More Fun Comics #87

(January 1943)

Case of the Confident Crooks (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]; Jagin; Arrowplane (car).

Indexer Notes

Speedy has yellow hat and red hair. Green Arrow clamps an Arrow lamp on to the pack of a crook so he can follow him. Also uses magnesium flare arrows. First trick arrow?

The Mystery of Room 406 (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:

occult; superhero

Characters:

Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Dr. Marsh; John Cornelius; V: The Frog.

Synopsis:

When every patient housed in Room 406 of the hospital dies, Dr. Kent Nelson decides the only way to find out what has happened is to be admitted as a patient in that room himself!

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.

none (Table of Contents)

Roses Are Red / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Case of Little Sir Echo (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson?

Pencils:

Cliff Young?

Inks:

Cliff Young?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Radio Squad: Sandy Keene & Larry Trent; Sgt Connolly; Ventrillo and Mickey.

Synopsis:

A ventriloquist fakes police calls in Sgt. Connolly's voice in order to distract the police from his crimes.

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich. Writer id by Bob Hughes 8/06.

Ark of the Anceints (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Greene

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Atlantis; V: Pegleg, Vulture, and Runt.

Synopsis:

In flashback, the scientist Milo saves the people of Atlantis by building a giant bell-jar in which they can live underwater. When the Atlanteans venture to the surface for a visit they are captured by three criminals.

A Kind of Hero (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Ludlow (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

none (Table of Contents)

Dizzy Data / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Papp

Pencils:

George Papp (signed)

Inks:

George Papp (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Luck of Jabez Ritcer (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

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; Jabez Riker.

Crimes That Bloom in Spring, Tra La (Table of Contents)

Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; V: Bullfrog Ames.

Synopsis:

Gangster Bullfrog Ames retires to the country to grow flowers......evil flowers.

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes 8/06.