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 (Villain)

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: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Origin of Green Arrow and Speedy.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Silly Willy / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Lenny / filler / 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:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

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.

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

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

The Streamlined Buccaneers (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); 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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Chief Hot Foot / 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:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Liebowitz

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY.
Editor: F. W. Ellsworth
Owners: Harry Donenfeld, Paul Sampliner

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; occult

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.

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes 06/06.