More Fun Comics #63 [Without Canadian Price]

(January 1941)

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Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Trigger Daniel's Death Curse] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bernard Baily (signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Chief; Trigger Daniels (villain); Bugs O'Leary (villain)

Synopsis

The murder of a famed philanthroptist lands Trigger Daniels to prison and the death sentence, leading the Spectre to have to fight his ghost that comes to Earth to exact revenge on those responsible for his arrest and death.

Reprints

• in The Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([May] 2003)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich.

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Butterfinger / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Panama Plot (Table of Contents: 4)

Detective Sergeant Carey / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Donohoe (signed)

Pencils

Joe Donohoe (signed)

Inks

Joe Donohoe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Sergeant Carey; Sleepy

Synopsis

Sleepy and the Sergeant thwart a plot to blow up the Panama Canal using a stolen plane.

The Jungle Scientist (Table of Contents: 5)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Belknap Long ?

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; Prof. Kent; Nero (lion); Nagaka

Synopsis

Congo Bill and the professor encounter a mad scientist and his beautiful daughter in the middle of the jungle. The scientist is creating flesh-eating plants.

Keywords

carnivorous plants; giant carnivorous plants; leopards

Indexer Notes

None of the hallmarks of the scripter of the Congo Bill feature in More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #56-58 are present here. Bails' Whos Who indicates a script credit for Long in 1940.

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Bendix Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens (Table of Contents: 7)

Book Review / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Silly Situations / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Harold Sherman (signed)

Pencils

Harold Sherman (signed)

Inks

Harold Sherman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You'd have been proud to see the way I parked downtown today...

Genre

humor

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Built-Rite Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski (signed)

Inks

Ed Winiarski (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A speedy plane cut across the blue Pacific...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Captain Desmo; Gabby McGuire; Jean Black; Blackie Mason

The Man Who Was Dead (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; crime

Characters

Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Kean]

Superman Radio Program (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Cold Theory (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1.1 pages (report information)

Script

Alec Leighton (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Across two pages.

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Model Airplane News / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Besieged City (Table of Contents: 16)

Lieutenant Bob Neal / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Hirsch

Pencils

Rusty Lehman

Inks

Rusty Lehman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Bob Neal; Tubby; Steve Wright

Synopsis

Bob and Tubby help refugees escape from Moravia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Biff Bronson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Sulman (signed)

Pencils

Joe Sulman (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The police are baffled by several deaths by poison...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Biff Bronzon; Rupert Hayes; Dan Druff; Joe Pagelli

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

More Fun Stamp Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page is mostly small ads for stamps dealers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Gags / cartoon / 0.44 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm not one for bragging!

Genre

humor

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 20)

statement of ownership / 0.22 page (report information)

Script

Jack Liebowitz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

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

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Chemcraft / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks

Jack Lehti (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Across the frozen wasteland races an outlaw ...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Sgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk

[The Sorcerer] (Table of Contents: 23)

Doctor Fate / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Sherman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Haldane the Sorcerer (villain); John Jerome Jr. (villain); John Jerome Sr. (villain)

Synopsis

Doctor Fate responds to Inza's thoughts after a sorceror tries to kill a millionaire with black magic and turns Inza to stone.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Dr. Fate wears gloves for the first time. Letterer credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich. Oddity: Jerome Kern Jr. comes up to Inza in the 2nd panel and tells her that he has read about her in More Fun Comics!

Here It Is -- All-Star No. 3 (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Superman Krypto-Raygun / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)