More Fun Comics #89

(March 1943)

Birth of the Battling Bowman (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson ?

Pencils:

Cliff Young (signed)

Inks:

Steve Brodie (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Quoag

Synopsis:

Archaelogist Oliver Queen is marooned on Lost Mesa where he meets Roy Harper, a young boy raised by Indians. There they are beset upon by thugs searching for a gold mine, and only Oliver and Roy's skills with archery and knowledge of Indian lore save them.

Reprints:

• in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)

Indexer Notes

Origin of Green Arrow and Speedy.

"Take home a balloon to the kiddies" (Table of Contents)

Silly Willy / comic story / 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:

humor

["I slipped on a banana peel outside your store and now I'm going to sue you!"] (Table of Contents)

Lenny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Lenny

Case of the Crystal Crimes (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson ?

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Krishna Das (villain); Inza Carmer

Synopsis:

Against the advice of Kent, Inza visits a crooked fortune teller and nearly is run down in the road, as he had predicted. However, when Dr. Fate begins an investigation into this fraud's activities, he nearly loses his own life in the process.

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-19-07.

["Gee, wouldn't he make a swell carpet for my den!?"] (Table of Contents)

Gags / cartoon / 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:

humor

The Streamlined Buccaneers (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joseph Greene ?

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; Black Jack (villain); Ark the seal

The Battle (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Warner Wilson (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Prescription for Plunder (Table of Contents)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron ?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Jr.]

Inks:

Charles Paris [signed as Charlie]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Dr. Clever (Villain); Tubby Watts

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes 06/06.

["Me heap big man with lasso!"] (Table of Contents)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 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:

humor

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation ,etc (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Liebowitz

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Printed in New York, NY.
Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY.
Editor: F. W. Ellsworth
Business Manager Jack Liebwitz
Owners: Harry Donenfeld, Paul Sampliner

Attempted Assassination (Table of Contents)

Stamps / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sidney M. Elias

Letters:

typeset

The Underworld Goes Overweight (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

Characters:

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Grabby Gus Nelson (Villain)

Synopsis:

Grabby Gus accidentally steals a machine that can make people super-heavy, then uses it to institute a crime-wave.

Keywords:

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes 06/06.