; Smokey Storey (Villain)

Indexer Notes

Last Jerry Siegel story.